Chapter 769


    She is just a little girl; why is such an excellent man willing to be with her?’


    While Joyce was in a daze, Jared’s eyesnded on her.


    He had just nced at her, but Joyce’s heart pounded uncontrobly. Her heart skipped a beat when


    she saw the frosty look in his eyes.


    “Why did he look at me like that?’ Joyce was too frightened to utter a sound.


    Then Jared said in an icy voice, “This is my café. Anyone who offends my girlfriend is not wee


    here. You are not wee here next time.”


    His knifelike words pierced into her heart. Joyce felt a chill running up her spine, and she could not find


    a word to respond.


    Jared did not look at Martin at all as she brought Nicole straight to where they used to sit. Before


    leaving, she politely nodded at Martin. Only then did she go without looking back again. After all, they


    were not that close to each other.


    All Martin wanted was to meet Nicole, not expecting that she would follow Jared away after he had just


    seen her for a few seconds.


    His heart sank watching the two of them sit down together, all his anticipation and excitement


    dissipating at once. He was left with the feeling of suffocation as if arge rock was pressing against


    his chest. Martin could no longer stand it. He spun around and left the café at once.


    “Martin.” Joyce came to her senses and immediately ran after him.


    Silence finally returned in the café.


    Jared was grinding the coffee and looking on as Martin and Joyce left. He then casually asked, “Did


    that guye to see you?”


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    Nicole frowned. “No. I didn’t know they were here.” Thest thing she wanted was to see Joyce.


    “Oh, yeah?” Jared’s eyes darkened,


    His café was not on a thoroughfare, so he wondered why anyone woulde to his café, which was


    across the street from the Royal Creek Institute. ‘Martin must be up to something.’


    Meanwhile, Nicole had Joyce in mind at this point. “Could you please check out for me what project the


    McCarthy family has been eyeing recently?”


    She found out yesterday that the McCarthy family wanted to work with the Riddle family, but it was not


    clear what the project was. As Joyce and Martin seemed to be close, Joyce could lobby Martin, who


    would influence Sebastian, then it would inevitably affect Sebastian’s decision.


    So Nicole figured she had better discuss it with her parents to see if the Riddle family really wanted the


    project. If the Riddle family was going for it, she would fight for it.


    She trusted that Stanley and Steve had the capability and would not embarrass Sebastian.


    “What is the project that the McCarthy family is after?” Jared pondered for a moment and then


    remembered something.


    “It’s a big order from Mecrounia, a new energy project. If they can get the project, they would recoup


    the loss of thend they lost before.”


    Nicole’s eyes darkened. “I didn’t know that they were after this.”


    “Well, it’s a shame that almost no domesticpany can handle this massive project alone. Yet the


    McCarthy family is eyeing it, they are biting off more than they can chew.” Jared smirked, not taking the


    McCarthy family seriously.


    Nicole looked at him and whispered, “So, Joyce came to me yesterday on behalf of the McCarthy


    family because she thought of working with the Riddle family to take on this mega project.”


    Jared paused what he was doing for a second and then smiled. “Interestingly, the McCarthy family is


    willing toe to terms with the Riddle family for the sake of the project.”


    Nicole’s eyes darkened even further. “My dad once said the McCarthy family was narrow-minded. So


    I’m afraid that their willingness toe to terms with us is probably just a deception.”