Chapter 1309


    ‘Yeah, is there a problem?" Nicole replied defiantly.


    “No, I was just asking," Jared replied as he strutted off to the dining hall instead of making his way


    toward her.


    ‘Just asking? Why do I feel like you''re not simply just asking? You''re clearly monitoring me,” Nicole


    sneered.


    Soon after, Zeke gave her a video call, which she answered. "Is it done?"


    "Yeah." Zeke''s voice echoed from the speakers.


    At the same time, Jared was walking past with a ss of water, and when he heard Nicole talking to a


    man whom he was unfamiliar with, he approached her.


    Noticing that Jared wasing over, she quickly ced her phone down and looked at him. "Is there


    something you need?”


    ‘Who are you talking to?" Jared asked in a tone that hinted at his suspicion.


    "A friend of mine,” she exined as she looked at him.


    "What friend?’ Jared asked, as he had guessed that Nicole was talking to a friend whom he did not


    know of, or else she would have mentioned the person by name.


    it''s just a friend!" Nicole looked at Jared in astonishment. ‘What''s the point of asking? Can I talk to my


    friend in peace without reporting every single little detail to him?’


    ‘I think I heard a man''s voice,” Jared said, studying her expression.


    ‘Yeah, it is a dude. Don''t take it the wrong way. He''s a friend I have known for many years. We''re just


    ordinary friends, okay?"


    Nicole exined herself so that he would not misunderstand.


    "Ordinary friends who have known each other for many years?" Jared asked, bing more intrigued


    now. ‘She has a male friend whom she has known for many years. How could I not know about this?’


    Zeke''s voice emanating from Nicole''s speakers interrupted his train of thought at once. "Nicole, why is


    your screen ck?’


    "Nicole?"


    Jared was still staring at Nicole, who could not pick her phone up to exin herself. She could do


    nothing to ease the awkwardness. Instead, she was waiting for Zeke to think that the signal was poor,


    so that he would hang up on his own.


    "Your friend is calling for you.” Jared looked at Nicole and reminded.


    "It''s fine. You don''t have to worry about him," Nicole replied, not wanting to talk to Zeke under Jared''s


    supervision.


    Jared was originally curious and unexpected, ''I don''t think there''s anything wrong with Nicole having a


    friend of the opposite sex.


    Her unusual behavior is suspicious, however. Could there be something going on between them?’


    ‘ls this how you treat your friends of several years?'' Jared looked at Nicole with suspicion and asked.


    "Huh? He won''t mind. Don''t you have other things to do?” Nicole asked.’ Why is he not leaving?’


    As themotion urred, she was on the verge of passing out, with Zeke still awaiting her help.


    "It''s okay. I suddenly have this urge to watch TV. I won''t be bothering you, would I?"


    Before Nicole say a word, Jared had sat down on the sofa and turned the TV on.


    Helpless, she stared at him and thought, "Why would he do that, all of a sudden? He clearly wanted to


    eavesdrop on me.''


    A thought then flitted across her mind, ‘Since he''s out of the bedroom, there''s no one inside. I have to


    take this chance and go get myputer.’


    Then, she turned to Jared and said, “You can watch TV here, I''m going upstairs."


    Jared looked at her and thought, ‘Didn''t she say she had to take care of something? Why is she going


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