Chapter 1357


    ‘I was also shocked when I saw that it was Joyce. She had always struck me as the soft, vulnerable


    sort, so who would have known that she would be so despicable!” Harvey bellowed, as he hated


    anyone who would dare to hurt Nicole.


    "Nicole, now that we know all of this is Joyce''s doing, should we send someone to get rid of her?”


    Harvey asked.


    All he had to do was to make a call. Nicole did not even have to make a move on her own and Harvey


    could instantly get rid of Joyce on her behalf.


    "It seems to me that she has hated me for a long time..."


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    "I''m more than grateful to you for helping me to this extent. For the next step however, I''ve decided that


    it''d be a personal matter between me and her. Because of this, I''ll have to take care of it on my own."


    An icy glint shed in Nicole''s eyes, making Harvey, who was sitting directly across, shudder.


    "Nicole, based on what we''ve learned from these few incidents, I can tell that Joyce is the ruthless sort.


    Even if you don''t want me to get involved, I should at least tell Jared about this, don''t you think?"


    Harvey said, giving her an anxious look.


    He was worried that Joyce might hurt Nicole again.


    "Thank you for risking your life for me and helping me out today. You must be tired. I think you should


    go home early and get some rest," Nicole replied, thanking him without answering his question.


    "You''re acting like we''re strangers by saying that,” Harvey said. "I can''t really say that it was risky, and


    perhaps I am a little tired, but I''m feeling a lot better now after having that cup of coffee you''ve made.”


    Harvey did not expect Nicole to thank him for all that he had done for her, but he was satisfied as long


    as Nicole was happy.


    “Anyway, I won''t bother you anymore for today,” he continued. "If you don''t want Jared to find out about


    this, I''m willing to back you up whenever you need it. Call me if you need anything.”


    As soon as he had uttered thest word, Harvey chugged down thest bit of coffee he had left. Then,


    he put on that set of casual clothes, shot Nicole a nce, waved at her, and left.


    Nicole burst intoughter as she saw how ridiculous he looked in those clothes, and after Harvey had


    left, she began to think again.


    On the other hand, Jared was just done with his meeting. He then returned to his office and checked


    the messages on his phone.


    The first message was a report from his men, which informed him that the owner had brought a man to


    the McCarthy family ceremony.


    As soon as Jared had read the second message however, his eyes widened. Based on what was


    stated in the report, while his men were tailing and protecting Nicole, she had gone to the ce where


    the McCarthy family had performed their ceremony.


    "What was Nicole doing there?” Jared murmured as he stared at the message.


    ‘Why did all of them go to that ce?’ Jared walked up to the floor to ceiling window, gazed into the


    distance, and began to think hard


    After a while, Jared picked his phone up and called Nicole. "Where are you? =


    "I''m at theb, why are you calling?" Nicole asked in return.


    "Grandpa will be getting discharged tomorrow. You wanted to get him too, right? Shall I pick you up


    from work tonight and bring you back to my ce? ’ Jared said, talking about Maximillian''s discharge


    as he could not directly ask her why she had gone to the McCarthy family''s ceremony.


    "Oh, sure,” Nicole replied while her mind was still upied with other things.


    “Alright, just wait for me at your office then," Jared ended, and hung up.


    Time flew as they got busy once more, and in the blink of an eye, it was already time to get off work.


    Seeing this, Jared drove to the entrance of the Golden Coast Building.


    However, he did not see Nicole there, so he got out of the car and entered the premises. He took the


    elevator and reached Nicole''s floor, and as it was his first time there, the receptionist stopped him as he


    walked in.


    "Good day sir. Are you looking for someone?" the receptionist asked.


    Being the newbie she was, the receptionist did not know who Jared was.


    Seeing that the receptionist could not recognize him, Jared replied, “I''m here to meet Nicole Riddle.”


    "I''m sorry sir, but you are?" the receptionist asked, wanting to identify the person before bringing him in.


    She would not just let anyone into the office.


    "I''m Jared Johnston.”


    Although the receptionist had never met Jared, she had heard of his name before. She stared at him in


    shock as soon as she heard those two wordsing out of his mouth.