Chapter 1400


    However, due to the fact that she had just woken up, Nicole’s throat was a little parched.


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    Seeing this, Jared immediately passed a ss of water to her. ” Here, drink some. It will make you feel


    better.”


    Nicole’s heart warmed as she received the ss of water, after which she gulped it down, “Much


    better…”


    This silly man actually had so much trust for me,’ Nicole thought.


    It had made her feel so bad for him that she did not have the heart to deceive him any longer.


    “That’s great,” Jared’s said, flooded with relief, but this did notst the moment he looked down. “But


    why are there broken syringes on the ground?”


    Although the room had been cleaned up, it was still quite messy. Jared could not help but cast his


    suspicions on all that had transpiredst night.


    Shocked by the sight, she thought, ‘This fe, Jared, is rather observant. Indeed, it would be too hard


    for me to fool himpletely.’


    In fact, she was afraid that she would not have been able to keep the ruse up yesterday if he had not


    been this caring.


    “It’s fine. The nurse identally shattered it when she was changing the medicines yesterday,” Nicole


    said, causing him to let it slide.


    “Your throat has just healed. Just rx. Here, take yourptop.”


    Nicole reached out to grab theptop, after which she nodded in a disy of gratitude. It was then that


    Max came into ward with their breakfast prepared. Jared motioned him to set it down, before picking a


    bowl of oatmeal up and feeding it to Nicole.


    Seeing the look of affection in his eyes, she could not help but lift her hand. “I’ll do it myself.”


    His enthusiasm was indeed on the verge of overwhelming her.


    Noticing her sense of difort, he did as he was told without another word.


    Then, he leaned forward and examined her face. “Does it still hurt? 11


    Nicole gave him a sneaky nce and with a hint of guilt and shame, she replied, “It’s much better now.”


    While the look on his face became more affectionate and meaningful to her, he did not offer her a


    forting reply.


    ‘I will put all of my work aside for now to keep youpany,” he suddenly said, and Nicole froze.


    ‘What? Jared actually wants to keep mepany?1 she asked herself.


    In truth, Nicole no longer had a reason to make him leave.


    Noticing her silence, his eyes began to brim with curiosity. “Why? You don’t seem keen with the idea of


    me staying.”


    The look in his eyes made her feel as though she was sitting on pins and needles. Growing up, no one


    had ever exerted this much pressure on her, that was until Jared showed up and did the impossible.


    In the end, she sighed and said, “Whatever suits you. If you want to stay, by all means, stay.”


    As it was daytime, Joyce would probably not make a move, though the same could not be said for the


    night.


    Seeing that she was still withholding information from him, he simply nodded his head. “Alright.”


    After that, he ate breakfast with Nicole, and though she was initially rxed, his calm and collected


    demeanor managed to irritate her again.


    ‘Does this guy know something?’ she thought, without uttering another word out loud.


    After he was done with his breakfast, heid down on the couch with both of his legs crossed while


    scrolling through his phone. Nicole went on to observe Jared’s mannerism, which seemed to indicate


    that he wanted to hunker down for the entire day, causing her to issue a silent sigh deep within.


    ‘Is he really that free?’ Nicole thought.


    “I’m fine, actually. Things should be pretty busy back in thepany. I don’t want you to waste too


    much of your time on me,” Nicole began persuading him to leave.


    Jared gave her a nce and all of a sudden, he said, “No business is more important than you.”


    And this time, he meant what he said.