Chapter 1801


    ''How am I supposed to stomach this?''


    Then, he immediately rushed forward and gave Lloyd a kick.


    ''Thank goodness I came in time!'' he thought.


    The panic Nicole was feeling as she was held by Lloyd slowly dissipated the instant she allowed Jared


    to hug her.


    After that, she whispered, "I''m fine. Your timing was perfect."


    As of a minute ago, Lloyd was behaving as if he had lost his mind.


    ''He actually tried to take advantage of the scene to force a kiss upon me?!'' Nicole thought in disbelief.


    To make matters worse, Nachelle knew all about this, and yet, she had allowed her son to do as he


    pleased without calling for a cut to the scene at all.


    Lloyd knew all too well how Nicole operated and how she would react. In fact, she nearly fell victim to


    his tricks. The humiliation she had been given made her furious.


    It was then that Nachelle rushed over with her crew to help Lloyd up. "Lloyd, are you alright?"


    She was appalled to see her son lying in a pile of broken ss with his back bleeding. "Are you hurt?!


    Oh god, you''re bleeding!"


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    The crew member by the side immediately yelled as soon as he saw that. "I''ll call the ambnce!"


    When everyone else heard that Lloyd had been injured, they scrambled over to help him up.


    Nachelle became livid at that instant as she red at Jared. "Mr. Johnston! This is the Holder''s film set!


    How can you just barge in like that!? Aside from interrupting our shoot, you''ve even struck an actor of


    ours!"


    Lloyd was her darling baby, and ever since he returned home, she had given him everything he wanted


    while not allowing any harm or grievances to befall him. Yet, after his reunion with Nicole, he had been


    subjected to countless humiliations and rejections. To top it all off, Jared had now struck her son!


    Jared could see that Nachelle was angry, but this did not bother him at all. "So what? This may be your


    crew, but don''t you forget, I''m the investor here!"


    He had spent a great deal of money just to have a firm say on things and yet, Nachelle had attempted


    to weasel out of the deal and turn it against him. She had previously agreed not to arrange too many


    scenes involving intimate contact for Nicole, and yet, she had allowed Lloyd tomit this very


    travesty today.


    If he was a moment toote, Lloyd would have defiled her. Even as of now, Jared wanted to gut him


    standing.


    ''That kick wasn''t as powerful as it should be!'' he thought,


    "So, what if you''re an investor! You think the Holders are short on money? We can cancel the contract


    right now if that''s the case!" Nachelle yelled, determined that she would use the scorched earth


    approach on anyone who would dare to hurt her son regardless of who they were.


    Jared sneered as soon as he heard that. "Sure. Pay me fivefold inpensation, then."


    Even if everyone in the country feared the Holder family, he did not. He had already included that


    use in the contract as he feared that the old wily fox would attempt to pull a stunt like this


    somewhere down the line.


    "You!"


    Although the Holder family could ce influential people in chokeholds by using their dark secrets


    against them, they were always short on liquid money. Otherwise, Nachelle would not have agreed to


    Jared''s investment. Still, she had failed to foresee that this decision alone would halt the entire


    production. That very same decision had resulted in Jared hurting her son, and now, all she wanted to


    do was to ruin the Johnston group right there and then.


    "Of course, we can alsoe to a peaceful dissolution of the contract, under the condition that Nicole


    gets to leave the production team from today onwards!" Jared stated, for he already had enough of this


    farce.


    Nachelle was a fox, and so was Lloyd. Both of them had utilized favors to get Nicole to stay in the


    production team, and both had also schemed to take her away from him. The only reason he had


    allowed Nicole to be a part of it was because he trusted her. However, this did not mean that he


    would allow anyone to mistreat her the way they did.


    "Don''t... even think..." Lloyd, who had gotten up, hissed as he shot Jared a murderous re.


    He had finally gotten the chance to have more contact with Nicole, and even if he had to do so through


    the film, he wanted to make more good memories with her.


    ''And Jared wants to ruin all of that?!'' Lloyd fumed.


    At that moment, Nicole, who was totally disappointed with Lloyd, walked over and said, "This, I''m


    afraid, is not your call to make."


    Dejection appeared in Nicole''s eyes as Lloyd was at a loss for words. He had seen such a look in


    Nicole''s eyes before, and he knew that the very moment she gave him that look, it meant that she


    would definitely not change her mind.