Chapter 2044


    Jared had not paid any attention to the incident outside of the building and had walked in the meeting


    room fully prepared.


    At the Riddle Corporation however, Nicole was leaning against her office chair, staring at the door


    where the secretary once stood. She bit her lip as she recalled the incident involving the secretary from


    the night before.


    Nicole was certain that her instincts were on point, as all it had taken her was one look to discover that


    the secretary''s intentions toward Jared were devious. ''Or…perhaps Jared already knew about it…''


    Nicole was feeling disturbed as she attempted to piece all that was running through her head.


    But it was then that her phone rang, interrupting her train of thought. It was Lawrence.


    Seeing this, Nicole answered the call. "Leo."


    "Mom, it''s me," Nn greeted over the phone.


    "Nn!" Nicole was bewildered. ''How can Nn call me on Lawrence''s phone?''


    "Mom, my tummy hurts so I''ve asked godfather to get me. You cane pick me up at the restaurant


    during lunch. We''ll send you the addresster," Nn quickly said, and hung up so that Nicole could


    not protest.


    "Hello….?" Nicole shook her head as she was left with the beeping of the phone on the other end, ''This


    brat.''


    ''No wonder he was so perkyst night. After his tantrum, he went to bed obediently. During the morning


    too, I thought he had epted the reality of things but who could have expected that it was all an act to


    get me to let my guard down. Who knew that brat had called Lawrence as soon as he arrived at


    kindergarten,'' she concluded.


    Nicole ced her phone down and sighed, before typing up a message to Lawrence, in which she


    asked them where they were so that she could rush over.


    Nicole then received Lawrence''s reply, and that was when she saw that they were actually at the


    amusement park. ''Didn''t this brat say that he had a stomachache? Amusement parks are more


    effective than seeing doctors now, huh?''


    Nicole left the Riddle Corporation for the amusement park after she had settled her work. She saw


    Nn''s cheerful and smiling face and could not help but feel a little sorry for him. After all, the recent


    happenings were all on her.


    ''I''ve never seen him smiling so genuinely since our return.''


    "Mommy, you''re here!" Nn jumped up happily as soon as he had gotten off the pirate ship.


    Nicole poked Nn''s forehead, and warned, "You are not allowed to lie to me again in the future, do


    you hear me? Don''t you know how worried everyone was about you?"


    "When mommy wasn''t around, I really had a bad tummy ache," Nn argued.


    "Why didn''t you go to the doctors instead ofing to the amusement park, then?" Nicole retorted.


    "I took him there. He had one too many cold drinks. The doctor told him to be more careful in the future


    and that he should not be given too many cold drinks," Lawrence butted in with a smile.


    "Cold drinks?" Nicole said with a look of puzzlement.


    ''How can he drink cold beverages? They''re all strictly limited at home,'' she wondered.


    Nn scratched his head in guilt. "I got upst night and snacked a little."


    Nicole gave Nn the side eye, suspecting that Nn had done it on purpose. Nicole knew that Nn


    was well-aware that he could not drink cold beverages. Thus he had snuck his way down in the middle


    of the night to indulge in copious amounts of cold, canned drinks, causing his tummy to hurt.


    Nicole was a little upset that Nn had not sought her, Jared or even her parents. Instead, he had


    gone to Lawrence. This gave her mixed emotions as she turned to look at Nn.


    "I''ll let you go this time, but I need to know that there won''t be a next time," Nicole sternly said.


    Nicole was well-aware of the lengths Nn had gone just to see Lawrence. Above all, she was


    concerned that he had ced his health at risk in order to achieve that. It was something Nicole would


    not allow to repeat.


    "I know, mommy." Nn obediently agreed upon noticing the seriousness on his mother''s face and


    resolved not to behave so recklessly in the future again.


    "Since you''re all fine, let''s head back to kindergarten," Nicole said as she was ready to send him back.


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    Though Nn was reluctant to return to the kindergarten, he did not dare to defy his mother, as he had


    seen the degree of seriousness on her face. So, he lowered his head and half-heartedly followed her.