Nicole was protecting L with her words.


    Stefan got up, his posture straight and his demeanormanding. He had the dignity of the head of the family.


    "Nicole, you have lived for so many years. Why are you still so naive? With our identity, feelings can''tst long. Now that yourpany is in crisis, isn''t it better to have someone that can bring you benefits?


    "You should consider my suggestion. You can give me your answer in a few days." When Stefan was about to leave, he added, "But I don''t know if Morgan Group can even survive the next few days."


    After that, Stefan left with Faith. L turned around and looked at Nicole. Nicole''s face was already pale, but now, it was even paler.


    "Stefan wants to form marital ties, doesn''t he?"


    Nicole looked at L in shock. She didn''t expect thetter to be so smart and guessed it right away.


    L blinked. "He wants Kieran and Ms. Moore to get married, right?"


    Upon hearing that, Nicole was in disbelief. There were two other men in the family, Noah and Bryce, but Stefan didn''t mention them. And L guessed it right immediately.


    The atmosphere turned silent for a short while. Then, L said, her voice slightly hoarse, "This is the condition Granduncle Stefan gave to help Morgan Group, right?"


    "L, don''t think about it too much. I didn''t agree. Kieran wouldn''t agree either. We''re a family." Nicole held L''s hand tightly, trying tofort thetter.


    However, her words were powerless.


    L nodded and patted Nicole on the back of her hand. "Aunt Nicole, I understand: You need to rest more and recuperate. You don''t need to worry about us. I just epted a new movie. I''ll be busy starting tomorrow, so I won''t have the time to visit you. You must take your medicine."


    Nicole nodded. She was afraid that L would overthink and be sad, but she didn''t know how tofort thetter.


    It was a good thing that L would be busy. At least she wouldn''t have the time to think about it if she was busy.


    Nicole thought that she and Alfredo had let down L and Kieran. How did the situation end up this way?


    L smiled and turned to leave. But when she stepped out the door, she couldn''t help but retch. As she was extremely sad, her body had a reaction, suffocating her.


    She and Kieran had just fallen in love with each other. But if she withdrew from the rtionship, Morgan Group could ovee the crisis and prevent hundreds of thousand employees from losing their jobs.


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    Was it worth it?


    L returned to Vermilion Estate. As always, Nova rubbed her legs. However, she wasn''t in the mood to y with it. She returned to the bedroom directly.


    Shey on the bed but couldn''t fall asleep after tossing and turning. Was there no other way? At 2:00 am, she sent Kieran a message. "Are you still busy?"


    Kieran replied quickly, "Why haven''t you slept?"


    L began to type but kept deleting


    the words. She repeated this over and over again. Kieran saw that she was typing but didn''t send a


    message. Was the inte bad or did she have many things to say to him?


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