Chapter 1273

’Okay then, I will head upstairs now.” ’Oh, by the way, what would you like for lunch? I will make it for you.’ Tia looked at Nicole and asked.

‘Anything is fine,” Nicole replied.

“Okay.” Tia watched Nicole who proceeded to upstairs, after which the latter went to the dining room.

Jared pushed the door in as Max was interrogating the man was kneeling in front of Nicole back in the parking lot.

When Max saw Jared, he respectfully approached the latter. “Mr. Johnston, this guy is pretty tight-

lipped. He won’t say anything.”

Jared looked at the man, walked over, and sat down in front of him as he studied him. ’Why were you following that woman?’

’I have said it many times; I didn’t follow her. It was just a misunderstanding.” The man stared at Jared with a miserable look on his face, not expecting that things would end up where they were.

’A misunderstanding, you said? Then tell US what you know.” Jared shot him a cold stare.

’Yes. Well, the thing is, after I sat down, I saw that beautiful girl walking over, and as she looked really good, I sneaked a couple of extra glances. As I passed her on the way to the bathroom, the plane suddenly jolted and I bumped into her. Before I knew it, she pinned me to the floor and asked me who had sent me. I was confused, as no one sent me here. I’m just an ordinary guy.” The man looked at Jared, his eyes filled with shame as he begged for mercy.

“That is enough. Break his arm and let him go,’ Jared said, as he had heard the full story, concluding that this man was just a molester, and that there was no one behind him.

“Aye,” Max said.

’Please don’t!” the man yelled. “I know I messed up! Please let me go!”

Jared walked right out without another glance backward. “Drive me to the office.”

“Okay,” Max uttered.

Now at the office, Jared was seated his chair with his head filled with images of Nicole.

‘It has been so long. Does she have to be so mad at me? If Martin hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have known that she was back in the country. Is she not even going to see me anymore?’ A series of questions lingered in Jared’s head, leaving him in no mood to work.

A phone call came in, prompting Jared to pick his phone up and answer it.

“Mr. Johnston, we’ve got news. The McCarthys are returning to the country tomorrow to visit the graves of their forefathers, but we found out that one of them has returned to the country long before that.”

“Find out who that person is.” Jared instructed in an icy tone of voice.

’Understood,” Jared’s man said.

Nicole was about to fall asleep when her phone suddenly rang. She reached for the phone and tapped the ‘answer’ icon, whereupon Harvey’s voice came through.

“Nicole, are you still at the airport?” Harvey asked in an anxious tone of voice.

“No, I’m back at home now,” Nicole said lazily.

’You are sleeping?” Harvey asked, though he could tell that she was by the sound of her voice.

’Yeah, is there anything else? If not, just hang up already.” Nicole tossed the phone aside, ignoring him.

‘Get some rest, then. I will see you tomorrow if you’re okay with that.”

After having heard no reply from Nicole even after a while, Harvey knew that she must be asleep, and so, he hung up.