"Did Trevin send you his address?"
"Yes. Let's go."
Nicole nodded as Samuel looked at her.
When they drove to the address Trevin had given them, they did not see him.
Samuel called Trevin again, but the phone had already been switched off.
"Who are you looking for?"
An old man asked when he saw them.
"Sir, we want to know if Trevin lives here."
Nicole hurriedly stepped forward and asked with a smile.
The old man looked at Nicole and nodded, "Yes, he lives here, but they moved out nearly an hour ago
when his sister came."
"Moved out? Do you know where did they go?"
Tim stepped forward and asked urgently, which scared the old man to take a step back.
"Who are you? Why are you looking for them?"
The old man was a little vigilant.
Nicole shook her head and pulled Tim back.
"Sir, sorry to disturb you. We are Trevin's friends. He sent us the address. Look, this is the address that
Trevin sent us."
Nicole handed Samuel's phone to the old man.
When the old man saw that it was indeed Trevin's Twitter, he whispered, "So Trevin sent it to you. I
don't know what happened. After his sister came, she urged him to leave together and seemed to have
applied suspension of schooling for him. Trevin did not agree and had a violent quarrel with his sister.
However, Trevin was a filial child and agreed to leave when his sister cried. They didn't say where they
are going and I didn't dare to ask, as his sister seemed fierce. "
Hearing what the old man said, Tim narrowed his eyes.
"She's evading us."
"So what? We can't do anything even if we know she's hiding from us. Right now, we don't know where
they are or where they went. I think we need to give it further consideration."
Nicole knew that Tim was in a bad mood right now. No one could stand being fooled like this.
However, they lost track of them now. They could only wait for Trevin to turn on the phone and contact
them before they could find Maia.
Tim sat dejectedly on the stone and whispered, "If she came to me with ulterior motives, I should have
lost something. Now that I didn't lose anything and her goal was not reached, why did she escape from
me?"
"Perhaps it was because she fell in love with you and couldn't bear to hurt you anymore. Therefore, she
gave up her mission and disappeared."
Nicole's words made Tim laugh cynically.
"How could she be so kind? I'm afraid she's preparing another trick to deceive me."
"Tim, don't think that way."
Nicole could not find any excuse or reason to comfort him.
Tim's phone rang.
Tim glanced at it and sneered, "Look, I gave her a bank card of 100,000. Now she returned the money
to me. It seems that she wanted to break things off with me. Since she didn't plan to be with me from
the beginning, why did she come to me again and then left? Did she think that I wouldn't retaliate after
being cheated?"
"What do you want to do?"
Samuel knew that it would be impossible for Tim not to vent his spleen.
Tim's gaze gradually turned cold. He looked into the distance and said resolutely, "I will find her
whatever it may takes and let her pay the price. How can she just leave like this after stealing my
heart? Impossible!"
"What can we do for you?"
"Nothing. You've already helped me much. I'll do the rest myself."
Tim stood up and cleaned off the dirt on his clothes. He looked at Nicole and Samuel and said, "Sorry
for delaying your return to the Seapolis City. Since Nicole is here, you can sign the gift contract before
leaving."
"Tim, I really can't take it."
Nicole felt that this emerald mine was too precious to be sent to her.
"Are you looking down on me?"
"No, I'm not. Tim, how about this plan? Since Nicole and I can't stay here, we'll pay some money to buy
the shares of the mine. You can manage this mining area and do whatever you want with the emerald
here. We can just share the profits. Do you agree? In return, you can buy the shares of the travel
agency and share the profits. How do you think?"
Samuel put forward his own opinion.
Tim smiled and said, "OK. Never would Samuel do anything unbeneficial. It's a good idea to just sit
back and get profits. Anyway, I accept that because of Nicole."
"Thank you."
Samuel threw Tim a sour glance.
Tim patted him on his shoulder with smile and then left after waving his hand.
"I'm leaving. You can go back yourselves. I won't see you off."
"Tim."
Nicole wanted to say something, but was stopped by Samuel.
They could tell that although Tim seemed as unruly as before, his eyes were no longer alight.
Perhaps the light in his eyes had been destroyed or taken away by Maia. They all knew that Tim might
need much time to recover.
"Love is so complicated..."
Nicole shook her head.
Samuel held her hand tightly and said, "It's not easy to end well like us. We should cherish it, honey."
Nicole suddenly laughed.
"What do you mean we should cherish it? I have always been cherishing it. Tell that to yourself. Who
was it that gave the cold shoulder to me five years ago?"
"Me, me, me. My fault, may I apologize?"
Samuel immediately apologized when he heard that Nicole was about to rake up the past.
Nicole laughed.
She didn't really want to complain about Samuel, but she liked to see his nervous look. Moreover, she
had suffered so much, so it was okay to make him nervous for a moment, wasn't it?
"Let's go home. Blair and Lucas are probably home already."
Nicole was homesick.
She knew that Tim could handle himself. Although sad, he would always handle it properly.
What she missed most was the children at home.
She hadn't seen them for such a long time and didn't know how they were.
Samuel saw Nicole was anxious to go home and quickly took the latest plane back.
After Nicole and Samuel returned to the Seapolis City, they felt that even the air was fresher here.
"So good to be at home."
"Absolutely!"
Samuel looked at Nicole's happy smile and couldn't help smiling.
"I want to meet my parents first. It's been a long time since we last met. I want to know how they are
doing. I heard from Jacob that they went on a trip some time ago. I wonder if they're back or not."
Nicole's words made Samuel feel a little guilty.
Nicole's parents had gone on a trip, and didn't know that she had been poisoned and lost her voice.
Otherwise, they would have felt depressed.
Fortunately, Nicole was much better now, which comforted him a little bit.
"Dad likes tea. Let's go buy some tea and send it over."
Nicole suggested.
Samuel said with a soft smile, "I already bought a perfect kind of tea in Bordeaux."
He suddenly conjured up the gift, which surprised Nicole for a moment.
"When did you buy it? How come I don't know?"
"How can you know everything? Let's go."
Samuel's words somewhat dissatisfied Nicole.
She added, "How can my mother not get a gift while my father does?"
"Who said I didn't buy mother's gift? I bought her a set of emerald jewelry."
Samuel was so considerate that Nicole failed to find anything imperfect.
"Are they your parents or mine? Why didn't I know when you bought these?"
"Our parents."
Samuel smiled faintly as he took Nicole into his arms. Then they drove to the Bush's.
Nicole's parents just returned home from their travel as well. Seeing that Nicole and Samuel came
together, they smiled and said, "We just said that it's been a long time since we last heard from you.
And now here you are unexpectedly. Come in."
"Mom and Dad, Nicole and I went to Bordeaux for a tour and brought you some local specialties. Hope
you like the gifts."
Dad Bush grinned from ear to ear when he heard Samuel's words.
"Samuel is so attentive. We also went on a trip, but didn't bring anything for you!"
"Dad."
Nicole held her father's arm in a spoiled manner.
"You have grown up. Aren't you afraid that Samuel might laugh at you seeing that you still cling to your
dad?"
Ms. Bush looked at Nicole with amusement.
"Whatever. I don't care."
Nicole rolled her eyes and sat beside Ms. Bush.
"Mom, it's been so long since you last saw me, but you didn't miss me. It looks like you enjoyed the trip
with Dad. How was it? Tell me, where have you visited?"
Ms. Bush smiled and said, "I can't remember the places. We drove all the way to the south and went to
some places afar. It's the first time that we had gone so far away from home. To be honest, it felt really
good. If I didn't miss you guys, your father and I would be heading south to see how far we could go."
Hearing Ms. Bush's words, Nicole said with envy, "Dad loves mom so much. Samuel had promised to
take our whole family for a trip but never realized it."
"Nicole, come on! We just came back!"
Samuel cried out about his grievances.
Nicole's parents and Nicole immediately laughed.
Happiness filled the room.
"I'll go cook some delicious food for you. Why don't you bring the children here? It's not interesting to
have only you two here."
Ms. Bush's words made Nicole a little unhappy.
"Mom, you don't like me! Those three little kids were born by Samuel and me. If it weren't for us, they
wouldn't have come into the world. You should love your daughter more, or else I'll be jealous!"
Nicole acted like a child and the whole family laughed again.
At the sight of this, Samuel suddenly felt peaceful and quiet.
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