Nicole didn't remember when she fell asleep. She seemed to have a dream, in which there was a
grassland, at the end of which the sun rose. The sun was warm, making people sleepy.
Not knowing how long it took, Nicole finally woke up. She opened her eyes in a daze and found that
there was no one beside her.
"Jacob?" Nicole called and sat up with her hands on her arms.
The bedroom was empty and no one answered.
Nicole uncovered the thin quilt and stood up to look around. Jacob wasn't in the room. The bedroom
door was ajar. He must have gone out.
"Jacob?" Nicole called again, but no one answered. She folded the thin quilt neatly, opened the door
and walked out of the bedroom.
There was no one in the corridor.
Nicole didn't see the busy servants until she went down the stairs to the first floor. The first floor was
much busier than the third floor.
"Excuse me, where is Jacob?" Asked Nicole politely, stopping a servant who was holding a cup of tea.
The servant bowed and answered respectfully, "Mr. Jacob is in the garden."
"In the garden?" Nicole was confused.
"Yes." As if knowing what Nicole was going to ask, the servant bowed to the front door and pointed,
"Go out, turn right, and walk along the corridor to see the small garden."
"Thank you."
Nicole thanked her and turned right as the servant said.
When she was about to reach the end, Albertan suddenly came from the corner. Nicole stopped and
looked at Albertan in a daze.
Although she didn't have anything to lose, this was the main house of the Gu family, and Albertan was
in charge of it. She was a little timid in other people's territory.
"Ah... Auntie... " Nicole stepped back and looked at Albertan carefully.
Albertan fixed her eyes on Nicole. After a long time, she said coldly, "Nicole, I want to talk to you,
okay?"
okay?
The tone of these two words and these two words shocked Nicole. Since Nicole met Albertan for the
first time, Albertan had never talked to her in such a tone of discussion.
Seeing that Nicole didn't say anything, Albertan thought that Nicole didn't agree, so she thought for a
while and said, "I have something to tell you, and it has something to do with Jacob."
Realizing what had happened, Nicole nodded her head in panic and answered incoherently, "okay.
Okay... "
"Then let's go." Albertan sighed slightly. She could see that there was still awkwardness on her face,
but she controlled herself.
"Okay."
Nicole followed Albertan all the way to the other side of the corridor, where there was a greenhouse.
There were all kinds of orchids planted in the greenhouse. It could be seen that some of them were
valuable.
"Have a seat." Albertan sat down on a bench in the greenhouse and said to Nicole.
Nicole quickly sat down on the opposite chair and looked at Albertan in confusion.
Albertan didn't say anything immediately. She kept silent for a while and said hesitantly, "in fact, the
death of David has something to do with me."
What?
Nicole widened her eyes in disbelief. David, who was also the father of Jacob, was involved in the car
accident because of Albertan?
"If I hadn't urged him to come back as soon as possible, he wouldn't have come back in such a hurry. If
he hadn't come back in such a hurry, perhaps the car accident wouldn't have happened."
"Why did you urge him to come back?" Since Albertan took the initiative to tell her, Nicole could not
help but ask.
Albertan looked straight at Nicole, bit her lips and said, "Because of you."
"Because of me?" Frightened, Nicole stood up all of a sudden. Realizing that she overreacted, she sat
back and asked, "Why? For what? "
Albertan closed her eyes.
Looking at Albertan's sad and regretful expression, Nicole thought of what had happened before and
came up with a guess.
"Is it... Is it because you want him to come back and separate me from Jacob? "
Albertan didn't say anything, but neither did she refute.
It never occurred to Nicole that such a thing would happen. She looked at Albertan with a perplexed
look and asked, "but Jacob told me that he had pleaded with you and you had agreed to my
relationship with him."
"Yes." Albertan shook her head and said, "I can't refuse him. He is my dearest baby. He knelt down and
begged me. How could I not agree? "
Knelt down and begged... [暖暖] only heard [顾皓晟]'s pleading, but she didn't expect him to make such
a humble request.
Hearing that, Nicole's eyes turned red. She looked at Albertan sadly and couldn't help but question,
"so, you agreed with him verbally and asked uncle to come back as soon as possible in private so that
he could stand out to separate me and Jacob, right?"
"Yes..."
"How could you..." Nicole didn't know what to say. "Why don't you like me? Is it because that you dislike
my family and background? Do you think I'm not good enough for him? "
Albertan avoided the cold eyes of Nicole. She looked at a pot of orchids in the distance and said lightly,
"I'm sorry..."
Nicole laughed, "I don't need this apology. You should tell Jacob."
"I told him." Albertan looked at Nicole again, "He can't accept it. Since he knew this, he has been angry
with me and unwilling to talk to me. He even pretended not to hear me talking to him."
At this moment, Nicole finally understood why what Albertan wanted to say when she asked her to
come here just now had something to do with him.
She couldn't stand the cold war between her beloved son and her.
"So you want me to put in a good word for you in front of him?" Nicole asked straightforwardly.
Albertan bit her lips. It seemed that she didn't want to turn to Nicole for help, but she had no choice but
to say reluctantly, "After all, I'm his favorite mother. He must be unhappy with me. You don't want to see
him suffer, do you. Don't you love him very much? "
Nicole nodded, "Yes, I love him very much."
"Then..."
"I love him, so I respect him." Nicole interrupted Albertan and said mercilessly, "You said that he is your
favorite son and your heart, but have you ever respected him? Have you ever respected the one he
loves? "
Albertan's face darkened. Even if she was at a disadvantage, she still couldn't put down the airs of a
top leader and was not used to being lectured.
Nicole really didn't want to continue the conversation. She stood up and said to Albertan, "If it weren't
for the fact that Jacob was angry, you wouldn't have come to talk to me. I guess you still don't admit me
in your heart until now. "
Albertan remained silent.
"Ha ha." Nicole sneered, "Then why do you need to ask someone you don't want to admit for help?"
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