Mr. Ellison was inside the office, so she did not want to make a scene here with him.
Harvey looked at Nicole, who looked at him with a fiery gaze. She gently pressed her lips together with
slightly upturned lips. It looked as if she was crying and laughing at the same time.
“No,” he said as if muttering to himself. “It’s not like that.”
Nicole looked on as he suddenly looked up at her. There were no emotions in her eyes as she gazed at
the person who looked flawless from the inside out in front of her.
But no one was truly perfect.
Harvey looked her in the eyes. “It’s not true that I don’t have feelings for you.” He seemed to have taken
a lot of effort to say that. The first time he saw her, he felt his heart beating out of rhythm, but he
mistakenly thought it was a sign of disgust. So, he hypnotized himself and refused to feel his inner
thoughts.
Nicole looked at him as if not expecting him to say this. She watched Harvey’s face gradually calm down,
and then he looked at her and broke out in a gentle smile. “I will just pretend that I have never heard
what you just said. Okay?”
Nicole frowned as she looked at Harvey’s smiling face and said, “Stop that smile.” He wanted to fool
himself, but she had no interest in playing along. She turned around and went downstairs without looking
back. There was no hesitation.
Harvey knew she was on guard, and no way he could get hold of her. When he thought about the last
words Nicole had said to him, his smile faded gradually, and he now looked like an expressionless
puppet. Just then, Mr. Ellison’s voice came from inside the office. “Harvey, are you back?”
Harvey did not adjust his expression as he strode into the principal’s office.
Mr. Ellison frowned when he saw Harvey’s face. “What’s wrong with you? Why do you look like a mess?”
Harvey had only a slight wrinkle at the corner of his clothes, yet it became synonymous with a mess in
his grandfather’s eyes. Harvey closed his eyes self-deprecatingly.
When Mr. Ellison saw his expression, he knew Harvey must have been badly upset. So, he softened his
voice and asked, “Harvey, you heard it all?” Harvey nodded, silently looking at the untouched meal on
the table, his fingers unconsciously smoothening the cuff on his right hand. Seeing Harvey’s dejected
look, Mr. Ellison could not bear to agitate him. He sighed and said,” Nicole is a good girl, but she doesn’t
like you. I’m not going to force it. Do you like Snow? Ask her to come over so I can take a look.”
Harvey looked at Mr. Ellison, not expecting him to give up so easily. It was Mr. Ellison who wanted him to
approach Nicole, but when he was stuck in the mud and could no longer
extricate himself, Mr. Ellison nonchalantly told him he would not force him anymore.
Harvey did not refute it but looked at his grandfather with a gentle smile. “Okay.”
Seeing Harvey so amiable, Mr. Ellison nodded with satisfaction. “Take a seat. The dishes are getting
cold.”
The two of them sat down to eat, but the meal seemed to be tasteless now.
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