Yvana saw Nicole and thought of the man taking Nicole away at the café, and Harvey could do nothing
about it last time.
What surprised her the most was that they were now together.
Yvana was not afraid of Nicole.She gritted her teeth and said, "Can't I befriend him, Nicole? Don't you
think you're too possessive?"
Jared frowned upon hearing this, and he finally glanced at Yvana with a frosty look in his eyes.He
opened his mouth and was about to say something.
Yvana saw the look in his eyes, and an unspeakable fear rose within her.
'Has this man become angry just because I've rebuked Nicole?' Nicole took a couple of steps forward.
With Jared behind her now, she looked at Yvana with a smile.
Jared then heard Nicole's somewhat mischievous voice.
"Yeah, I'm just that possessive."
Nicole walked up to Yvana and raised her upturned eyes.She stood tall and looked down at Yvana
condescendingly.
"Are you still not leaving?"
Yvana looked at the bossy Nicole, so angry that she could not find a word to respond.
She turned around and ran away.
"I'll come back again, just you wait!"
Meanwhile, Claus snorted in the back.
'Who cares? Nicole has the backing of my boss; he won't let Yvana bully her.But what did Nicole mean
by saying she was possessive and chasing the woman away?! Thinking the first thing that his boss did
when he returned was to grind the coffee, Claus's eyes narrowed as if something had dawned on him.
'Could It be that the Brassalian coffee tree has grown?! Jared looked at Nicole, the frosty look in his
eyes vanishing.
He smiled upon hearing what Nicole said, his eyes lighting up like the stars in the night sky.
Nicole looked back and found her gaze colliding with his.
Instead of overreacting, she asked calmly, "Are you looking for me?"
Jared looked at her, the smile on his face getting even bigger.He reached out and brushed a strand of
hair from Nicole's forehead to behind her ear, his voice gentle and warm as he said, "Yeah, but nothing
big deal."
Jared's expression eased up as he thought of what I Nicole had just said.
"There's a party, and I want you to go with me.That's all."
Nicole nodded and thought for a moment.
"Give me a moment; let me talk to my friends."
She turned and went back in, looking at the people who were looking at her, astounded.
"I'll go first as I have something on.We will have fun together another time," she said.
Everyone had seen what happened outside the door, and they all nodded, not intending to stop Nicole
from leaving.
It was not until Nicole was gone that Lulu came back t o her senses..
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