Nicole was a little surprised. “Borrow money?”
Julie sighed and stroked her slightly wrinkled mask.
“Roman owes a large sum of penalty fees, so he’s desperate and came to me to beg for help. I saw
that he’s quite pitiful, so I gave him a sum of money. But he didn’t take this money to pay off the penalty
and used it for cocaine. He’s just reckless and hopeless.”
Nicole’s eyes widened in shock. “And then what?”
Julie sneered. “When I found out, I called the police. He was locked up for a few days and asked me for
money again when he got out.”
Nicole clicked her tongue. “So, you’re hiding out here?”
Julie muttered, “K insists on inviting me over to hide out a few days. That way, he won’t get distracted
and do something crazy.”
Nicole nodded approvingly. “You should just stay here. I’m not moving out anyway, so we can keep
each other company!”
Julie did not answer and sighed.
“How did I find such vermin from the garbage in the first place? I’m really blind!”
On the surface, Roman looked like a decent man, but he was so vile behind the scenes.
Nicole said, “Fortunately, you guys broke up early. Otherwise, he’ll sooner or later drag you down with
him.”
Julie just sighed and thought how people could change so fast and how fragile it was.
After knowing Roman for five or six years, Julie did not notice that he was such a vile person. Julie
remembered something and asked, “Both Eric and Clayton are pretty decent, but which one do you
think is better?” This question hit Nicole on the head. Nicole made herself as calm as possible. “What
does it have to do with me if they’re decent or not?”
“You have to choose at least one of them, right? You can’t stay single forever. Didn’t you always like to
grow old with your other half?” If Julie looked at Nicole at this moment, she would have noticed that
Nicole’s eyes were rolled to the back of her head. “No, I now feel that growing old with a bunch of
people is better!” The room was silent.
Julie had no idea what to say for a moment. It had only been a year, yet Nicole changed so fast.
“I can tell that Clayton is interested in you. Do you know him?”
Nicole was silent for a moment and shook her head.
“Clayton gives the impression of being warm and reliable, but I just can’t see through him. I like his son
better!” Nicole wondered if that witty Lil Michael was being reprimanded now. After the two ladies took
off their masks, they did not have much energy to continue to stay up late, so they both went to bed.
In a few days, Nicole could already walk on her own without a cane. The project in Sand City was still a
bit troublesome, but it did not affect the start of construction. Jacob Cook also put more effort to watch
the progress.
Nicole wanted to go to the office early in the morning, but she suddenly received a message from Livia
Lehman.
[The first season of our show ended successfully. Ms. Stanton, would you like to join our celebration?]
Livia was so kind to invite her, so Nicole could not refuse. What’s more, Nicole had invested in Livia’s
law firm and networking, so if she did not show up, it would inevitably cause a lot of unnecessary
speculation. Nicole replied. [Sure.]
After so many days of boredom, Nicole really needed an event to relax. Livia sent over the time and
place immediately after. Nicole saw that it was the hotel near the set. It was not very far. At once, Nicole
got the driver to turn around and went directly to the set location.
As soon as Nicole got out of the car, she saw a familiar person standing there who looked like he had
just come out after a business discussion. He shook hands with someone and exchanged pleasantries.
Coincidentally, that man was none other than Clayton Sloan.
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