When she finished, she cried and pounced on Ricky.A murderous look flashed in Ricky’s eyes. He freed out a hand to grab her hair and threw her head against the wall. Ashley screamed and fainted.“Bastard! How could you bite the hand that feeds you?” Ricky brushed off the dust on his sleeve, his eyes full of disgust.Mrs. Holmes was frightened by what she saw and wanted to leave.Seeing that she wanted to leave, Ricky’s eyes flashed with a murderous look again. He grabbed Mrs. Holmes’s dress and reached out to strangle her.No matter how tough Mrs. Holmes was, she was still a woman. She was no match for Ricky. The man grabbed her neck with his rough hand and threatened her. “I will kill you now if you want to divorce me! Tell me—are you still going to divorce me?”His killer-look eyes were bloodshot, and he looked as if he were crazy. Seeing that she did not speak, Ricky grinned and tightened his grip.The guests in the restaurant were so frightened that they gasped in trepidati
Norah’s expression stiffened as she realized he had dug a hole for herself.Spencer had also sensed something, his face stern. “Whatever the reason, Norah, you are to keep your distance from them from now on.”“Absolutely.” Samuel also agreed.There was nothing Norah could do, and she could only reply reluctantly, “I got.”‘D*mn Nicole! You shall see. Even if I stay away from them, I have a way to get Snow and Raine to target you!’Nicole quietly sneered as she saw Norah’s indignation.Snow, Raine, and their cohorts were targeting her for no reason — she knew there must be someone behind this. Norah was supposed to hate Uncle Dillon’s family, yet she got so close to them. It did not take a rocket scientist to figure out what Norah was up to.Half an hour later, they had finished their meals, and Spencer and Samuel went to make payment at the cashier.Nicole and Norah went out first to get some fresh air. Norah had been sulking and was in a terrible mood to see Nicole. At this p
Nicole returned to her dorm room, handed her the meal she had brought for Lulu, and sat down to watch Lulu battle those keyboard warriors.Lulu saw Nicole was back and smiled at her. “Hey, you are back!”Nicole nodded. “Here you go. Eat it now, or it will get cold.”Lulu looked over her shoulder, and her eyes lit up when she saw the takeaway packaging. “Nicole, how do you know that I have always wanted to try The Grove’s food? I tried many times but could not get a reservation. I didn’t expect it to be delivered today.”The corner of Nicole’s lips upturned as she said, “Try it quickly if you like it.”Lulu happily picked up a fork and tucked in while praising the chef, The Grove, for his cooking skills.Halfway through the meal, she slowed down and asked Nicole cautiously, “I know that Samuel and Spencer are your brothers, but rumor has it that they also have some connection with Snow and Raine. So you, Snow, and Raine are...”Lulu already had almost guessed it. It was just that
Nicole had already guessed that this would be the result. While looking at Lulu's smiling face, she suddenly stopped on her way. "Wait for me here."Lulu inexplicably watched as Nicole jumped over the wall and out of the school. Five minutes later, Nicole jumped back into the school premise with a cup of hot coffee in her hand.Nicole handed Lulu the milk tea in her hand and patted Lulu on the head. "You did me a favor, and I bought you a coffee.""Really?" Lulu did not expect Nicole to go out of the campus to buy her coffee. Her eyes welled up involuntarily. "I can't believe that you would buy me coffee. I am so touched."Nicole did not expect a cup of coffee would make Lulu so happy. She thought to herself that she would treat her better from now on. "Drink it now. Don't let Ms. Emerson find it out."Lulu nodded quickly. The two of them walked slowly toward the classroom building. Lulu finished drinking all the coffee before entering the classroom.Everyone was in the classroom
Raine gritted her teeth in anger at the thought of Nicole's face.She looked at Gary next to her and saw that he was tilting his head, looking in Nicole's direction. This made Raine even angrier.Gary had been treating her coldly ever since the embarrassment at the café. Although he had finally allowed her to follow him today, he kept staring at Nicole.A grim look flashed in Raine's eyes. But thinking that she was still the one with Gary right now, she took a deep breath and returned to her usual lovely self. With her sweet voice, she called out to Gary, "Gary, I don't understand this math problem taught in the last lesson. Could you explain it to me?"Gary looked at her with an impatient frown, thinking, 'Didn't Mr. Louis explain it to you in the last lesson? Or you did not listen to him?'Gary was then reminded of Nicole's immediate rejection when he volunteered himself to explain the math problems the other day. Hence, with other intentions in his mind, he picked up a pen and
As he spoke, everyone went from laughing at Nicole to speaking out for Gary.Raine felt vindicated to hear these words. The indignation and jealousy she had harbored for the past few days because of Nicole had finally found a venting outlet. This made her feel much better.Listening to others praising her and Gary, Raine turned to Gary and boldly asked, "They all say we are a good match. What do you think?"However, Gary was still looking in Nicole's direction. When he heard that Nicole had scored a zero mark, the first thought that came to mind was, 'I knew it.' But then he was in mixed feelings, worrying that Nicole's feelings would get affected.'Since when have I become so concerned about what Nicole thought? Apparently, I have always been right about her. Not only did I offer to help her with tuition, but I also admonished her. I had never treated others like this.' Gary did not mind when Nicole rejected his kindness. But what upset him was that she gave him the cold shoulder.
Lulu froze when she was looking at the zero-score answer sheet. Nicole had taught her the solutions for similar math problems. And Nicole's approach was much clearer and simpler than the standard answers. She wondered how Nicole got zero marks.Lulu turned to look at Nicole, who was reading a book. "Is this Maths Olympiad test paper with a zero score really yours?"Nicole looked at the computer screen; it had been indeed uploaded to the school forum. "Yeah, it is mine. Why?"Lulu was even more surprised when Nicole admitted it. "But you could answer all these questions. You have even taught me. How was it possible for you to score a zero mark?""I forgot how to answer."In fact, Nicole just did not bother to write all the steps. She had gotten the answers in her mind after writing only a few steps. So she skipped most steps and stated the answer directly. With Mr. Louis's level, he must not have understood Nicole's train of thought, so he gave a zero mark for her.Lulu stared at
Lulu was the last to come out and quickly apologized. "I am sorry. I was in bed just now. I won't be that slow next time. Could you please not deduct these ten points?"The full score for a room was a hundred points. Those dormitories with 90 points and above were excellent. If ten points were deducted, their dormitory room would fall out of the excellent category.Lulu looked at the fat girl with a pleading face.The fat girl sneered at her. "Next time is next time; this time is this time. How am I going to know your performance for next time? I'll deduct ten points this time." She wrote on the scorecard and deducted ten credit points as she spoke.Following that, two girls swaggered into Nicole's dormitory. They randomly picked up a few girls' belongings, threw them aside, opened the wardrobe, and pulled the drawers to look for prohibited items. At last, they found a commemorative pen at June's desk. The fat girl was overjoyed. "This is a prohibited item! I'll deduct another twen