Nicholas had just finished inspecting the Sparrow Clinic, discussed several matters with the higher-ups, and resolved some of the problems that had occurred in a small meeting.Right after he sat behind the wheel of his car, he saw the arrival of Thomas, Lindsay, and one other woman who he immediately concluded was Melisa--Thomas's wife.An unpleasant feeling overwhelmed Nicholas and he followed them into the lobby, then his eyes caught the figure of Josephine, who seemed to be preparing to leave.Lindsay confronted Josephine and it was later determined that the three had an altercation with Josephine.Nicholas had to desperately hold himself back so he wouldn't get out of the car and attack Thomas, Melisa, and Lindsay. He was sure that if he did, Josephine would be angry with him.Nicholas didn't understand how people could be as patient as Josephine, continuing to let those people pressure and bully her."Little sister," muttered Josephine half laughing. "What are you doing here?""
Josephine didn't notice everyone's eyes and comments because she was excited."Nicholas, this is really cool," Josephine whispered, bringing her lips close to Nicholas' ear, because the music might keep Nicholas from hearing her voice.Nicholas smirked. He tightened his hold on Josephine's waist. "You like in here?""Hm. It's not too noisy and the lights don't flicker too fast and make you dizzy.""What would you like to drink? I'll order it for you.""No need, Nicholas, I'll order it myself later.""Then let's head over there. I've already made reservations. Compartment 12A."Nicholas pointed to the right corner of the bar, to an exclusive corner where there were large, soundproofed, special compartments.Nicholas walked behind Josephine because he saw the eyes of another man looking at Josephine with great curiosity and interest.Josephine pushed open the door of the compartment Nicholas pointed out to her and found that the people sitting inside were serious and wearing full suits.
Renee is the daughter of a large supermarket manager and her mother owns an online cosmetics store. She lives well, but with four younger siblings and Renee's desire to own nice, expensive, branded things, she always feels poor. When she entered high school, Renee began to approach Lindsay, because she was royal and easy to please. As long as you want to obey his orders and are good at compliments, then Lindsay will not hesitate to spend the money. Renee's father's convenience store was always busy and stealing a bag or two of chips, a can or two of soft drinks, and then escalating to a pack of cigarettes, did not bankrupt his father. On the other hand, Renee became Lindsay's closest person, who was always ready to do anything Lindsay asked her to do. Because of this, Renee's room and closet began to fill with things she liked, even if they were Lindsay's second-hand items on occasion.Renee was eyeing the pearl-studded bag that Lindsay wore to a label's award ceremony a while ago and
Renee was deathly pale. Nicholas is very scary. He uttered every word in an icy tone that hurt everyone's ears and the look in his eyes was piercing.Friends around Renee trembled and lowered their heads, even Krist--the bartender, was shocked to death. He quickly resumed his task of recording the identities of everyone who had surrounded Josephine and been harassing her.Renee took two steps back and forced herself to challenge Nicholas. The bag she wanted from Lindsay was more enticing and made her dare to do anything to face anything."What I do is none of your business, sir," Renee said in a trembling voice. "That's my business with Josephine!"Renee's friend next to her was shocked. She knew who Nicholas was and she knew better that it would be foolish to oppose Nicholas.Nicholas stared at Renee with narrowed eyes. He snorted sarcastically and turned to Krist.Just then, Renee's friend nudged her arm. "Renee, stop fighting him! He's not some random person you can just fight. You
Lindsay is upset. She was considering whether to contact Lucas or not. She has posted a video where she falls due to being pushed by Josephine and has also posted a video where she is wincing in pain while showing the camera her bruises. Actually she and her mother reenacted the scene, when Thomas went to the bathroom after Josephine left. Melissa's hand pushed and made Lindsay fall to the floor, but it was not visible on the camera because the shooting angle had been arranged in such a way. Then, Melissa makes bruises on Lindsay's legs and arms using foundation and eye shadow. After she posted that scene on her insta story, all of Lindsay's friends were texting her, asking what had happened to her, but there were no messages from Lucas, the person Lindsay had hoped for the most.Just then came a message from Renee. Her friend sent her the video she recorded since Nicholas was detained by Lucas at the exit of the Blue Moon bar. Lindsay watched the video and instantly her blood b
Nicholas touched the green telephone icon on the screen, ready to curse any man who dared to call Josephine at a time like this."Hello?"Who is the voice of the person calling? Nicholas's brow furrowed. The caller was a man, that's true, but why did his voice sound like a child's?"Hello," replied Nicholas.For a moment, there was no sound, then, "Hey, who are you? Why did you take Ms. Joy's call?" asked the voice of the caller with exasperation.Nicholas's brow furrowed. "Ms. Joy? Ah, you must mean Josephine. And who am I talking to? Rain?" asked Nicholas lightly.He was holding back a smile, feeling that he could guess that the caller was one of Josephine's children. The child calls his mother as Ms. Joy. Could it be part of their attempt to hide their identity?Nicholas thought, he might be able to win Josephine's heart or at least it would be easier to approach Josephine if he could win over her three children.After all, seeing their resemblance to him, the feeling that he was t
Josephine's hold on Nicholas was so tight, that it was hard for him to move. Josephine looked so comfortable leaning on him that Nicholas didn't have the heart to move her.Nicholas wanted to know what Josephine was dreaming of, until she cried in her sleep like that. Does she miss her mother? Nicholas stroked Josephine's hair gently.One thing that Nicholas missed, was about Josephine's biological mother and what happened to her. Nicholas sighed. How much suffering has Josephine been through so far?Very slowly and carefully, Nicholas took his phone from his trouser pocket, then he adjusted himself so he could shift and change into a sitting position leaning against the head of the bed, so that finally Josephine, with her arms still hugging Nicholas' waist, this time lay down comfortably, with Nicholas' stomach as her pillow.Josephine shifted to find a comfortable position and Nicholas realized that her belt was bothering Josephine. He unbuckled his belt and jacket and simply droppe
Josephine sat silently on the dining chair, looking at all the food that was served on the table with mixed feelings. She thought, while he had been waiting for her sleep, Nicholas had been looking around her kitchen. It seemed the man had the intention of cooking something beforehand, because Josephine saw a pot half filled with water on the stove and a knife on the cutting board. Josephine felt embarrassed, realizing that before that her fridge had been empty, only three eggs, a glass of orange juice, half a watermelon, half a purple cabbage and two carrots in it. Nicholas must have been confused about what to cook with those limited ingredients, so he finally decided to order food from a restaurant. However, everything that was served on the table clearly came from a five-star restaurant and there were so many varieties, that even Josephine was confused about which one she would eat first. After some thought, Josephine decided to put some of the food in the fridge. She could r