I understood what Nichs meant. He was telling me that the boy who once imed to like me was not as loyal as I thought-just like Pete. Nichs approached Pete intimidatingly before saying softly, "Just make sure you know which women you can touch, and which you can''t!"


    He brushed off Pete''s shoulder as if there was some non-existent dust. He then turned and left without looking back.


    Watching Nichs''s retreating figure, my eyes stung. Pete got into the car and cursed, "Don''t listen to his nonsense. My dad might have arranged blind dates for me, but I didn''t go to a single one!" Exhausted, I rubbed my temples as my head was hurting. If only Nichs could be as steadfast in choosing me as Pete was, I might have been so happy now.N?velDrama.Org ? 2024.


    "Ms. Ari, when are you divorcing Nichs? Come home with me, and my dad won''t pressure me to get married anymore!"


    "What are you even saying..."


    I sighed. Though the Shelman family was not as prominent as the Hawk family, they were still among the top families in the country.


    How would they possibly let their son marry a divorced woman, let alone the former daughter-inw of their family friend?


    The idea itself was mind-blowing. Besides, their family would never ept someone else''s children.


    Pete kept chattering, but I could not focus on a word. My mind was upied by Nichs''s departing figure and the girls clinging to him.


    As the car finally started moving, I messaged Daniel. I figured that I hadpleted the task of finding


    women for Nichs. Whether or not he slept with them, at least I had


    made my stance clear.


    Daniel seemed pleased with my actions. He said he would send me the gift he had promised to give me.


    I did not really bother myself with it. I


    met


    assumed he meant the assets he had promised before. But to my surprise, Daniel released a public statement severing ties with udia after Pete dropped me off at my apartment.


    He was even more ruthless and cold-hearted than I imagined. The statement vaguely reported her past rtionships with multiple male


    ssmates of hers and her rene


    expose targeting Jasmine. Though it omitted anything rted to the


    Hawk family, it revealed everything else.


    Looking at those words, I did not feel really happy. Perhaps it was because it wasn''t Nichs who had done that for me. Those were things even the bedridden Daniel could find out about. Yet, Nichs had pretended to be oblivious for so long.


    Suddenly, I heard the sound of a key in the lock. Nichs strode in, his eyes red with anger.


    Seeing me sitting on the couch with my phone, he questioned me through gritted teeth, "Now I know why you were so eager to obey my father. You''re satisfied now, aren''t you?"


    I blinked. I finally realized that Daniel had not spared me after all. He had said before that he could ept any woman other than me.


    cing my hand on my belly, I remembered Daniel''s words. He said I could not bear children, so I was not a good match for Nichs. Looking at the harsh Nichs before me, I chuckled softly. He must have hated me so much now.