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“What’s wrong? Are you wary of me? Don’t worry. Miss Chapman, I’m not an evil person. It’s just that I’m usually really busy during the day, and I can only make time at night.”




Upon hearing that, Nicole had no choice but to agree. “Alright. I’ll send the draft to your place at 8.00PM tonight.”




“By the way, I don’t like strangers coming into my house, so it’s better if you come over on your own, Miss Chapman,” John added on while Nicole tensed up. Is he trying to get me to go over to his place alone?




Nevertheless, she could only nod and go along with John’s requests because he was her customer. “Sure. I’ll be there at 8.00PM sharp.”




“I’ll send you the address now.” Then, John hung up.




After the call, Nicole headed to Felicia’s office and told her about the call before Felicia pondered for a moment. “From what I know, John Curtis is a well-known CEO without any bad rumors, so he probably won’t do anything that would cross the line.”




Nicole could only hope that things go smoothly tonight.




During the afternoon meeting, Drake, who hadn’t shown up for three days, finally came. He looked even younger with his hair styled and his dark gray suit, while his facial features were cold as usual.




Nicole had her head lowered as she read the document while Alice, seated facing Nicole, kept fidgeting around and hoping that it would attract Drake's attraction.




“Nicole Chapman, focus on the meeting and stop doodling,” Felicia suddenly called out.




As Nicole was indeed doodling in her

notebook without paying attention to the

meeting, she quickly straightened her

posture and nodded with a flushed face.

"Alright.".




After placing her pencil down obediently,her gaze met an upset pair of eyes, as if they were trying to tell her how disappointed they were by her actions.




To Drake, Nicole was behaving like a

stubborn kid who wouldn't listen in class

right now.




“Nicole, I hope that you’ll be able to learn how to respect other people in my company,” he suddenly demanded out of nowhere.

Immediately, a few snickers could be heard in the meeting room, as some of them were pleased that Nicole got lectured by the boss.




However, Nicole blinked before she propped her chin on her hand and smiled at Drake.




 “Thanks for teaching me the right way to act, but I just want to be myself. President Butler, you can always fire me if you don’t like me.”




Right then, only the sound of people

gasping could be heard in the meeting

room. Isn't Nicole being a bit too

courageous? How dare she speak to

President Butler in that manner?.




Drake wasn’t just the president of QR Jewelry Group. In fact, he was also supported by Butler Corporation, making him a rich and powerful man. Hence, it would be dumb for anyone to try to cross Drake.




Has Nicole gone mad?!




Felicia got anxious as well. Then, she turned

to Nicole and exclaimed, "Nicole,

how could you speak to President Butler

like that?!".




Nevertheless, a playful glint flashed past Nicole's gaze as she stared at Drake intently.




 “President Butler, would you like me to hand in my letter of resignation?”




“Nicole, you can’t just resign when you still have to meet President Curtis tonight!”




 Immediately, Felicia tried to stop Nicole from angering Elliot any further.




Still, Drake's face darkened as he frowned before he turned to Felicia. “Why is she meeting clients at night?”




Yet, the fact that Drake asked her that question instead of getting angry made her confused before she quickly cleared her throat and replied, “One of our clients customized a set of jewelry, but he’s very busy and can only meet up at night, so Nicole will have to go over to the client’s place on her own tonight.”




“Tell that client that none of our employees work overtime. There won’t be any business dealings outside of working hours,” Drake instructed coldly. From what he heard, President Curtis was definitely a man, and an ill-intentioned one at that.




"Umm.. Well, we have already set the

timing to meet up with the client," Felicia

tried to explain again..




On the other hand, although Nicole could tell that Drake was trying to help her out, she was still feeling rebellious and refused to listen to him.




“Don’t worry, Felicia. I’ll surely meet up with President Curtis tonight without any delay.” She assured Felicia about her outlook on this matter.




“I forbid you to go, Nicole,” Drake suddenly instructed sternly.