Chapter 58

Nicole glanced at the man outside the

elevator like he was a stranger. The man

finally disappeared from her sight as the

elevator door closed.

When they were in Roman’s flashy sports

car, he finally asked the question that had

been bugging him. “Is this thing worth a

lot of money? Why do the Fergusons

want it so badly?”

Nicole laughed and looked at the box in

her hand. “This thing is a thousand years

old. I heard it came out from a royal

palace and had been the Fergusons’

family heirloom for almost eight hundred

years. Do you think it’s worth a lot?”

Roman’s driving speed obviously slowed

down as he was dumbfounded and

shocked. ‘This is simply priceless! They

auctioned off such a valuable thing? No

wonder Eric Ferguson asked Nicole to

state her price. If Nicole asked for nine

figures, Eric probably won’t even have the

slightest hesitation!’

Nicole’s phone suddenly rang. She looked

at it and saw that it was Grant, so she

happily picked up the call. “Brother, 1

bought a little toy…”

Grant paused on the other side of the

phone and let out a stifled laugh. “I heard

It only costs so little to spite the

Fergusons, huh?”

Nicole could not help but laugh when she

thought about Quinn and Ingrid’s

impending doom. “Anyway, it’s mine now,

so I won’t let go of it easily.”

Grant knew his sister’s temperament. She

must have been so disappointed with the

Fergusons that she wanted to vent it out o n them whenever she had a chance. It was indeed a rare

opportunity. ‘Forget it… Nothing else matters as long a s she’s happy… It was very sunny the next

morning. Nicole went into the office to deal with some work matters. Recently, Samantha Lindt had

been glaring at Nicole like she wanted to kill her, but she did not dare to act rashly because Nicole had

something over her. Logan knocked on the door to deliver some documents. “Vice President Nicole,

the company has begun to investigate Samantha Lindt receiving kickbacks in various projects.”

Hearing Logan’s words, Nicole looked up at him. “My brother’s ready to take action?”

“Yes, Micah Zielinski, who’s backing Samantha Lindt, has already started to make his move, so

President Stanton said that he’d no longer tolerate it.” To remove Micah Zielinski, they must first

investigate Samantha Lindt. Samantha probably knew about it by now and that she was powerless. No

wonder she did not pester Nicole about being part of the project team with J&L Corporation. Nicole

tucked her hair behind her ear.“ Then hand over what we have to add fuel to the fire.” It was a

recording of what Samantha said during the dinner with Nicole and Flint

Zeller.

“Yes, ma’am.” Logan stood there and

paused for a moment. “There’s one more

thing. Mr. Ferguuson’s secretary called

saying that Mr. Ferguson would like to make an appointment with you for a meal.” Nicole sneered and

leaned back in her chair with her arms clasped. Her gaze was clear and cold. “Say that I’m busy and

push it. In the future, just push off any meals with him. You don’t need to ask me anymore.” “Yes,

ma’am.” At noon, Nicole was planning to grab lunch when there was a knock at the door. Logan stood

at the door holding a bouquet of flowers. “Vice President Nicole Nicole looked up and frowned. “I

thought I told you to just throw it away?” “Nikki, how could you hurt me like that? I carefully selected

these for you. You

didn’t even act surprised and even wanted to throw it out?!” lan Carter suddenly popped out from

behind Logan, walked into Nicole’s office angrily, and questioned her. Nicole paused and glanced at

Logan, who apologetically lowered his head and kept

quiet.

‘Forget it…this must’ve been lan’s idea.’

Nicole was feeling a little guilty, so she

could not blame lan for feeling hurt.

“You can leave us,” Nicole said to Logan.

Logan nodded and left with a sigh of

relief.

Nicole reached out and rubbed her brow,

then smiled at lan. “Carter, why’d you

come over today?”

“I came to ask you out for lunch. I didn’t

expect you to give me such a big

surprise!” lan said with gritted teeth as he

glared at her.

Nicole smiled apologetically. “You know

how much everyone will talk if I keep

getting flowers!”

“I sent you flowers just to let everyone

know that you have a boyfriend!”

‘So that they’ll know they don’t stand a

chance!’ lan thought.

lan was unabashed as he said that.

Nicole felt a little helpless and said, “lan,

don’t waste your time on me.”

“I want to. Whether it’s a waste of time is

up to me.”

lan was not truly angry with her. He

smiled devilishly and said, “Since you’re a

t fault, you gotta buy me lunch!”

Nicole raised her eyebrows, took her

purse, and walked out of her office. “Fine.

You decide on the place.”

When they arrived at the restaurant, they

once again bumped into the people they

did not want to see.

Keith Ludwig snorted. “Nicole, didn’t you

say that you have an important project? S

o… You pushed off Eric for a date with

Second Young Master Carter? Grant

Stanton, Roman, lan Carter… You sure

change men like you change clothes! I

guess you do have your hands full, huh?”