This time, though, he could tell she was furious, and it was the kind of anger that meant she was truly done with him. Nicolas gave her a pitiful look. “Do we really have to end this? Can’t you just let it go?” Back then, whenever he acted hurt and tried to patch things up, Alicia would always give him a way out. Seeing the way Nicolas looked at her, Alicia knew exactly what was running through his mind.. But she wasn’t the Alicia from her past life anymore, the one who’d always go easy on him, always let him off the hook. She shook her head. “No.” She frowned, “Move your hand, or I won’t be so nice.” 𝓌ⓦ𝘸.⒩ô𝑣𝔼𝘭𝗪𝑜𝗿𝑚.ⓒ⒪𝓜Nicolas never expected that playing the sad puppy and begging for forgiveness would leave Alicia totally unmoved. He stubbornly kept his hand on the contract. “I’m not moving. I won’t let you do this.” Nicolas bit his lip, his voice low and urgent. “If you’re upset with the company or anyone, just tell me. I’ll fix it for you. Can’t we just find a middle ground?” From the moment Nicolas stormed in and slammed his hand down on the contract to the way he was practically begging Alicia, everyone in the legal department was floored. People thought, ‘What’s going on here? Wasn’t Alicia supposed to be pretending to be Nicolas’s childhood sweetheart? But now, it doesn’t look like she’s the one putting on an act.‘ Everyone knew Nicolas was the golden boy of Starlight Entertainment. He was arrogant, high–profile, and never afraid to do whatever he wanted. But this was the first time anyone had ever seen him actually swallow his pride and beg anyone. If they weren’t seeing things, Nicolas was actually acting all pitiful and whiny with Alicia. 𝕎𝚠𝘸.𝓃𝑜𝕧ε𝑙𝚠o𝓻𝔪.ℂ𝕆𝗠They couldn’t help but wonder if they were seeing things. It wasn’t just the legal department staff who were stunned. Even Haley saw this side of Nicolas for the very first time. Up until now, all she’d ever seen was the two of them fighting, giving each other the cold shoulder, and leaving on bad terms. She never imagined Nicolas had this side to him when it came to Alicia, 𝗪Ŵ𝕨.𝑛⒪𝕧𝑒ⓛ𝚠𝔬ⓡⓜ.𝘤𝓞ⓜAlicia knew that once Nicolas started playing the thick–skinned act, there was just no talking sense into him. So she just yanked his hand off the contract, twisted his arm behind his back, and with a swift kick, sent Nicolas sprawling to the floor.

Before Nicolas could even recover, Alícia sat down, grabbed the other two copies, signed her name, and pressed her fingerprint down in one go. The contracts from Starlight Entertainment already had the official seal, so once she signed and stamped them, the contract was officially terminated. Then she pulled out her phone and sent the termination fee to the account listed in the contract. 1/2 2:14 pm Chapter 15 рр 𝑤𝗪𝕎.𝕟𝔬v𝗘ⓛ𝓦ô𝗥m.čó𝔪10 vouchers She turned to the legal team, who were still in shock. “The agreed termination fee’s already in your company account. Go ahead and check.” She picked up her copy of the contract, glanced at Thomas, and said, “Mr. Wise, let’s head out.” Thomas was totally floored by the way Alicia handled things just now. But he snapped out of it fast, got up with a grin, and said, “Let’s go.” It was common knowledge that the Moore family and the Delaney family were always trying to set up Alicia and Nicolas as a couple. But after today’s drama, people weren’t sure if the Moore and Delaney families would ever get their wish and tie Alicia and Nicolas together. Thomas didn’t feel the slightest bit sorry for Nicolas. Thomas spat inwardly, ‘Now, he’s suddenly trying to patch things up, begging Alicia not to walk away. ‘He’s acting like he’ll handle anything for her now, but where was all that concern when she actually needed him?‘