Rising From Betrayal Reborn As The Family Outcast novel Chapter 117

Chapter 117

Nicolas was completely sober now, but the effects of the drug were starting to kick in.

He could feel his body heating up, looking for an outlet to vent this restless energy.

But he wasn’t about to let Nicole’s scheme succeed.

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He’d never been with a woman before-he was still pure, and he wasn’t going to let Nicole take that away from him.

His body was starting to get out of control, but his mind was still sharp, and he could still make his voice heard.

After all, going all the way takes effort-it’s not something that just happens.

The drug was only making him gradually lose his self-control, but it didn’t keep him from acting.

After Nicolas shouted a few times, voices drifted up from downstairs. “Hurry, Mr. Moore is calling for help-let’s go see what’s going on!”

Nicole heard the commotion below and the sound of people rushing up the stairs.

Nicole, still wrapped tightly around Nicolas, was totally dumbfounded.

‘Is Nicolas out of his mind? At a moment like this, he’s actually yelling for help and saying I’m harassing him?’ Nicole thought, her head spinning.

‘Isn’t he supposed to be the one grabbing me, treating me like his cure?’

She suddenly started to panic.

‘What if they burst in?’ she thought, her heart pounding.

Her mind spun, and she instantly let go of Nicolas.

She hurriedly messed up her hair, then pulled her spaghetti strap nightgown down off one shoulder.

She rumpled the skirt a bit and sat herself right in front of Nicolas.

Her eyes welled up with tears in an instant, turning red as she started to cry.

Nicole was a pro at turning on the waterworks whenever she needed-years of practice had made it second nature.

She looked at Nicolas, her voice trembling with disbelief and grievance as she shouted, “Nicolas, how could you do this to

me?”

Then she screamed even louder, “Help! Somebody help me! He’s assaulting me!”

Just then, someone started banging on the door, but neither Nicolas nor Nicole budged.

Since no one answered, the people outside just used a key and stormed right in.

Nicole heard the door opening.

She instantly hugged herself, acting all pitiful as she sobbed, “Nicolas, even if you’re drunk, you can’t just try anything with

me!

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“I like you, but I don’t want you doing something to me while you’re drunk…”

She left the rest unsaid, but everyone got the message.

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Nicolas was totally blindsided-he never thought Nicole would play the victim and blame him instead, flipping the whole situation on its head.

His face turned even stormier.

Anyone walking in now would totally think he was the bad guy here, with her looking like that.

He’d never realized before just how deep her tricks ran, or how dirty she could play.

The people who burst in glanced at the two of them, looking confused. “What the—”

But things didn’t go the way Nicole had planned.

No one rushed over to help her up or comfort her.

And nobody sided with her or called out Nicolas for supposedly getting handsy while drunk.

Marley, who’d just come in, shot Nicolas an awkward look and asked, “Mr. Moore, what do we do now? Is the camera in your

room still on?”

Nicole whipped her head around to Marley, her eyes wide. “What camera?”

Nicolas gave her a mocking smile. “The live stream camera, of course.

“I forgot to mention-I was streaming and chatting with my fans before you even walked into my room.

“So everyone watching just saw your little performance,” he added, his tone dripping with sarcasm.

Let’s rewind half an hour.

After Jett left his room, Nicolas was just about to hit the sack when his phone rang.

It was Marley, the show’s director, calling.

Marley told him that earlier, one of the crew members was about to go clean up in the kitchen.

But the staff just happened to catch Nicole fixing him a honey drink-and slipping something into his cup.

So the staff told Marley what he’d seen.

Marley got worried and asked if Nicolas was feeling unwell, and if he needed a doctor to check him out.

Nicolas couldn’t believe it-he never expected Nicole would actually spike his cup of honey water.

No wonder his body was starting to feel like it was on fire.

Even though he’d never had any experience with women, he could pretty much guess what she’d dosed him with.

And he could also figure out what kind of scheme Nicole was plotting against him.

Earlier that night, after hearing what Jason said, Nicolas started to suspect Nicole had bribed his manager and assistant.

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And now, she was trying to pull another stunt-hoping to trap him into marrying her by making it look like they’d slept together.

That really pissed him off, so he had Marley come over and set up a camera in his room for a live stream.

If Nicole really tried to pull something like that, she’d just end up exposing herself in front of everyone.

He wouldn’t have to explain anything-everyone would see for themselves that he was the real victim here.

Honestly, Nicole’s whole public crush drama on social media had really messed with him.

Everyone already suspected there was something going on between him and Nicole, and no matter how much he tried to explain, nobody bought it.

So he figured the best way to prove his innocence was to just go live and let everyone see for themselves.

If Nicole really tried to set him up, she’d just end up caught in her own trap-serves her right.

Nicole couldn’t blame him for fighting back-she started this, and he was just returning the favor.

If he was wrong, it wouldn’t cost him anything.

But the odds of that were pretty slim-when Marley came in to set up the camera for the live stream, the door was left open.

So when Jett came to see him, he probably left the door open on purpose so Nicole could come in and close it after.

This was all premeditated.

He didn’t ask the doctor to get rid of the drug in his system.

After all, acting all messed up was the perfect bait-he was just waiting to see if Nicole would take it.

He even told Marley to leave the door ajar when he left, so Nicole would have a chance to sneak in.

If Nicole came in, closed the door, and tried to pull something, Nicolas wanted the crew to rush in and bail him out before things got out of hand and he did something he’d regret.

He made sure the crew would come bursting in to rescue him before anything could actually happen.

As for whether the drug Nicole gave him would actually cause him any real harm, Nicolas wasn’t all that concerned.

After all, she was dying to marry into the Moore family-if something happened to him, it would only backfire on her.

And if he really decided to investigate, she’d be the one in hot water.

That’s why he was willing to play along for now, letting the drug take effect and using himself as bait.

Deep down, he really hoped he was wrong.

But when he got a message from the crew saying Nicole had just brought Caleb a cup of honey water and was heading straight for his room, he realized just how clueless they’d all been.

They’d always thought of Nicole as some clingy little vine, never seeing her as a real threat.

But in reality, she might just be a man-eating flower.

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So he acted drunk and woozy, making his way to the bed right in front of the live stream camera, then lay down and pretended to be asleep.

And sure enough. Nicole showed up. When her first move didn’t work, she wasn’t about to quit-she just kept scheming, trying to pull something else.

When Nicole heard Nicolas drop that bomb, her face went white as a sheet-she was so stunned she could barely breathe.

She was completely blindsided, frozen and clueless about what to do next.

Nicolas had set up his own live stream-it wasn’t the official show feed, just him hanging out with his fans.

The crew hadn’t bothered to let any of the other guests in on it.

Nicole was totally in the dark about the whole thing.

She was so caught up in plotting against Nicolas that she hadn’t even checked her phone once.

Nicole’s mind froze up-she couldn’t come up with a single way to flip the situation.

“How did it end up like this? What am I supposed to do now?’ Nicole thought, her thoughts spiraling in panic.

The viewers tuning into the live stream were totally floored.

Nobody saw this wild drama coming.

[Nicole really is a veteran in showbiz-her acting is next level.]

[She bounces back fast. One scheme fails, she’s already got another lined up.]

[She used to play the innocent and sweet card, but after that performance? Innocent, my foot.]

[If Nicolas hadn’t set up that solo live stream, he’d never be able to talk his way out of this.]

[When Nicolas started yelling for help and saying he was being harassed, I was so nervous before, but that had me dying laughing.]

[That was definitely harassment-Nicole’s got zero shame.]

The comments section was full of people bashing Nicole, and even more viewers piled into the live stream to catch the drama.

Nicolas’s fans were ready to rip Nicole to shreds.

They flooded Nicole’s X again, flaming anyone who tried to defend her until those fans didn’t dare say another word.

Nicole lost a massive chunk of her followers over this-her true colors were just too much for her fans to accept.

Meanwhile, the topic [NicoleWantsToBeNicolasCure] was blowing up online, rocketing straight to number one on the trending charts with an “EXPLODING” tag next to it.

Everyone who saw it started sharing the news in their group chats with friends and family.

Word spread fast-more and more people jumped on the bandwagon, passing it along to everyone they knew.

Kevin and his brothers all spotted the trending topic in different group chats and couldn’t help but click on the video.

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After watching, they were absolutely mortified-this was beyond humiliating.

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They never imagined Nicole, who always seemed so sweet and harmless, would actually pull something this low on Nicolas.

And now Nicolas had flipped the script, putting all her dirty laundry out there for everyone to see.

You could already picture it-the Hammond family was about to be the butt of every joke in the circle, all over again.

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