Grant stiffened and immediately shook his head.
"I'm going to watch a movie with your sister-in-law tonight. I'm not free!"
Nicole was speechless.
Back to the topic.
Grant pondered for a moment. "Sloan Corporation wants to set up their brand in Atlanta. They're bound t o divert some customers away. You should be on your guard. Also, I heard that Isaac offended you at a party?”
Nicole raised her brows. "Not really. I just taught him a lesson."
"Be careful, but there’s no need to hold back."
Nicole nodded. Those words were quite nice to hear.
She waved her hand. "I’ll get going then..."
Grant nodded. Then, he suddenly remembered something and called her back. He took out a navy-blue gift box from the side.
"Here."
Nicole was confused. She took it and opened it up.
Wow!
It was a huge ruby bracelet. The color was indescribably beautiful.
Nicole was shocked, and a smile immediately surfaced on her calm face.
"Thank you, my best brother..."
Grant said, "You’re welcome."
"But why are you giving me a gift?"
Nicole asked.
Grant said, "It’s from Aida. She bought it at a Swiss auction and said that you'd definitely like it... Well, I wish you all the best tonight."
Nicole blinked. Was this what it meant by winning favor using someone else's gift?
In any case, Nicole fell in love with the ruby bracelet a t first sight.
"Thank Aida for me. I'll welcome gifts like this in the future anytime!"
Grant looked at her speechlessly.
"Get out."
"Sure thing!"
Nicole left Grant’s office with the gift.
Yvette smiled and looked back at her, then sighed.
"Sean is really senseless. He looks wanton and unrestrained on the surface, but he's actually quite serious in his bones. He doesn’t have the patience to accompany me shopping. Besides, I'm also worried that people will point fingers at us if we're seen together..."
Nicole paused and raised her eyes to look at Yvette.
"Is your mom fine with it now?"
"Of course not! She wanted to beat me to death at first, then she started to lecture me. She even got Lance to persuade me, but that's all useless since I’m stubborn and don't care about these things."
Nicole frowned. "I haven't heard any news about
Lance and you calling off your marriage. Did you call i t off in private?"
Yvette paused and looked back at her.
"We didn't call it off. My mom said I can't call it off unless she's dead."
Nicole asked, "Then what are you planning to do?"
"We’ll take it one step at a time. I have the time to slowly drag it out, but that might not be true for the Sheldon family. I don't believe that Lance won't get anxious eventually."
Nicole raised her brows. When she thought about Lance Sheldon, it seemed like he would not be anxious either.
"Forget it. You guys should talk about it. There’s no need to be so standoffish. Did Sean not show any indication at all?"
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