Eric had no choice but to take over the phone from Nicole.
“Okay. Please send me the location. You should also go back as soon as possible.”
Eric hung up the phone and looked at her cautiously.
“Nicole, are you okay? What’s the matter?”
Nicole blinked. She felt as if she had been smashed on the head. First, she was numb. Then, there was severe pain.
She felt like she was being toyed with, and she felt suffocated, dismal, and powerless.
Jeff and Clayton.
Their figures appeared in her mind, but it was Clayton who remained in the end.
Was Jeff Clayton?
If Clayton was not dead, why did he not return to her?
Why did he watch as she was in despair because of him?
That was not right.
Nicole saw Jeff’s face, which did not resemble Clayton’s.
Or did Clayton make minor adjustments to his face to avoid being recognized by Nicole?
It had been a few months. Any high-tech fine-tuning surgery would have enough time to heal.
Once the doubt in her heart seeded, she could not control it anymore.
The fire in her heart was getting bigger and bigger, and it seemed to burn her whole body.
She could not even hear Eric calling out to her.
“Nicole...”
She stared at him blankly.
Eric said in a serious tone.
“George just sent me the location. Do you want to contact your friend?”
Although the meal went smoothly, it could not go on any longer.
Nicole’s mind was buzzing.
She did not even know what she was supposed to do.
Out of instinct, she found Camille’s phone number and dialed it.
When she left the hotel, she resolutely rejected Eric’s offer to send her home.
Nicole sat alone in the car and watched as the scenery flashed by outside the window. Her heart was burning.
She looked vulnerable and desperate, and she no longer seemed invincible.
Nicole was not that strong in the first place.
Did Jeff’s Golden blood further prove that he was Clayton?
But what if it was just a coincidence?
Although Golden blood was rare, there were still a few people in the world who had it.
Was it just a coincidence?
At that thought, she felt as if someone had splashed cold water over her head. She was covered in cold sweat.
She wholeheartedly resisted the idea that it was all just a coincidence.
She would rather believe that Jeff was Clayton.
But how could he act so flawlessly when he was facing her?
From the beginning when they met at the amusement park to the time that he “stalked” her on the streets.
Perhaps, what Eric said was true. Jeff was really following them.
Otherwise, were their encounters purely a coincidence?
But were there so many coincidences in this world?
Nicole’s heart was pounding.
Her blood was also boiling.
Whether Jeff was Clayton or not, Nicole had to ask him in person.
He could undergo plastic surgery and change his identity, but he could not change his blood.
His relationship with Chatty could not be faked.
Nicole could prove her thoughts if she did a DNA test.
Thinking of this, Nicole seemed to have a sliver of hope.
The sun was shining brightly outside, and the air was fresh.
It felt as if a hand was caressing her face.
Her dark future seemed to have a glimpse of color.
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