Nicole asked, “Discuss something? What’s up?”
She leaned on Clayton’s body and did not care whether he could stand or not.
Clayton tolerated her inconsiderate behavior and stood there motionless for her to lean on.
“I wanted to talk about Chatty’s wish.”
At the mention of her precious daughter, Nicole regained her spirits.
“Isn’t her wish to save the world?”
The elevator arrived at their floor.
Clayton pulled her into the apartment.
Nicole lowered her head to change out of her shoes while Clayton thoughtfully took out her home slippers and said with a smile, “No, it changed.”
“It changed?”
“Yup. She wants a younger sibling now.”
When Clayton said this, his eyes were gentle and deep.
Somehow, Nicole landed up on the bed with him again.
This time, even Clayton forgot to remind Nicole to take her medicine.
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The next day, Nicole got up lazily and felt that Clayton’s side of the bed was empty.
Clayton was wearing a shirt and trousers as he fried eggs in the kitchen.
During the time Chatty and Fischer were at the Stanton Mansion, Mrs. Zoe also followed the kids to take care of them, so Clayton and Nicole really had their privacy.
“You’re awake?”
Clayton heard the movement.
Nicole walked over in her pajamas, revealing her fair shoulders.
She sat at the dining table, drank two sips of warm water, and said slowly, “It’s the weekend. Why did you get up so early?”
Was it not the weekend?
Any work that was not important could be pushed back.
Clayton smiled, put the fried egg in front of her, and sprinkled some black pepper.
“We’re going to see Malcolm today.”
Nicole’s face gradually stiffened and dimmed.
She did not have a problem with Malcolm. He was very professional, but she had been quite resistant to him because he was her psychiatrist.
Clayton’s eyes were spirited. He looked to be in a good mood.
“Dr. King said that if you maintain your current state, you can stop the medication, but he wants to meet you first.”
Nicole’s eyes widened in shock before she smiled happily.
“Great!”
Now, she was also happy.
The two of them dilly-dallied for an hour before they left the house.
Nicole wanted to drive her car in the garage, but Clayton stopped her again.
Clayton’s driver drove over in a new car.
Nicole did not see this car before.
“Get in.”
“Why do you change cars every day? Even if we have money, we can’t show off our wealth like this!”
Nicole muttered.
Clayton laughed in exasperation. “We are rich. If we don’t show off our wealth, everyone knows that we’re rich anyway, so why not drive a different car every day?”
His logic made Nicole feel ashamed.
However, his high-profile attitude surprised Nicole.
After getting in the car, the driver looked back at them.
“Mr. Sloan, Madam, the person who followed us yesterday has been caught.”
Nicole was taken aback.
Clayton was calm and was not at all surprised.
“Where’s that person now?”
“We gave him a beating and sent him to jail.”
Nicole asked, “Did you guys manage to ask that person anything? Who’s behind all this?”
The driver paused. “That person said that he wanted to kidnap you because he was short of money. We investigated it last night and found that someone was behind this, but that person didn’t use his or her real identity.”
Clayton pondered for a moment and said, “So, there’s a mastermind.”
They could not let their guard down yet.
Nicole paused and was shocked by Clayton’s high efficiency.
Clayton had such gentle eyes, but the words he spoke were cold and indifferent.
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