Chapter 21
At that moment, tebe aware of agens straight to his chest, without hesitation, he called Nicole, interating to clear things sip onli
But this shock, he realized that she’d blocked him. His expression twisted with duckarmisement. “So this is how you get my attention after the breakup?“
He wouldn’t have gotten bored so quickbe it she’d been this interesting while they wereilating.
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Jacob left the Escobar residence and went to Nicole’s apartment, planning to wait for her in person.
Ever since she locked him out, she had changed the locks, so he no longer had a key to enter
time passed by, and he waited from sunrise to survet.
ighbors returned home late that night, they saw him leaning against the corridor wall, his face clouded with frustration.
The couple glanced at him acoblitted his head and met the fitness trainer’s eyes.
Why are you staring at me like that?” Jacob narrowed his eyes and snapped.
The woman misstered the courage to say, “You can’t hurt Dr. Lawrence anymore because she has moved away. She left in a luxury car!”
She wanted Jacob to understand that Nicole didn’t need him to survive. In fact, she was doing much better without him.
But to Jacob, her words felt like a slap in the face.
When he heard that she had left in a luxury car, Aaron’s face immediately flashed through his mind, Jacob believed that Nicole must’ve latched onto him. Otherwise, there was no way she would be sitting in a luxury car.
acobcast his game downward, the wrath in his eyes boiling beneath the surface. Without saying another word, he tumed and stormed off, dialing a number on his phone as he went.
He barked, “Track Nicole’s whereabouts. I’d like to know what kind of backing she has now!”
Nicole had always been as stiff as a board. For the past three years of dating, she’d never once let Jacob touch her. But now that they’d broken up, she suddenly coled up to Aaron
At the thought of this, Jacob’s breath turned ragged from rage. He swore that he’d win her back, only to play with her feelings and cast her aside.
He wanted to make her feel the same overwhelming pain he was feeling.
Just as he left the apartment, a car stopped before him. His eyes narrowed when he recognized his family’s butler stepping out of the vehicle. He asked, “George, what are you doing here?”
“Mr. Escobar, your parents have asked you to retum home.”
Jacob frowned. “They could’ve just called me if they needed something. Why are they dragging me home? I’ve got plans tonight.”
George’s tone remained calm but firm. “Mr. Escobar, your father is waiting for you at home. You need to be home regardless of what else happens tonight.”
With that, Jacob was practically forced into the car.
The next morning, Nicole had just woken up when a maid came to call her downstairs.
As she descended the staircase, her eyes landed on a line of custom dresses sent over by boutique staff. Heidi’s eyes lit up when she saw Nicole. She said, “Come over and try these on. Do you like them?*
Nicole was a little stunned. She wondered if all those dresses were for her.
the slowly walked forward and looked at her mother with puzzlement in her eyes.
