Chapter 26

Phantom led Monster and Nicole to take
a bow after the performance. Nicole
smiled brightly and got off the stage with
poise.
‘Luckily, I still remember the basics! This
performance is still quite satisfactory.‘
Nicole thought.
Phantom and Monster followed Nicole
off the stage.

Monster went over and
patted her shoulder. “Lil Nicole, why don’t
you just join our band? We’re willing to
kick Demon out for you!”
Nicole lowered her head and laughed. “If
Demon hears this, he’d probably get up
from his hospital bed right now and fight
you!’

Monster was in great spirits. “l’m so
thrilled to perform with you today. You’re
the composer of this song anyway, so
except for Demon, only you can perform s
o flawlessly with us. Lil Nicole, you seem
just like you were three years ago!”
Nicole felt a trace of bitterness in her
heart.



She seemed to have missed out on
an inordinate amount of life’s excitement i
n these three years. Fortunately, it was
still not too late to get back on track.
Monster refused to give up and kept

persuading Nicole to join their band. “Lil
Nicole, if you join us, we’ll surely shock
the music world!”
Nicole was just about to reject his offer
when Julie walked over with a smile.
“Forget about it, you two…Nikki’s gonna
start her career all over again!’

As soon as Julie pulled Nicole out from backstage, Yvette gave her a bear hug. ‘ Nikki baby, that was
fantastic! You’re my goddess! Do you know how excited everyone was? Your violin is simply amazing!”
Nicole helplessly pried Yvette off of her body. lt was all thanks to Ian’s arrangement that Nicole got to
have such a memorable night.

The three ladies thought that Eric and Keith should have already left, so they went back up to the
second floor. Unexpectedly, Eric and Keith were sitting next to the Carter brothers as they stared at
Nicole weirdly the moment she showed up. Yvette snorted in dissatisfaction and pulled Nicole to sit by
Ian. “lan, let’s play something. lt’s boring having to sit with

such eyesores.” lan shrugged his shoulders. “Sure, the

night’s still young!”
Everyone downstairs was shouting for
The Lunatics to have an encore.



“I didn’t think that Nicole could play the
violin. Why didn’t I hear about it before?”
Keith could not help his curiosity. He was
genuinely shocked.

The moment Nicole went on stage, she was so cool and confident like a queen that was in control of
the whole audience “Why should we tell you? Who the hell are you even?” Yvette scowled at him and
retorted. Keith felt attacked, but he indifferently shrugged his shoulders. “Didn’t you say that you
wanted to play something? How about poker dice?“

“Who wants lo play with you’”” Yvette scoffed and was holding a grudge against them for Nicole. ‘Stupid
bastard!’ Eric Ferguson, who had not spoken.

suddenly said in a deep voice, “Nicole, are
you afraid to playjust one game with us°”
Since Nicole came upstairs, Eric’s eyes
had not moved away from her.

Nicole swirled the wine glass in her hand and looked down seemingly disinterested and treated them
as if they were invisible. Eric suppressed his shock. The Nicole sitting in front of him seemed familiar
yet strange to him. At that moment, the emotions surging in his heart were incomparably complicated.
When Nicole was named, she nonchalantly lifted her head and swept a

glance at Eric with a faint smile on her face. “What should I be afraid of?” Although Nicole felt that Eric’s
words were unexpected, she was not afraid of him. They were like strangers now, so playing a
gambling game was not a big deal.

Yvette objected discontentedly. ”Nikki, why do you wanna play with him? He’s clearly just trying to
provoke you!” Julie pulled Yvette aside and looked at the ex-couple. “Don’t worry, Nikki knows what



she’s doing.“ ~

Eric Ferguson grew up as a member of the gentry, so taking part in these social events was like second
nature to him. Poker dice was the easiest game and a sure win for Eric. Keith, who was sitting o n the
side, could not hide his smug smile.

The waiter set the table with two players against each other. Nicole did not make a move. Instead, she
looked down and said, “What’s the bet?”


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