Chapter 58

Nicole glanced at the man outside the
elevator like he was a stranger. The man
finally disappeared from her sight as the
elevator door closed.
When they were in Roman’s flashy sports
car, he finally asked the question that had
been bugging him. “Is this thing worth a
lot of money? Why do the Fergusons
want it so badly?”
Nicole laughed and looked at the box in
her hand. “This thing is a thousand years
old. I heard it came out from a royal
palace and had been the Fergusons’
family heirloom for almost eight hundred
years. Do you think it’s worth a lot?”
Roman’s driving speed obviously slowed
down as he was dumbfounded and

shocked. ‘This is simply priceless! They
auctioned off such a valuable thing? No
wonder Eric Ferguson asked Nicole to
state her price. If Nicole asked for nine
figures, Eric probably won’t even have the
slightest hesitation!’
Nicole’s phone suddenly rang. She looked
at it and saw that it was Grant, so she
happily picked up the call. “Brother, 1



bought a little toy…”
Grant paused on the other side of the
phone and let out a stifled laugh. “I heard
It only costs so little to spite the
Fergusons, huh?”
Nicole could not help but laugh when she
thought about Quinn and Ingrid’s
impending doom. “Anyway, it’s mine now,
so I won’t let go of it easily.”
Grant knew his sister’s temperament. She

must have been so disappointed with the

Fergusons that she wanted to vent it out o n them whenever she had a chance. It was indeed a rare
opportunity. ‘Forget it… Nothing else matters as long a s she’s happy… It was very sunny the next
morning. Nicole went into the office to deal with some work matters. Recently, Samantha Lindt had
been glaring at Nicole like she wanted to kill her, but she did not dare to act rashly because Nicole had
something over her. Logan knocked on the door to deliver some documents. “Vice President Nicole,
the company has begun to investigate Samantha Lindt receiving kickbacks in various projects.”
Hearing Logan’s words, Nicole looked up at him. “My brother’s ready to take action?”

“Yes, Micah Zielinski, who’s backing Samantha Lindt, has already started to make his move, so
President Stanton said that he’d no longer tolerate it.” To remove Micah Zielinski, they must first
investigate Samantha Lindt. Samantha probably knew about it by now and that she was powerless. No
wonder she did not pester Nicole about being part of the project team with J&L Corporation. Nicole
tucked her hair behind her ear.“ Then hand over what we have to add fuel to the fire.” It was a
recording of what Samantha said during the dinner with Nicole and Flint



Zeller.
“Yes, ma’am.” Logan stood there and
paused for a moment. “There’s one more
thing. Mr. Ferguuson’s secretary called

saying that Mr. Ferguson would like to make an appointment with you for a meal.” Nicole sneered and
leaned back in her chair with her arms clasped. Her gaze was clear and cold. “Say that I’m busy and
push it. In the future, just push off any meals with him. You don’t need to ask me anymore.” “Yes,
ma’am.” At noon, Nicole was planning to grab lunch when there was a knock at the door. Logan stood
at the door holding a bouquet of flowers. “Vice President Nicole Nicole looked up and frowned. “I
thought I told you to just throw it away?” “Nikki, how could you hurt me like that? I carefully selected
these for you. You

didn’t even act surprised and even wanted to throw it out?!” lan Carter suddenly popped out from
behind Logan, walked into Nicole’s office angrily, and questioned her. Nicole paused and glanced at
Logan, who apologetically lowered his head and kept

quiet.
‘Forget it…this must’ve been lan’s idea.’
Nicole was feeling a little guilty, so she
could not blame lan for feeling hurt.
“You can leave us,” Nicole said to Logan.
Logan nodded and left with a sigh of
relief.
Nicole reached out and rubbed her brow,
then smiled at lan. “Carter, why’d you
come over today?”
“I came to ask you out for lunch. I didn’t



expect you to give me such a big surprise!” lan said with gritted teeth as he glared at her. Nicole smiled
apologetically. “You know how much everyone will talk if I keep getting flowers!” “I sent you flowers just
to let everyone know that you have a boyfriend!” ‘So that they’ll know they don’t stand a chance!’ lan
thought. lan was unabashed as he said that. Nicole felt a little helpless and said, “lan, don’t waste your
time on me.” “I want to. Whether it’s a waste of time is up to me.” lan was not truly angry with her. He
smiled devilishly and said, “Since you’re a t fault, you gotta buy me lunch!” Nicole raised her eyebrows,
took her purse, and walked out of her office. “Fine. You decide on the place.” When they arrived at the
restaurant, they once again bumped into the people they did not want to see. Keith Ludwig snorted.
“Nicole, didn’t you say that you have an important project? S o… You pushed off Eric for a date with
Second Young Master Carter? Grant Stanton, Roman, lan Carter… You sure change men like you
change clothes! | guess you do have your hands full, huh?”


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