My Wife Act Differently Behind Me novel Chapter 2696

Patricia immediately understood that what Nicole had said was true. "Alright. I will follow you closely until this is over."

Patricia promised herself that there was no room for any errors when it came to Nicole's safety and protection.

"Okay, you can go now," Nicole said.

"Yes, Ms. Riddle," Patricia replied as she nodded and left the office.

Nicole leaned back against her seat as her gaze darkened. 'I will not let her get away with this so easily.'

The afternoon sun shone high and bright, and before long, Nicole and Lulu returned to the office from their lunch break.

"Nicole," a familiar voice sounded from behind.

Nicole halted in her tracks and whirled around to discover that the source of the voice that had called out for her was none other than Lawrence himself.

"When did you return?" Nicole asked with a look of surprise on her face.

"I just landed a while ago and thought of paying you a visit,' Lawrence replied as he handed two boxes over to Nicole. "Here you go. Some souvenirs for the twins, courtesy of yours truly."

Nicole reached out and accepted the gifts. "Thank you. That's very thoughtful of you, Lawrence. Do you want to have a cup of coffee before you go?"

"Sure, why not?" Lawrence replied as he followed Nicole into her office.

"What's up with the sudden return? Did you manage to sort whatever you were there?" asked Nicole, her tone was polite yet awkward.

"Yeah, it's to some extent sorted out that's why I came back," replied Lawrence with a calm demeanor.

Lulu suddenly entered the room, holding two cups of coffee in her hands. She shot Nicole a look that asked her if Nicole would need someone to accompany her in the room, "Here is your coffee, please enjoy."

"To be very honest with you, I never should've held you back when you wanted to return. Perhaps we would still be on Crescent Island and things would not have been this way now," Lawrence said, his voice heavy with sorrow and disappointment.

Lawrence was sure that they were fated to meet just so that they could be a part of each other's lives at one point.

"You should know that it's not going to make any difference to how things are now," Nicole pointed out.

'He should know that even if I had stayed in Crescent Island and never returned to the family I have here, I would still not let anything develop between the both of us. Besides, none of my memories would return if I had stayed there,' Nicole thought.

"You must know that I've never really wanted to put you in danger, Nicole," Lawrence pleaded.

There were plenty of things that had happened, and yet he had simply chosen to maintain his silence, even with the knowledge that Nicole would come to discover the truth in the end.

"I know you didn't have the intention of putting me in danger. However, there are certain things in this world that you can't and shouldn't keep in the dark. But you did exactly that, and our friendship paid the price," Nicole said as she looked Lawrence dead in the eyes.