Chapter 523 Can You Look at Me?
After embracing each other for a while, Colton released Nicole while licking his lips. He was smiling as he reached out to touch her cheek. “You should head inside. I’ll come to you when Queenie’s matter is over,” he said softly.
As Nicole heard the words she was longing for, she smiled. Her face was still slightly red from the kiss. “Queenie has invited me too. We’ll meet again in two days.”
Queenie wanted the world to know that she was the one who’d marry Colton. As the one who surpassed her in every way, it was only natural that she would invite Nicole to the wedding as she wanted Nicole to watch her marry Colton!
When Colton heard Nicole’s words, he had a slight grin on his face. “Okay, I know that you don’t want me to leave,” he said with a raspy voice.
Nicole had goosebumps from his cheesy lines. She rubbed her arms and pushed him away. “You can go now. I’m heading back since it’s getting late,” she said disdainfully.
Colton didn’t persuade her to stay and said softly, “Okay. Goodnight, Nicole.” With that, he turned around and left.
As Nicole watched him leave, she breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Colton was an unseemly person. Then, she regained her composure and was about to head inside when a tall figure appeared from the dark and stood in front of her. She raised her head and saw that it was Zachary!
He is back! she thought as she opened her mouth in shock. “Zach, you’re back?” she asked.
There were no emotions on Zach’s face as he nodded. There was a pang of anger in his heart as he saw the whole interaction between the couple. He couldn’t understand why Nicole would fall in love with someone else when he had done so much for her.
Surpassing his anger, he looked at her with a hurt look. After a moment, he said slowly, “Nicole… Do you love him?”
This was when Nicole realized that he had seen Colton kissing her. As Nicole thought about Zachary’s question, she didn’t know how to explain it to him. If it were before, she would be disgusted by Colton’s kiss. However, she couldn’t say it now because she didn’t hate Colton when he kissed her.
“Zach, I…” Nicole stammered.
There was hurt in Zachary’s eyes when he saw that she was hesitant. Seeing her reaction, he knew the answer in his heart.
“I love you, Nicole, and you know that. I have loved you for so long. I will do anything for you!” All of a sudden, he was emotional as he grabbed her shoulder. However, even if he was emotional, he didn’t dare to put any force on her, afraid that he might hurt her.
Seeing that Zachary was getting emotional, Nicole gulped and said softly, “I’m sorry, Zach.”
Hearing her words, Zachary smiled bitterly. Then, he held her tightly, saying, “Go back with me, Nicole. I have already taken the Yates Family’s company in my hands. Soon, I will have complete control of it. At that time, no one will stop us anymore.”
When Nicole saw that he was emotional, she reached out her hand and comforted him. “Calm down, Zach. I can’t go back now. I still have things to do.”
At that moment, Zachary felt helpless when he heard her rejection. After a moment, he blinked and murmured, “Nicole, can’t you let him go? He is already married to Queenie. Can you just look at me?” His last words were soft, with a hint of pleading.
