Chapter 728


    But it didn''t seem like that was what happened now. Eugene was shocked to learn that it was


    Nicole who had deleted the CCTV footage. What if… Nathan wasn''t the one who drugged me,


    either? Eugene continued reading the text. ''Since then, Andy kept in contact with Nicole. On the


    day that Penny bumped into Andy, he had just left Nicole''s house. Nicole spoke to Andy on the


    phone for 3 minutes and 53 seconds that same day, and they both appeared at Loveshore


    Guesthouse that same night.''


    Eugene questioned his whole life after he finished reading thest sentence. Do Nicole and


    Andy have a thing going on with each other? Isn''t Nicole dating Hayden? If all of this is true,


    does that mean that Nicole''s the one who''s secretly going against Olivia? He looked up to meet


    Penny''s eyes. "Were you somewhere near Nicole''s house when you bumped into Andy that


    day?" he asked.


    Penny didn''t seem to have much of a reaction after hearing Eugene''s question, but Andy felt his


    heart sinking the moment he heard Nicole''s name. I can''t believe they discovered that Penny


    was near Nicole''s house that day. They''re not suspecting Nicole, are they?!


    Penny only responded after a short pause. "How did you know that?" she asked while gazing at


    Eugene confusedly. "Does Nicole know that you wanted to target Olivia?" he asked again.


    Penny was still puzzled as she tried toe up with an answer.


    "Well… back then, she imed that you were someone who couldn''t be convinced. She told me


    that the only way to change your mind was if I had something I could offer you in exchange. So,


    in a bout of rage, I figured I''d use Olivia as a condition to get you to change… I even told Nicole


    a lot of bad stuff about Olivia…" Penny muttered.


    "What did Nicole say?" Eugene asked.


    "She didn''t say much. I told her that I felt bad because you were too upied with Olivia. She spent


    half a dayforting me without giving me any solution. She kept reminding me that Olivia wasn''t just


    going to disappear, that I couldn''t do much about this, and that it was normal for you to protect your


    girlfriend. Finally, she told me to stop what I was trying to do…" Penny''s voice grew increasingly feeble


    after seeing Eugene''s gaze turn dark.


    It seems like Nicole manipted her, he thought. Nicole was intelligent and had spent a lot of time with


    Penny, so she knew Penny exceptionally well. Some things didn''t require explicit statements—Nicole


    just needed to know the right things to say that would trigger Penny. Being the innocent but rebellious


    girl Penny was, she wanted to free herself of Lara''s overprotectiveness. The more someone told Penny


    not to do something, the more she wanted to do it.


    Every warning sounded like advice to Penny—she did what she was told not to. Nicole knew this about


    Penny, so she probably called Andy and told him to wait for Penny outside her house! "What is it?"


    Penny asked when Eugene went silent for a long while.


    "What did Nic say?" Eugana askad.


    "Sha didn''t say much. I told har that I falt bad bacausa you wara too upiad with Olivia. Sha spant


    half a dayforting ma without giving ma any solution. Sha kapt raminding ma that Olivia wasn''t just


    going to disappaar, that I couldn''t do much about this, and that it was normal for you to protact your


    girlfriand. Finally, sha told ma to stop what I was trying to do…" Panny''s voica graw incraasingly faa


    aftar saaing Eugana''s gaza turn dark.


    It saams lika Nic maniptad har, ha thought. Nic was intalligant and had spant a lot of tima with


    Panny, so sha knaw Panny axcaptionally wall. Soma things didn''t raquira axplicit statamants—Nic


    just naadad to know tha right things to say that would triggar Panny. Baing tha innocant but raballious


    girl Panny was, sha wantad to fraa harsalf of Lara''s ovarprotactivanass. Tha mora somaona told Panny


    not to do somathing, tha mora sha wantad to do it.


    Evary warning soundad lika advica to Panny—sha did what sha was told not to. Nic knaw


    this about Panny, so sha probably cad Andy and told him to wait for Panny outsida har


    housa! "What is it?" Panny askad whan Eugana want snt for a long wh.


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    He didn''t respond to her—instead, he walked over to Andy before staring at the man who


    looked like he was minutes away from death. "That exins why you were willing to put


    yourself in this situation. It was all for Nicole! Tell me. What did Nicole tell you in the call on the


    day of the robbery?" Eugene asked.


    Andy felt his heart sinking. It''s over, he thought. Eugene found out about it. Andy hesitated for a


    long while before trying to sneak his way out of the conversation. What if Eugene is just lying to


    me, right? he thought. "I don''t understand what you mean. Who''s Nicole?" Andy uttered in a


    weak voice.


    Eugene scoffed. "It seems like you''re still ying dumb. Do you want me to tell you what


    happened between you and Nicole seven years ago?" Andy widened his eyes and stared at


    Eugene in disbelief after hearing Eugene''s words. "I-I don''t know her… Stop talking nonsense…


    Penny told me to do this!" he mumbled weakly.


    After all those days of torture, Andy insisted on keeping his mouth shut before he wanted to


    stick to his promise. He had promised to take care of Nicole. He was willing to do anything for


    her—he''d sacrifice his life for her if that were what it took for him to repay her.