Chapter 26 What’s the Bet?


    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 andughed. "If Demon hears this, he''d probably get up from his hospital bed


    right now and fight you!"


    Monster was in great spirits. "I''m so thrilled to perform with you today. You’re theposer of this song


    anyway, so except for Demon, only you can perform so wlessly with us. Lil Nicole, you seem just like


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    you were three years ago!"


    Nicole felt a trace of bitterness in her heart. She seemed to have missed out on an inordinate amount o


    f life''s excitement in these three years. Fortunately, it was still not toote 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. It was all thanks to Ian’s arrangement that Nicole got to


    have such a memorable night.


    The threedies 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 t o 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. "Ian, let’s y something. It''s boring


    having to sit with such eyesores."


    Ian 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 y 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, i


    Keith felt attacked, but he indifferently shrugged his shoulders. "Didn''t you say that you wanted to y


    something? How about poker dice?"


    "Who wants to y 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 y just


    one game with us?"


    Since Nicole came upstairs, Eric''s eyes had not moved away from her. Nicole swirled the wine ss 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 o f him seemed familiar yet strange to him. At that


    moment, the emotions surging in his heart were iparablyplicated.


    When Nicole was named, she nonchntly lifted her head and swept a nce 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 ying a gambling game was not a big deal.


    Yvette objected discontentedly. "Nikki, why do you wanna y 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 on the


    side, could not hide his smug smile.


    The waiter set the table with two yers against each other. Nicole did not make a move. Instead, she


    looked down and said, "What’s the bet?" 1