Chapter 573 What a Coincidence, Baby
yton immediately changed the topic.
The two of them talked for a while. Nicole also asked about Lil Michael''s recent situation.
After hearing that Nicole had sent him a whole box of test papers, Lil Michael was so angry that he
cried the whole night. yton could not even coax him to sleep.
Gradually, the atmosphere between them felt rxed.
While they wereughing, a waiter''s wee greeting sounded a bit abrupt.
A few secondster, a cold gaze stared at the two people from the window.
Nicole only felt a chill from behind. Before she could react, a cold, hard arm suddenlynded on her
shoulders and wrapped around her waist without allowing her to resist as the man sat next to her.
She was slightly stunned. Eric had a smile on his face, but his dark eyes stared at her intently. He
gritted his teeth as he said, "What a coincidence, baby..."
That nickname made the temperature around them plunge to freezing point in an instant.
Nicole looked at him coldly. "Let go."
"Nicole!" He suppressed the raging emotions under his eyes and said her name in a low voice.
''Why is she so heartless? I''ve already been so humble, yet she still rejected all my invites for breakfast,
lunch, and dinner several days in a row. Now, she’s actually free to have dinner with yton Sloan?!
Does that mean she just doesn''t want to eat with me? Ugh!''
Eric was so vexed that he could not stand it any longer.
Across the table, yton''s eyes darkened. Heughed t o break the awkward silence.
"Mr. Ferguson, there are people around watching us, s o please show some respect to Ms. Stanton."
Eric came out for dinner with many people behind him.
It just so happened that he ran into these two here.
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Eric''s gaze sank. He felt like he was quenched in ice. H e gritted his teeth and slowly withdrew his hand
from her waist.
He needed to respect Nicole in public. Otherwise, it would just make yton seem like the more
sensible person among them.
"Mr. Sloan, you’re so free to disregard your business and always put your attention on the wrong
ce."
Eric was implying something.
"Mr. Ferguson, you''re a busy man, so don''t make your guests wait for you. You should hurry over
because we can’t afford to dy your business."
yton held a warm smile, but his eyes had an upromising chill that wasparable to Eric''s.
Both men had the same opportunity with Nicole, so neither would admit defeat.
Eric could not remain calm when he thought that yton even had dinner with Nicole’s family. His
chest was heaving. How could he tolerate the two of them eating together alone?
He nced at the group of people he had brought with him and said in a deep voice, "Mitchell, take the
others with you. I''ll join youter."
"Yes, sir."
Mitchell answered and politely led the group to a booth far away.
Eric looked at Nicole''s clear eyes that did not care for him at all. His face instantly sank, but he only
dared to target yton.
He looked at Nicole and pretended to be intimate with her as he reached out to tuck her hair behind her
ears.
Eric said in a gentle voice, "I''lle back soon. You should eat something first, so you don’t get hungry
It was a gesture of concern, but to Nicole, Eric was just pretending again.
''His acting skills really improved, huh?''
Nicolepletely ignored Eric''s presence and lowered her head to take a bite of the dessert in front o f
her.
Eric grimaced and shot a warning nce at yton before he got up to leave.
yton looked at his back with a meaningful gaze.
"Mr. Ferguson seems to have changed a lot..."
Nicole raised her eyes to look at yton. "Maybe he''s just agitated."
yton chuckled and did not say anything. He felt that something had happened between them.
Eric went to his booth for a toast and came back out, leaving the rest to Mitchell.
He was distracted and could not stay for another second.
Seeing the way Nicole and yton were talking andughing, Eric''s heart sank.
''This woman really treats me as an insignificant ything? But I haven''t even fulfilled my obligation a s
a ything!''