Eric thought, ‘I don’t think I’ve ever received Nicole’s calls…’

Mitchell hesitantly spoke, “I’ve mentioned it to you once before, but at that time, you said not to report such trivial matters to you. You also said in front of both me and Ms. Nicole that aside from things related to Ms. Quade, you don’t want to be contacted about unimportant matters from Imperial Gardens, so… I guess that’s why Ms. Nicole stopped calling you…”

His volume gradually decreased as he seemed to notice the air around Eric getting colder.

Eric rubbed his brow and seemed to remember this scene. Back then, they were at their villa in Imperial Gardens, but Eric was only thinking of Wendy Quade’s excessive blood loss and seemed to ignore another pair of expectant eyes that slowly became desolate.

He had only given Nicole the nominal marriage that she wanted, yet he chipped away at her heart and drew her blood.

His heart suddenly felt so painful that it was hard to breathe.

It seemed like he was beginning to