On a rainy day in September, drizzle moisturized a mountain town and washed clean the stone streets with a refreshing earthy smell in the air.
An eighteen-year-old girl was on her way to the principal’s office at the only high school in the town center.
She dressed austerely, but it did not hide the fact that she was beautiful. However, her emotionless eyes made her look sullen and unapproachable.
“Mr. Barrett, here comes Nicole.” Class teacher, Ms. Mills, led the way for Nicole.
Nicole Wallace looked at her with some surprise, wondering why Ms. Mills was suddenly so nice to her. Ms. Mills was someone who placed great importance on family background in the selection of class committee members.
“Let her in.” The principal was equally excited; even his voice was a little trembling.
Nicole slowly chuckled as soon as she stepped into the principal’s office.
It turned out to be because of him.
On the VIP sofa in the principal’s office sat a tall man, dressed in an expensive suit, looking like a social elite, but his facial features were like hers.
Nicole was studying the man just as the man was studying her.
He initially planned to go to the hospital with her for a DNA test, but now it seemed unnecessary.
She was a dead ringer for her mother with the same fine facial features and fair and delicate skin. Her beauty was hard to conceal, even if she dressed casually.
thing was her eyes.
or eighteen, but there was a hint
Nicole frowned
always known that she was not her grandmother’s biological granddaughter, and she had thought that one day her birth family
thought her biological parents would come. This man was way
eyes, and he said, “I am
you never mentioned to us that your brother is the general manager
secretly; she had just learned that, for god’s sake.
the truth — she was adopted by them when she was a child. No wonder
her. Nicole did not expect that this day would come, much less her brother was the general manager of Riddle Corporation, a famous name in
a hard time believing such a
the man named Sean Riddle
Nicole frowned. It turned out that things were far from what she had imagined all this time. She could hardly imagine what it would be
Mrs. Wallace Sr. said to Sean politely, “Nicole is more introverted. She needs time to adapt. Hope you don’t
Wallace, I won’t mind.” Sean got up with a polite smile and then took out a gift box from his backpack. “Nicole, this is the first
so nice of your brother, Nicole. You should accept the gift. I can see that you and your brother are really close. Please remember your classmates and us after
at Mr. Barrett and said indifferently. “Mr. Barrett, Great Oak High School has
no one debt of gratitude.
up. “That is great! Thank you,
brother’s generosity impressed Nicole, who at last accepted the gift
flattery talks before he