Chapter 23  

“Anything else?” Nicole sounded cold, clearly wanting to drive her away.

Norah felt embarrassed and could only quickly get down to business. “I know that you and Austin have a conflict. I was just worried that our family would get involved, so I said something that might have offended you. Please don’t mind. You may hit me if you are angry.”

Norah said with an innocent look, as if Nicole would bully her.

Nicole sneered as she despised someone who liked to play the victim like Norah. “Since you know you shouldn’t have said something that shouldn’t be said, you should have corrected yourself instead of coming to me to pretend to apologize.”

With that, Nicole slammed the door shut.

Norah felt insulted, as if she had been slapped, her face feeling a burning sensation. D*mn it. How dare Nicole disparage her? Did Nicole really think she had the right to reprimand her because she came to apologize?

“Let’s wait and see, Nicole.” She stomped her feet angrily before taking her things