Three hours after the surgery started, Nolan was still in the hospital hallway, looking tired and worried. His eyes kept looking at the big clock on the wall. It was already very late at night.His aunt was sitting beside him and she looked really tired too, but she didn’t want to leave. Nolan looked at her and said, “Auntie, it’s really late. You should go home and rest. You’ve been here since morning.”But she shook her head, declining immediately. “No, I want to stay. I want to see your uncle when he comes out of the surgery room and I want to be here when he wakes up.”Nolan understood how she felt, but he also knew she needed to rest. He tried again to convince her.“Auntie, I know you want to wait, but the doctor said the surgery is going to be long. There are still five more hours to go and that’s a lot of time. You need to eat, take a bath, and get some sleep. Uncle won’t be awake until morning.”His aunt didn’t agree at first and they went back and forth for some time. She ke

Nolan thought Cole was going to ask him some questions. He expected him to say something like, “How did you get money to buy a car?” or “Where did the money come from?” He thought Cole would be curious about how he suddenly had enough money to think of buying a car but Cole didn’t ask any of that.He was just too happy and too excited and he didn’t even stop to think about anything. He didn’t ask where the money came from and it was as if he was the one buying the car, not Nolan. Nolan was still waiting for the questions but he didn’t ask them. Instead, Cole went to Gabriel and started telling him all the types of cars Nolan could buy. “It must be big and sleek,” Cole said, raising his hands to show the size. “It must be finer than Jett’s car, and it must make noise when it moves. You know all those sounds those sports cars make? Something like that."Gabriel shook his head and said, “No, you’re wrong. What matters the most in a car is how it performs and instead of how fine it l

“How about you take this taxi with Fiona?” Nolan said as he stepped away from the car door and looked at Cole.Cole’s eyes lit up and he didn’t hesitate to move forward. He wanted to be the one to sit down with Fiona initially. “Really?” he asked, already moving closer to the car. “Okay! No problem!” He was so happy that he didn’t even wait for Nolan to say anything else. He just went in and sat beside Fiona, grinning from ear to ear but Fiona didn’t smile. In fact, she was very angry and if a glare could kill someone, Nolan would have been dead. Her face changed so suddenly because this wasn't what she wanted. She didn’t want to sit beside Cole and she didn’t come all the way just to sit in a taxi with Cole or just to be with Cole. Her plan was to be alone with Nolan and she wanted to sit close to him, talk to him, maybe even flirt a little, just like last time butnow, Cole had ruined everything.She was so mad and she didn’t want to be in the car with Cole at all. His voice annoyed

“Who were you talking to just now?” Cole asked the moment Nolan ended the phone call and walked back to where they were standing.Nolan rolled his eyes. Cole was always asking questions about everything he did. He always wanted to know who Nolan was talking to, where he was going, what he was thinking. It was almost like Cole had made it his full-time job to poke into every single thing.“That was from work,” Nolan said quickly, not wanting to say too much. He just wanted to move on before Cole asked more questions.“Let’s go inside to check the cars already,” Gabriel said as he wiped sweat off his forehead. “You’ve made us stand out here under the sun for too long. I’m tired already.”They all walked into the showroom together. As soon as Nolan stepped inside, he stopped and looked around. His eyes went wide in surprise.There were so many cars inside. New cars, fairly used cars, and even some old models. All of them looked neat and shiny like they had just been polished. The white f

Dora laughed loudly and walked up close to Cole, her face wrinkled with disgust written all over it..“What right do you even have to talk?” she shouted, rolling her eyes. “Why would someone like you open your dirty mouth in this conversation? Were we talking to you? No! So why talk at all? When people of high places are speaking, people like you should keep quiet.”She crossed her arms and gave him a long, mocking look.“You fool,” she added. “I still don’t understand how Fiona is able to deal with a huge mistake like you. She must be very patient to be seen with someone as useless as you. There’s no day I see the both of you together that I don’t question her sanity because there was no way anyone sane would keep up with you.”Fiona groaned loudly and placed her hand on her forehead. She was so tired of always being dragged into drama every time someone had a problem with Cole. Why was she always the target? She didn’t even say anything this time, but Dora just brought her name into