Every time she was amiable, Nicole would suffer. After thinking about it, Claudia felt she still needed to remind Marina. “Don’t be silly. If it wasn’t for the fact that Nicole is still young, Ryder would definitely divorce you.”
What?
“Does Ryder want to divorce me?” Marina asked excitedly.
Claudia and Nicole widened their eyes and looked at Marina in disbelief. Marina touched her nose and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Claudia walked back and forth disappointedly. “Marina, wake up. The young men outside only value your title of “Mrs. Langdon.” Do you think they really like you?”
Marina curled her lips and lowered her head to continue feeding Nicole. Marie liked young men, but she didn’t. Besides, the reason why she was so excited was not those men who tried to please her.
The reason was the large sum of the break-up fee.
Ryder was tricky and merciless. Thinking about the future, Marina found it best to divorce him.
Marina felt hope in life again. Why didn’t she think of it before? “If I manage to divorce Ryder, I won’t die on the deserted island.”
After drawing this conclusion, Marina smiled with her beautiful eyes. But when she looked into the misty eyes of the little girl in front of her, she was stunned. “Why are you crying?”
Tears silently slid down Nicole’s face. She stretched out her hands for Claudia to hug her.
Seeing Nicole leaning on Claudia’s shoulder to cry silently, Marina asked helplessly. “What happened to Nicole?”
Claudia glared at her, “No child would be happy to hear their parents are going to divorce!”
Marina retorted silently in her heart, “Those are not my words.”
Marina wanted to hold Nicole, but the little girl turned around angrily and buried her head in Claudia’s chest, sobbing silently. Marina felt sorry and commiserative.
Seeing Marina’s disappointed look, Claudia patted Nicole on the back and said to Marina, “Since you have a child, stop quarreling and live your life with Ryder, otherwise you three are all unhappy.”
Marina secretly rolled her eyes. The one who quarreled was not her! It’s Marie! But she had to suffer.
“I’ll take Nicole to the front of this garden,” Claudia said.
Marina was unhappy.
She hadn’t held the cute Nicole!
“Nicole, what’s wrong?” Just as Claudia wanted to leave, the little girl in her arms showed her disappointment. Claudia had to bend down to put her down.
Nicole still had tears on her eyelashes and her eyes were red. She approached Marina, obviously not wanting to leave her.
Claudia looked at Nicole and her proud friend. She sighed, “I’ll fetch a set of clothes for Nicole.”
Nicole wiped her tears with the back of her hand and nodded happily.
Claudia looked back at Nicole at every step, Marina laughed and waved her hand, “Hurry up. I won’t eat her.”
In the past, Claudia often brought Nicole to Marina’s home. She felt Ryder had gone too far, so she wanted Marina to bond with Nicole. Later on, when she knew Marina often abused Nicole, she dared not bring Nicole here anymore.
Even if Claudia brought Nicole here, she had to accompany her and send Nicole back to Ryder’s home, because she was afraid of Ryder’s drastic measures.
As soon as Marina reached out her hand, Nicole fell to the ground in fright, looking at her timidly.
“I’ll take you to wash up. Your dress is dirty,” Marina said, squatting down and stretching out her index finger.
Nicole stared at Marina timidly and finally reached out to hold her hand. Suddenly, Marina held her up, so Nicole hugged Marina’s neck in horror.
Their beautiful eyes stared at each other. Marina smiled, “It’s not convenient for you to take a shower by yourself. I’ll help you.”
Nicole was stiff. Her eyes did not leave Marina’s face that was close to her. “My mother is warm and sweet-smelling, completely different from my father.”
When she was put down, Nicole was upset. She wanted her mother to hold her all the time!
“Raise your hand,” Marina said.
Marina bathed Nicole very quickly to prevent her from catching a cold. Nicole raised her hands during the bath because of her injury on the hand and then was wrapped in a bath towel by Marina to the bed.
After doing that, Marina also wanted to take a shower, because her body was covered with sweat. As soon as she stood up, she was pulled back by Nicole. Marina patted her comfortingly. “I will sleep with you after washing.”
After getting the permission of Nicole, Marina quickly took a shower, put on new pajamas, and came out.
The afternoon was always warm. Nicole had never felt so comfortable before. She nestled in her mother’s arms and fell asleep slowly.
Marina thought she couldn’t fall asleep in a strange environment, but she fell asleep soon after holding Nicole in her arms.
Marina slept very well. If someone didn’t come to disturb her, she could wake up naturally tomorrow morning.
“Mrs. Langdon, Mr. Langdon is back.” The maid wiped the sweat on her forehead in fear.
‘Who?’
‘Mr. Langdon?’
‘Which Mr. Langdon?’
The maid was anxious when she saw Marina sitting on the bed. “Mr. Langdon is talking to his grandfather in the main room. He will probably come to pick up Nicole soon.”
It referred to the male lead, Ryder!
Marina, who understood the identity just now, was not sleepy at all. Her mind became clear in an instant.
Ever since Marie was arranged to live in this small house, Ryder had seldom been here.
However, Marina did not expect he would come here as soon as he returned. She suddenly felt nervous.
Ryder was the powerful male lead in the novel who could treat her like an ant to kill her easily!
Ryder had just returned to the villa and hadn’t had time to drink water when he was told Nicole was with Marina. His face immediately darkened and his eyes became colder.
After saying a few words to his grandfather, he quickly walked to the back of the garden and kicked the door open without any hesitation.
Marina, who was standing and drinking water to calm down, was so scared by his kick that she choked and coughed constantly.
Looking around, Ryder’s cold gaze finally fell on the slender figure of Marina.
He asked coldly, “Where’s Nicole?”
“She is inside,” Marina pointed to the bedroom.
Ryder frowned and felt this woman was a little different from what she used to be. At least, she didn’t quarrel with him when she saw him. She even seemed a little calm.
Ryder ignored his doubts and walked to the bedroom. When he saw the little girl lying in the quilt, he felt relieved. Then he left the bedroom and closed the door.
Seeing Ryder come out, Marina stopped coughing and carefully said, “Don’t worry, Nicole is sleeping well.”