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Chapter 2558
"Ms. Riddle," Patricia greeted politely.
"There's no need for you to be so formal with me. Since you'll be working with me from now on, it'll be more
casual," said Nicole. She pointed to the pile of documents on her desk.
"Are these doable for you?" asked Nicole.
Patricia nodded. "Yeah."
Nicole quickly filtered out the documents and workload for Patricia before handing it over to her. "Great. This is for
you."
"Thank you," Patricia said as she took the documents in her hand and started going through it by Nicole's desk.
Nicole pointed to the coffee table in her office. "You can go and sit over there to work. I'm glad you're here. Lulu's
going to be on leave soon for her wedding and honeymoon. I really needed the extra hand."
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt'With Patricia here, my workload will surely be lighter,' she thought to herself.
"Ms. Riddle, if there's anything you need me to do, you can leave it to me," said Patricia.
Nicole chuckled and smiled. "If you keep acting like this, I'll think you're a robot. Please loosen up or I'll have the
impression that you're being compelled to do this."
"No, I really want to do this well," Patricia explained, with a trace of nervousness across her face.
Nicole smiled. "Well that's great. As for the rest, you can slowly take it on, one at a time."
'Maybe she's too nervous being here for the first time. I'm sure that over time, we'll get to know each other better
and she'll be more comfortable,' thought Nicole.
The office became quiet once more. With Patricia helping Nicole out, the speed of Nicole's workload was like never
before. The drowsiness Nicole had felt earlier completely disappeared since Patricia came.
Time went by in a blink of an eye, and soon it was already lunch time.
"I don't feel like going out to eat lunch today. Shall we get food delivered?"
"Okay."
"It's just for us two," Nicole added.
Patricia was stunned for a moment before relaxing her expression. "Yes, Ms. Riddle."
Patricia ordered their lunch and waited downstairs for the food to arrive. When it did, she brought the food into the
office. "Ms. Riddle, let's eat."
"Together," said Nicole, continuing Patricia's sentence. She handed a pair of chopsticks to Patricia, motioning for her
to sit with her and eat.
"You can shadow me from now on. I trust you and naturally, I'll rely on you for many things, and I hope that it goes
both ways," said Nicole, her face seriousness.
Nicole knew that Patricia would fulfill her requests, not only because of Jared's orders but she hoped that Patricia
would trust Nicole. She wanted to gain the trust of Patricia and to wholly accept her.
Patricia cautiously picked up her fork and looked up at Nicole. "Ms. Riddle, don't worry. I understand where you're
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmcoming from."
Patricia had no complaints when she had received the order from Jared. Now it felt completely different. She felt
that it was no longer just a job, though she had only been here for a few hours.
Patricia could feel that Nicole was genuinely being earnest. She felt like she wasn't here because of Jared's orders,
from the way Nicole had treated her.
Nicole had a satisfied expression on her face. In a soft voice, she said, "Come sit down and eat."
"Okay." Patricia sat down and ate alongside Nicole. Her heart was fuzzy with warmth by the actions of Nicole.
It was not long after that the sun started to set. Nicole walked out of the front door of Riddle Corporation and was
met with Lawrence.
"Leo, what are you doing here?" asked Nicole, confused.
"I wanted to pick up the twins from kindergarten with you,"
Lawrence said with a smile.
"Oh, they don't need me to pick them up anymore. We've got Tia to pick them up," Nicole said apologetically.
"I didn't expect that you'd be here, so I didn't inform you about it beforehand," added Nicole.
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