CHAPTER 191 CONFESSIONS OF LOVE

Nicholas had a whole lot going on in his mind. He stared intensely into space as he thought about Ryan. The few times he interacted with Ryan suggested that he was a good person, and he believed so. Only seeing him with Lauretta now did nothing to calm his nerves. He was so uncomfortable with it that he started to doubt his convictions about Ryan. He didn't have any personal opinion of Ryan as they had never made a deal before, so he could only rely on Ryan's interactions with others to build his opinion about him, and being with Lauretta was getting him more worried. Stanley briefly looked up when Nicholas spoke as if to acknowledge that he heard what he said but shortly continued his work, neglecting whatever Nicholas had just said. He, however, decided to probe him further. "So, what are you going to do?" Stanley asked. "I'm not sure there's anything I can do in this situation. I mean, why on earth would Lauretta decide to go for Ryan? A man with a son? Whose system still needs