Chapter 217

"Thank you for telling me so much." Jared seemed to wake up from a dream after hearing what Nicole said, his smile on his face saying that he felt appreciated, and his expression looked much warmer now. The light in the cold ice had finally been lit up. He looked at Nicole's beautiful face, and his fingers felt like wanting to touch her involuntarily. He did, and he gently stroked her cheek with his fingers with a dream-like expression on his face. "Thank you, Nicole," he said. Nicole did not refuse his touch. She calmly raised her hand to take his somewhat cold hand in hers. "In reciprocal, I will tell you something about me," she said. "Before returning to the Riddle family, my adoptive parents cared little about me. I grew up in the company of my grandma. We were poor, and she sold junk scavenged from the garbage to make a living and pay for my tuition fees. Because the clothes I wore always did not fit me, I was laughed at and looked down upon, and because I was skinny, I was alw