Chapter 312

When Max overheard the conversation between his boss and Nicole, he pretended to look back inadvertently. He was shocked when he saw Jared looking down and fiddling with something in his hands. Nicole also saw the thing in Jared's hand—it was a glinting dagger. She immediately recognized it as the dagger he had held in Nottingbrook State, only that this time he did not sheathe it. The narrow-bladed dagger spun in Jared's shapely hand. It looked cool, but Nicole could not help but frown. She gently put her hand to Jared's hand, which was fiddling with the dagger, and looked him in the eyes. "Stop," she said. Jared also looked her in the eyes, and his eyes lit up when he saw her concerns in her eyes. He smiled and said in a low but gentle voice, "Okay." Max, who was behind the wheel, saw what had happened and was in fright. Jared would play with something in his hand when he was in a black mood, and he would fiddle with the dagger when his mood was extremely terrible. So no one dared