Novel Sweet
Chapter 26 What’s the Bet?
Chapter 26 What’s the Bet?
Phantom led Monster and Nicole to take a bow after the performance. Nicole smiled brightly and got off
the stage with poise.
'Luckily, I still remember the basics! This performance is still quite satisfactory.’ Nicole thought.
Phantom and Monster followed Nicole off the stage. Monster went over and patted her shoulder. "Lil
Nicole, why don't you just join our band? We're willing to kick Demon out for you!"
Nicole lowered her head and laughed. "If Demon hears this, he'd probably get up from his hospital bed
right now and fight you!"
Monster was in great spirits. "I'm so thrilled to perform with you today. You’re the composer of this song
anyway, so except for Demon, only you can perform so flawlessly with us. Lil Nicole, you seem just like
you were three years ago!"
Nicole felt a trace of bitterness in her heart. She seemed to have missed out on an inordinate amount o
f life's excitement in these three years. Fortunately, it was still not too late to get back on track.
Monster refused to give up and kept persuading Nicole to join their band. "Lil Nicole, if you join us, we'll
surely shock the music world!"
Nicole was just about to reject his offer when Julie walked over with a smile.
"Forget about it, you two...Nikki's gonna start her career all over again!"
As soon as Julie pulled Nicole out from backstage, Yvette gave her a bear hug. "Nikki baby, that was
fantastic! You're my goddess! Do you know how excited everyone was? Your violin is simply amazing!"
Nicole helplessly pried Yvette off of her body. It was all thanks to Ian’s arrangement that Nicole got to
have such a memorable night.
The three ladies thought that Eric and Keith should have already left, so they went back up to the
second floor. Unexpectedly, Eric and Keith were sitting next t o the Carter brothers as they stared at
Nicole weirdly the moment she showed up.
Yvette snorted in dissatisfaction and pulled Nicole to sit by Ian. "Ian, let’s play something. It's boring
having to sit with such eyesores."
Ian shrugged his shoulders. "Sure, the night's still young!"
Everyone downstairs was shouting for The Lunatics to have an encore. Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.
"I didn't think that Nicole could play the violin. Why didn't I hear about it before?" Keith could not help
his curiosity. He was genuinely shocked.
The moment Nicole went on stage, she was so cool and confident like a queen that was in control of
the
whole audience.
"Why should we tell you? Who the hell are you even?" Yvette scowled at him and retorted, i
Keith felt attacked, but he indifferently shrugged his shoulders. "Didn't you say that you wanted to play
something? How about poker dice?"
"Who wants to play with you?!" Yvette scoffed and was holding a grudge against them for Nicole.
'Stupid bastard!'
Eric Ferguson, who had not spoken, suddenly said in a deep voice, "Nicole, are you afraid to play just
one game with us?"
Since Nicole came upstairs, Eric's eyes had not moved away from her. Nicole swirled the wine glass in
her hand and looked down seemingly disinterested and treated them as if they were invisible.
Eric suppressed his shock. The Nicole sitting in front o f him seemed familiar yet strange to him. At that
moment, the emotions surging in his heart were incomparably complicated.
When Nicole was named, she nonchalantly lifted her head and swept a glance at Eric with a faint smile
on her face. "What should I be afraid of?"
Although Nicole felt that Eric's words were unexpected, she was not afraid of him. They were like
strangers now, so playing a gambling game was not a big deal.
Yvette objected discontentedly. "Nikki, why do you wanna play with him? He's clearly just trying to
provoke you!"
Julie pulled Yvette aside and looked at the ex-couple." Don't worry, Nikki knows what she’s doing."
Eric Ferguson grew up as a member of the gentry, so taking part in these social events was like second
nature to him. Poker dice was the easiest game and a sure win for Eric. Keith, who was sitting on the
side, could not hide his smug smile.
The waiter set the table with two players against each other. Nicole did not make a move. Instead, she
looked down and said, "What’s the bet?" 1