Chapter 1030 I Can't Afford It

"Evelyn, I beg you to leave me alone."

Tim was bitter.

He was sick.

"I don't speak. You rest."

Hearing Evelyn's words, Tim was annoyed.

"Can you stay away from me for a while?"

"No, Nicole told me to stay here and take care of you."

Evelyn directly used Nicole as her excuse.

"Who?"

"Nicole. Isn't she your cousin? That's what she said."

Evelyn used Nicole as her excuse shamelessly. Tim really shut up.

If Evelyn knew it worked, she should have said so from the beginning.

Nicole heard that Evelyn took advantage of Tim and couldn't stand it anymore.

She pushed the door open and walked in.

"Evelyn, I...."

"You're back. What did the doctor say? Tim won't be paralyzed, right?"



Evelyn immediately interrupted Nicole.

Evelyn was kidding.

If Tim knew that Evelyn used Nicole as her excuse, would he still be nice to Evelyn?

Evelyn asked as she blinked at Nicole, who was stunned.

Nicole looked up and met Tim's eyes which were not spirited but still quite gentle.

"Why are you here?"

"What a mess you've had. Who will sign the paper consenting to have the operation if I'm not here?"

Nicole glared at Tim and whispered, "Don't talk so heartlessly to Evelyn."

When Evelyn saw Nicole speaking, she immediately ran to Tim and said, "Look, I said that Nicole
asked me to come."

Evelyn was so smug.

Hearing what Nicole said, Tim couldn't argue with that.

Tim coughed and said, "I'm fine. It's just a little car accident. I'll recover after a few days."

"It's the Greatest Global Scalpel who operated on you. It's not just a little car accident. Tim, I beg you.
Cut it out. New Year's Day is coming. No one would stop you if you wanted to go abroad. But you came
back just like this. Do you think we can celebrate the New Year at ease?"

Hearing Nicole's words, Tim was embarrassed.

"I didn't mean to worry you."



"Then find a woman and live out the rest of your days in peace. Stay in Seapolis City and don't mess
around. I haven't seen you for a while and you took two women home in succession. You're such a
playboy."

Tim was confused after hearing Nicole's words.

"What two women? I don't know what you mean."

"Fernanda. It was she who called me and said you were hospitalized."

Tim narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, but he did not remember who Fernanda was.

Evelyn said indifferently, "It's the college student that you sponsored. I don't know what you have in
mind. Does a college student still need financial aid? She has plenty of time to work part-time to
support herself, right?"

Being reminded by Evelyn, Tim recalled Fernanda.

"I'm not familiar with her."

"But Fernanda has your phone number. Besides, when you were in a car accident, she was the first to
receive the call. Tim, can you be sober?"

Nicole could tell from Tim's expression that Tim was really unfamiliar with Fernanda.

But if so, what Fernanda did would come under review.

Tim was not an idiot and would think of this.

Evelyn rarely interrupted. When Tim was chatting with Nicole, Evelyn peeled an apple and handed it to
him.



"Here you are. Eat an apple. It's very nutritious."

Tim frowned.

"Give it to Nicole. I don't like apples."

Evelyn looked at Tim and said, "Nicole has Mr. Green to take care of her. You don't need to worry.
Besides, you are sick. Hurry up and eat. Shall I feed you?"

Tim shivered, then grabbed the apple, and took a fierce bite, as if the apple was Evelyn.

Nicole laughed at once.

Tim met his match.

Evelyn took out an orange from a fruit basket and handed it to Nicole saying with a smile, "It's better for
women to take vitamins."

"Thank you."

Nicole politely received it.

Nicole remembered that when she left the ward, there was nothing here. But in a while, there was a
vase with a bunch of flowers in it. Beside was a basket of fresh fruit, almost all of which was Tim's
favorite.

Besides, there was a small bowl of porridge. It was hard to tell what kind of porridge it was, but it
looked quite good.

"Are these the takeout you ordered?"

Nicole asked.



Evelyn hurriedly said, "How dirty the takeout is. I asked my cook to make it. Knowing that Tim was in a
car accident, I had my cook to prepare it. I just get an apple for his stomach. Because I heard that Tim
just finished his meal before the operation and I was afraid that he would have an upset stomach after
that."

Nicole did not say anything else and gave Tim a meaningful look.

Tim was like a child who did something wrong and quickly avoided Nicole's gaze.

There must be something going on between Tim and Evelyn.

So Nicole won't be the third wheel here.

Nicole smiled and said, "My grandfather said that it's almost New Year's Day and asked you to go
home to have dinner. But I don't you can go back to eat dinner."

Tim was surprised.

Tim never thought that Edwin would invite him back for New Year's Eve dinner.

After all, Martha wasn't Edwin's biological daughter.

Nicole seemed to see what Tim was thinking and whispered, "Grandpa said Ms. Martha has been
calling him dad for a few years. They are family, waiting for you to come back."

With that, Nicole patted Tim on the shoulder and said to Evelyn, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

"No trouble at all. That's what I should do."

Evelyn gave Nicole a grateful look.

Nicole smiled and got up before leaving.



When Nicole came out, Samuel came back from smoking a cigarette. Seeing her leave, Samuel was
joyful.

Samuel thought that Nicole would stay there for a while.

Nicole sniffed.

"Do you smoke again?"

"Yes."

"Smoke less. If you don't want me to remarry with my children when you die young, you'd better give
up smoking."

Nicole put it sharply.

Samuel rubbed his nose and said, "I'll try my best."

Normally, when Samuel said this, it meant that he agreed.

Nicole did not dwell on this anymore.

"Let's go. Come with me to buy some clothes."

Nicole wanted to go shopping, which surprised Samuel.

"Are you up for that today?"

"Aren't we going to meet Emory and the others tomorrow? I haven't bought clothes for a long time.
Let's go and take a look."

Nicole was actually nervous.



Nicole got married for eight years and her children had grown up. But she had never seen Samuel's
friends. Now that she was finally going to meet them, she was extremely nervous.

Samuel could tell Nicole was nervous. He reached out to entwine his fingers with hers and said softly,
"Are you nervous?"

"No."

Nicole didn't admit it.

A smile touched Samuel's lips.

"It is an ordinary gathering. It's my fault. I should have introduced you to each other long ago."

Nicole held Samuel's arm and whispered, "Samuel, how did you become friends? You don't look like
any of them."

Samuel was lost in thoughts. It had been a long time ago.

He whispered, "We are all soldiers, comrades-in-arms, Damon and Pythias.

Nicole rarely listened to Samuel talk about his past in the army. Because it was confidential, she didn't
know whether she should ask or not. So she never asked.

Now that Nicole heard Samuel talk about this, she couldn't help feeling that he was heavy-hearted.

"Samuel, are you very close?"

"It can even be said that we can sacrifice our lives for each other."

Nicole did not understand that kind of friendship Samuel talked about.



Perhaps only the military would understand such feelings, and Nicole couldn't help but feel a little
envious.

"I really envy your feelings."

"There's no need to be jealous. I can also sacrifice my life for you. It will never change until death."

Hearing Samuel's words of love, Nicole's face flushed.

"You better stay alive and love me."

With that, Nicole felt she was so mushy.

"Okay."

Samuel and Nicole walked out of the hospital together.

After getting on the car, Samuel did not start the car at once. Instead, he whispered, "You know what?
We are all in the same class. It's fate to be assigned from the rookie group to the same class. There
were eight men in our class, but only four of us are left."

"What about the other four?"

Hearing Nicole's question, Samuel looked sad.

"They sacrificed. We watched them die in front of us. They were talking and laughing with us, but soon
they turned into cold bodies. Perhaps many people can't understand the meaning of war and
protection, but there is not always peace everywhere. War comes every day and accidents can happen
at any time. I only hope that I can stay with you and our children for the rest of my life. Some minor
regrets are not as important as you."

Nicole was heavy-hearted.



She held Samuel's hand tightly and said, "We will always be together."

"Someone told me that an ordinary woman would have run away long ago when she met the Greens.
Only you who are stupid would be with me through the hardships until now. I cherish you very much,
Nicole. I really cherish you very much. I won't be able to afford a little accident that happens to you for
the rest of my life."

Nicole felt very relieved but she did not forget what Samuel said just now.

"You said I'm an idiot, didn't you?"

Hearing that, Samuel froze instantly.

Shouldn't a woman be moved deeply when she listened to the words of love? Why Nicole's were
focuses different from others?


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