Eric looked at Nicole. His hands that were hanging at his sides were clenched tightly, so much so that his knuckles turned white. His heart felt like it was stabbed.

He felt like even breathing was painful.

Eric lowered his eyes and tried to hide the emotions in them.

His heart was bitter and unbearably sad. After a long silence, he said in a raspy voice, “I just want to apologize to you, nothing else. If you don’t want to meet with me alone, you can bring someone with you…”

This was his compromise.

Eric had already lost.

He did not name Clayton specifically, but they all understood.

Clayton was surprised and raised his eyebrows slightly. He saw Eric’s gloomy and complicated face and was instantly in a good mood.

His enemy’s pain was his pleasure!

Even so, Nicole was not willing to agree.

Talking to Eric would make her upset. She was not a generous and forgiving person, so why must she be forced to forgive him?

Seeing this stalemate, Roland coughed on the side and stepped fo