The Numbers That Brought Our Fates Together Chapter 241: The Punishment for Screwing Up.

When he disappeared around the corner, Lina took a deep breath and with all her might smashed Nick on the head, giving him a solid slap in the back, "Are you really an idiot?! Did you loose your last brains?! Although, stop, did you even have brains? You could not think of anything better than to provoke Marcus?!"

"Auch, stop it!" The young man was indignant, clutching his head, he would surely have a big bruise for at least a week or two, "It's your fault! Whose side are you on? How could you chat with him, as if nothing had happened?"

"You know perfectly well whose side I am on! My task is to protect Elena, and until he crossed the line, I have no reason to enter into conflict with Marcus. But what are you doing? Well, at least you didn't think of flaunting with your modest abilities!" Lina hissed at him. Not only did she have her problems up to the neck, so this guy managed to ruffle her nerves at every opportunity.

Nick scratched the back of his head guiltily and lowered his eyes, "Um, LinLin, well, here I… I could not help it a bit, and…," he began his little speech from afar, but according to his first words, it became clear to the girl that this dummy had managed to mess something up.

"And?" Her voice rang over the young man's head and Nick felt like a small microbe next to her. This lady was insanely terrible in anger.

"Well… I, khem, in general, I could not help but scared Rick," the young man quickly rumbled and showed his most charming smile.

Unfortunately, the girl did not smile back.

"You did what? You didn't hold back and scared Rick?"

"Yes, I'm sorry, he just offended my Ashley and then-," Nick began to hastily make excuses, noting that the girl did not express obvious anger. But he did not know that it was the calm before the storm.

"That is, you want to say that you decided to show yourself in all your glory because Rick said something about the five-year-old girl, although I'm sure that there were other defenders besides you. But no, you had to hand yourself out to dry and yet to whom! To the chief assistant of Marcus!"

Lina waved her handbag but stopped her hand a few centimeters from Nick. "Lord, I will turn gray with your family ahead of time," the girl heavily breathed and leaned against the wall.

"Hehe, auntie, relax. Gray hair will not shine for you in the next fifty years, all the more with this wonderful bracelet you can change your hair color at least every day," the young man smiled and then shut his mouth, realizing that he had said too much.

"Auntie? Tired of living?" Lina barked at him, and Nick hastened to correct himself, "Sorry, was wrong. Beautiful young lady, you will be charming at any age. And yes, let your boyfriend already make you an offer, and you will quickly get married while you have time."

"What do you care? Decided to change the subject?" Lina raised an eyebrow and looked at Nick with malice.

"Tsk, I don't care," the young man crossed his arms over his chest and leaned against the wall next to the girl, "I just don't like that Ashley is too attached to him, she should know that this man is already taken," Nick muttered. He remembered well when the baby said that she would marry Armand since he was her prince.

"Lord, you are twenty years old, and you behave worse than the five-year-old Sean! If your parents had heard you, they would have thought that you were a pervert," Lina answered and regretted her words when she noticed that Nick was instantly sad.

"Hey, sorry. I didn't mean it," the girl put her hand on Nick's shoulder and patted him, "Did you recall anything?"

Nick shook his head, "No. No matter how hard I try, everything is useless. And it drives me crazy the most! I'm afraid that I'll miss something important, and everything will go to dust again. Sometimes I get so scared that I forget how to breathe. I'm such a wimp," the young man whispered and squatted down next to the girl.

Lina fondly stroked his pitch-black hair, it was so soft that she was even a little envious, "Don't be sad. Everything will be fine, I'm sure. Amelia would not give her life and her child if it weren't worth it. Although we don't know everything yet, time will put everything in its place. So put your chin up, you got me?"

"Uhm," Nick said and rubbed his slightly redded eyes. He looked up and saw Elena and David walking in their direction, the anxiety on Elena's face made him straighten up instantly.

"What? Did something happen?" Elena asked, noticing Nick's bewildered look.

"Nope, everything is ok. It's just that dumbass ate tons of chocolate and now his stomach hurts, he had to run to the restroom several times," Lina answered as if nothing had happened.

Nick looked at the girl as the main traitor. How could she come up with such a humiliating excuse?

"You know, I'm sure that there should be a doctor, we can ask some medicine for you, if necessary," Elena suggested with sincere concern.

"Ahaha, thank you, no need. Everything is already fine," Nick dismissed and did not even dare to look at David, no doubt this cousin would not be able to restrain himself from trolling.

"Let it be a lesson to him. Next time he will think before doing or saying something superfluous, yes, Nicky?" Lina added with a smile, and Nick had no choice but to silently agree to this.

Apparently, this beast, pretending to be an angel, decided to punish him in this way for a screw up with Rick.

"We are going to leave the banquet. Are you with us?" David asked.

"But we couldn't find Corey and Daniel, didn't you see them?" Elena wanted to make sure.

"Oh, about this … Something happened here," Nick answered and described the situation that had happened before.