Mr. CEO's Substitute Bride-Chapter 1083 - 1079: I Advise Miss Hai to Forget It—After All, It’s Not a Glorious Matter

"Nicholas, what do you plan to do about Hannah?" Henry Hargrave’s expression was serious, and his tone matched it.

"Plan?" Nicholas Croft frowned, caught off guard by Henry’s question, he glanced at Henry and then looked over at Hannah Hargrave on the other side of the sofa.

At this moment, Hannah’s heart was more tense than anyone else’s. She tightly clutched her fingers, lowering her head slightly, not daring to look directly into Nicholas’s eyes.

Seeing Hannah’s nervous yet hopeful expression, Nicholas suddenly understood Henry’s meaning, his gaze remained on Hannah’s face as he said with a half-smile, "I think I’ve made myself clear."

"Hannah, what did Nicholas tell you?" Henry solemnly turned to his daughter.

Hannah grew even more anxious, glancing at her stern father and then towards Nicholas, hesitating under his half-smiling gaze, "Nicholas, my parents already know about that night."

"Oh? Which night?" Nicholas raised an eyebrow playfully, although he was well aware that Hannah was referring to the night with the doctored drinks.

"It was..." Hannah bit her lip, having already admitted to her parents that she had been with Nicholas, she could only press on, "The night before the film festival, we..."

"Ha," a scoff interrupted Hannah’s lie, Nicholas raised an eyebrow again and asked, "What did we do?" 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Hannah...

Hannah was left speechless by Nicholas’s relentless questioning. The events of that night were clear to both of them, yet being asked so bluntly embarrassed her, leaving her biting her lower lip, unsure how to respond.

Hannah’s reaction appeared to Henry as a form of grievance, his eyebrows furrowed as he was about to sternly rebuke Nicholas when Josephine Hawthorne emerged from the kitchen, carrying tea. As she approached the sofa, she voiced her displeasure.

"Nicholas, a real man should face his actions head-on. Letting a woman carry all the burdens for you doesn’t make you a man."

Speaking, Josephine reached the sofa and placed the tea tray and teapot heavily on the coffee table, showing her dissatisfaction.

Casually glancing at the annoyed Josephine, Nicholas looked at Hannah again, raising his eyebrows with a half-smile, "What did I ask you to carry for me?"

After that, as Hannah struggled to speak, he continued, "I believed I’ve made my point clear, some things needn’t be too straightforward. About that night," as he paused, Nicholas looked at Hannah with a meaningful smile, "I advise Miss Hargrave to just forget it."

In Hannah’s embarrassed state, he added with a hint, "After all, it’s not a commendable affair."

When he finished, under the gaze of the Hargrave family, he stood up, slightly bowing to Henry, and strode towards the door.

Hannah...

After Nicholas uttered "not a commendable affair," Hannah’s face changed color immediately. She knew what had really happened that night, and Nicholas... seemed to know the truth too.

Hannah’s hands, resting on either side of the sofa, unconsciously clenched tighter, her shoulders slightly trembling.

"Nicholas Croft!"

Before Nicholas reached the door, Henry called out to him, sitting in a single-seater sofa with hands trembling on the armrest, glaring at Nicholas’s back with anger.

Nicholas stopped and turned, looking at Henry with a half-smile, casually asking, "Mr. Hargrave, is there anything else?"

Henry...

Almost choked on his own rage by Nicholas’s nonchalant demeanor.