Chapter 316
Nicole was holding a stopwatch, looking expressionlessly at Zeke, running at a snail’s pace. He was in
his last lap, running at speed almost slower than walking. He was slow, but it was better than not
moving. Nicole watched on as Zeke neared the finish line, and she stopped the stopwatch as soon as
he . crossed the finish line. “Your pace is only ten,” she said. Nicole did not hold Zeke but motioned for
him to continue walking for two laps. “We can only start the next phase of training when you reach
three.” Her voice came from behind him in the distance. Zeke could not say a word as he felt his eyes
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtturning dark, and his knees were not his own. Getting the pace up to three was no different from flying.
He had a long way to go. After Zeke had finished training, Nicole walked toward the teaching building
and stepped into the classroom on the dot. There were exactly five minutes before the class started.
Gary looked at Nicole with a grave face. He had asked Ryder to find out about Nicole’s background,
but many days had passed, and he still did not hear from Ryder. He wondered what was going on and
if she was really clean with nothing to hide. Even it was Jack and Wayne who told him about the fact
that Nicole was the Riddle family member after Stanley and others said it on the radio broadcast.
He looked at Nicole with an inquisitive look in his eyes. If he could not even find out anything with all
the power and influence of the Finley family, he was almost certain that Nicole had absolutely some
unusual background.
Thinking of how close Nicole and Jared were, something suddenly dawned on him. He could probably
be right all this while.
While Nicole was waiting for class, Bradley, in front of her, turned his head, glanced at Nicole
mysteriously, and then asked in a low voice, “Are you really from the Riddle family?” The Riddle family
might be declining in influence, but it was still well-known among all the giants of San Joto. Nicole
raised an eyebrow at his question, thanks to her brother’s high-profile announcement. She casually
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmmuttered an uh-huh in response.
Bradley’s eyes lit up at once. Just as he was just about to say something, he heard two timid knocks at
the door of the classroom. He looked up and saw a somewhat cowardly boy with black-rimmed
glasses. “Is Nicole in this class?” the timid boy asked. ‘He is looking for Nicole? Is he looking for trouble
or something?’ Bradley thought to himself. He then turned to look at Nicole, saw that her expression
was unchanged, and breathed a sigh of relief.
‘Nicole has been through so many things, and she is good at martial arts. Certainly, she could handle
this.’ Bradley nodded reassuringly at the thought of this. Vivian, who was sitting in the first row, had a
gloomy look in her eyes when she heard someone looking for Nicole. “Why are you looking for her? Did
Nicole get into trouble again?” she asked in a condescending tone of voice.