NICHOLAS'S POV
My mind was on Simone. She sat across from me, fiddling with her food, clearly lost in thought.
As I watched her poke at her meal, I was about to say something when Carlos walked in with a serious look on his face. He approached me, leaning in to whisper something in my ear.
" I need to talk to you about something urgent sir, it's about Miss Simone and her uncles," he said.
I started to get up, wanting to hear what he had to say, but then Simone shot me a glare that would've stopped a train. I hesitated, her intense look keeping me rooted in my seat.
She made me promise that I was absolutely not ever going to exclude her from anything despite the fact that it was dangerous and I had to stick to my word.
"Just tell me here, Carlos," I said, sitting back do
