Chapter 6 Resist

"Change clothes and go back to the Collins house." Nicholas simply picked a piece of clothing from the closet and handed it to Caroline. He had instructed his servant to prepare the latest styles of clothing and various jewelry for this quarter.

"What are we going back to the Collins house for?" Caroline's face changed slightly at the mention of the Collins house, and she became a bit stiff.

"Just follow me. Be obedient and change your clothes." Nicholas noticed Caroline's subtle expression change and comforted her by rubbing her head, his tone unexpectedly gentle.

Caroline clenched the clothes tightly, and her knuckles turned white as she walked towards the dressing room.

Without saying a word, Nicholas led Caroline back to the Collins house. Caroline leaned back on the chair, propping her cheek and staring absent-mindedly out of the window. Her mind was a mess, and she didn't seem ready to face the Collins family's attitude again.

The car stopped outside the Collins house, and when the servant saw Caroline inside the car, he knew that the young miss who had just been married yesterday had returned. After informing Mr. Peter, the servant opened the gate.

"Isn't that our young miss? Why did she come back so soon?" The servant gossiped behind Caroline's back.

"Don't you know Nicholas? He's infamous for being bad-tempered and ugly. How could she be considered a young miss? I bet he found her unsuitable and sent her back."

"Do you not know? Caroline's boyfriend abandoned her a while ago and chose Stella instead." The servant lightly laughed, her tone full of ridicule and schadenfreude.

The servant was used to seeing Caroline being bullied by Stella, but even though Caroline was always being bullied, she never shed a tear.

"Of course, she can't compare to our Miss Stella, she's just a wild child who grew up in an orphanage."

The fact that Emma had disappeared early in the morning seemed to go unnoticed by the Collins family. Snow began to fall outside the car, and a chill rushed in when the door was opened.

Nicholas wrapped the prepared coat around Caroline, but she took a step back, and her calves touched the car behind her.

Nicholas frowned as Caroline's rejection and distance from him puzzled him.

"Hey, isn't that my sister? Why are you back so soon? If I were you, I'd run away to a place where no one can see me and cry. You're just embarrassing yourself here." Stella had done her makeup nicely and was still wearing a low-cut skirt in winter.

"Oh, I forgot. Except for the Collins family, you can only go back to your shabby orphanage, or maybe you'll end up in jail since you've already been there." Stella walked slowly towards them.

After hearing Stella's words, Nicholas's face turned pale, and his long, beautiful eyes seemed to be covered in ice as he looked at Stella...

Caroline felt the change in Nicholas's aura and expression and thought of the way she had tied up Emma this morning to vent her anger. She raised her hand to grab Nicholas's arm.

Caroline did not want to return to the Collins family. Since she had come back, she did not want to cause trouble and just wanted Nicholas to quickly handle his business and take her away from here. She did not want to get tangled up unnecessarily and just end up getting angry.

"Sister, are you so hungry for men? Is this Mr. Nicholas's assistant?" Stella saw Nicholas's face and her heart skipped a beat.

Compared to Nicholas, John was nothing. Although Nicholas was showing impatience now, Stella's little face immediately turned red and her tone softened as she twisted her waist and made a gesture to walk towards Nicholas.

"Mr-Mr. Nicholas." As soon as Stella finished speaking, she did not know when Peter had walked over, respectfully and somewhat fearfully calling out to Nicholas.

Stella looked at her father in surprise, then looked at Nicholas in surprise as well. Didn't her mother say that Nicholas had a bad temper and was very ugly? These words had nothing to do with the man in front of her.

Stella looked at Caroline with eyes full of jealousy and resentment. She was the one who married into the Johnson family, and the person who received the love of such a man should be herself, but Caroline had ruined everything.

"Hmm." Nicholas gave a cold hum and took note of the attitude and expression changes of Stella and her father. He turned around and took Caroline's hand, leading her towards the living room.

"It seems that the Collins family's upbringing is not very good." Nicholas sneered, never letting go of Caroline's hand.

As the two entered the living room, the coldness around them gradually dissipated. Nicholas thoughtfully helped to remove Caroline's scarf and coat and placed them on the back of the sofa.

"Mr. Nicholas , you may not know that Caroline didn't grow up in the Collins family since she was raised in an orphanage and only found by us later. If there's anything about Caroline that doesn't satisfy you, you're free to handle it as you wish." Peter thought that Caroline had angered Nicholas and, in order to protect the interests of the Collins family, he gave Caroline a fierce glare.

Caroline sat next to her father and watched Nicholas's considerate behavior towards her just now. She was so jealous that she was going crazy, but she still looked at Nicholas with a smitten expression.

Nicholas didn't even look at Stella and his expression became even colder after hearing Peter's words. He couldn't help but chuckle and say, "I think Mr. Peter has misunderstood. It's fortunate that Caroline wasn't raised in the Collins family, which is why she's so well-behaved."

After hearing Nicholas's words, Caroline's face turned slightly red.

No matter how blindly Peter loved his daughter, he could still hear the meaning behind Nicholas's words. He turned to look at Stella, who seemed unaware of the situation, still looking at Nicholas with a face full of admiration and blushing.

"Stella! Go back to your room!" Peter knew that his daughter was willful and he had never stopped her from doing anything, whether it was getting Caroline to go to jail or stealing her boyfriend, but this time it concerned his future prosperity.

"Dad! Why do I have to go back?!" Stella was pulled back to reality by her father's scolding, and vented her anger in protest.

Stella stomped her foot in dissatisfaction and ran upstairs to her own room. Thinking of Nicholas's treatment towards Caroline, she became jealous and went crazy. Her bad temper was well-known in the Collins family. There was no servant daring to stop her as she threw all the pillows and blankets on the ground and knocked over the cosmetics on the table. They could only stand aside with their heads bowed, watching as the room became a mess and being scolded by Stella.

"Stella? Why are you throwing a tantrum again? Who made you angry?" A servant secretly ran to inform Avery, who finally came to the scene.

"You can all go now." Avery had always been a gentle and reasonable presence in the eyes of the servants in the household, and seeing her come, their anxious hearts finally settled.