Chapter 2 The Forbidden Passion
"Grandma, I'm sorry. Would you like some milk?"
"That's about right." Nicole shook her head, holding the cabbage in her hand and pouting as she took a big gulp with the help of her free hand.
This gulp sucked up almost half a box of milk, and her little face became puffed up, with two big cheeks. Her bright eyes widened like a food-loving squirrel. Excessive milk spilled from the corners of her lips, moistening the tender redness and sliding down her mouth to her fair neck, revealing a hint of sensuality.
After swallowing the milk, she stuck out her tongue and licked the corners of her mouth, then pouted her mouth twice, amusing Richard to the point of suppressing a laugh.
"I told you so, she looks just like a child, but she won't admit it."
Hearing this, Jasmine's expression finally relaxed a bit, and she relaxed her face and smiled.
Only Robert next to him raised an eyebrow lightly, faintly pursed his lips, brought the wine glass to his lips, raised his chin, and finished it in one gulp.
He put down the wine glass, fixedly staring at the bustling kitchen, the Adam's apple rolled heavily, not knowing what he had swallowed...
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"Robert, can you help me persuade Dad? I can handle that project in the west of the city on my own."
This was already the umpteenth time Richard pleaded with Robert tonight.
The Hayes family can be considered a wealthy family in LA, and Mr. Hayes only fathered these two brothers.
The eldest, Robert, mature and capable, Mr. Hayes originally intended to pass on the family business to him. Unfortunately, Robert was not interested in the Hayes family's industry and instead became a lawyer.
The law firm he established has an unparalleled reputation in the country and is even more valuable than the Hayes family's industry.
In theory, without sibling rivalry, the family business should have firmly fallen into Richard's hands. However, Mr. Hayes obviously didn't trust him much, so he found a few more cousins from the clan to manage the Hayes Group together with Richard.
It seemed that he had no intention of letting Richard take sole control of the Hayes Group.
Richard has worried a lot about this matter and has been busy finding out Mr. Hayes' thoughts.
Nicole was brought back home as soon as she came of age, a few years earlier than Robert's marriage, just to fulfill Mr. Hayes' wish for his son to "settle down and start a family" and make the old master happy.
In the first few years of marriage, Mr. Hayes' attitude towards him did loosen up a bit, and he was willing to entrust him with some important matters of the company.
But in the past two years, it seems that he has had other ideas and has started favoring other cousins instead.
Richard was both angry and anxious, coming to Robert once again for help.
After all, they were blood brothers, and Mr. Hayes valued him. Although he didn't care much about the Hayes Group's affairs, he had a say in front of Mr. Hayes. If Robert could help him talk to their father