Mrs. Clifford's eyes suddenly turned fierce, "Shut your trap! If Nicholas believes you saved him, then you did! It couldn't have been anyone else!"

Victoria nodded firmly, "I understand, Mom."

[Mindy's POV]

I waited outside in the wind for a long time, shivering, before Nicholas's Maybach finally pulled up beside me.

Nicholas sat silently in the car, like waiting for me to get in.

I stood there stunned. My mind wouldn’t stop ...