Chapter 116 - Ch. 116 Nick Vs Arnold (2)

Letticia Campbell looked anxiously at Nick onstage with Arnold Miller. She did decide to believe in Nick, but she still felt uneasy.

Just as she was about to join her friends in the audience to see the duel, someone grabbed her hand and took her out.

At first, Letti was about to fight back and screamed for help, but when she realized who had pulled her hand, Letti fell silent and followed the man's footsteps.

As soon as the two of them arrived outside and confirmed that no one had heard their conversation, the man glanced at Letti with a stifled, angry gaze.

"Care to explain what's going on?"

Letti bit her lip nervously in the face of her overprotective brother's wrath. Having no other choice but to trust Nick fully, Letti decided to give her flashy smile to her big brother.

"You know what? It was such a thrilling and interesting story. I don't know if you can keep up, brother."

"Letti. I'm serious. Are you going to let that scumbag kiss you in front of the whole campus?"

Letti frowned and looked at her brother in surprise. "How did you know about the bet?"

"I put a spy, remember?"

"It's not fair."

"If I didn't, you would never tell me about this."

"It's because I don't want you to be worried."

"I cannot be not worried about my sister. You are the only family I have. How could I protect you if you never let me do it?"

"No, brother. You have your Black family, and I have my Campbell family. We may be a sibling through our unknown birth mother, but you know we are different. Your birth father was the distinguish person while mine... was a drunken bastard."

"Letti," called Declan in a warning tone.

"Please, just trust me this one. I believe in Nick's skill. He can win this duel."

"But she can't sing." Declan almost snapped at his sister for how angry he was.

Over the past dozen years, he has been very guarding and protecting his younger sister from behind the scenes. If someone bullied her, he would teach the bully a lesson secretly.

He even wanted to get back at Ayana's cunning taunting, but Letti managed to make him promise not to touch Ayana or her college friends who cornered her.

"She? Who is she?"

Declan realizes his mistake then immediately steered the convo toward another. "Letti, you're on the losing side."

"No, brother. We will never know if we never try. I'm willing to take the risk and put my faith in him. I believe in him."

"Why are you so sure?"

"Because I heard him sing yesterday afternoon. He is playful sometimes, but he looks serious when he sings. I trust him. Besides, it's time for you to let me decide for myself. I'm not a child anymore."

Letti wanted to learn to live independently without any support from Declan. She wanted to show her brother that she was no longer a child who always needed her brother's wings.

Yes, they were half-siblings with the same blood ran through their veins. But Letti still felt they came from two different worlds.

Letti felt that Declan was born with a silver spoon in his mouth even though his mother took him from his birth father and abandoned the five-year-old Declan at Grace orphanage.

On the contrary, their mother immediately dumped her in Grace Orphanage as soon as she was born. It was apparent that her birth mother was ashamed to have her in this world.

Declan already knows who his biological parents are or what their faces look like, while she… Letti never knew what her biological parents look like.

Letti was an unwanted child and an unplanned baby from her birth parents. She felt grateful to have Declan as her brother, who sincerely cherishes and protects her since she lived in the orphanage.

However, it is time for her to leave her brother's shelter. After all, they are already part of a different family.

If Letti wanted to reveal to the world that Declan Black was her brother, at least she had to have a reputation she could be proud of to be worthy of being called Declan Black's sister.

She didn't want people to see her as a spoiled sister or useless girl who feed on her half-brother's hard-working's fortune.

"Wait. You said yesterday he practice. Did he come to campus yesterday?"

"Of course. He even brought his electric guitar for our last practice." Letti didn't have to think twice about who her brother meant.

For a moment, Declan didn't react to his younger sister's last comment. He seemed pensive thinking about something.

Declan was sure Kaylee was in his penthouse all day, and besides, that girl wouldn't be able to play the guitar because of her swollen hands. Plus, Cassidy would let him know if Kaylee left the house.

If yesterday Kaylee was in his house all day, who did come to campus and become Nicholas Larson?

Could it be ... the real one?

Declan knew that Wendy Larson was a great arranger and songwriter, but he did not know that the girl had a younger brother. All this time, he thought Kaylee was disguising herself as someone who never existed and played her best friend's brother.

Declan had no idea that Wendy did have a younger brother named Nicholas Larson.

Wait a minute. If Nicholas Larson was not an artificial identity, then why should Kaylee disguise herself as Nick? Why not the young man himself undergo the class lesson?

The big question in his mind is… which one is his savior? Which one played the 'ugly' song that only Declan and his savior knew about? Was it Nicholas Larson or his wife in disguise?

They heard a roaring guitar playing not long after, followed by excited cheers from the crowd. Ignoring her brother, who seemed lost in a daze, Letti promptly opened the door and entered the main hall to join the rest of the audience.

Declan also caught up with his younger sister, and that's when he saw Arnold Miller playing his guitar so skillfully.

On the other hand, Nicholas seemed to be holding his guitar quietly, looking at Arnold.

Why is that young man silent? Wouldn't he have lost if he didn't start playing his guitar right away?