Maya whined after being neglected. She swiftly snatched the bag of shrimp chips away.
If he doesn’t like me, he doesn’t get to eat shrimp chips!
She sulkily shot Davin a glare before munching down on the chips.
Davin quickly tried appeasing the little girl. He put on a sincere smile and said, “Who said I only want to play with girls? Come here. Let me cuddle you. You come here too.”
Davin looked towards Nina.
Nina stared back at him coldly. She stood statuesque, not moving even a single muscle.
Evan is such a bad man, so how nice can his brother be?
I think every member of the Seet family stinks.
She merely glanced at Davin before walking back towards her bedroom.
Davin smirked as he watched her figure grow smaller. Her temper mimics that of her father.
“Please have some tea.”
“Thank you.”
Nicole sent Juan and Maya back to the bedroom. She seated herself in front of Davin and began to tell him of the events which transpired between her and Evan.
Davin listened intently. When she got to the part about taking the three children, his face twitched.
“It must be hard for you to raise these those children on your own. Why don’t you get my brother to help? Or you could approach my parents. The Seet family definitely won’t abandon you or the children!”
The sole reason I fled abroad was to escape Evan’s vengeance.
So how could I seek him out now?
As for the Seet family… They never came to mind.
“Your brother and I have bad blood between us. He hates me! If I go to him now and inform him of those three children, he definitely won’t allow me to raise them! He’ll fight me for custody for sure. I can’t lose them! Which mother would be willing to let her children go? I can’t allow them to leave my side!”
As Nicole spoke, her desperate helplessness shone through.
Davin could feel Nicole’s love. It was the love only a mother could possess.
“You and Evan…”
I can’t believe this happened!
They must have a special kind of fate tying them together!
When he thought back to Evan and Nicole’s first encounter, and how they both immediately exploded with rage, Davin finally understood.
So this is the reason behind their animosity!
There must be some misunderstanding between them!
“My brother is only aware of Kyle’s existence. Do you plan to keep those three hidden from him forever?”
Evan’s misplaced anger towards her could very likely stem from the fact that he doesn’t know about those three children.
“He can’t know! I almost lost my life trying to give birth to those children. Blood, sweat, and tears went into raising them! I can’t allow your brother to take them from me. No matter what, this has to stay a secret from him. Please, help me keep this from him. I’m begging you!”
Almost lost her life…
Blood, sweat and tears went into raising those children…
A woman puts her life in danger every time she gives birth.
Not to mention the danger of miscarriage always hanging over her head…
Davin’s furrowed brows drew even tighter as he mulled over the situation.
The torrent of past misgivings pressed down heavily on his chest. The pain which he had suppressed for so long suddenly emerged, suffocating him. The agony threatened to drown him.
“Nicole, I understand. I do.”
Davin, who usually did not have a care in the world, looked dejected. He lit a cigarette and took a puff.
He puffed out rings of smoke, shrouding himself in it. For some reason, the smoke looked like a barrier between him and the world, isolating him and making him look lonely.
Davin was no longer the jovial and cheeky guy. All of a sudden, he turned into a serious man who looked like he had experienced all the pains in the world.
“Truth be told, I fell in love with a girl once. She got pregnant as well at that time.”
Nicole frowned and listened attentively. She did not expect to see this side of him but was convinced that every person had a painful past he or she would never want to recall.
“One day, I got drunk, fought with someone, and caused her to suffer a miscarriage. She almost lost her life because of it.”
As he spoke, flashes of memory starting to pop up in his mind like a film.
“After that, she…”
Davin found it difficult to continue with the story when all the gruesome details began to haunt him. Just when he was trying to phrase his sentence, he heard a loud bang.
The bedroom door was pushed open and Nina stormed into the room with a makeup box. Anger was written all over her face.
“Mommy, Maya is too much!”
She then slammed the makeup box on the table.
Davin took this opportunity to pull himself together and hid away his emotions. In the blink of an eye, he reverted back to his usual jovial self.
“What’s wrong?”
Nina took all the figurines out of the makeup box and arranged them on the table.
“Mommy, look!”
Nicole knitted her brows upon seeing all the figurines.
Maya walked into the room, looking abashed. She looked at Nicole and stuck out her tongue.
“Mommy, I feel bad for them because Nina uses them for practice every day. I just want to be nice to them.”
“Is this the proper way to treat them? They all looked bloated! Their faces and tummies are as round as yours.”
“I fed them because I’m afraid they’re hungry,” Maya lowered her head to avoid Nina’s angry stare.
“You’re too much!”
Nina mumbled and removed all the items from the figurines’ stomachs and mouths.
Chips, chocolate, lollipop, candied fruit…
“Mommy, look at it! They’re all like this. How can I use them?”
Like an angry little cub, she roared and blamed Maya for what she had done.
“Maya, say sorry to your sister.”
Maya kept mum and refused to say anything.
“These are her things. You shouldn’t have touched them without her permission.”
Nicole looked at Maya and tried to talk some sense into her.
Maya fidgeted her little hands and paused for a moment. She then turned around and looked at Nina, “I’m sorry.”
“That’s it? You have to get me new ones!”
“Alright, Nina. Maya has already apologized. Mommy will buy new ones for you, okay?”
“No! She has to pay the price! She needs to buy me new ones with her snack allowance!”
Maya tilted her head, looked at Nina, and said pitifully, “I don’t have money. Why don’t I give you some of my snacks?”
“Nobody wants your disgusting snacks! I want my figurines!”
Upon noticing Nina’s condescending attitude and Maya’s remorseful expression, Davin took out a card, “I’ll pay for Maya. Just tell me what you want to buy, okay?”
“I don’t want your money. I’d rather die of hunger than take money from the Seets!” In a fit of anger, Nina then stormed right out of the room.
Davin and Nicole were both dumbstruck by her words.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.