Maya nodded joyfully.
On the other side, Nina only took a small piece of fruit cake before taking a seat next to Maya.
Evan frowned when he saw this. These two are interesting. One has a whole table of her favorite food, while the other only has a small portion.
“You don’t like desserts?”
“I want to take care of my body!” Nina grunted discontentedly.
She’s already thinking of that at this age? Nicole’s twin daughters sure have different personalities.
He turned to look at Maya. “You should not eat that much, too. Excessive sweets are not good for your bo-“
He could not even finish his sentence when Maya interrupted, “Why do you sound like you’re afraid of paying for extra dessert when you’re this rich?”
Evan was dumbfounded by her question. “Fine. Eat all you want.”
After saying that, he stood up to look for Juan and Kyle.
The former was the active one among the two, so it looked like Kyle was giving commands to Juan when they were together.
“That one. The blueberry looks yummy.”
Juan immediately went to take the blueberry and put it on top of Kyle’s dessert.
“That one too. The chocolate seems heavenly.”
Juan stretched out his hand again, but before he could take it, someone grabbed his arm.
He raised his eyes only to face Evan staring down at him, and his heart skipped a beat.
“If you take all the best part, who’s gonna eat the rest?”
Kyle froze for a moment before turning his head to look at Maya.
Juan understood what he meant as he answered, “Maya will eat!”
Huh. These two really think things will always go their way.
Evan chuckled darkly as he picked up the cake, which Juan and Kyle had carefully combined, before approaching Maya.
“What…” Kyle was flabbergasted.
“Daddy, you misunderstood! We said we’ll give her the remaining! Just the remaining!” Juan shouted.
Evan turned his head and stared at them. “You’re not going home if you don’t finish the remaining!”
Both of them frowned. What’s going on? Why is daddy treating us like this?
Evan put Juan and Kyle’s cake in front of Maya.
“Eat this. Those on top look really delicious. You can stop eating the others.”
Maya’s eyes blinked when she saw the most appetizing cake combination. “Did you make this for me?”
What? This is all the boys’ doings!
He smiled gently. “Go ahead.”
Oh! Daddy is quite a good person!
At this time, Nicole came back with a drink and noticed the mountain of desserts in front of Maya. She hurried over to tell her daughter not to finish them all.
“Mommy, daddy specifically made this cake for me. He’s a good person after all,” Maya excitedly whispered in her ear as if it were top-secret.
Nicole stared at Evan cautiously.
Since when is he this kind hearted? He doesn’t even know Maya and Nina are his kids! There has to be a reason behind his ‘kindness.’
“You really know how to cater to someone’s liking!”
Hearing that, Evan only shot her a look without responding to her.
“She’s my daughter! You better not have any trick up your sleeves!”
Evan stared at her again. What is she barking about?
“I’m different from you, Ms. Lane. Unlike you, I won’t secretly plan to sabotage someone.”
“You…” Nicole was at a loss for words.
With that, Evan picked up two cups of drinks from the table and left the spot.
Nicole snickered as she stared at his back. You won’t secretly plan to sabotage someone? That’s an obvious lie!
How shameless!
“Mommy, where’s my favorite honeydew flavor?”
Nicole scanned the remaining cups of milk tea. He must’ve taken it away just now.
She quickly took the blueberry flavor to exchange. When she was nearing them, she saw Kyle and Juan already devouring the cake.
The way they ate was even worse than Maya.
I thought Juan doesn’t like dessert? What’s going on?
She stopped right in front of them. “Why are you eating like starving ghosts?”
Kyle glanced at Evan. He did not even know how to start explaining to his mother.
Juan heaved a sigh, “Mommy, w-we…”
“Eat! We’re not going home if you don’t finish it!”
So Evan made them do this.
She was irritated about Evan’s actions as she placed the blueberry milk tea on the table with a loud thud.
“Are you crazy, Evan? Why are you doing this to them!”
“I’m teaching them how to be decent human beings,” explained Evan.
What does that have to do with forcing them to eat like starving ghosts? Nicole was lost.
“Are you trying to teach them that this is their last chance to have meals like this if they don’t eat like starving ghosts? You idiot! What if they get sick because of this? You’re so stupid if you think this is the way to educate children!” Nicole scolded, stunning the man.
The saying is true, after all. Angry women are spiteful beyond measure, and they’ll spit bitter words without any hesitation. But I seriously don’t understand how her mind works! I’m the revered president of the multi-national Seet Group. Did she really think I’m teaching my son to misbehave? I’m merely teaching them a lesson!
He turned to look at the enraged Nicole. Nevertheless, he did not bother to explain any further. It would bring them no good if they were to argue in such a place, so he held it in.
He only stared at her without saying anything.
Nicole assumed his silence meant that he acknowledged what she said was true. It seems as though he was challenging my patience.
This jerk! Nicole got angrier in an instant.
“Stop eating! Come with me to the other table. If anything happens, you’re the ones who’ll suffer, not him!”
Kyle and Juan exchanged looks. They wondered which side should they listen to and whether they should continue eating or not.
Then they looked up at Nicole before landing their gazes at Evan.
“Daddy, I really can’t continue anymore. Can we stop? Please, daddy.”
“I also can’t continue anymore.”
Unlike Juan, Kyle’s tone was cold as he put down the unfinished mousse cake.
Nicole’s heart broke at the sight. She reached for them and pulled them down from the seats to take them to the other table.
When they left, Evan’s stared at Nicole’s back with a sneer. He took the cup of milk tea, but before he could even take a sip, Nicole snatched it from him out of the blue, making it spill on his body.
Evan widened his eyes as he looked at the spilled tea before turning to glare at the woman. She is hateful as hell!
“This is honeydew-flavored. I bought it specifically for Nina.”
“I bet I still can’t drink it even if it’s not honeydew,” he muttered venomously as he fished out some paper towels to wipe the spilled drink on his body.
She’ll go against me no matter what anyway!
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.