When they came up to the kids, Kyle was still playing happily with Nina and Maya. When John said that he would be taking him back, Kyle refused. “I’m not going back!”
“Kyle, I know you love your mother and you don’t want to get separated from her. But if Mr. Seet finds out you’re gone, he’s going to look for you. Once he sees you here, your mother will be in trouble.”
The mention of trouble befalling Nicole made Kyle worry, and he looked at her.
“Go with John, Kyle. I’ll visit you when I can.”
Kyle hesitated, but he eventually gave in to his desire to keep his mother safe. He then followed John to his car.
Maya was equally sad to see him go, and she teared up. “Mommy, when will Kyle come to play with us again?”
Nicole patted her head. “Soon,” she assured her.
“Kyle’s your son! Evan can’t keep him away from us! If it were up to me, I’d – “
“Nina, stop. Why did you sabotage Evan’s office?”
Nina was baffled. How did mommy find out about it?
“Never do that again. It’s dangerous.” This was the first time Nicole said something to her so sternly.
Disgruntled, Nina mumbled, “Evan’s a jerk. I just want to teach him a lesson.”
Maya blinked at her sister with her big, round eyes and stuffed her mouth full of bread. “I think he’s a jerk too, Nina. He can’t keep Kyle away from us. Take me with you next time. I’ll come up with some cool sabotage ideas.”
“You coming up with ideas?” Nina rolled her eyes. “Forget it. You’re just going to be dead weight.” She then left Maya alone, who looked hurt after hearing her sister’s comment.
Maya puffed her cheeks. “Mommy! Nina’s a meanie!”
At the same time, Nicole finally realized that Juan wasn’t the only brazen kid here; her daughters were too. She patted Maya’s head again and decided to teach her kids to stay away from Evan after Juan’s return.
At Hillside Villa, when Juan received Nicole’s call and found out that Kyle was on his way back, he started thinking about a way to leave the villa secretly.
Blake came to refill his milk. “I made this per your request, Kyle. Have a taste.” He smiled.
“Alright. I’ll be taking a nap after this. Don’t disturb me unless anything happens.”
“Yes, Kyle.”
Juan took the glass of milk and finished it before wiping his mouth. He then went back to his room.
Blake looked at the empty glass and sighed. Kyle seems to be happier these couple of days. He eats, drinks, and sleeps on time.
After Juan returned to Kyle’s bedroom, he looked outside the window. When he saw that there was nobody outside, he climbed out quietly.
Despite Juan’s attempt at moving as stealthily as a cat, he was still seen by Davin, who was driving back to Hillside Villa.
“Kyle?” What’s that brat trying to do? He looks suspicious. Davin observed curiously.
After coming out of the villa, Davin saw ‘Kyle’ found a place to hide as he called for a taxi. Is his schizophrenia acting up again?
A while later, ‘Kyle’ leaped out of the bushes and darted ahead. Wanting to find out what was going on, Davin turned around and followed him. Not far from where he was, a taxi was waiting for its passenger.
After ‘Kyle’ got into the taxi and left, Davin followed closely behind. He was determined to see what ‘Kyle’ was up to.
After a short drive, John’s car was spotted racing over.
As Davin was Evan’s younger brother and the second son of the Seet Family, John stopped a ways from him in order to offer his greetings.
However, Davin was too caught up with shadowing who he thought was Kyle and thus, he merely honked as a form of acknowledgment before speeding off.
Kyle, who was seated in John’s car, snorted. “Look at him go. He’s such a bother!”
“Kyle, your uncle actually cares for you deeply. He can be a bit tetchy but his bark is worse than his bite.”
Kyle glanced at John but did not respond.
John peered at the young man’s cold demeanor and did not comment further.
For as long as John could remember, Davin had always been fond of badgering Kyle. As such, Kyle developed a lousy impression of his uncle.
When Kyle got older, he started to retaliate against Davin.
But he would dole out much more than he received.
Although Davin was his uncle, Kyle often did away with any form of respect. Davin often found himself troubled by his nephew’s actions but continued to clash against him enthusiastically.
They became rivals, two opposing states of matter that refused to coexist unless it was to fight it out.
Frankly, Kyle’s scathing condescension came partially from
Davin. It’s a result of their many battles over the years.
These two…
They make a much more interesting pair than Kyle and his father.
At Kyle’s order, the car stopped outside Hillside Villa.
“I’ll go in myself. You can head back.”
John was taken aback. He doesn’t want me to go in?Could he be trying to slip away and return to Ms. Lane?
“I’ll just watch you go in then.”
Kyle understood what he meant. He thinks I don’t want him to go in because I plan on escaping. But it’s actually because I’m afraid Blake will sniff something out. Since Juan has been stationed at Hillside Villa pretending to be me, it might incite questions if people see John suddenly sending me back.
He shot John a sideways glance before striding into Hillside Villa.
Kyle had only taken a few steps when he heard Blake’s startled voice call out, “Kyle, weren’t you just napping?”
“I’m sleepwalking!”
Kyle hastily scampered into the house.
When John heard his reply from outside the door, he smirked inwardly. So he faked being asleep as a means of slipping out.
What a mischievous scamp!
He was about to climb into the car when his phone rang.
One look at the caller’s ID and he immediately answered.
“Have you found Nicole?”
“Yes, Mr. Seet!”
“Where?”
“She… Mr. Seet, she has it hard enough as it is. Perhaps you would be willing to… let her go?”
“Her location, now!”
Evan’s ferocious bark stunned John, who gave up Nicole’s location without further protest.
After putting down the phone, Evan knitted his brow. She moved again? This time to the slums?
Does she really think that she’ll be able to shirk her responsibility just by acting all pathetic?
Dream on!
He rose and walked out of his office.
Davin followed the rental car all the way to the slums situated at the end of South Road. He watched as ‘Kyle’ exited the rental car and followed suit.
The more he thought about it, the deeper the frown etched into his forehead. The building before him was dilapidated and appeared to be incredibly unstable, almost as though it was about to collapse at any moment. Is this place really safe to live in?
Why would Kyle come to such a place?
He shadowed his target to a residence labeled Block 3. ‘Kyle’ knocked and stepped in. Suspicion surged within Davin.
Was he lured here by a human trafficker?
Anxiousness shot through him.
With each passing moment of him staring at the door, the more restless he became. He reached out his hand and vigorously rapped on the door.
“Who is it?”
Davin did not reply. Instead, he knocked with even more vigor. If no one opens the door, I’ll just have to smash my way in. Kyle’s safety is of the utmost priority.
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.