“I promise I’ll definitely do it if it’s within my means.”
Although Sofie sounded sincere with an elegant and dignified smile playing on her lips, she was secretly cursing. Bastard child, if you dare to come up with some weird challenge, I’ll give you a hard time in the future!
Juan started brainstorming. How should I make things difficult for her just so she would give up and stay away from Daddy? I might have to discuss this with the rest.
Juan said while giggling, “I’ll need to think about it. Wait a moment.”
With that, he spun around and dashed upstairs.
Evan’s thin lips curved into a smirk. Crossing his legs over each other, he casually grabbed a document and started reading it.
Feeling a little awkward, Sophie fidgeted with her fingers. “Kyle is such a cute child. Looks like I’m going to wait for a while.”
When she saw that Evan did not respond, she mustered her courage and walked towards Evan.
Before she even sat down beside him, Evan abruptly stood up. Ignoring her completely, he headed towards the study room upstairs.
She knew that when she came here, Evan would not treat her hospitably. However, for her bright and prosperous future, she was more than willing to endure it.
After all, as compared to her promising future, this was just a small price to pay.
Juan sprinted up the stairs swiftly. He gathered Kyle, Maya and Nina into his room immediately and shut the door behind him.
After explaining what happened, Juan looked at them seriously. “This is a critical moment. In order to prevent that evil woman from clinging to Daddy, we must think of a way to make her give up. Let’s start brainstorming!”
Juan’s words were overheard by Evan, who had just climbed up the stairs.
Earlier, he already knew that Juan had a motive, but he did not expect it to be this.
As he was irritated by Sofie’s constant pestering, he wanted to hear what creative ideas these children had.
“I’m bewildered by why Sofie keeps on pestering him. Why not someone else? Well, birds of a feather flock together. He must be a meanie.”
Nina was the first to speak, crossing her arms and snorting haughtily.
Evan frowned. This girl seems to dislike me, but I don’t recall offending her before.
Maya stuffed a shrimp into her mouth and chewed on it as she looked at Nina. “No, I think that he’s a goodie. That’s why someone is trying to snatch him away. Nina, you’re not allowed to call him a meanie!”
Evan heaved a sigh of relief. Luckily, I have someone on my side. Looks like this little girl is fond of me, considering she’s willing to defend me.
“Maya, your judgement is blinded by his sugarcoating. He’s a meanie. A huge meanie! Think about how he bullies Mommy!” Nina was agitated as she spoke.
“He’ll change and he will not bully Mommy anymore.”
“How do you know? A meanie like him…”
“Goodie! He’s a goodie!”
“You’re a traitor. Do you want to betray Mommy and help the meanie?”
“I’m not!”
Seeing that both of them were going to break out into a fight, Juan interrupted them. “Stop fighting! We’re not here today to talk about this. Quickly think of a way to stop Sofie from coming here and pestering Daddy.”
“Give her two huge slaps!”
“Wow! Nina, you’re so harsh!”
“But we can’t beat her up with our tiny physique.”
“Then, let’s…”
“Or should we…”
Their discussion continued for quite some time before they eventually came to an agreement.
It became difficult for Evan to eavesdrop as the children’s voices turned softer. Hence, he could not hear what they were planning to do.
However, he was certain that Sofie was definitely in for a hard time!
When I get the chance, I must ask Nina why she’s so hostile towards me. Was she born with a dislike for me? Even from our first meeting, it felt like she had a grudge against me.
“Prepare to act!” Hearing Kyle’s command, Evan knew that the children were about to exit the room. Hence, he briskly walked towards his study room.
When he reached his study room, he saw Nicole staring at him with her arms crossed in front of her chest.
The strange look in her eyes made him feel uneasy. “Yes?”
“I never expected the mighty Mr. Seet to have a habit of eavesdropping.”
She saw everything?
Evan’s expression changed. Evading her mocking gaze, he replied, “This is my home. What’s it got to do with you?”
With that, he strode into the study room, while Nicole followed closely behind.
“Evan, they are all my children. I understand if you can’t treat them equally. However, if you have any ulterior motive for getting close to them, I’ll not spare you!”
Evan raised his head and eyed Nicole with a skeptical look.
“Ms. Lane, why must I treat other children equally like my own children? Furthermore, your daughter keeps calling me a meanie. Why aren’t you doing anything about it? How are you educating your children? You raised her to be as uncultured as her mother.”
“Evan Seet, who are you calling uncultured?”
“Why did you come into my study room in your pajamas? I think that you’re not just here to argue.”
As he spoke, he stared at Nicole’s fair neck. Her collarbones are quite sexy.
Nicole ran his words, which were heavily laden with meaning, through her head. Is he implying that I’m trying to seduce him? Ugh!
That was not her intention at all. After bathing, she wanted to call Maya and Nina for their bath time. However, she caught Evan eavesdropping instead.
“Evan, do you think that everyone fancies you just like Ms. Sweeting downstairs? Well, I’ll never like a man like you.”
With that, Nicole rolled her eyes at him and left the study room.
Evan sank into deep thought. What kind of man is she interested in then?
“This woman has such a poor taste. The kind of person she likes is probably not even human!”
As he thought to himself, he suddenly heard a miserable shriek downstairs.
It was Sofie.
What did the four children do to her to make her scream like that?
Out of curiosity, Evan walked out of the study room in time to see Nicole hurriedly rushing down the stairs.
When Nicole reached the first floor, she saw Sofie clutching her head in utter fear as her body shivered uncontrollably.
There was a snake beside her.
Nicole was shocked too. When she took a closer look, she discovered that there was something strange about this “snake”. In fact, it looked a bit familiar.
She had to admit that the snake looked very realistic. Nina was the artist behind this and with her talent in drawing, everyone would have mistaken it as a real snake.
Nicole had prohibited Nina from taking it out as she was scared that it would scare others.
Never did she expect Nina to terrorize Sofie with it.
When Nicole turned around to look at Nina, she coughed lightly. “I wanted to use it to brew a soup! I didn’t expect it to escape. I’m going to capture it now, wash it and prepare to boil it.”
After speaking, she even sighed. She walked towards Sofie with the snake dangling from her hands. “Ms. Sweeting, don’t be scared. After I boil it, I’ll let you drink the soup and eat its meat.”
“No, no, no. I won’t eat it.”
Sofie was too afraid to even glance at it and she did not even dare to move. While her teeth chattered, she clutched her head in between her knees. Only after Nina took the snake away did she finally heave a sigh of relief.
Before Sofie even felt completely relieved, Maya crouched and moved towards her, hiding a giggle behind her hand.
Sofie, who had barely recovered from her fear, suddenly felt a chubby hand grab her hand.
Immediately, her heart started to pound frantically again.
She raised her head and looked at Maya warily.
“Don’t be scared.” Maya looked at her as she giggled.
For some reason, Maya’s smile caused Sofie to feel uneasy. But she’s just a child. What can she even do to me?
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.