Maya stared as Evan took everything to the second floor. She assumed that her father was extremely busy and was going through a rough time, and that got her determined to create even better recipes for her father.
Maya turned around and went back to the kitchen to cook for herself. She put the cooked food aside and washed her hands. She was about to chow down when she saw Evan taking her dishes over and eating away happily.
“Daddy, did you eat the meal I made just now?”
“I finished it!”
“Huh?”
Maya was so flabbergasted that her eyes bulged as she stared at him. When did daddy become such a glutton?
“Your cooking is getting better, Maya. Looks like I will have to get you a food plaza and let you manage it.”
“I don’t want to manage a food plaza, daddy. I want to do something else.”
“What do you have in mind?”
“I haven’t decided yet. I’ll let you know once I figure it out.”
“Okay.”
Evan chatted with Maya while eating the delicious meal she made. It didn’t take him long before he finished eating everything.
Maya stared at her father as he walked up the stairs. She later turned to the empty plates in front of her and the empty plates that Evan brought down from the second floor. She couldn’t quite put a finger on it, but she felt like something was off.
Did daddy really eat this much just because it’s tasty?
Nicole was ecstatic about being able to eat the dishes Maya prepared and peeping at Maya in the house.
The only thing off was that she was gripped with worry whenever she thought about Evan’s medical condition. She would toss and turn at night and had trouble sleeping.
I wonder if the poison is hurting Evan, and who knows when Wesley will be back to treat Evan? Will Evan last long enough until Wesley returns?
Nicole sat up anxiously. She deliberated for a long time before she decided to peek at Evan and see if he was asleep. She would find an opportunity to secretly check his pulse. That would give me a better understanding of how his physical condition is.
Nicole snuck to Evan’s room and placed her ear against his door. She listened for a while, but she never heard anything, so she assumed that Evan was asleep.
She carefully keyed in the code to the room before she opened the door and entered.
Maya was walking down the stairs when she saw a figure walking into her father’s room. She found that to be strange. That figure seems familiar, but she’s so thin. Does the Imperial Garden have a maid that thin?
Maya couldn’t recall anyone that thin, no matter how hard she tried.
That got her even more curious. Who was it that snuck into daddy’s room?
Maya immediately rushed to Evan’s room and tried to listen.
At that moment, Nicole was watching Evan sleep. His breathing was even, and it was obvious that he was sleeping soundly. That got Nicole to sigh a breath of relief and prompted her to reach out and check his pulse.
Unfortunately, she hadn’t even touched him before someone knocked on the door to the bedroom. In her panic, Nicole dashed to the washroom to hide there.
Evan was woken up by a series of knocks. He opened his eyes and saw a figure rushing into the washroom. The knocking on the door persisted.
“Daddy, are you asleep?” asked Maya.
“Yeah, is something up?” asked Evan.
Maya thought about it for a while before replying, “Yeah.”
Evan got out of his bed and opened the door for Maya. That was when he realized that the passcode had been entered and the door was unlocked. He recalled the familiar figure he saw running into the washroom and immediately guessed what had happened.
Evan opened the door and let Maya in. The first thing she did was to scan the place. It was obvious that Maya was searching for something.
“Maya, it’s late. Why did you come look for me?”
“Daddy, I-I saw someone entering your room. I don’t recall a maid that thin in the Imperial Garden, and that got me worried, so I came in to see if everything is okay. Daddy, where is the person who snuck in?” asked Maya curiously when she saw that there was no one in the room.
Evan knew that the person Maya saw was Nicole, but Nicole had hidden away. It was obvious that Nicole didn’t want Maya to see her like that, so Evan lied, “There’s no one in here. I’ve been sleeping soundly the entire time, and no one came in.”
“But I definitely saw… something.”
Maya recalled the figure she saw earlier. It was as clear as day, and she was certain that she didn’t make any mistake.
However, Evan insisted that no one was around. He even opened the closet in front of Maya to show her that no one else was in the room. “See, Maya?” said Evan, “There’s no one else in my room.”
