Chapter 1293 The Pretense
“Whoa? Do you think it’s Mr. Seet?”
“She just went out with Mr. Seet. It must be Mr. Seet who slapped her. Who else dares to slap her other than Mr. Seet?”
A mischievous glint flickered in Nicole’s gaze. She walked back to her seat, looking aggrieved. However, she sighed inwardly that Evan did not cooperate with her.
She was waiting for someone to come over to comfort her.
Soon, an employee named Naomi walked up to her and asked in a low voice, “Are you okay?”
“I-I’m okay.”
“Your face… Is it Mr. Seet?”
“No, no. I hit the wall accidentally.”
Of course, Naomi did not believe what she said. She was almost certain that Nicole was slapped by Evan. She doesn’t even dare to voice out after being beaten by Mr. Seet. It seems that she has been putting up a lot with Mr. Seet in this relationship.
This incident quickly spread in the company. Juan and Kyle showed disbelief look after hearing that Nicole was slapped by Evan.
“Did you hear that? They said Daddy slapped Mommy.”
“Daddy slapped Mommy? Do you think that is possible?”
“No. Unless it’s the other way round.”
Kyle agreed with Juan and said, “So, I think this matter…”
They looked at each other and made a tacit agreement that they were not going to bother about this matter anymore.
When they got home in the evening, Nicole looked at Evan and questioned him, “I sent you the message and asked you to slap me in front of everyone else in the Translation Department. Why did you call me out?”
Evan said, “I couldn’t do it.”
“I asked you to slap me, and I was the one to be slapped. Why couldn’t you do it? Were you afraid that your hand would get hurt?”
“No, Nicole. I don’t want to hurt you. If the price of continuing the investigation is getting you hurt, then I’d rather not investigate.”
“If you stop the investigation now, the losses that you’ll suffer will be bigger.”
“No matter how big the losses are, I don’t want you to get hurt, not even in the slightest!”
Nicole was left speechless by Evan’s words. At the same time, she was touched that Evan cared so much about her. It was just a slap on the face. Evan’s response was totally out of her expectation.
Juan and Kyle looked at each other. Kyle then leaned into Juan’s ear and whispered, “Our Daddy really knows how to talk to girls. We must learn from our Daddy so that we know how to keep our girlfriends happy in the future.”
Kyle looked at him and said, “I think those words are from Daddy’s heart.”
Juan was speechless.
“Evan, I need everyone in the company to think that we’re in a bad relationship. I want them to believe that I’m naive like an idiot so that the spies in the company will approach me and try to use me. Then, I’ll pretend to be used by them—”
“Then, you’ll pretend to betray me and mingle with the spies in the company. When you get the evidence that they leaked the company’s confidential information, you’ll take them all down at once?”
“Yes! That’s my plan! Now I need you to cooperate with me. You only need to pretend that we’re in a bad relationship and pretend that you like to bully me. Is it that hard?”
“Yes. It’s hard.”
“Really, Evan? It’s just a pretense! Is it so hard for you?”
“Yes, really hard!”
He did not think that the pretense was a good idea. He was afraid that the pretense would come true, and his relationship with Nicole would turn bad due to this.
“Evan, I only want to take a shortcut. Why can’t you help me?” asked Nicole desperately.
“Some shortcuts can’t be taken!”
“I’m doing this for the company! This is the fastest way to find out the truth!”
“I disagree.”
Sensing that a fight was about to start, Juan quickly stood up and said, “Mommy, let’s leave the matter of finding the spy to us. You have two capable sons here. You don’t need to do it yourself.”
