Chapter 1606 Her Bodyguard
“That’d be great. She loves children,” Evan replied.
“Come, let’s have a toast,” Murphy responded jovially.
After speaking to the bodyguard, Levant returned to the table and sat down. His eyes scanned Faye, sizing her up. “This lady… I haven’t met her before,”
“She’s Nicole’s personal bodyguard,” Evan answered.
“Bodyguard?” Levant echoed.
He turned to Evan and looked at him closely with a meaningful gaze. “Did you get a female bodyguard for your wife because you’re… worried about having a male bodyguard follow her around? You really are petty!”
“Faye may be a woman, but she’s just as skilled as you.”
Frowning, Levant gazed at Faye disbelievingly. “Are you really that good? How many years have you trained?”
“Ten years,” Faye replied earnestly.
The long, arduous years of training had not been easy on Faye. When bad luck struck her family back then, her grandfather had found a renowned but reclusive master for her.
Her master had put her through four grueling days of tests and finally agreed to teach her after seeing her resilience and tenacity.
These past ten years, I’ve worked harder and achieved more than anyone could’ve in twenty years. I may have only trained for ten years, but I’m confident in my skills and abilities.
Levant gazed at Faye’s thin figure. Although he was unwilling to accept that she could be half as good as him, he also did not take it too seriously since she was a woman. Nonetheless, he could not refrain from proposing in a teasing tone, “You haven’t trained for as long as I have. Why don’t we have a friendly spar after we’ve finished eating? Evan can be the judge.”
Faye studied him for a moment. She could tell that he was no amateur, but she felt confident she could beat him. Hence, she agreed readily. “Sure!”
“You have agreed? Well, it’s settled then. We’ll have a little spar after this. Evan, you have to be fair when judging. You can’t side her just because you hired her as a bodyguard,” said Levant.
Evan countered, “Why must I be the judge? And why does Faye have to get involved in your silly idea?”
Levant chuckled, having anticipated Evan’s response. “I knew it. There’s no way you’d agree so easily. Let’s talk this through, shall we? If she loses, you’ll let me take over her position. I’ll be Nicole’s bodyguard. You don’t even have to pay me. I’ll do it for free. What do you say?”
Evan glanced at Levant, then calmly picked up the glass of wine in front of him and flung its contents toward the latter’s face.
Levant dodged immediately, but although he managed to avoid getting the wine splashed onto his face, his shoulder was not so fortunate. “You’re on my territory, yet you dare to treat me like this? Aren’t you afraid I’ll kick you out?”
“You? Nicole’s bodyguard? Not a chance in hell,” Evan retorted.
“I knew you were a petty one. Relax, I was only joking. My feelings for Nicole are nothing like what they once were. I’m a married man now. I know what I should and shouldn’t do,” Levant replied with an easy smile that showed he had let go of the past.
“Levant, I’m sure you’ll be very happy with Tiffany,” Nicole said in a sincere tone.
His eyes flicked toward her for a second, then quickly shifted away. Picking up his wine glass, he murmured, “That’s right. I’m going to lead a happy life. My son needs our love.”
Evan fixed Levant with a deep, piercing gaze. There’s a… look in his eyes. I can tell that he has decided to put the past behind him. It’s not because he doesn’t have any feelings for Nicole. Instead, he has chosen to do so because of his sense of responsibility toward his wife and his moral compass.
He must’ve also taken into account the position he was putting himself in at his age. Emotions just can’t be forced. One can’t force another person to love them, neither can they force them to let things go. When I recall how love-struck he was, it’s quite a feat indeed for him to get to this point!
