Chapter 1614 Dowry
Draven was more skilled and higher ranked than the four of them, so the lot of them should not be able to mess up too badly on Draven’s watch. To put it simply, nothing could go wrong with the supreme guardian angel, Draven, watching over them.
Draven snickered when he saw the earnestness on the man’s face. He then reached out to pinch both of the latter’s ears before he enunciated his own thoughts aloud, word by word.
“Listen here. I’ll be on the clock whenever you are, protecting Rose and supervising you at the same time. I’d kick you ten times, with your pants down, if you ever dare to slack off. Do you hear me?”
Darius’ eyes widened.
D*mn it. You win!
“Understood! Whatever you say!”
“Fine. Then we’re settled.”
Darius stole a glance at him. He just felt more assured having this guardian angel around.
With the arrangements set, they immediately carried out their duties. Damien, Darius, and Draven would be watching over Rose together on the first night.
When Nicole saw Evan coming back in, she immediately asked about Nina.
Evan nodded as he looked at the anxious yet hopeful-looking Nicole. “I have news on Nina.”
“Really? Where is she?”
“She… She’s in the middle of something important! I’ve already assigned people to secretly protect her, and she’ll be back once she’s done with her task.”
“What is she doing?”
“If someone were to pick on Nina, would you want to seek justice on her behalf, or would you want her to seek payback on her own?”
Nicole held her silence, as she could not answer that immediately.
She inferred from Evan’s words that Nina could be out seeking justice for herself.
“We may be her parents, but it’s impossible for us to keep sheltering her for the rest of her life. The day will come when we won’t be around, and she will still have to learn how to be self-reliant. So, would you agree that we should let her find her own way?”
Nicole concurred with him and nodded. “Yes! However, I’d still like to see her. Can I see her?”
Evan broke off eye contact. “Not right now. I’m afraid that you might not be able to accept the looks of hers.”
“What? Why? What happened to her?”
Upon hearing that, Nicole was so anxious.
“Remember the dream you had, Nicole? The one where you saw Nina in some strange makeup…”
Nicole sifted through her own memories and then began to regard Evan in astonishment and incredulity.
“Do you mean that Nina really dressed herself up like that?”
Evan nodded. “Yeah. That is to facilitate her own mission!”
Nicole did not know what else to say about that, as she found it disconcerting just to envision Nina in that outlandish get-up.
“Say, Evan. Do you think there’s a possibility that Nina would continue to maintain that look? Could she revert to being the Nina that she was before? If she can’t roll it back, who will be willing to marry her in the future? What if she can’t find herself a partner?”
“She won’t remain single!” Evan declared confidently.
He was confident that the outstanding daughter of his would certainly find a great man.
“That’s true. There should be countless men lining up to marry her for any dowry that her father has to offer.”
Evan’s brows creased up, and his expression suddenly grew very serious. “Nicole, I won’t be preparing dowries for either Nina or Maya!”
Nicole was stumped.
Why?
She was in the opinion that the dowries for her daughters should be generous by default.
“Are you thinking about leaving everything to Juan and Kyle? Since when have you become so chauvinistic? As I recall, you have always favored Maya, Nina, Kyle, and then Juan. In that order.”
“I don’t like what you just said, Mrs. Seet. I’ve always loved the four of them and held them all in equal esteem.”
Nicole was rendered speechless.
Is that so?
She seemed to remember Nina often complaining to Evan about his favoritism toward Maya, citing that Maya was the one he adored the most. If Nina was around, she would probably bring up those itty-bitty issues from the past and confront her father.
If their daughters were around and learned that their father would not be preparing their dowries for them, then perhaps they would have something to say about it.
