Chapter 1654 The Kids Are In Their Rooms
“Hey, we’re in this together, okay? You better not hog the map to yourself now that you’re Sally’s husband.”
“Don’t worry. When Sally gives me the other half, I’ll definitely share.”
Juan smiled in satisfaction after hearing that. “Now that’s my brother!”
Smirking, Kyle glanced at him. “You’re getting a little ahead of yourself there. I just figured you wouldn’t be able to understand even if I showed you the other half.”
Juan was rendered speechless for a moment before he retorted, “Don’t you dare look down on me! I will definitely decipher that treasure map, and when I do, I’ll be invincible!”
“If that’s your goal, then you should just forget about the treasure!” Evan suddenly spoke.
“That’s right,” Kyle agreed after giving it some thought. “This treasure should be meant for something greater. It should benefit the whole society.”
Evan nodded in agreement.
After that, a deep look fleeted across his eyes. He had initially planned to ask Steven to hand over the treasure map as a token of his sincerity.
Since Sally has it, I won’t need to do that anymore. What should I ask from him then? Steven almost destroyed Imperial Garden because of a misunderstanding. That’s not something I can brush aside with just an apology! Hence, I have to come up with a good request.
“All right, you two go and rest. Think on your feet tomorrow.”
“Okay, just leave everything to Uncle Davin and me tomorrow, Daddy. It’s going to be quite a show.”
After leaving the study, Juan exhorted Kyle, “Just in case anything untoward happens, have Sally send you the other half of the treasure map as soon as possible.”
“Don’t worry. I know what to do,” Kyle replied.
“If Sally doesn’t hand it over, just put that charm of yours to good use, okay? You know how to do that, right?” Juan said as he winked at him.
Kyle kept quiet and shot an odd look right back at Juan, telling him to mind his own business.
“Hey! I’m just trying to help,” Juan explained, but Kyle merely gave him the side-eye before heading to his room.
When Kyle entered his room, he was surprised to find the child sitting on his bed.
“Why are you here?”
“I’m waiting for you to go to bed, Kyle,” Zayden answered with a sweet smile.
“For me?”
“Yeap, Grandma asked me to come to sleep with you and said I’d get to play with a robot tomorrow.”
Hearing that, Kyle narrowed his eyes.
Is this Grandma’s idea? Is she using Zayden to keep an eye on me so I can’t look for Sally? My, Grandma. You’ve asked the wrong person for the job. Zayden won’t be able to stop me.
“All right then. Let’s wash up before bed.”
After bathing Zayden, Kyle purposely played a lullaby for the boy and promised that he would buy the latest robot for him the next day if he fell asleep in half an hour.
“Really?”
“When have I ever lied to you?”
“Okay, I’ll go to sleep immediately,” Zayden promised and lay on the bed, shutting his eyes as tightly as possible.
At the same time, Kyle smiled in satisfaction. I’m sure he’ll fall asleep fairly quickly, so he won’t be much of a hindrance to my plan.
Lo and behold, the lullaby and the promise were super effective. Only twenty minutes had passed, and Kyle could already hear Zayden’s steady breathing. The boy was sleeping on his side peacefully.
After pulling the covers over him, Kyle quietly exited the room. Seeing that no one was standing guard outside Sally’s room, he quickly phoned her.
Sally was halfway through Joy’s bedtime story when her phone rang. Glancing at the caller ID, she accepted the call.
“Are you asleep?”
“What’s the matter?”
“Wanna sleep together?”
Sally perked up, but at the sight of Joy eagerly waiting for her to continue the story with widened eyes, she felt troubled.
How can we do that with Joy here?
“We can’t,” Sally replied.
“What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”
“No. Joy’s sleeping with me tonight, and I’m currently telling her a story.”
Kyle fell quiet when he heard that.
Who would have thought that Grandma’s actually so cunning? We can’t use either of our rooms because of Zayden and Joy.
