Chapter 1880 Davin Is Getting Desperate
“You’ll know who I’m voting for tonight, Uncle Davin! I still have things I need to take care of in the company. See you later tonight.” Kyle then hung up the phone.
Davin stared at his phone and sighed. This brat is eerily similar to Evan. I can’t get through to him at all! He does what he wants without being controlled by anyone. It seems like he’s a lost cause, and I think I’ll get a similar response if I call Evan right now. Maybe he’ll even scold me for using a tactic like this. Still, I don’t want to give up that easily.
He gathered his courage and called Nicole. “Hey, Nicole. Is Evan around?”
“He’s here. Do you need something from him? I can call him over right now.”
“No, Nicole. Don’t call him. I only want to ask who you two are voting for tonight.”
He’s trying to get some insider information? She smirked. “I haven’t thought about it yet. It’ll depend on who has the better argument later tonight. Whoever can convince us that they have the better idea will get our votes.”
“Can you give me your vote directly, Nicole? If you vote for me, then I—”
At that moment, she realized he was trying to canvass votes and intentionally cleared her throat before shouting, “It’s a call from Davin! Do you want to take it?”
Then, she turned back to the phone. “It’s your brother asking who’s calling me. When I said it was you, he asked if there was something you needed from him. He’s actually in a hurry to go to Bernian Hospital with me right now.”
Afraid of being lectured by Evan, Davin quickly dismissed what he had said earlier and ended the call. It seems like these two votes are also going to be a mystery! I hope at least one of them will vote for me. Argh! I should forget about them and focus on Mom and Dad first!
When Davin walked out of the study, he saw Sheila feeding Zayden and Joy some snacks. Both of them were eating it rather ravenously.
“I’ll give you my vote, Mommy.” Zayden smiled as he continued to eat the delicious snacks.
Davin was quite pissed when he heard that. He marched toward Sheila in anger. “Aren’t you crossing the line here, Sheep? You’re going to bribe the children too? How can you teach them about cheating at such a young age?”
Awkwardness flashed across her face before she calmed back down again. She straightened her back and defended, “This isn’t cheating. I’m simply making a deal. I give them what they want, and they give me what I want! It’s a fair trade!”
“You!” He was shocked by her justification as she was blatantly trying to excuse her tactics as fair. “You’re going to affect the children, Sheep.”
She rolled her eyes at him. “Don’t take it that seriously. Canvassing happens even in big competitions. Many contestants would try to buy as many votes as they could before the voting would start. They would try to appeal to the voters, give a speech about how they deserve it, or just outright bribe the voters. You can do it too if you have the ability. I’m not stopping you.”
“Fine! Just you wait, Sheep! You’ll lose tonight!”
“You’re the one who’s going to lose! There’s nothing that I can’t do if I set my mind to it!”
He shot her a furious glare before heading to his parent’s place.
Jonathan and Sophia didn’t even bother to look at him or listen to what he had to say seriously. They treated him as though he was invisible.
“Mom, I’m your precious son. You must support me.”
“I know you’re my precious son, but Sheila is my precious daughter-in-law. Treating both of you fairly is very important to me. I can’t afford to distance you or my daughter-in-law over this,” Sophia explained.
She sure knows what to say! Seeing what her attitude toward the matter was like, Davin turned to look at Jonathan as his last hope. “You have to support me, Dad! I’m asking you to help me just this once!”
