“Sure,” answered Evan simply without saying anything else.
Nicole raised her head and looked at him in surprise as she wondered if she misheard him.
Evan wants to stay?
“You don’t mind the small bed, Mr. Seet?”
Evan then took a peek inside the bedroom, “Is it small? I can get somebody to send a big one over.”
As soon as she heard that, Nicole quickly stopped Evan, “No, that’s not necessary.”
That’s not what I meant!
Besides, it’s only one night. It’ll be over before we even know it.
“Maya, Nina, and I will share the bed in the master bedroom. Juan will share with Kyle, and you’ll have another bedroom to yourself.”
After some thought, Evan nodded.
It was already nine o’clock in the evening when Nicole checked the time.
“Is it ok if I just simply whip something up for dinner?”
“Mommy, I want noodles in soybean paste!”
“Me too!”
The children were not picky-eaters, so it was down to Evan who still remembered the noodles that cost five hundred.
“Noodles in soybean paste sounds good to me.”
After Nicole entered the kitchen to get busy, Evan waited in the living room with the children.
Happy that her father would play with her again, Maya giggled in her father’s embrace.
Evan glanced into the kitchen before softly asking Maya, “Is Rocky your daddy?”
After looking at Evan with her big eyes, Maya quickly shook her head.
I guess not then.
After all, something was not right about the way Rocky reacted when Maya got lost. Not to mention the way he got along with Nicole.
It seemed that those articles online were inaccurate.
Evan suddenly felt a lot better, so secretly asked Maya again for her father’s name and appearance.
Giggling, Maya tried to draw a face with her fat little fingers as she leaned against Evan’s chest.
“So he looks like me?” asked Evan with a puzzled look on his face.
Maya then nodded with confidence.
“How’s that possible? There can’t be another person who’s as good-looking as me, can there?” teased Evan.
Seeing how she was doubted, Maya responded loudly, “My daddy is as handsome as you are!”
Those words just happened to reach Nicole who was carrying the noodles out from the kitchen.
She panickily called Maya to stop her from saying anything else.
As Maya hurriedly ran towards Nicole with her short legs, Evan frowned at how tight-lipped Nicole was about Maya and Nina’s biological father.
Could the father be a murderer?
Somebody who’s somehow unpresentable?
Is that the reason why she wouldn’t talk about him?
During dinner, Evan probed Nicole once again to try to get his answer, “Does Maya’s father know that she’s found? Shouldn’t we let him know?”
“I’ll tell him.”
“Nina and Maya’s biological father is probably a local right? Is he in the country now?”
“Yup!”
“Which city is he in? Somewhere near Y City?”
Sensing that she was being questioned, Nicole quickly turn the table on Evan, “Why are you so interested in my personal matters, Mr. Seet? Are you mentally ill?”
Evan almost choked himself before responding, “I’m completely fine, but what are you so afraid of?”
Taken aback, Nicole suddenly got even more nervous.
I’m afraid that you’ll take Maya and Nina away from me, you jerk!
After recollecting herself, Nicole just smiled as she took Evan’s bowl and served him more noodles, “Enjoy your meal in peace, Mr. Seet.”
Evan gave Nicole a look when he realized how sensitive Nicole was to the subject of Maya and Nina’s biological father.
She would always find a way to avoid discussing the matter further as if she were trying to hide something.
