Evan turned to look at the children who seemed to know better than to say anything.
After stealing a glance at Evan, Maya quickly lowered her head again, for she had just been reminded by her mother to be careful with her words.
Afraid of being taken away by daddy, Maya knew to keep her mouth shut tight if she wanted to be with mommy.
Even Juan the chatterbox said nothing but continued to stuff his little mouth with noodles.
It only served to make Evan even more curious.
After dinner, Evan texted John and ordered him to investigate as soon as possible and find every male that Nicole had come into contact with while she was abroad.
John, who was about to sleep, opened his eyes wide when he saw Evan’s message.
“Every male? What does Mr. Seet plan to do with that information?”
After muttering something to himself, John quickly arranged the right personnel to start the investigation.
After cleaning up the table, Maya and Nina wanted to help Nicole with the dishes.
“You two should go play with Juan and Kyle. It’s been a while since you guys last got together. Mommy’s good.”
Nina nodded while Maya excitedly ran out of the kitchen.
The four of them started chattering the moment the two sisters joined Juan and Kyle who were watching the television.
Juan then asked Nina if she needed the latest cosmetics because he could give them to her.
“Grandma gave me so much money that I couldn’t possibly spend it all on my own. Let me get you a new set so you can continue practicing with them.”
Nina shook her head, “No, thanks. I still have enough.”
“No, you don’t. You said the materials you used weren’t good enough when you helped Mommy the last time.”
Maya just thought Nina should accept Juan’s offer since she really needed it.
“Helped Mommy?” asked Juan.
“I know!”
After peeking into the kitchen to see Nicole still doing the dishes, Maya hurried into Nicole’s room with her short legs and took out a few sheets of drawing paper.
Scratching his head, Juan asked, “Who drew this?”
As Maya shook her head in response, Evan curiously picked up the drawings to look at them.
His deep-set eyes widened as he noticed that those were the drawings that he drew himself.
Back then, they were placed on the stone table in the courtyard of Rose Garden but were later picked up by Nicole. She then asked Evan who drew them.
Thinking that she was just trying to get close to him, Evan ignored her.
He never expected Nicole to keep the drawings, much less completing them.
Back then, Evan only sketched himself with the little girl and some simple objects around. He wasn’t done with sketching the specifics of the scenery yet, which included the walls of Rose Garden, the hole below them, and the pile of stones beside the hole.
“Who drew these?” asked Evan in astonishment.
While Nina refused to answer Evan, Maya pointed her finger at the kitchen.
“Your mommy drew these?”
Coincidentally, the question reached Nicole when she came out of the kitchen, “Drew what?”
With the drawings in hand, Evan approached Nicole, “The sceneries here. Did you draw them?”
Nicole was stunned to see the sketch she kept in her room.
Whenever she could not sleep at night, she would work on the sceneries. She even planned to add some text to it.
They’re not ready yet.
Why did the children take them out?
Seeing how Nicole’s face turned pale, Nina pointed at Maya, “Mommy, she took them out!”
“Mommy, I only took them out because Juan offered to buy Nina some nice materials. You wanted Nina to color the roses and the walls, but she said the materials she was using weren’t good enough.”
After that, Maya glared at Nina for betraying her when she was just trying to help Nina.
“So it’s really you?”
