Nina could not pull off Nicole’s hands on her own, so she called Maya over to help her.
The girls began prying Nicole’s fingers off Evan’s shirt.
When Juan and Kyle came in to see what was happening, they felt that their sisters were being too nosy.
“Just let Mommy do whatever she wants.”
“Yeah. Mommy wanted to hold Daddy’s hand since we were in the car.”
“No. Mommy will be crushed like this!”
Maya argued with a pout, then continued prying away Nicole’s hand from Evan’s shirt.
With Nina’s help, they were finally able to loosen Nicole’s grip.
Evan could finally get up, breathing a sigh of relief after he straightened himself.
“Daddy, can we stay here to take care of Mommy tonight, please?”
“Yeah. Mommy is so drunk now. What if something happens to her?”
Juan and Kyle looked at him with concern for their mother gleaming in their eyes.
“Well then, she shouldn’t have gone out drinking in the first place!”
Evan was fuming slightly as he growled at Nicole, who was now lying unconscious on the bed.
He glanced at Nina and Maya who were sitting beside her. It’s indeed not safe to leave a dead-drunk woman with two kids home alone.
Maya blinked her big eyes as she regarded him seriously and countered, “Mommy went out to earn money so that she can take care of us!”
Evan was taken aback and his heart ached for some reason. Isn’t Rocky taking care of the girls?
How can he neglect his own daughters and let his woman go out to drink with other men for money? Where is the logic in this!
Unless the girls aren’t Rocky’s daughters? Then…
Evan could not make sense of anything. He stayed silent for a while before telling the kids, “All of you go and rest. I’ll take care of her.”
Juan and Kyle sighed in relief when they saw that their father agreed to stay back and take care of their mother.
“No. You’ll bully Mommy.”
Nina opposed it, insisting that she watch over her mother in person.
Maya froze for a while before rubbing her round tummy. “Uncle Evan, I’m hungry. Can you cook for me?”
“Haven’t you had your dinner?”
“Mommy cooked some spaghetti for me before going out, but… I’m hungry again.”
Evan glanced at the time. At the restaurant earlier, Juan and Kyle were too focused on Nicole, so they had not eaten much of their dinner. Thus, Evan went to the kitchen to make some carbonara spaghetti for them.
After he was done, the kids sat around the dining table to enjoy the meal.
Nina initially refused to eat, adamant to look after their mother. However, under the persuasion of Juan and Kyle, she joined them at the table and started eating.
After eating, Nina was determined to guard their mother. However, exhaustion overtook her and she fell asleep by the bed after half an hour.
Evan carried her back to her own bedroom and tucked her into bed.
When he noticed her makeup practice dummy, he could not help but be slightly impressed. This little girl is quite skilled at makeup. In fact, she has a talent for it.
But she’s so arrogant. I wonder who she takes after.
“Your Daddy must be really bad-tempered too!”
Right after he said that he heard Juan and Kyle giggling behind him.
“Daddy, you’re right.”
“Daddy, you really do have a very bad temper!”
Evan let out a disapproving grunt, failing to detect the double meaning behind their words as he coldly retorted, “Well, at least it’s not as bad as hers!”
The twins looked at each other.
“Nina’s temper is exactly like yours.”
“Yeah! She took after Daddy!”
“Stop spouting nonsense and go to bed. Now!”
The twins did not know what to say.
Juan sighed softly. Daddy is usually really smart, but he can be an idiot at times too.
He can’t even see the truth that is right before him.
Kyle was also at a loss for words as he pursed his lips together. In the end, the boys went back to their bedroom with their heads bowed.
Evan cleaned up the kitchen and the dining table before returning to Nicole’s bedroom.
As soon as he entered, he heard Nicole muttering in a low voice, “Water… Water… Need water…”
Evan quickly poured her a glass of water, then propped her up against the headboard before bringing the glass towards her lips. “Here. Drink.”
Nicole cracked open her eyes and accepted the glass, gulping down the water as if she had just walked ten miles in a desert.
After she quenched her thirst, she gazed at Evan with a smile. “You’re so nice. Hug, hug.”
Evan’s heart thumped in his chest. He took the glass back from her hand to put it on the bedside table.
