Seeing the huge cartoon lollipop in Maya’s hand, the boys asked why Evan hadn’t bought one for them, too.
As he gazed at his two traitorous sons, Evan felt a hot rush of anger.
He had taught them hacking skills, and they had used it against him by thieving from his bank account! These two boys deserved to be punished.
Evan lifted his leg and gave both of them a kick on their behinds.
Kyle looked at him in bewilderment and yelped angrily, “Hey! Why did you kick us?”
Juan grabbed his bottom and ran around the living room, howling. “Daddy, we just asked you why you didn’t buy us candy. Did you really need to kick us? You’re too mean! Were we wrong to ask that question?”
Gritting his teeth, Evan glared at them and hissed, “Just the both of you wait!”
Seeing their father’s wrathful expression, both Juan and Kyle were speechless.
They exchanged a glance.
“What’s going on?”
“How would I know?”
“What did Daddy mean?”
“How would I know?”
“…”
Just as they were puzzling over their father’s unsettling behavior, Nicole walked out from the kitchen. Surveying the scene before her, she asked puzzledly, “What’s going on?”
Evan forced a smile onto his face. “Nothing! I was just teasing them a little.”
Juan rolled his eyes. Huffily, he said, “Daddy, you kicked us! How could you say nothing’s wrong?”
“Exactly!” Kyle chimed in. “Who kicks people to tease them?”
Evan shot them a withering look, and the boys fell silent immediately.
Nicole knew that Evan’s unconditional love towards the boys was indisputable.
He must have had a really good reason to kick them like this. Juan and Kyle must have committed a grave mistake.
Spoil the rod, spare the child—Nicole understood this perfectly. Hence, she refused to pursue the matter any further.
Taking the bags of ingredients from Evan, she said, “Mr. Seet, the kids are simply too mischievous. Don’t let them spoil your mood.”
“I’m fine! I’m just disciplining them for you.”
“…” Nicole looked at him, not understanding his words.
Juan and Kyle shrugged unhappily. What did their father mean by that?
Did they make their Mommy angry somehow?
No way!
“Daddy, are you siding against us because you want to get into Mommy’s good graces?”
“Exactly! You’re making use of us to help you woo Mommy again! Gosh, you have so many tricks up your sleeve!”
As soon as they finished speaking, Evan lifted his leg threateningly again, sending the two boys scuttering back to the toy room.
The boys sat down next to their pile of toys and continued complaining about their father.
“If kicking us in the bottom is going to make Mommy and Daddy’s relationship better, then at least we won’t have suffered for nothing. Just now, Daddy was obviously defending Mommy and helping her to take out her anger on us!”
Kyle thought for a while and said, “I don’t think the matter is this simple, though. When we go back later, Daddy will probably kill us.”
“But why?”
“That’s not the point. Tonight, we’d better stay over at Mommy’s place. If Daddy wants to thrash us, at least Mommy will be around to stop him.”
“Alright. After dinner, let’s pretend to fall asleep. We’ll just lay here and refuse to go.”
Nina had overheard their entire conversation.
She felt very surprised, too—why was Evan suddenly treating her Mommy so well?
Did he really want to get together with Mommy?
But I like Uncle Rocky more! Nina cried silently.
She dashed into her bedroom and called Rocky on the phone secretly.
When she told Rocky that Evan was chasing her mother again, a smile broke out on his face.
“Got it. Thank you, Nina. Uncle Rocky will do his best.”
“Alright, Uncle Rocky. You must come over to visit us soon!”
“Okay.”
As soon as he hung up, Rocky started to feel a little uneasy.
His old man had already ordered him to stay away from Summervale.
Recently, Rocky had been so swamped by work that he hadn’t had time to drop by the clinic. It had been a long time since he last saw Nicole.
If he went to her house now, Evan would be extremely displeased.
However, it had been so many years, and Nicole remained the only woman Rocky had ever loved and thought about marrying.
If he simply gave her up to another man now, he would never forgive himself for the rest of his life.
