With the upcoming showdown against Nicole, he could not possibly lose.
When he arrived at the study room, he stood by respectfully beside the desk.
Nicole had a poker face on but her icy stare still sends chills down his spine.
Unexpectedly, when she was angry, her fiery aura was not to be underestimated.
“Yoda, can you write?”
Nicole, being the woman with a straightforward character, did not beat around the bush.
Yoda crooked a slight smile as he nodded.
“If that’s the case, come, write me something.” Nicole motioned him to come over.
Yoda tiptoed to the desk, took the pen and paper she handed him, sat on the chair, and started writing just as she requested.
Nicole warily observed his handwriting and hand movements. He had written in graceful curves and powerful strokes in a somewhat similar fashion as Evan.
Upon closer inspection, his handwriting still differed from Evan’s.
Some of the lines in his letters were awkward and slightly skewed, in stark contrast to the handwriting on the note found in the box.
Therefore, he is not the one?
Nicole pondered for a moment.
Still refusing to give up, she turned her gaze on him, trying to gauge his expression as she asked, “Yoda, have you ever lost anything before?”
Yoda’s eyes sank. It was plainly obvious that she was not feeling any guilt for stealing his box.
How shameless could she be to take the initiative to ask him about it?
Seemed like he underestimated how thick-skinned she could be.
Taking out his mobile phone, he proceeded to type in two words calmly: Yes.
Her interest piqued, she asked further, “What did you lose?”
He typed: Not long ago, I’ve just lost a box.
Upon seeing the word “box”, a sudden flash of guilt flickered in her eyes.
She clenched her fingers tightly and reminded herself not to panic since he had no evidence to prove that she had taken it. Then again, she was the one questioning him, how could she back down?
Right!
Let’s continue.
She coughed to cover her awkwardness and asked cunningly, “Are there any valuables in your box? What’s in it?”
A glint of complicated feelings flashed in Yoda’s eyes. Since she wanted to know more, he might as well lead her to a different path.
As Yoda was typing on his mobile phone, Nicole was studying him carefully, trying to detect any slight indication of his knowledge of the paper in the box from his facial expression.
However, Yoda’s already sullen look got colder and colder, and after typing for a while, he showed his phone screen to her.
Nicole took a closer look and was stunned upon glancing at what was written on the screen.
The screen read: The deed to the burnt-down house, family heirlooms and pieces of jewelry, debit cards…
Nearly choking, she read on and pondered that this seemed too exaggerated.
Finally, she could not stand it any longer and gave the desk a slam.
“Yoda, I have never met a person who lies so blatantly. Who are your ancestors to be able to pass you such valuable treasures? Also, how could a box the size of a hand palm store so many things?”
A smile flickered across Yoda’s expression as he furiously typed: Ma’am knows about the palm-sized box. You must have seen it, I presumed?
“…”
Nicole’s face turned dark.
Damn you Yoda! How dare you trap me?
Does he know that I took the box?
“No. I don’t know. I’m merely guessing. I’ve never seen it!”
As her heart pounded heavily, Nicole lied through her teeth.
Yoda fixed his pair of eyes on her as if he could look through her. He typed: I thought Ma’am was the one who took it.
Nicole could only look away and refuted, “No, no. I did not!”
The box you mentioned just now sounded like a treasure chest. Even if I were to take it I would never admit to it. Who could afford to compensate you for the treasure inside?
I’m afraid even the whole Imperial Garden would not be enough to pay you back!
Staring ahead uncomfortably, Nicole coughed and decided to let him go. “Go ahead with your work. Leave me be. You don’t have to copy the documents anymore.”
Yoda nodded and walked out of the study room.
Nicole stared at him as he left. She could feel that there was more to this man than met the eye.
Even though there was no evidence, she had a strong hunch that both of them would still be entangled further in the matter regarding the box.
It would be difficult to deal with him with mere cheap tricks. Seemed like she needed a more sophisticated plan.
“Just you wait, Yoda. I’ll come and get my due!”
Muttering in determination, she got up. As she was about to head downstairs, her WhatsApp notification promptly sounded. Upon opening it, she received a message from the paternity test center.
