In view of the deal they had just made, it wouldn’t seem very nice of her to decline. Thus, Nicole smiled politely and nodded her head.
“Alright then. I’ll see you tonight.”
“What would you like to eat? I’ll have my guys prepare it.”
Have their dinner here in the Levant Winery?
This was Levant’s turf. If anything were to happen, it would be too late to regret it.
After some thought, she said, “I feel like having fish tonight. Why don’t we go to the Amazon Hotel?”
Upon noticing the hesitant look in her eyes, Levant immediately understood her concerns. She hadn’t let her guard down towards him yet. However, he played along and nodded with a faint smile playing on his lips.
“Alright then.”
He then walked her out of the winery and watched as her car drove off into the distance. Only after her car had been driven out of sight did he turn around and walk back towards the room.
Once Zackery saw Levant, he immediately walked over to fawn over him and take the opportunity to claim credit for his idea.
“Mr. Seet, Ms. Lane is a real beauty. No wonder you like her. I told you she would come, didn’t I? And she did. Both of you are a match made in heaven.”
Levant glanced at him. “You’ve done well this time. You’ll be rewarded duly. But for now, I want you to come up with something romantic enough that will just sweep her off her feet for tonight’s dinner.”
“Romantic? Don’t worry, Mr. Seet. Leave it to me.”
“Great.”
As he watched Levant go back into his room, Zackery sighed quietly. I’m going to have to quickly look up Ms. Lane’s tastes in order to tailor a night to her liking.
That evening, Levant specifically gave Nicole a call before work ended as he was afraid that she would forget about their dinner together.
“I’ll pick you up later.”
Taking a look at the time, Nicole replied, “I might still be busy for a while. You don’t have to pick me. I’ll drive there myself.”
“Alright, I’ll wait for you there then.”
Hanging up the phone, Nicole finished up the work on hand before calling up her four kids to tell them that she wouldn’t be having dinner at home that night.
“Where will you be eating, Mummy?”
“At the Amazon Hotel.”
“Who are you going with?”
Yoda’s definitely by the phone, she thought. Thus, she replied, “Mummy’s going on a romantic date with Mr. Levant. Don’t worry about Mummy. You four have your dinner and behave, alright?”
Once she had finished, she hung up the phone.
She had been quite loud. It was as though she had been shouting into the phone. And Yoda heard every single word. His hideous face immediately tensed up. It was a rather frightening sight.
I certainly hadn’t expected her to have the guts to keep her word! The audacity of that woman! She is asking for it!
The four kids exchanged worried glances.
Maya asked the other three, “What should we do? Mummy’s going on a date.”
“Sabotage the date,” Juan replied in a matter-of-fact tone.
“That’s right!” Kyle exclaimed with a furious expression on his face, “It’ll be best if we could make Levant suffer a little. That way, he wouldn’t dare to ask Mummy out ever again.”
Yoda suddenly whipped out his phone and typed out a sentence. “I’ll go!”
“You? Will you be able to do it?”
“I would!”
“Why don’t we tag along? Levant will definitely bring along some bodyguards. And you’ll be alone…” Juan said worriedly.
“It’ll be easier if I go alone. You guys have sabotaged him before. He’ll definitely be on his guard this time.”
Juan and Kyle exchanged a glance. Both of them felt that Yoda had a point.
“Then if you run into any danger, just give us a call and we’ll go help you!”
Yoda nodded.
Nicole soon drove down to the Amazon Hotel.
As she approached the private room Levant had reserved, she began feeling a little nervous.
I was so loud over the phone just now. Did Evan hear me? Will he come?
I’ve got to think on my feet later on. If Levant tries anything funny, I definitely won’t yield, even if it means giving up on the information he might have about my biological family.
After coming to this conclusion, she pushed the door open and entered the room.
The moment she entered, she immediately jumped with fright. There were bubbles floating all around. These bubbles glistened with a rainbow hue under the lights. It was actually a rather romantic scene, something she certainly hadn’t expected to see.
It was clear that Levant had put quite a bit of effort into this.
“Come over and have a seat.”
Nicole walked over to the table.
On it laid a candlelit dinner meticulously prepared by him. In the middle of the table was an enormous fish that seemed rather out of place.
