“Get lost!”
Looking extremely pathetic, the two men got up and fled the room.
John watched them leave, with a frigid expression on his face. He shot a meaningful look at Kyle, as though to ask him how they should proceed.
Kyle’s expression was cold as ice. Confidently, he replied, “We should get revenge, of course!”
“Why don’t we get Mr. Seet to—”
“Don’t you dare tell my Daddy about this! We’ll take revenge by ourselves.”
“…”
Although Kyle was a very smart boy, he was still a child after all. To keep the peace, John relented and swore him to secrecy immediately.
When they got back, however, John snuck into Evan’s office and told him about the entire incident anyway.
Evan looked very displeased. With a frosty look on his face, he said coldly, “I think she’s tired of living!”
The words were laced with malice that rose up from the very depths of hell. Evan sounded very icy indeed.
Seeing the look of fury radiating from Evan’s eyes, an involuntary shudder ran through John.
It had been a long time since he last saw Evan in such a scary state.
Of course Evan was furious. Nicole and their children were the most important people in Mr. Seet’s life. He had taken a break from company matters and left the city with Nicole to find out the secret of her birth—this was evidence enough that family ranked first on his priority list.
Besides, Daphne had to pay the price for her own actions. She was in for a horrible ride.
However—
“Mr. Seet, Kyle instructed me not to tell you because he wanted to take revenge himself. If you’re going to help him out, could—could you do it more discreetly? It’d be better if he doesn’t know I betrayed his trust.”
John could tell that Kyle resembled Evan in many ways. For one, both father and son hated being betrayed by others.
If the boy found out that John told his father behind his back, he would never let John hear the end of it.
John was afraid that his good intentions would end up going to waste. Instead, if the truth got out, the kid might torture him half to death.
Evan mulled over this for a while before nodding.
John finally heaved a sigh of relief.
Evan continued, “I’ll let you handle this matter then.”
John was speechless.
That was fine as well, he supposed.
If he handled the matter, John would tread carefully and interfere in Kyle’s plans secretly. Kyle wouldn’t have to know.
When they found out that Daphne was the mastermind behind all this, Maya and Nina were beside themselves with rage.
“It’s that horrible witch again! How hateful!”
“Don’t you think the name ‘Daphne’ sounds a little too gentle for her? In my opinion, we should give her another name.” Maya was furious too.
“What do you have in mind?” Nina asked.
“Dastardly! Dreadful! Diabolical! Dis—disagreeable!”
Wow. Nina didn’t even understand the meaning of the last few words.
Nicole gazed fondly at Maya from the other side of the room. She didn’t know her daughter had such a wonderful vocabulary of words. How excellent!
“You’re so clever, Maya! Let’s give her a round of applause!”
“…”
Wow. Maya felt a little surprised. She had managed to receive praise just like that? How cool.
All she had done was to describe a bad woman. The unprecedented amount of praise her mother was lavishing on her made Maya feel a little embarrassed.
Her chubby little face turned as red as an apple.
“Mommy, the righteous seek an eye for an eye. We must take revenge.”
“Yes, you must!” Nicole cooed. “I remember how she pushed me into the pond. I’m in!”
“Mommy, don’t worry! Let us handle this matter by ourselves.”
Juan told Nicole to busy herself with other things. The four children would help her take revenge instead.
Nicole was very pleased with Juan’s attitude. He was so young, and yet he already knew how to share his mother’s burden. What a mature little boy.
“Remember, safety comes first. If anything happens, call Mommy immediately.”
After nagging at her children a little, Nicole returned to uncovering the secret of her birth.
Before they rolled out their plans, the four children sat down and had a meeting to decide how they should take revenge. All of them gave their opinions.
More than half an hour later, they finally decided on a way.
“Alright then, let’s get the props ready first. We’ll move tonight.”
“Okay.”
“I’ll help, too!”
The four of them happily threw themselves into the preparations.
Just as Nicole stepped out of the courtyard, she spotted Evan walking towards her, wearing a Yoda mask.
She wondered if she should bother to greet him.
Although he had only acted so chummy with Daphne in order to get what he wanted from her, Nicole still couldn’t forgive him. As soon as she thought about that again, a wave of mysterious anger welled up inside her.
