“Ugh, this sucks!” Nicole glared at Evan coldly.
Evan was bewildered. “What happened?”
“You have to cheek to ask me? What exactly do you want? Sir Musgrave is my life savior, and yet you just cruelly chased him away.”
Evan was irked at her outburst. In his mind, her fury was pure vindication that she had feelings for Stephen.
“Seems like someone really wants to meet Sir Musgrave.”
The emphasis on “really” unnerved Nicole. Stammering, she frantically explained that she merely viewed Stephen as a parental figure.
But her explanation simply fell on deaf ears. Evan was already too upset by her current behavior to care about any attempted verbal defense.
With a menacing smirk plastered on his face, he enunciated each word slow, “Well, it doesn’t matter what he is to you now. You will not have a chance to ever meet him ever again anyway.”
Nicole was struck dumb.
What did he just say? I can never meet Sir Musgrave again? This bas*ard must have threatened him or something.
Something else also bothered her, the fact that she would not be able to repay Stephen. She literally owed him her life.
She lashed out at Evan, “What right do you have to do this? Don’t you remember that Sir Musgrave literally saved my life?”
“Simple, it’s because you’re my wife and the mother of my children! I have every right in the world to interfere in this budding relationship of yours and severe any ties before things develop further!”
Nicole was once again left wordless.
B-Budding relationship?
Absolute nonsense.
“Evan Seet, you’re an ungrateful jerk and hypocrite!”
Her heart thumped fiercely against her chest as fury boiled within her.
But once again, her words had no effect on Evan. He was unbothered by her rebuke.
Refusing to engage him any further, Nicole lay down on the hospital bed and buried herself underneath the blanket.
The heated exchange left Evan with one conclusion, Nicole really cared a lot for Stephen.
She cared for him so much that she was willing to throw such harsh words at me.
This made the man even firmer about never letting the two meet again, even if it meant that Nicole would hate him.
Five days following the argument, Nicole finally felt well enough to move about freely.
Joining her in the ward were four little pairs of waddling feet.
One asked, “Mommy, are you still in pain?”
The other said, “Mommy, do you want me to hold you?”
Meanwhile, Maya tottered before Nicole and stuck out her little tongue sheepishly. “Mommy… “
“Yes, Maya?”
Oh, it seems like Mommy hasn’t realized.
Maya tried again. Stared at Nicole with puppy-like eyes, she hoped that her mother would notice something.
But her attempt was to no avail.
Since when did Maya become so hesitant? She wasn’t like this before.
Nina, who was watching her act on the side, decided that Maya would never get anywhere at this rate. Pointing at the girl’s stomach, Nina said, “Mommy, Maya wants you to notice that she has become skinnier.”
“Skinnier?”
The surprised mother took a closer look at her daughter. Indeed, it seemed like Maya’s stomach was no longer as big as before.
Her little coat was also not as tight-fitting now.
Nicole felt a wave of guilt. She spoke in a gentle voice, “Mommy promises that I’ll treat Maya to lots of good food after I get better, alright?”
Maya’s gave an unexpected reply instead. “No Mommy, I want to go on a diet.”
Nina decided it was time to reveal the context before the conversation became even more confusing. “Mommy, Maya has been eating very little these days because she thinks that she’s responsible for the car accident.” She could not help but add a jibe, “Well, given her evident weight loss, a diet plan certainly seems plausible now.”
Nicole’s heart wrenched upon hearing that. “Maya, it’s not your fault. Please don’t think that way, alright?”
Maya rubbed her hands together nervously and nodded animatedly. “Daddy said the same thing.”
Her statement prompted a protest from Nina. Interjecting vehemently, she claimed that while Evan was biased towards Maya. “Daddy didn’t scold her, but he reprimanded me instead! It was so bad that I ended up crying afterwards. Daddy’s a meanie!”
Nicole had been simmering with anger for the past few days over the whole Sir Stephen affair.
Now, Nina’s complaints provided the perfect avenue for her to rant about her husband.
“I agree with you, Nina. Your father is a terrible person. Frankly, I want to beat him up sometimes.” Then, a mischievous idea crossed her mind. “Hmm… how about we gang up on him?”
