“Where is my mentor? Please bring me to him.”
Nicole could still vividly remember how difficult it was for her to take care of three kids when she was abroad alone.
If she had not bumped into her mentor when she was at the lowest point of her life, she wouldn’t know how she could pull herself through those days.
She would always feel grateful toward her mentor; her savior. Always.
“He’s right outside.”
“Quick! Take me there!”
When Evan and Nicole followed John out, Wesley was nowhere to be seen.
“Where is he?”
“Ms. Lane, Mr. Monroe had something urgent on and he left. He asked me to pass on this letter to you and mentioned that the thing that you wanted to know was inside. He asked you to take good care of yourself, and said that he would visit you when he has the time.”
He left?
Why is he not meeting me first before leaving?
He sure has weird temperament.
Nicole stared at the letter.
“I think the letter is about your identity and background. Do you want to have a look at it now?”
She lifted her head to look at Evan. Her hand clutching the letter was slightly shaky.
She had been dying to know the jerk who abandoned her mother back then. However, when the answer was right in her hand, she had mixed feelings about it.
Nicole was wondering what kind of person her father was.
“Are you going to read it? If not let’s go say goodbye first. We’ll look at this after we’re back.”
Nicole hesitated for a moment. “I’m going to read the letter. I’ve heard that my father has something to do with the Musgrave family. If he were really someone from the Musgrave family, maybe I could ask for Sir Musgrave’s help to punish the jerk!”
Evan’s gaze sank. The plan to head back home would probably be postponed if her father were indeed someone from the Musgrave family. Besides, if Sir Musgrave intends to seek justice for her, then the two of them are more likely to see each other more often. It’s going to be much harder for me to prevent the two from seeing each other if they have this valid reason to meet.
Nicole opened the letter and read every word. She was astounded as she read along.
How did it boil down to this?
How-
Evan noticed her odd reaction and took the letter in her hand. He had the same expression on his face after he was done with the letter.
So Sir Musgrave is nice to her because of this.
Nicole’s father is Sir Stephen Musgrave.
He had been misunderstanding Sir Musgrave’s intention all the while. So Sir Musgrave’s affectionate gaze is out of fatherly love.
He lifted his head to look at Nicole. She was shocked beyond words.
Never in her wildest dreams would she think that Sir Musgrave was her father.
“So the jerk who abandoned my mother was him!”
Evan reached out to embrace her. “Nicole, I don’t think he’s the kind of heartless jerk that you think he is.”
Nicole knitted her brows as she looked at him with a stern expression. “I thought you didn’t like him? Why are you helping him?”
He did not like Sir Musgrave because he thought the latter had an ulterior motive.
However, upon the startling revelation, all his prejudice toward Sir Musgrave had dissipated into thin air.
“Nicole, he’s been really nice toward you, to the extent that I’m feeling quite jealous. That’s why I think, to a certain extent, he cares for you and your mother.”
“He cares for my mother and I? That’s why he abandoned my mother? Does caring for us mean that we could forgo his heartless act of abandoning my mother?” Nicole was fuming with anger.
“I’m just analyzing the situation from an observer’s perspective. I think you would have to ask him to be sure of what really happened back then.”
Nicole suddenly recalled that she had given him a call, and that she was going to the estate later.
He must be waiting for us.
Great. I might as well take this opportunity to settle the scores with him.
Evan was all jittery when he noticed Nicole boiling with rage as she got into the car.
It would not be a happy reunion at the estate later.
Let’s hope that things would not get too ugly.
Evan had a hunch that the duke would not be a heartless jerk who would abandon the mother of his child.
