Stephen clenched his fists. Handing the title over meant that he would be handing the Musgrave family over as well.
The family’s wellbeing would no longer be within Stephen’s control.
If Stephen acted impulsively and did the extreme, generations of hard work would be instantly destroyed.
However, if he refused to let go, Nicole and the kids would…
“Give me some time. Let me think about it,” said Stephen, before he dragged his feet and walked into the study room.
Nicole lay in Evan’s arms and sobbed.
“Do you think Levant will bully them?”
Evan shook his head lightly and promised, “No, he won’t. They’re smart and can handle Levant.”
“They are my life. I won’t want to live if anything were to happen to them. My Juan, Maya, Kai, and Nina…”
Nicole gripped Evan’s shirt and cried while calling out her children’s names.
That f*cking assh*le! He took all four children away. B*stards like that should be struck by thunder and die a horrible death.
“It’s fine. They’ll be safe,” cooed Evan while hugging her to comfort her.
“Will they? No, I can’t risk it. I have to go beg Stephen again. I have to get him to save the kids!”
Evan stopped her and advised her, “Give him some time. After all, the dukedom affects the rise and fall of the Musgrave family.”
Nicole couldn’t refute.
She understood all that, but she was still too worried about her children.
Her heart felt like it was being stabbed by countless needles and placed in the oven. Every second she spent worrying about the kids was excruciating torture.
Meanwhile, the four children stared at each other in confusion.
They received a lot of presents from the robot when they played with it, which delighted all of them.
However, the robot later told them that they could travel through time and space if they crawl into its tummy.
They didn’t trust the robot, but they crawled in anyway. They thought that it was best if they could travel through time, but if it didn’t work, they would just regard it as a game.
But why did the robot sway so much and only let us out after half an hour? Also, why are we in a place like this now that we’re finally out? Did we travel through time and space? This doesn’t look right.
Nina looked disappointed. She complained, “I was thinking about the biggest shopping center with tons of make-up products. Why am I not there?”
Maya’s big, round eyes blinked. She added, “I was thinking about a kingdom full of candies, but we’re not there, either.”
Juan and Kyle realized that something was wrong.
Space and time travel were lies. The culprit used the robot to trick us to this place!
Kyle’s tiny face turned grouchy as he pointed out, “Looks like we’re conned.”
Juan sighed, “Yeah, they got us to leave the estate without causing a fuss. I’m guessing both Daddy and Mommy are unaware of us being kidnapped. They will be so worried when they can’t find us.”
“Don’t worry about that. They are already aware of it.”
Levant’s voice rang up from behind the four kids. They turned around, surprised to see him there.
Maya was the first one to speak up. She asked, “Mr. Levant, what are you doing here?”
“The robot is my gift to all of you. Do you like it?”
At first, Maya nodded, but she later shook her head.
“It lied. It can’t travel through time and space.”
Nina kept her guard up as she scanned Levant. She demanded, “Y-your robot got us here. When will you take us back?”
“Calm down. Your parents know that you are with me, so you can stay here for a few days without worrying about anything,” lied Levant.
Juan and Kyle turned to one another before scrutinizing Levant silently. The boys guessed that Levant must have an ulterior motive for conning them into going to an unknown location. He did not even ask for their consent before leaving.
“I’ll call Daddy.”
Levant’s gaze darkened as his eyes shifted to Juan. Huh? What’s going on? Why can’t my smartwatch make any call?
“There’s no signal?”
We can’t even make a call here. That means Levant doesn’t want us to contact Daddy and Mommy. What does he have in mind?
Levant’s eye remained distant even as fear shone on the four children’s faces. He scoffed and ordered, “Give them a place to settle down.”
“Yes, Sir.”
