Nevertheless, it was completely unacceptable to Nina because she has always insisted on looking beautiful. In fact, she wouldn’t step out of the house at all if her hair were slightly messy.
Juan could understand how Nina felt.
Sylphiette felt slightly guilty and reached out to tidy the girl’s hair. However, Nina avoided her and sat on the back seat furiously. Tears began to stream down her face when she recalled the embarrassing moment she had just gone through.
At that moment, she swore to herself to never let her mother style her hair ever again.
Maya wasn’t sure how to comfort her sister, and so she sat beside her quietly.
Maya pondered over it for quite some time before she said, “Nina, don’t be upset. If someone really makes your Pekingese hairstyle as some emoticon stickers, you… you can tell others that it was me. After all, both of us are alike, and I’m not afraid if someone laughs at me.”
Nina felt even more upset as she glanced at Maya, who sincerely wished to bear the brunt of embarrassment for her.
“Even you are worried that I will become a laughing stock. How could Mommy do this to me?”
Maya wasn’t sure how she should respond. Grabbing Nina’s arms, she blinked her eyes and replied, “Mommy surely didn’t mean it.”
Nina looked up at “Mommy”, who was seemingly unperturbed as she put on more makeup. Tears continued to stream down Nina’s little face when she saw it.
On the other hand, Juan and Kyle looked at each other, sharing the same thought that “Nicole” seemed rather strange lately.
“Mommy doesn’t seem to care about us anymore.”
“Perhaps Mommy thinks that we have grown up!”
“But don’t parents always treat their children as kids no matter how old they are? Besides, we’re not even six years old yet, and she’s supposed to take care of girls like Nina and Maya.”
Apart from sensing that Mommy seemed different, Kyle couldn’t figure out why it had happened.
As soon as they went home, Nina washed her hair and hid in her bedroom. She was upset and kept staring at her makeup mannequins.
On the other hand, Sylphiette began to apply a face mask. Then, she grabbed her imported snacks and watch her favorite TV drama, enjoying her life as a woman from a wealthy family.
Juan and Kyle felt that they could no longer take this. The former mumbled to his brother, “Mommy doesn’t console Nina even when Nina already has puffy eyes because of crying for so long.”
Kyle heaved a sigh too, feeling kind of blue.
At 3 in the afternoon, Evan finally came home from his business trip. As soon as he entered the Imperial Garden, he saw three of his children running up and down in the garden.
Maya looked like a dirty cat – her face was stained with chocolate.
When the three kids saw him, they called to him excitedly as they rushed to him, “Daddy!”
“Daddy…”
“Daddy, you’re finally back.”
“Daddy, I missed you.”
When Maya hugged his leg, Evan caressed her head and asked, “Where’s Nina?”
A few days ago, he had asked John to look for a top makeup artist to teach Nina about makeup.
Now, the makeup artist had arrived and was waiting to meet Nina.
Maya looked up at Evan, frozen. After a while, she said hesitantly, “Nina… Nina is sad. She cried.”
Why did she cry?
As far as Evan knew, Nina was a strong and proud girl who seldom cried. Hence, he continued asking his daughter about the reason behind it.
After Juan explained everything to him, he couldn’t help but have his suspicions about the whole scene.
He still vividly remembered Nicole reminding him about Nina’s personality after the previous incident. Although Nina was proud of herself, she could be hurt badly if anything untoward happened. So, Nicole had asked him to cherish and take good care of Nina.
Why would a mother who loves her children very much ignore Nina’s feelings?
He found it hard to believe.
Evan lowered his head and scanned Juan from head to toe, doubting whether his chatterbox son had exaggerated it.
“Are you telling me the truth?”
Juan recalled how people usually behaved when they swore to prove themselves. Hence, he looked at Evan firmly and retorted, “It’s true. I won’t use Lane as my last name anymore if I ever lied to you!”
At this moment, Evan’s piercing eyes looked rather cold. He glanced sideways at Juan and said casually, “Lane isn’t your last name. Your last name is Seet!”
Juan was rendered speechless.
My name has always been Juan Lane ever since I was a kid. So, my last name is the same as Mommy’s. Does Daddy want to change my last name? Juan Seet…
Juan touched his head, thinking that “Juan Seet” wasn’t as pleasant.
