Evan’s gratitude made Nicole feel a lot better. Things really had been hard in the past year.
“Your children are incredibly mischievous and cunning. It truly has been rather difficult to look after them. If you want to repay me then arrange for me to stay in a good hotel for the next few days.”
This isn’t an outrageous request at all for taking care of your kids for a year!
At this, Nina instantly piped up that she wanted to stay with Nicole. Beside her, Maya nodded as well.
Having always been a boy of few words, Kyle used his actions to express his intentions as he moved to stand beside Nicole.
Grinning slyly, Juan suggested, “It’s not comfortable to stay in a hotel at all! Daddy, is anyone living at Imperial Garden? Why don’t we all stay together at Imperial Garden?”
Of course there was no one staying at Imperial Garden.
That place was Nicole’s.
Evan did not even need to think about it as he nodded. “Okay, I’ll take all of you there.”
Nicole was honestly perplexed by the man. How can he agree to let them continue living with me? Isn’t he going to bring them home to enjoy a luxurious life?
After that, the children stuck like glue to her sides, escorting her into Imperial Garden.
The moment she stepped foot inside the yard, a wave of hazy images flashed through her mind. The images seemed connected to this yard somehow but she could not be sure.
Suspicion rose in her and she wondered if she had been to a similar yard before she lost her memories.
In the living room, she had barely taken a seat when Nina sped upstairs. A few seconds later, the little girl zoomed over to her before tugging her into the master bedroom.
Although Sylphiette had trashed the room, the family photo of Nicole, Evan and the four kids on a family outing was still fine. All of her clothes were also untouched.
Nina pointed the photo out to Nicole, who was shocked to see who was in it.
“That woman in the photo looks exactly like me!”
The little girl looked her right in the eyes as she replied, “That’s because it is you!”
“It’s me?”
Doubt surfaced in her mind. If that woman really was her, why had Stephen never mentioned anything before? What about her engagement to Levant? How did that happen?
“Mommy, look! All the clothes in the closet are your favorite styles and colors!”
Glancing at the clothes, Nicole was amazed to see that it was indeed her preferred styles and colors. What was even stranger was the sense of familiarity that niggled at her as she stared at them.
She reached out a hand to stroke a pink skirt that caught her attention. The instant her fingers brushed against the fabric, another jumbled series of images appeared in her mind.
The images were of her hanging up these clothing, yet they seemed hazy and unreal. When she tried to focus on those images, her head felt like it was splitting open. She stumbled a little at the pain.
“Mommy, what’s wrong!”
“I’m fine.”
Now she finally understood why the children kept calling her “Mommy.” She looked exactly like the woman in the photos.
However, the fact that the clothing and design of the room matched her tastes was an incredible coincidence—too coincidental. Suspicion rippled through her.
She headed back downstairs. Evan had not left yet but was lounging on the couch. The casual posture did not diminish his noble and elegant air though.
Nicole sat down opposite him, twisting her fingers together uneasily. After a while, she focused her attention on Evan and asked, “Err… Mr. Seet? That woman in the photo upstairs that looks a lot like me… Is she your ex-wife?”
Evan felt a lump lodged in his throat. How was he supposed to describe their relationship?
“Ex-wife” did not sound like the right term because they had never actually gotten their marriage certificate.
His eyes darkened slightly and he replied solemnly, “She’s my only wife!”
She knitted her brows at his strange wording. Only wife? Then what about the woman he married, Susan?
Right then, she was certain that him running into her at K Nation and becoming her bodyguard most definitely had something to do with this mysterious woman.
“Daddy, hurry up and tell Mommy that the woman in the photo is her!”
