The pain in her head was agonizing. Nicole felt like her head was about to explode with the intensity of the pain as her whole body trembled violently.
“Mommy, what’s wrong with you?”
“Mommy, are you hurt somewhere?”
It was a good long while later before Nicole lifted her head to look into the worried faces of Juan and Nina. Raising a shaky hand, she stroked their heads gently. Tears welled up in her eyes before slipping down her cheeks.
“Mommy, don’t cry. We’ll definitely find Maya!”
“Don’t be sad, Mommy! Daddy will find Maya for sure!”
The emotions playing across Nicole’s face was too complicated to describe as she stared at her children quietly.
She remembered everything.
She had regained all her memories.
Evan married another woman!
When Evan and Susan arrived at the amusement park, they spotted Nicole crouching on the floor with her head buried in her hands.
All three children and the maid surrounded Nicole as they kept comforting the distraught woman, “Mr. Seet will definitely find Maya. She’ll be brought back safe and sound, you’ll see.”
Susan instantly squatted down beside Nicole. “Ms. Lane, how did this happen? How could you lose Maya? She’s still so young! She…”
At this, tears squeezed their way out of Susan’s eyes.
Nicole did not even lift her head as she remained silent.
“Ms. Lane, I’m not trying to blame you. I’m just so worried about Maya!” Then, she turned her teary eyes on Evan. “Evan, it must be exhausting for Ms. Lane to take care of four children on her own. Maybe we should bring them back to live with us at Hillside Villa!”
Although he had noted the state Nicole was in, Evan was not in the mood to think of anything else. He said, “What’s more important now is to find Maya.”
With that said, he started to make some calls.
Nicole slowly stood up. Grabbing Nina and Kyle’s hands, she called Juan to her side and turned to leave.
Realizing she was leaving, Susan instantly moved to block their way.
“Ms. Lane, Maya is still missing so I think these three should return with Evan and me to Hillside Villa.”
At last, Nicole raised her head to pin the other woman with a hard stare.
Susan hastily clarified, “Please don’t misunderstand. I’m not blaming you or anything. I know you must be incredibly upset that something like this has happened as well. They’re Evan’s children, which means they’re my children too. I really don’t want anything to happen to them. I…”
She trailed off before turning to look at Evan anxiously, clearly expecting him to say something.
Nina scowled at her viciously and spat, “We’re not your children! We want to be with Mommy!”
“Yeah! We don’t want to return to Hillside Villa! We wanna be with our Mommy!” Juan chimed in.
Kyle stared at the sheer despair and grief on his mother’s face before tightening his grip on her hand. He declared, “I want to be with Mommy too!”
Susan did not expect the children to be so obstinate. Then, she turned to face Evan with a pleading look.
Evan was silent for several moments before he walked toward Nicole. Coming to a stop before her, the sadness on her face sent daggers of pain stabbing into his heart.
“Don’t worry. I’ll definitely find Maya no matter what! Go back to Imperial Garden and have a good rest. Let Susan bring the kids back to Hillside Villa for now.”
“You don’t have to worry about a thing, Evan. I’ll take good care of them.”
Susan took several steps forward and reached out to grab Juan and Nina’s hands. However, Nicole immediately stepped in front of them to block her.
“Ms. Lane, what are you doing?”
A troubled expression appeared on Susan’s face. Biting her lip gently, she turned to look at Evan. Her voice was sickly sweet when she called out to the man, “Evan…”
The man knitted his brows slightly at Nicole’s refusal to hand the kids over.
He was allowing Susan to bring the kids to Hillside Villa because he wanted to let Nicole rest. She was obviously not in a good shape right then.
Since she was unwilling, he would not force the matter.
He was about to open his mouth to say so when he noticed the glare Nicole was sending him. Her eyes were dark with anger as she said in a frosty tone, “Why should I let you take away my children?”
Evan froze at her words.
Did she just say “my children?”
