“Mr. Seet, we have been keeping an eye on Ms. Lane, protecting her ever since we’d received the instructions from you.”
Evan asked, “Where has she been in the evening?”
Damien replied, “She had dropped by Levant Winery and had stayed there for half an hour. After that, she made her way home right away.”
Levant Winery? Why has Nicole dropped by Levant Winery? Why did she lie to me?
Levant? Does that mean that she was there to meet Levant?
All of a sudden, Evan had a hard time catching his breath. He had faith in Nicole and was sure that she wasn’t in an affair with Levant, but he wanted to get to the bottom of the reason that she had paid Levant a visit, causing her to lie to him.
He hung up the call and thought to himself for some time. After a few minutes, he made another call and told John in a hoarse voice, “I want to you to tail Mrs. Seet from tomorrow onwards. If she gets in touch with Levant again, I want you to figure out the reason behind their meet-up.”
John thought that he had been hearing things because it sounded as though Evan wanted him to keep an eye on Nicole when they were in the midst of hardships due to external threats.
Oh, God! We’re in the middle of a nasty situation, yet he wants me to keep an eye on his wife? Seriously? Are we going to have another internal conflict when we’re being threatened by external foes?
“Mr. Seet, are you sure that you’re not overthinking things due to the stress that you have to endure lately? I swear that Mrs. Seet isn’t serious about Levant! When she’d lost her memory—”
“Just shut up and follow my instructions!” Evan hung up right after he made himself clear.
John was taken aback by Evan’s wrathful tone. Staring at the screen of his phone, it took him some time before he could return to his senses.
Mr. Seet and Mrs. Seet are having a fight because of Levant? No! I’m pretty sure that Mrs. Seet would never have gotten herself in an affair with Levant!
Although he had faith in Nicole, he couldn’t possibly defy Evan’s words.
Thus, the next day, John didn’t return to the company. Instead, he did as instructed and started tailing Nicole after she departed from Imperial Garden.
As usual, she spent the entire morning in Lane Corporation.
John couldn’t help but think that it was a waste of time because there wasn’t anything odd about Nicole.
Similarly, she spent the entire afternoon in her office. In the evening, John followed Nicole as she made her way back to Imperial Garden. After she reached home, he got in touch with Evan and summarized her entire day’s agenda for him.
“Mr. Seet, I believe that you’re overthinking things. Mrs. Seet will never—”
“I want you to keep an eye on her for another day!” Evan replied determinedly and hung up on the call once more.
John heaved a long sigh.
He was pretty sure that Evan had been overthinking things once again because Nicole would never turn her back against him and get into an affair with Levant. Thus, tailing her would be a futile effort.
John had faith in Nicole, yet the incident that would occur in the upcoming few days would cause his faith to waver.
Meanwhile, Nicole caught a glimpse of Evan’s gloomy look as he made his way to the study room. It was evident that he had yet to resolve the hardship that had befallen Seet Group. Perhaps it was nastier than she had perceived it to be.
She couldn’t help but start to feel uneasy because she couldn’t locate her father’s whereabouts just yet. Perhaps she would have to get married to Levant if Evan weren’t able to get Seet Group out of the nasty situation.
Nicole couldn’t bear to let her loved ones suffer. As Evan was the one behind Seet Group’s current success, he would definitely be dejected if the company couldn’t make it through the crisis.
Meanwhile, Stephen was her biological father. She couldn’t bear to forsake his wellbeing for her own sake.
Levant had, undeniably, gotten the better of her since he had the fate of her loved ones under his control. There wasn’t anything that she could do to retaliate against him.
Nicole pondered over the matter and decided to go after her father’s whereabouts. She called her assistant and asked her to send more people over to locate her father.
Although it might have been a mission that was deemed impossible due to Levant’s detail-oriented characteristics, she wanted to give it a try.
She was being hopeful and thought that a miracle might occur at the end of the day. Perhaps it wasn’t the end of their relationship yet.
Once she thought about it, she took a deep breath and decided to appreciate their time together since they would venture into a future full of uncertainties soon.
