When she returned to her bedroom, she felt a sense of dread.
Just a while ago, she gave John a call who told her that things didn’t look good for Seet Group. Although Levant was desperately causing trouble for the company, he didn’t have anything to gain.
Furthermore, he could not keep up the attacks beyond the next few days. Hence, he wouldn’t be able to stay long in Y City.
Therefore, that was the reason why he wanted her to follow him back to K Nation.
There are still four more days. How am I going to spend my time with Evan?
The matter with Susan felt like a thorn on her side.
Evan, I’ll spend the next four days with you. As for the rest of your life, why don’t you spend it with her? Alright?
At that moment, someone knocked on the door. A maid came to inform her that dinner was ready.
After putting on her shoes, she walked toward the dining hall. Before this, her children and Evan would eat together with her. However, today she was alone and suddenly feeling a bout of emptiness.
As she looked at the delicious and exquisite spread on the table, she picked up her phone and gave Evan a call.
After a long while, he finally answered.
“Hello?”
The familiar voice was deep and raspy as usual. Nicole paused in silence. “Evan, are you coming back for dinner?”
“I’m not.”
“Can you come back and eat with me?” Nicole gathered her courage to ask.
Evan took a deep breath. “I’m still in the midst of an emergency meeting and don’t know when it will end. Why don’t you go ahead and don’t wait up.”
With that, he ended the call.
As Nicole looked stared at the dark screen, she felt a void open up in her heart.
After finishing her dinner in a lackadaisical manner, she felt even more lonely. Hence, she stood up and returned to her room.
Coincidentally, her phone rang.
Thinking it was Evan, she quickly picked up. However, when she realized it was Levant, the sparkle in her eyes lost its shine.
“What is it?” She answered impatiently.
“Nicole, I have prepared a gift for you. Why don’t you come over and see if you like it?”
“Now?”
“Yes, I’ll wait for you!”
Just when Nicole felt that it wasn’t convenient to do so tonight and was looking for an excuse to decline, Levant added, “You must come. Sir Musgrave wants me to tell you something.” With that, he ended the call.
Nicole let out a long sigh as she understood what Levant’s last sentence meant. He was using Stephen to threaten her again.
Hence, she had no choice but to go despite her dreading to do so.
Fortunately, Evan was in a meeting and would not return home anytime soon. He won’t notice that I’m gone, will he?
Nicole grabbed her jacket and bag before leaving Imperial Garden for Levant Winery.
Along the way, her heart felt tense as Levant had an ulterior motive every time he wanted to see her.
Despite saying that he had a present for her, Nicole knew deep down that it was definitely something else.
At the same time, Evan had found out about her clandestine meetings with Levant. Although she didn’t know how, she had a hunch that it had something to do with Levant.
His objective was to sow discord between her and Evan.
It would also be good if that’s the case.
When it was time for her to leave, Evan wouldn’t feel as reluctant to let her go. He would probably only hate her for a while.
Outside the car window, the bright neon lights of the night flashed as she passed them by. Nicole hoped that the journey would be longer as she dreaded to see Levant.
Finally, after thirty minutes, her car stopped outside Levant Winery.
After she alighted from her car, she was greeted by the colorful lights that dotted the winery. Left with no other choice, she strode inside in resignation.
When Levant saw her, a smug smile broke out across his face.
“Nicole, you’re here.”
Nicole let out a long sigh. Wanting to dispense with the small talk, she broached the topic directly. “What did you want to see me about at this ungodly hour?”
Levant stood up and casually handed her a box from his drawer.
“Nicole, I have prepared this especially for you. Why don’t you see if you like it?”
Nicole hesitated a moment as she was reluctant to accept it.
