“Of course! This place is off-limits. My Dad and Levant have repeatedly warned me not to come here. Otherwise, they’ll lock me up with you.”
After sizing up Stephen, the girl sighed, “I wouldn’t complain about being stuck here with you if you’re ten years younger. Too bad… ”
“Are you saying that I’m old?” asked Stephen after checking himself out.
“Come on. You’re as old as my Dad.”
Stephen lowered his head and chuckled, “That’s true, I guess. You’re not much older than my daughter. I’d consider myself blessed if I were to have a daughter like you.”
“Excuse me? You’re treating me like I’m your daughter now? Please don’t. Besides, I think we’re a pretty good match, and I don’t mind that you’re a little older.”
Meanwhile, Evan who was hiding in the room was as shocked as Stephen to hear those words.
He had initially thought that his father-in-law was getting tortured in the Wicked Palace, but he never expected the man to have such luck there. I wonder how Nicole is going to feel about this if she ever finds out.
“I know that you’re an open-minded and cheerful person, but you shouldn’t joke about that.”
“I’m not joking, I mean what I said. Let’s just forget about our age and run away together. What do you say?”
Stephen gazed at the spontaneous girl with the bold but terrifying idea. “You didn’t come here just to talk about this, did you?”
“No. I want to know why my Dad hates you so much. He wants nothing more than to send you to hell, and I need to know why.”
Stephen would rather not bring up the past as there were more important things to do at hand.
“You really want to know?”
“Yes.” Avril nodded vigorously.
“Do me a favor then, and I’ll tell you when it’s done.”
“Name it.”
Stephen brought Avril into the room, and her jaw dropped when she saw Evan.
After staring at Evan’s handsome face for a while, Avril turned to Stephen. “Who’s he?”
“A friend who sneaked in to see me. Can you get him out of here safely?”
“I’m not leaving here without you!” Evan was determined.
“What does a man like you want him for? Besides, I’ll be lonely if he leaves.” Avril looked at Evan in puzzlement.
Narrowing his eyes at Avril, Evan found it hard to believe that the girl before him was Murphy’s daughter. “You could run away with us. Then, you won’t have to sneak in here ever again. Didn’t you just say that you wanted to elope with him?”
With her brow knitted, Avril thought about it and decided that it was a good idea. Not only will I be able to get Stephen out of here, but I’ll also be making my dream come true. But how am I going to get these two out, though? It’s going to be hard sneaking two men out under the guards’ nose.
Stephen looked at Evan with mixed feelings. What is this punk planning in that head of his? If we get tangled up with Murphy’s daughter, there will be no more peace at the estate. On top of that, taking Avril with us will only make it harder for us to leave unnoticed.
Looking as calm as ever, Evan thought it was more important for them to get out and deal with the girl later.
After some thought, Avril sighed because they seemed to be out of options. “We have to be careful. If my Dad and Levant find out about this, we’ll be dead before we know it.”
“Your father would kill you?”
Avril nodded. “It’s possible.”
Wow. That bad, huh? Then we better be extra careful.
“I’m going to go now. I’ll be back again once I think of something.”
