So this woman is not Nicole’s birth mother.
I wouldn’t have been so nice to her if I knew sooner.
“Rosalie may not be around anymore, but she’ll always be in my heart. No one can take her place!” Stephen’s loud and clear words left Avril stupefied.
Stephen sure loves Nicole’s mother very much. However, that does not seem to be the case with Lady Musgrave, so that means I still have a chance.
Portia’s face darkened when she heard Stephen, and she stomped out after glaring at her husband.
Avril lifted the corner of her mouth to let out a snicker.
Staring at Avril with his keen eyes, Evan feared that the woman might have an ulterior motive for getting close to Stephen.
When Evan and Nicole and went out for a walk at night, the former mentioned his worry to the woman.
The woman looked at her husband in surprise. “You’re saying that there’s a reason Avril wanted to get close to my dad?”
“There’s a possibility of that happening!” Evan nodded.
Nicole furrowed her brows. “What could it be then? I think she’s fighting for someone she loves. She probably fell for my dad because he’s good-looking, mature, and manly. That’s possible, right?”
“Well, I’d say you’re certainly more confident about him than himself.”
Nicole continued to keep her brows knitted. “So now you’re saying my dad thinks Avril has an ulterior motive too?”
Evan’s lips curled up slightly. “You know what? Forget it. Let’s talk about us instead.”
“What about us?”
Evan lifted his head up to look at the starry night sky. “Which star do you think is the brightest?”
“Are you trying to find the brightest star with me, Mr. Seet?” Nicole, too, stared at the twinkling stars.
The wind gently blew on her wavy hair, and the faint smell of perfume lingered in their noses. Evan then played with the hair hanging from her forehead as he moved his lips to say huskily, “The brightest star is not up in the sky. It’s here.”
With eyes deep like the ocean, he gazed into her sparkling eyes. To him, her eyes were more beautiful than any star in the night sky.
Nicole lowered her head shyly because it had been a while since he had looked at her like that.
Evan cradled her face between his hands and kissed her luscious lips softly.
She closed her eyes, and the scene Sheila described to her appeared in her mind. She could see Evan digging out the urn in a storm before hugging it to sleep.
It was as if the scene was happening right before her eyes.
Nicole could not believe how much the man loved her. Even when he thought she was dead, he had never stopped loving her.
Filled with warmth on the inside, Nicole put her fair, slender arms around Evan’s neck.
After the long kiss, she looked at him and asked, “Were you sad when you thought I died?”
The man took in a deep breath when he was reminded of the terrible pain. “Never scare me with a fake death again!”
Nicole pouted. “I wouldn’t have ‘died’ if I weren’t convinced that you wanted me dead! I thought I was giving you what you wanted then.”
At that point, the man’s expression turned grave.
“Nicole, I’ll make sure you get justice for your suffering in prison. Davin told me the Muirs found a witness. Unfortunately, he was kidnapped when he reached K Nation, so we’ll have to look for new evidence when we get back.”
Nicole was silent when she remembered how Levant and Susan had impersonated Evan to fool her.
She lifted her head to inquire seriously, “If I tell you that Levant and Susan are involved and that the two had colluded for a while, would you believe me?”
Her husband squinted slightly when she mentioned Susan.
I’ve already assigned someone to investigate the fire that happened all those years ago. I wonder if the investigator found anything.
Seeing how Evan said nothing, Nicole pouted displeasedly. “I knew it! I knew you wouldn’t believe that Susan’s involved because she saved your life and has a thing for you. To you, she’s an angel incapable of such savagery.”
