“I know. It’ll be my decision if I ever get married again.”
Avril nodded. I want to decide my own marriage too. I wonder if Dad would allow it? Even if he doesn’t, I’d fight him till he agrees.
After she left Tiffany’s home, she made a trip to Levant Winery. She even made time to talk to Levant and told him everything she heard and saw.
Her brother stared at her in surprise as if the person before him was an alien.
Avril asked as she was feeling uncomfortable, “What?”
“Why did you visit her all of a sudden? Are you bored? Besides, what does the way her mother treats her have to do with you? You are such a busybody.”
Avril couldn’t believe that Levant would have such an attitude. She thought that he would pity Tiffany and decide to pretend to be her boyfriend, giving her mother the lesson she deserved.
“Levant, you were willing to lend her money so why can’t you help her?”
He turned to look at her. “How should I help her then?”
She looked up and down at her brother before saying, “What do you think her mother’s reaction would be if someone like you becomes her boyfriend?”
Levant kept silent for a moment before glaring at her.
“How could I be her boyfriend? I am never short of women like her. Also, she already has a son. I can’t possibly marry a divorced woman, can I?”
I knew it. He cares about this.
Well, he is a typical tall, rich and handsome man after all. He has both the status and the looks. There’s really no need for him to marry a divorced woman who has a son and a much lower status than him.
“What I meant is that you could pretend to be her boyfriend. Then you can help her deal with her mom.”
“Pretend? I’m afraid that she’d cling to me and treat me as her actual boyfriend,” Levant answered simply.
“Don’t you have faith in her character and integrity? She’s even going to return the money she borrowed with interest. Besides, I went to her house today and it’s very simple. I even suspect that all the furniture in her house is second-hand. She doesn’t seem like the type of woman who’s vain and materialistic. I don’t think she would cling to you at all. You might even be the one who would cling to her.”
Levant laughed at her words coldly. I don’t know why she’s so adamant about getting me to help Tiffany, but I only care about my winery and Nicole. I’m not in the mood to care about such a childish matter at all.
He kept quiet for a while more then he got up and left without saying anything.
Seeing that it was already noon, he decided that he wanted to scrounge a free meal so he drove over to the Seet Residence.
Since Levant was Sophia’s nephew, she greeted him enthusiastically when he arrived.
Juan and Maya, who lived in the Seet Residence, were quite hostile towards him. However, they weren’t cold and arrogant like Kyle and Nina, so they started to answer his questions after some time.
Juan was smart and cunning so he was very careful with his answers.
Whenever there were questions about his mother, he would only answer with “I don’t know.” Maya was just as smart and would shake her head at those questions.
Levant couldn’t help but admit that Evan and Nicole’s children were smart indeed.
Since Davin and Sheila had gone to the Muir residence, Sophia called Evan and told them to get back to the Seet Residence to have a meal. Upon receiving the call, he thought that it was because Maya and Juan missed them so he agreed to it right away.
He only realized that Levant was there when he rushed to the Imperial Garden with Nicole, Nina, and Kyle.
The latter studied Nicole’s face and asked about her injury in concern.
She thought about it for a moment before answering, “It’ll recover in a few days. I would wear a mask whenever I go out. And I went to Evan’s company today. No one else saw my injuries besides John.”
“Are you afraid that people would find out that you’re injured? Why?” Levant asked.
Nicole was stunned by the question. She was still thinking of how she should answer when Evan replied to him with a glare, “Because she doesn’t want inconsiderate people to ask so many questions!”
Levant froze. Why do I feel like he’s talking about me?
I only asked because I’m concerned!
