Chapter 614


    “Ugh, this sucks!” Nicole red at Evan coldly.


    Evan was bewildered. “What happened?”


    “You have to cheek to ask me? What exactly do you want? Sir Musgrave is my life savior, and yet you


    just cruelly chased him away.”


    Evan was irked at her outburst. In his mind, her fury was pure vindication that she had feelings for


    Stephen.


    “Seems like someone really wants to meet Sir Musgrave.”


    The emphasis on “really” unnerved Nicole. Stammering, she frantically exined that she merely


    viewed Stephen as a parental figure.


    But her exnation simply fell on deaf ears. Evan was already too upset by her current behavior to


    care about any attempted verbal defense.


    With a menacing smirk stered on his face, he enunciated each word slow, “Well, it doesn’t matter


    what he is to you now. You will not have a chance to ever meet him ever again anyway.”


    Nicole was struck dumb.


    What did he just say? I can never meet Sir Musgrave again? This bas*ard must have threatened him or


    something.


    Something else also bothered her, the fact that she would not be able to repay Stephen. She literally


    owed him her life.


    Sheshed out at Evan, “What right do you have to do this? Don’t you remember that Sir Musgrave


    literally saved my life?”


    “Simple, it’s because you’re my wife and the mother of my children! I have every right in the world to


    interfere in this budding rtionship of yours and severe any ties before things develop further!”


    Nicole was once again left wordless.


    B-Budding rtionship?


    Absolute nonsense.


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    “Evan Seet, you’re an ungrateful jerk and hypocrite!”


    Her heart thumped fiercely against her chest as fury boiled within her.


    But once again, her words had no effect on Evan. He was unbothered by her rebuke.


    Refusing to engage him any further, Nicoley down on the hospital bed and buried herself underneath


    the nket.


    The heated exchange left Evan with one conclusion, Nicole really cared a lot for Stephen.


    She cared for him so much that she was willing to throw such harsh words at me.


    This made the man even firmer about never letting the two meet again, even if it meant that Nicole


    would hate him.


    Five days following the argument, Nicole finally felt well enough to move about freely.


    Joining her in the ward were four little pairs of waddling feet.


    One asked, “Mommy, are you still in pain?”


    The other said, “Mommy, do you want me to hold you?”


    Meanwhile, Maya tottered before Nicole and stuck out her little tongue sheepishly. “Mommy… “


    “Yes, Maya?”


    Oh, it seems like Mommy hasn’t realized.


    Maya tried again. Stared at Nicole with puppy-like eyes, she hoped that her mother would notice


    something.


    But her attempt was to no avail.


    Since when did Maya be so hesitant? She wasn’t like this before.


    Nina, who was watching her act on the side, decided that Maya would never get anywhere at this rate.


    Pointing at the girl’s stomach, Nina said, “Mommy, Maya wants you to notice that she has be


    skinnier.”


    “Skinnier?”


    The surprised mother took a closer look at her daughter. Indeed, it seemed like Maya’s stomach was


    no longer as big as before.


    Her little coat was also not as tight-fitting now.


    Nicole felt a wave of guilt. She spoke in a gentle voice, “Mommy promises that I’ll treat Maya to lots of


    good food after I get better, alright?”


    Maya’s gave an unexpected reply instead. “No Mommy, I want to go on a diet.”


    Nina decided it was time to reveal the context before the conversation became even more confusing.


    “Mommy, Maya has been eating very little these days because she thinks that she’s responsible for the


    car ident.” She could not help but add a jibe, “Well, given her evident weight loss, a diet n


    certainly seems usible now.”


    Nicole’s heart wrenched upon hearing that. “Maya, it’s not your fault. Please don’t think that way,


    alright?”


    Maya rubbed her hands together nervously and nodded animatedly. “Daddy said the same thing.”


    Her statement prompted a protest from Nina. Interjecting vehemently, she imed that while Evan was


    biased towards Maya. “Daddy didn’t scold her, but he reprimanded me instead! It was so bad that I


    ended up crying afterwards. Daddy’s a meanie!”


    Nicole had been simmering with anger for the past few days over the whole Sir Stephen affair.


    Now, Nina’sints provided the perfect avenue for her to rant about her husband.


    “I agree with you, Nina. Your father is a terrible person. Frankly, I want to beat him up sometimes.”


    Then, a mischievous idea crossed her mind. “Hmm… how about we gang up on him?”