Desires Die Hard

Chapter 155

“Thank you, Mr. Welton, for your kind offer, but I’m afraid we’ll have to pass.” Ellie shielded Nathaniel and Eudora fiercely like a lioness with her own cubs. Her gut churned with worry. She was terrified that Evan might suspect that they were his should he take another step closer and get a closer look at them.

That was why she grabbed the kids and fled the scene immediately after turning down Evan’s invitation to a meal.

Hayden stepped forward and whispered in Evan’s ear after the trio had left. “Mr. Welton, do you need me to get them back?”

Evan’s personal assistant had no idea who they were at all.

But he had heard Evan call himself the boy’s father.

He was still reeling with shock from the unexpected revelation. He should’ve expected it though. Families like the Weltons had plenty of skeletons hidden in their deep and dark closets.

He decided to keep his shock and questions to himself.

“It’s alright.” The look in Evan’s eyes darkened. He wasn’t in a hurry.

He might have his suspicions but he lacked evidence.

Without proof, he had no claim to the kids.

as going to

He was going to get his hands on irrefutable evidence that pointed to the children’s parentage. Then, he was welcome his kids back to his family.

As for Anya… well, she was joining his kids as well.

Ellie left the mall with Nathaniel and Eudora in a frenzied haste. Within moments, they were out of the mall.

That was when Ellie finally released a sigh of relief. Nathaniel appeared baffled by the woman’s visible relief though. Why was she so afraid of Evan?

What was going on?

his mother tell him to

was going on at all. He stared up into Ellie’s face, his own adorable face

as possible,” Ellie got down to her knees and spoke sternly to both kids. “The world is a dangerous place. It’s filled with strangers who might try to lure you away with candy to strange and faraway places. You can’t

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of

questioning mind. All she knew was that Ellie had just told them what to and what not to

simply

on the other hand, wasn’t satisfied with what Ellie had said. He pressed on

them?”

if you’re stolen by these terrible, bad men,” Ellie explained patiently as

course not. Nathaniel didn’t want that at

head profusely. “I

be good then. You can’t go around talking to strangers, alright?”

nodded their

back with immediate haste. Once they were home, she sent the kids to play in the living room while she headed to the balcony with her phone. She had to call Anya and tell her

the call within seconds. Words rushed out of Ellie. “Anya, we ran

work. She had her draft laid out on her desk before her at the moment. But as soon as she heard what Ellie had said, she shot to her feet in alarm. “What happened? Are the kids

not raise her

to overhear her conversation with

Men like Evan, who treated their company as their empire and the world as a battlefield, wouldn’t stop until they got what they wanted.

say

I’ve got the twins back home. now,” Ellie said. “What should we do? I have a feeling… that he’s not convinced that the twins aren’t

were right on the money. Anya shared her aunt’s

your average man. He held power

man and possessed more means at

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