Nicole pouted her lips. By looking at Evan’s deadpan expression and how firm he was, she knew he would not say yes to her request.

Evan went up and gave her a hug. “I’ll be back in five days, okay?”

Nicole could not stop her heart from racing when she leaning on his chest. “You promise?”

Evan nodded. “Of course!”

Maya immediately expressed her disappointment after knowing her Daddy would be away for a few days. “No one will take me on an evening walk anymore.”

“Daddy will be back in five days. Wait for me, okay?”

Maya was still not happy about it.

“What if I miss you, Daddy?”

“Call me. We can video call too.”

“But I can only see you but not hug you. Daddy, you must come back soon, okay?”

“I will.”

Evan gently rubbed Maya’s head. He would miss Maya the most when he was not around.

room to retrieve a painting. “Here. A painting of our

get you something too,

a moment and did not know how to react. “All right, all right. Time for bed.

bit. Why do they make this temporary separation feel like a matter

four little ones bounced off the couch and went

to leave the next day, Nicole was still not mentally prepared

“Come back soon.”

felt embarrassed by how clingy she was. It was as if she could not live without

nodded and said, “Okay. Let’s go hiking with

“Okay, Daddy.”

“Thank you, Daddy.”

children emerged from nowhere and

children to finish up their breakfast quickly to avoid being late

John immediately got in touch

half an hour later, Evan checked in to a presidential suite. A person stood in front of him and said respectfully, “Mr. Seet, that Howie Delton you’re looking for owns a semiconductor company, and he has been trying to find out about the

afraid of us stealing a piece of

many semiconductor businesses would be affected. Howie’s company would take the worst hit as it was the key player in the industry. That’s

silent for a moment. If he sees me as his competitor and wants to get rid of me, he could have come

delivered the letter to Grandpa. It seems like everything he did was to keep me away from Nicole. I’m afraid it has

Howie? I would like to meet

“I… I’ll try, sir.”

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