“Nicole…”
Nicole shot daggers at Davin, who then gently slapped his own cheek right away. “No, no, I should call you Ms. Lane. Now we have to think of a way to stop Evan from getting Juan’s custody.”
When Nicole was packing her luggage earlier, she thought of taking all her children away with her. However, on second thought, this wasn’t a long-term solution.
The kids prefer to live in the country, so they’ll probably refuse to move overseas again.
Besides, Evan has brought Kyle up here since young. Hence, it’ll be impractical and so cruel of me to take him away from his dad.
Yet, I can’t bear to leave him here alone.
So I’m left with only one option, that is to stay in the country with my kids, and to fight for Juan’s custody.
“But I know my limits. I don’t have what it takes to stand against Evan…” she blurted out while looking up at Davin.
Staring back at her with a solemn face, Davin said, “Nicole, we can’t fight with him directly, but we’ll have to use our wits.”
“What do you mean?”
“I’ll find a way to let you stay here, but you need to do your part after that. The huge disparity between you and Evan makes it impossible for you to compete with him. Therefore, we have to use a soft approach. Maybe you can try acting coquettishly to persuade him. If it doesn’t work, we’ll have to come up with another method then.”
Acting coquettishly to coax Evan into letting me stay? That’s too difficult for me!
Thinking of Evan’s ice-cold expression, Nicole believed that he would never respond to her coquettish act.
He’ll probably think that I’m a lunatic.
Anyway, Davin is right. There’s indeed a huge disparity between Evan and I.
“Ms. Lane, please bear with Evan for Juan’s sake. I’ll make a call now, and I promise Evan won’t kick you out again for the time being. Please rest assured and stay.”
“Who are you calling?”
“Sophia.”
And I really need this now.
That’s why I have promised her that I’ll consider staying.
Meanwhile, Davin gave Nicole a thumbs up. “Ms. Lane, you did the right thing. There’s no way Evan will disobey Sophia, so I’m sure he’ll beg you to stay.”
But Nicole did not agree with his words.
It’s impossible that Evan will beg me to stay since he’s so aloof and domineering.
It’ll be good enough if he just stops chasing me away so hastily, so that I can convince him.
After calling Nicole, Sophia dialed Evan’s number.
“What? Mom, what did you just say?”
“I said, by hook or by crook, you must get Dr. Tussaud to stay. I’m bringing a friend back, and I want to meet Dr. Tussaud for medical treatment once I come home. And I’ve called and told her about this already.”
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