A Mysterious Man novel Chapter 100

“What are you thinking?”

“I’m thinking what kind of person Andrei is…”

“Him?” Kevin groans and says, “Wait until you meet him then you will see what a wolf in sheep’s clothing looks like.”

“Seriously?”

Sunny has never heard someone use this kind of metaphor before and is unable to react so instead follows Kevin into the car in a daze.

“He looks harmless and wears a pair of glasses, however is a truly harmless person really able to sit as the head of the Hawkins family for so long and not have been swallowed up by the other family members.”

Hearing about the other branches of the Hawkins’s family, Sunny suddenly sparks an interest in this, “Tell me more, is the Hawkins family a large family?”

“Their family is indeed growing in numbers, just like our families did from before. This is because each branch of the family has their own bloodline; however Andrei is rather unfortunate in that he only has two daughters.””

Sunny replies rather disapprovingly, “What’s wrong with having daughters, why do you talk about them as being a bad thing?”

Kevin helplessly looks at Sunny, “What are you thinking? I just meant that he has two daughters and therefore has no one who can inherit his position in the family.”

“Really? So could it be they now need a son to be the heir of the family?”

“Yes, I heard that previously Andrei adopted a son from a relative. I don’t know if this is true or not but when the time comes we shall see for ourselves.”

Sunny nods her head and then looks outside the window, she is starting to feel a little tired and thinks she really did wake up too early this morning.

Kevin narrows his eyes at her and says, “If you are tired then sleep some more, it is still early. Andrei’s home is in the outskirts so is a little far away.”

Sunny grumbles dissatisfiedly, "Do you rich people all like to buy houses in the suburbs?"

Kevin sneers when he hears this and says, “Me? The estate I have I inherited, but if I had the choice then I wouldn’t buy one.”

“Really…?” Kevin turns on the air conditioning in the car; the warmth in October in the morning is able to make people feel quite tired and hazy.

Therefore Sunny slowly closes her eyes in the warm fast-moving car.

After Kevin sees her sleeping he quietly stops the car and takes out a small blanket from the back of the car and then puts it over Sunny.

Seeing that he didn’t disturb her sleep he continues to drive.

Sunny does not know how long she was sleeping for, but when she finally opens her eyes she sees the sun is shining in the sky.

She uses her hand to block the sunlight and then asks Kevin who is sitting next to her, “What time is it?”

“Oh, you are awake? It’s 10:30 now.”

“How long have I been sleeping? Why didn’t you wake me up?”

“Seeing you sleep so peacefully there was no way I could dare to disturb you.”

…

“Are we at the Hawkins’s family home yet?”

Sunny glances at the building in front of her and changes the subject wittily.

"Yes, this one..." Kevin gestures roughly with his hands, "Is all the Hawkins’s family property.”

“Having money really is a wonderful thing.”

“Come on, get out the car.”

Seeing her awake now, Kevin doesn’t be so polite with her anymore and makes her quickly get out the car.

Then the two of them go to the gate of the Hawkins’s house together and ring the doorbell.

Not long after appears an old man who seems to be a housekeeper.

“Hello, who are you looking for?”

Kevin clears his throat and then appears to act as a completely different person, “Kasper, it’s me, Kevin.”

There is no laughter in his voice, just a serious and sincere tone.

Sunny takes a look at Kevin and feels he is like a stranger the way he is being now.

The person who was called Kasper after hearing the visitor is Kevin, stands still and sizes Kevin up and down for a short while. Sunny is impatient however Kevin seems to not mind.

“Oh, Kevin, it really is you. When did you start not wearing a mask?”

“Kasper, I haven’t been wearing one for a long time now. How have you been recently?”

“I may be old but I am still just as healthy and robust as before. Wait for me and I will open the gate for you.”

Kevin smiles and nods his head.

Sunny is unable to say what she feels about this man, however from the moment she arrived until now he never once looked her way.

Am I really so transparent?

She cannot help but quietly ask herself this, however she quickly puts this thought to rest.

Because Kasper finally turns his attention towards her.

“Is this Jessie Reyes?”

Jessie? Sunny and Kevin quickly share a look at each other, isn’t she Sunny’s mother?

Kevin laughs and shakes his head, “Kasper, this is Jessie’s daughter, Sunny.”

After Kasper hears she is not Jessie, his expression suddenly withers down, “Oh yes I almost forgot that Jessie has already…”

He suddenly pauses mid-sentence and then raises his head to look at Sunny, “However, you really do look very similar to her.”