Don't Try to Escape, My Wife! novel Chapter 785

"I see. I'll cancel the project tomorrow."

Jason nodded.

"Keep a low profile on this. Find a reason suggesting that you have to give up. Don't offend anyone. You know that how things are linked in the business world."

"Got it. Thank you."

Jason waved his hand.

When Nicole came back from making tea, she saw Samuel and Jason playing chess and was surprised.

"Aren't you discussing business? Why are you playing chess?"

"It is an excuse. I just don't want to exhaust your husband. Let Mark deal with it."

Jason's words astonished Nicole.

"Jason, Mark will be sad."

"It's better than upsetting you."

When Nicole heard this, she couldn't help laughing.

"That's right. It's better to have someone else suffer. Then I'll leave him sad."

Nicole placed the tea on the table and turned to look outside. She said, "Where are the children?"

"Playing outside, but I haven't heard their voices. I'm going out to take a look."

"I'll do it."

Nicole stopped Jason and was about to go out to take a look, but Samuel pushed the chessboard away and stood up.

"I'll go with you."

Jason was so cheerless.

"Samuel, how can you do this? We're in the middle of a game."

"Chess is just for fun. I will let you win, okay?"

With that, Samuel grabbed Nicole's shoulder and walked out.

Jason was furious. He was about to win, what did he mean by "let him win"?

However, when he raised his head again, Nicole and Samuel had already left the living room.

"I can go by myself. Just play chess with Uncle Jason."

"I'm a lousy player. I'm gonna be at my wit's end if I continue. Thank you, my darling, for saving me out of it."

Nicole couldn't hold back her laughter.

What did he mean by "a lousy player"?

Even an amateur like her could tell that Samuel wasn't doing his best on purpose.

It must be hard for him.

"If you don't want to play, then don't. It's not like you're a kid. Just say that to Jason."

Seeing that Nicole cared about him, Samuel couldn't help but be delighted.

"It's fine. He is a lot older than me. Also, he's your uncle, only when he is happy will you be happy, isn't it?"

"You don't have to do this."

Nicole felt that Samuel had been condescend himself. Samuel wasn't like this before. He used to be aloof and mighty. Now thinking he had become more sentimental, more of a family guy, her heart ached for it.

"It's fine. I'm enjoying it."

Samuel caressed Nicole's head and smiled gently.

The two came outside, but they didn't see Joseph and Zoe.

"Where are the children? Did anything happen to them?"

"Unlikely. The guards are here all the time. Nothing will happen to them. Don't worry. They probably don't have fun here. Let's go over there and take a look."

Seeing that Nicole was worried, Samuel comforted her, but a trace of nervousness flashed through his eyes.

Nicole quickly ran to the other side.

"Zoe, Joseph! Where are you?"

Nicole shouted nervously.

Hearing Nicole's shout, Joseph cried out, "Mommy, we're here. Zoe fell into the pond."

"What?"

Nicole immediately became anxious.

Samuel frowned and said to Nicole, "Stay put. I'll go take a look."

"How can I stay put? Go, and I'll be right there."

Nicole knew that Samuel was worried that she wouldn't be able to catch up. However, right now, the child was the most important to her, so she said that.

Samuel nodded and said, "Be careful." Then, he ran towards the pond.

On the edge of the pond, Joseph burst into tears out of anxiety. His coat was on the ground beside him.

"Joseph, what's going on?"

"Daddy, Zoe wanted that lotus flower. But I can't swim. I went to tell the guard to get it. She promised me to wait by the pond. But just as I walked away, she fell into it!"

Joseph cried desperately.

"There, there, don't cry. It's fine."

Samuel caressed Joseph's head and took off his coat. He intended to get into the pond to save her, but he heard Joseph say, "They're out, they're out!"

Only then did Samuel see an eleven or twelve year old boy carrying Zoe swimming over from the pond.

"Give me your hand."

Samuel's heart suddenly lurched.

The boy gave Samuel his hand.

Samuel pulled them up.

"Zoe!"

He picked Zoe up and began the first aid.

Joseph handed his coat to the little boy.