Mistaking the CEO for a Gigolo novel Chapter 208

“Maya, we are without Daddy’s charms, so it is obvious that the witch is here for him.”

Juan and Kyle concurred with Nina.

Juan continued with his analysis, “In other words, she wants to steal Daddy from Mommy and therefore…” to which Kyle chimed in, “We cannot let her have her way.”

Maya blinked, all wide-eyed, “But, what are we to do? I don’t want Daddy to be with the witch. I want him to play with me.”

“Daddy would be able to play with you if we could chase off the witch,” Juan declared quite assuredly – a sentiment Kyle seconded as he nodded in approval.

Nicole, who had been looking on, was quite bewildered by the audacity of these kids. She went on to confront them with a stern warning, “Your father will handle his personal affairs on his own, so I will not have the lot of you getting into any funny business here. Have I made myself clear?”

Gracious. Someone is going to steal Daddy from us, and Mommy would not let us intervene? Unbelievable!

The four kids looked briefly toward Nicole and seemed to acknowledge her warning. Then, they used hunger as a pretext to lure her away to the kitchen before they resumed their conferring behind closed doors.

“I’d say, we should let the witch…”

“I think we could…”

Each expertly tried to one up the other as they proposed one devious scheme after another.

The discussion extended over the day as the kids were determined to not let Sylphiette off easy.

Nicole was contemplative as she busied herself with her meal preparations. Who owned the painting? And apart from inquiring, what could help establish the identity of the boy, Tye, from years back?