“Because… He wants to spend more time with me.”
Noticing Nicole’s unnatural expression and darting eyes, John had a feeling that she was lying.
Looks like there’s something more to that!
“You and Levant have only arrived at the Wicked Palace a short while ago. I heard that Stephen came here earlier than you. Why…”
“John, this is my Dad’s private matters. Why don’t we talk about something else?”
As Nicole already interrupted him, it was inappropriate for him to keep pressing her for an answer.
“Let’s talk about something else, then. Your strategy of feigning your death is really smart!”
A bitter smile spread across Nicole’s lips. “It’s just to save my life.”
“You have no idea how devastated we were when we heard about it.”
Even if John didn’t mention Evan’s name, Nicole understood that he referred to him and Evan when he said ‘we’.
John continued, “Levant even prepared a fake urn of ashes to bury beside your mother’s grave. Luckily, we didn’t bury it. Otherwise… Otherwise, your Mom would be so upset if she saw someone else buried at your spot.”
He initially wanted to say – “Otherwise, where would you be buried when you actually die?”
However, he suddenly realized that it sounded quite bad. Furthermore, Nicole was going to marry someone else, so logically, she would be buried with her husband instead, if she were to pass.
Hence, He suppressed his urge before he managed to utter those words.
“My Mom won’t mind.”
The ashes Levant intended to bury belonged to a pitiful and helpless child. If those ashes were buried there, the little child could keep her Mom company on her behalf.
John was stunned. “Well, even if your Mom doesn’t mind, someone else will. Every night, he would hug that urn to sleep. Now that it turned out to be someone else’s, won’t he feel upset for being lied to?”
Nicole was surprised.
Is John talking about Evan?
Evan did not bury the urn, but instead hugged it to sleep?
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