“Nicole! How did you get here?”
“It’s not safe here, Dad. Let’s talk inside.”
After returning to his bedroom, Stephen deliberately dimmed the light before asking his daughter to sit on an inconspicuous spot. He then sat on his bed, and the two started whispering to each other.
“How are you doing, Dad?”
“I’m fine. I may be imprisoned here, but Levant treats me decently. Probably because he still remembers that I was the one who raised him.”
Nicole turned her attention to Stephen’s fingers when she suddenly recalled something.
“Dad… Your fingers…”
“What about them?”
Stephen lifted his hands to show them to his daughter, who was surprised to see that they were perfectly fine.
Nicole realized that it was not really Stephen’s finger that Levant used to threaten her before.
She was relieved to discover that Levant was not as cold-blooded as she thought.
“It’s great to see that you’re doing well, Dad. Don’t worry, you’ll be out of here in two days.”
Instead of feeling relieved, Stephen was distressed to hear that.
“Nicole, are you really marrying Levant?”
Nicole nodded in response.
“You’re really giving up on Evan?”
Nicole thought if she just hated Evan enough, she would be able to let him go, but her nightmares and worries showed her otherwise. She accepted the fact that the man was someone she could never forget nor get close to. All she could do was keep him in her heart.
Noticing his daughter’s silence, Stephen continued earnestly, “I hope you can think about this carefully. I have all I need here, and the environment’s pretty good too. It makes for a pretty decent retirement home.”
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