Mistaking the CEO for a Gigolo novel Chapter 992

All this while, Nicole always had that girl-next-door image. Hence, it gave Sheila a big shock when Nicole came out of her room. The Nicole in front of her looked like a classy model with a feisty personality. This new woman was probably formed through the influence of the arrogant yet charming Evan, who spent a lot of time with her.

It was said that if two people stayed together long enough, similarities between them would start to appear. This was, in fact, true for Nicole and Evan.

‘‘Let’s go.’’

‘‘Nicole, just enjoy yourself once we’re at the mall, alright? Focus on the things and gifts you want to buy and ignore everything else. After that, we’ll go and meet the kids at the Seet Residence.’’

‘‘Okay.’’ Nicole’s face was beaming with a smile when she said that. Feeling excited, she flooded her mind with a list of gifts she would prioritize looking for at the mall later.

When they reached the mall, Nicole first passed through a toy store. The store was filled with various types and different sizes of toys, to which none had caught Nicole’s attention. Since her daughters were almost ten, she wanted to buy some educational toys for them instead.

Thus, Nicole searched every corner of the store, and she finally found a Baguenaudier, which was said to be effective in improving children’s intellect. There was also an intricate lock puzzle that she found at the store, which she thought that her sons, Kyle and Juan, would also find interest in.

She then walked up to pick up the lock puzzle and examined it closely.

‘‘Do you think I could solve this puzzle?’’

‘‘Of course! All you need is some time to figure it out. This is suitable not only for kids but adults as well. It helps to kill some time, and in the meantime, distracts kids from their phones. So it’s definitely better for their eyesight,’’ explained patiently by the owner of the store.

Nicole was shocked by the complicated structure of the lock puzzle because even she was having a hard time solving it.

‘‘This puzzle’s origin dates back to Ancient China and uses what they called the Bagua principal. You need to carefully inspect the sunken parts of the lock. Each of them is slightly different.’’ The store owner hinted.

Nicole wrapped her head around the puzzle for a while and thought that the puzzle was riveting. Being intrigued, she found herself frowning in contemplation and also inadvertently used her hands to tinker with the puzzle.

The expression that Nicole had made Sheila feel uneasy. Sheila was worried that the puzzle would annoy Nicole, making her emotionally unstable thus letting her hallucinations happen again.

‘‘Nicole, let’s drop the puzzle for now. We’ll leave it to Kyle and Juan to solve it later. In the meantime, why don’t we find gifts for Maya and Nina?’’ Sheila walked up to her with a smile. After gently grabbing the puzzle from Nicole’s hands, she gave it to the store owner to wrap it up.

Having left the store, Nicole was still fixated on the lock puzzle’s complex structure. As she was picking out clothes for Nina and Maya, she suddenly came up with a solution for the puzzle and turned around.