Desires Die Hard

Chapter 155

“Thank you, Mr. Welton, for your kind offer, but I’m afraid we’ll have to pass.” Ellie shielded Nathaniel and Eudora fiercely like a lioness with her own cubs. Her gut churned with worry. She was terrified that Evan might suspect that they were his should he take another step closer and get a closer look at them.

That was why she grabbed the kids and fled the scene immediately after turning down Evan’s invitation to a meal.

Hayden stepped forward and whispered in Evan’s ear after the thad left. “Mr. Welton, do you need me to get them back?”

Evan’s personal assistant had no idea who they were at all.

But he had heard Evan call himself the boy’s father.

He was still reeling with shock from the unexpected revelation. He should’ve expected it though. Families like the Weltons had plenty of skeletons hidden in their deep and dark closets.

He decided to keep his shock and questions to himself.

“It’s alright.” The look in Evan’s eyes darkened. He wasn’t in a hurry.

He might have his suspicions but he lacked evidence.

Without proof, he had no claim to the kids.

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He was going to get his hands on irrefutable evidence that pointed to the children’s parentage. Then, he was welchis kids back to his family.

As for Anya… well, she was joining his kids as well.

Ellie left the mall with Nathaniel and Eudora in a frenzied haste. Within moments, they were out of the mall.

That was when Ellie finally released a sigh of relief. Nathaniel appeared baffled by the woman’s visible relief though. Why was she so afraid of Evan?

What was going on?

Why would his mother tell him to stay away from Evan?

Nathaniel didn’t understand what was going on at all. He stared up into Ellie’s face, his own adorable face and its delicate features scrunched with confusion. “Grandma, who was that? Is he a good guy?”

“It doesn’t matter. We have to stay away from him, alright? That means you and Eudora. The both of you have to stay as far away from that man as possible,” Ellie got down to her knees and spoke sternly to both kids. “The world is a dangerous place. It’s filled with strangers who might try to lure you away with candy to strange and faraway places. You can’t follow them. If you do, you’ll never see your mother again.”

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Nathaniel didn’t seem to understand the severity of the situation. Neither did his sister, Eudora.

Eudora was clearly the more obedient child. She wasn’t as inquisitive as Nathaniel and lacked her brother’s questioning mind. All she knew was that Ellie had just told them what to and what not to do. She wasn’t going to question her grandaunt

The girl simply nodded.

Nathaniel, on the other hand, wasn’t satisfied with what Ellie had said. He pressed on insistently. “Why can’t we follow

them?”

“Because these are bad men who like stealing nice kids from their mothers. You’re both nice kids. Your mother will never see you again if you’re stolen by these terrible, bad men,” Ellie explained patiently as she tousled Nathaniel’s and Eudora’s hair fondly. “You don’t want that, do you?”

Of course not. Nathaniel didn’t want that at all.

He shook his head profusely. “I want Mommy.”

“You’ll have to be good then. You can’t go around talking to strangers, alright?”

Nathaniel and Eudora nodded their heads obediently.

Having convinced the twins to stay away from strange men like Evan, Ellie brought them back with immediate haste. Once they were home, she sent the kids to play in the living room while she headed to the balcony with her phone. She had to call Anya and tell her what had happened.

Anya picked up the call within seconds. Words rushed out of Ellie. “Anya, we ran into Evan at the mall.”

Anya was busy with work. She had her draft laid out on her desk before her at the moment. But as soon as she heard what Ellie had said, she shot to her feet in alarm. “What happened? Are the kids

fine?”

The young woman dared not raise her voice.

She didn’t want her colleagues to overhear her conversation with Ellie.

“They’re fine. But Evan told Nathaniel that he was his dad… what should we do?” Ellie was terrified of Evan. Men like Evan, who treated their company as their empire and the world as a battlefield, wouldn’t stop until they got what they wanted.

“Why would he say something like that?”

“Nathaniel got into a fight with another kid at the mall. Evan was in the area and stepped in. I’ve got the twins back home. now,” Ellie said. “What should we do? I have a feeling… that he’s not convinced that the twins aren’t his.”

Ellie’s instincts were right on the money. Anya shared her aunt’s suspicion.

Evan wasn’t your average man. He held power over every company in the capital city.

He was smarter than the average man and possessed more means at his disposal.

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Anya couldn’t let her guard down. “Don’t worry, Ellie. The DNA test results speak for themselves. He’s not going to suspect. that the report’s been fabricated. It doesn’t matter what he thinks. He has no proof,”

Ellie nodded. She agreed with Anya. But she couldn’t help but worry.

Anya had gone through hell so that she could have the twins. They couldn’t let Evan rob Anya of her children. That would

kill her.

“Anya, perhaps you should consider quitting your job,” Ellie said after taking a deep breath. After all, out of sight, out of mind. Perhaps distance was the solution to their current predicament.

“I’ve been thinking about it. I’ll quit after I’m done with the two projects I’m working on right now.” She had been torn between quitting and staying.

But she wouldn’t compromise her kids for a job. JK Couture might be a good employer but she would give up her job and any prospects for a career for her precious angels.

“I’m glad to hear that.”

Anya ended the call and sank back down into her seat. Worry ate at her ceaselessly.

Evan didn’t speak to Anya about the incident at the mall. The young man mentioned nothing about running into Nathaniel and Eudora. A few days passed and Anya finally stopped worrying about the matter.