Her Precious Baby
Chapter 159

Chapter 159

Upon reaching home, Evander whipped out his phone and made a call.

Due to the distance, she could not hear what he was saying. The only thing she made out was himasking about treatment for her injured hand.

Puckering her lips while seated on the sofa, Angeline complained softly to Floretta, who was busyplaying with blocks.

“Isn’t your daddy overreacting? All I did was pluck a flower of his. Is all this fuss really necessary?”

Floretta giggled and looked up at Angeline, her eyes gleaming brightly.

“That’s because the flower you plucked belongs to Mr. Roger. The entire garden is like a precious babyto him!”

Angeline’s eyes widened in shock. She couldn’t believe her ears.

“What? You’re saying that Roger planted everything there?”

“Yes. He comes every week to weed and even declared that I’ll inherit the garden once he’s old. But Ihave no interest in doing his work for him!”

Angeline began to feel guilty upon learning the truth. If she had known that it was Roger’s privateproperty, she wouldn’t have plucked it, for doing so without permission was the equivalent of stealing.

No wonder Evander was so angry just now.

Lost in thought, she suddenly saw Evander end his call and come into the room with a piece of aloevera.

Kneeling by her side, Evander lifted her injured finger with a frown and asked in concern, “Does it hurt?Do you feel all right?”

“No, it doesn’t. I don’t feel anything in fact.”

His words only served to intensify Angeline’s guilt.

Clearing her throat, she explained, “I’m sorry. I just wanted to collect some spice. I didn’t expect it tobelong to Roger and to almost pluck a flower of his.”

Evander cut open the aloe vera with scissors before scooping out its white sap with a spoon. Then heapplied it to her wound with a cotton bud.

“Don’t go there next time. The plants in there aren’t yours to touch.”

His comment dampened the atmosphere in the room.

Thinking that he was criticizing her for behaving too liberally in the Golding residence, Angeline felt alittle dejected.

“Okay. You can rest assured I won’t go anywhere I’m not supposed to.”

After applying the medication, Evander wrapped her finger with gauze. It wasn’t until they were donethat both of them came to the dining room for dinner.

As there was one spice missing, the pork stew tasted incomplete. Nonetheless, both father anddaughter enjoyed it greatly. It was clear that they couldn’t tell.

Relieved by their reaction, Angeline could finally have her dinner in peace.

After the meal, she prepared a cup of coffee and some fruits for Evander. When she brought them upto the study and saw him reading on the couch, she took the liberty to enter, having assumed that he

wasn’t busy.

She placed the fruits on the coffee table. “Stop reading all the time. Have some fruit while you rest youreyes.”

Evander put his book down on his lap and stabbed his fork at a piece of strawberry. The first bite hetook was so sour that he frowned in reflex.

He put down his fork and refrained from having another.

“Are you here to claim credit?”

The candidness of his words took Angeline by surprise. With a frantic wave of her hand, she said, “I’vebarely done anything. What credit is there to claim? I just came here to thank you.”

“There’s no need to thank me. I suggest that you focus your energy on your work so that I can get mycut as soon as possible.”

Angeline forced an awkward smile as her perception of Evander was once again changed.

He truly is a ruthless businessman. One’s relationship with him doesn’t matter when it comes to doing adeal.

“Don’t worry. You’ll definitely not lose money on this. Anyway, it’s getting late. It’s time for me to go.”

With that, Angeline got to her feet and, with a swift twist of her heel, headed for the door.

Just before she closed it behind her, Evander’s voice suddenly rang out. “You have to be careful. Thehigher you climb, the bigger the target you become.”

His words stopped Angeline in her tracks. With her expression freezing momentarily, she felt as if therewas something profound about Evander’s warning and that something must have triggered it.

The next afternoon, Nancy drove her to the movie launch of The Journey.

Two hours before the event, members of the press gradually arrived at the venue. On stage, there wasa big screen displaying the promotional poster of The Journey that looked exceptionally grand.

Angeline had arrived backstage and was doing her makeup. At the same time, Nancy had prepared agown for her. It had a long pink train that matched the tenderness of her face. Furthermore, her swan-like neck was accentuated by the pearl necklace that was hung on her collarbone.

By the time her makeup was done, the press conference was about to begin. The moment Angelineemerged from the changing room, Nancy exclaimed in awe.

“Angeline, with your charming face, it would be a shame for you not to be an actress. Why do you insiston running some random company?”

Angeline couldn’t help but laugh. “Stop exaggerating. Besides, I didn’t quit acting. All I’m doing iskeeping a low profile for the time being. I’ll still make a comeback in the future.”

Her words elicited a sigh of relief from Nancy. Subsequently, both of them bantered as they walked outof the dressing room.

No sooner had they arrived at the entrance than they ran into Jacob coming from the oppositedirection. He was wearing a torn pair of hip-hop-styled jeans and a matching black jacket, completed bya black bucket hat that covered half his face.

“Angie!”

If he hadn’t called out to her, Angeline wouldn’t have recognized him.

“Jacob?”

Visibly shocked, Angeline scrutinized his outfit and inquired curiously, “The press conference is aboutto begin. Why have you only just arrived?”

After taking off his hat to reveal his exquisite-looking face, he gave Angeline a look of delight andbegan complaining, “Let’s not go there. I just rushed back from my concert overseas. The moment I gotoff the plane, I was surrounded by fans, and they were such a pain.”

Angeline shook her head and couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“You shouldn’t take your blessings for granted. You’re now the most popular young male artiste. I don’tmind you giving me some of your fans if you think they’re too much.”

“Sure. Whatever floats your boat.”

At that moment, Jacob’s manager pestered him to get changed. He was forced to leave before hecould say anything further.

Watching as Jacob got busy, Angeline chuckled in resignation before commenting to Nancy, “He seemsto be more popular now than when he was just acting.”

Nancy rolled her eyes. “He naturally isn’t as detached from the world as you are. During your trip toSummerbank where all of you filmed the reality show, he managed to create a public persona thattakes good care of kids. His popularity skyrocketed after that, in contrast to your nosediving fame.”

Sick of hearing Nancy nag, Angeline held the former’s arm and replied with a smile, “All right now, Ms.Yandell. I’ll treat you to dinner once we’re done!”

“It has to be something expensive. Otherwise, I’m not accepting it!”