Desires Die Hard Chapter 154
Desires Die Hard (Anya and Evan) by Beryl Occam
Chapter 154
The towering man approached Nathaniel as he spoke. His voice sounded low and melodic to the boyâs ears.
Evan kneeled on one knee and looked Nathaniel in the eye. The boy felt like a young prince in the presence of his knightly escort. The manâs voice was a low gentle murmur. âYour dadâs here now. No oneâs going to pick on you anymore.â
Nathaniel stared at the man before him. It was the stranger whom he had seen at their apartment.
The boy froze. His large round eyes stared stupidly at the man. His mother had warned him to stay away from this stranger. He was dangerous, his mother had told him.
They had to keep their distance from him.
Otherwise, awful things would happen to them.
For a moment, Nathaniel found himself at a loss. He had no idea what to say or do.
He simply stared dumbly at Evan like a lost duckling.
Why was the stranger pretending to be his father?
He knew what his mother had warned him about the stranger. But honestly, he thought the guy was really cool.
He had a team of tall men dressed in black suits following him around.
They stood behind him like his own guard and appeared to be at his beck and call.
It was like something that he had seen in a cartoon a few days ago.
In the cartoon, the king was constantly shadowed by his many guards.
Nathaniel didnât know what a CEO was. All he knew was that Evan was exactly like the kingly character in the cartoon that he had watched a few days ago. He looked cool and awesome.
He had guards and servants at his beck and call.
Nathaniel wasnât far from the truth. Evan was an impressive character.
A moment ago, the chubby kidâs father had come running when the fight had broken out between the two boys. The sight of Evan and the train of personal assistants and bodyguards trailing Evan had driven the other kidâs father into sheer terror. The man had grabbed his kid and tried to run.
Evanâs bodyguards had stopped him before he could go anywhere.
âPlease donât go anywhere,â one of the bodyguards had droned at him.
The other kidâs father had looked as if he were ready to wet his pants. He had looked around him with disbelief in his eyes. This looked like a scene out of a movie. He hadnât expected something out of the movies to happen in reality too.
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What made things worse as the fact that his stupid child had been the one who had gotten them both in trouble in the first. place.
He desperately wanted to give the kid a good lesson that he would never forget.
Thatâd teach him to pick on other kids in the future.
Look at what heâd done. Heâd stupidly picked on the son of a powerful man.
âSir, the kids are just playing. Letâs not cause a scene,â the other kidâs father said to one of Evanâs bodyguards attempting to muster a smile.
He stole my ball!â
His kid started yelling at his father then. âDad, beat that kid up. He stole my
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âShut your mouth, boy! Youâre going to get it from me when we get home!â The man yelled at his kid and smacked the boy on his cheek hard. The latter was stunned. His father never hit him!
Why had his father hit him?
The chubby kid burst into tears and started wailing. Snot and tears streamed down his face. He looked a pitiful sight.
Nathaniel couldnât stop himself from bursting out into guffaws at the sight.
Ellie couldnât laugh at all. Her heart had nearly stopped. What was wrong with Evan?
No sane man should go running around claiming strange boys as their sons!
The woman yanked herself out of her stunned stupor. The next second, she was racing forward and tugging Nathaniel to her side. Her voice was shaking with nervousness. âCome on, Nathaniel. Letâs head home now.â
Evan held his arm out and stopped Ellie from leaving. His voice remained gentle and polite. âMs. Albrecht, Iâd like to invite these children to join me for lunch. Would you be alright with that?â
âThanks for the invitation. But the kids arenât used to eating out,â Ellie said as she stepped forward and put herself between the twins and Evan. The look of caution on her face was as stark as day.
âWe can pick somewhere nice. A decent restaurant that does kidsâ meals,â Evan said. He couldnât curb the protective streak inside him, nor the voice in his head that was telling him to do something nice for the kids.
It didnât matter that the results of the DNA test had proven that they werenât his children. +
His gut told him otherwise.
His gut told him that these kids were his.
Ellie wasnât interested in having lunch with Evan at all. They had gone to a lot of trouble to mislead the man with the DNA test. She wasnât going to let the twins get anywhere near him.
She wasnât crazy.
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She wouldnât know how to explain to Anya why she had let Nathaniel and Eudora have lunch with Evan if she agreed to the manâs invitation for lunch.
Ellieâs refusal was firm. Evan couldnât pick on an old lady. He turned towards Nathaniel instead. âThat boy tried to pick on you just now. Iâll have him apologize to you.â
Nathaniel blinked. His eyes were almost the exact shape of Evanâs. The boy didnât say a word for the longest time. Then, he finally caved and nodded after a moment of hesitation. Nathaniel was just a kid, after all. A kid who had just been bullied and wanted an apology.
Evan quirked his lips into a smile. It was a beautiful smile that made him look even more handsome.
The young man beckoned the chubby kid and his father over. His bodyguards, who had been watching the two carefully. knew what to do immediately. They escorted both the kid and his father to where Evan was standing.
Evan didnât have to say a word at all. The chubby kidâs father plastered on apologetic smile on his face and gripped his son by the neck firmly. A string of apologies left his lips. âIâm so sorry. The boy didnât know what he was doing. Please accept our apology.â
The kid didnât want to apologize to Nathaniel at all. But his father insisted. In the end, he spat out a sullen word. âSorry.â
Having gotten the apology that he had demanded, Evan turned towards Nathaniel again. âDo you accept his apology?â
The boy blinked. After a momentâs thought, he nodded.
Evan nodded too. He raised his hand and made a gesture. The bodyguards led the chubby kid and his father away.
Nathaniel stared as the two walked away. Then, he looked up and stared at the man next to him.
The boyâs heart was seized by a wave of admiration. Evan was incredible.
He was going to tell his mother what had happened today when he got home. Evan had helped him out. He wasnât as scary as his mother had made him out to be at all.
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