Murray Family Mansion.
In the morning, the only remaining daughter-in-law of the Murray family, Olivia, got out of bed and went downstairs for breakfast. As soon as she arrived at the table, a servant rushed in.
"Madame, there's a gentleman named Richard here, and he wishes to see you."
"Mr. Richard? Which Richard?" Olivia gracefully drank her porridge and didn't bother with the servant, causing her assistants to open their mouths to ask.
"I think he's the editor of some fashion magazine. He gave me his card and said he wanted to speak to Madame about something important." The servant said, handing the card to her.
The assistant immediately reached out to take the business card, looking at it, her expression changed, and she quickly handed it to Olivia.
"Is it him?" Olivia lazily looked at the name on the card, with her eyebrows slightly raised.
"Would you like to see him, madam? Otherwise, shall I send him away now?" The assistant as
"Richard's determination to gain a large sum this time meant he was in no rush to reveal the price in his heart. 'Please bring me my checkbook,' Olivia realized that Richard's appetite was not small this time and mocked him in her heart as she turned her head to instruct."'Madam, here it is.' Olivia waved her large pen, filled in a number, signed her name, tore the check, and handed it to Richard."'To Mrs. Murray's eyes, is the reputation of the Murray family and young Nicholas worth only 50,000?' Richard looked at the check and counted the numbers as if he didn't want to."'The reputation of the Murray family is worth only that, and it's not that my son's reputation is worth so much, but I just want to give you that. After all, I'm the only one who can sell this information for that much money. If you really were to publish it, not only would you not earn a single penny, but as the editor, you would achieve great things. If you know what's good for you, you should accept the money
"Mama, it's boys' time now. We boys are going to play with the boys, you can go play with your little daughter, don't disturb us." Seeing their parents hugging, Bryan immediately squeezed in between them and said to Clarice."Alright, I understand. I won't bother you, mommy will be carrying the little sister from here." Clarice was helpless to do anything with him, so she broke away from Nicholas and went upstairs to the nursery to look for her daughter.Nicholas took Bryan to the outdoor garden to play, and as Clarice went upstairs, she saw that Bella was already awake, lying quietly in the crib nibbling on her little hands, and her maid, Sara, got up."Alright, Sara, you can go downstairs for breakfast. I'll take care of Bella." Clarice said, and picked Bella up from the crib and played with her little face. "Sweetie, are you hungry? Let's eat?""Madam, I'll go downstairs first." Sara turned around and walked out the door.Clarice untied her clot
At night, Clarice persuaded the two children to sleep. She went to the bathroom to take a shower and dried her wet hair as she walked out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe. Nicholas had already washed up; he sat on the bed and casually flipped through a magazine. When he saw Clarice come out, he got up from the bed, walked to her side, and reached out to take the towel from her hand to dry her black hair."I can do this myself." Clarice was a little embarrassed to bother him, so she just opened her mouth and spoke softly."I know, but I want to help you." Nicholas helped her dry her hair until it was halfway dry, then he pulled her to the vanity next to her. Holding her shoulders, he pushed her into a chair and sat her down.Clarice had never enjoyed such service before, although she felt a little regretful in her heart, she had to admit that she was still very happy. Closing her eyes, she felt his slender fingers gently massaging her scalp. The warm wind blew
"You are talking to Miss Johnson in the living room."Miss Johnson?" Nicholas seemed unfamiliar with this name."She is your mother's best friend, and her daughter just returned from Switzerland," she explained.Nicholas was not very familiar with this name, but when he learned that she was Madame Johnson, his mother's friend, then she was President Johnson's wife, and she was his mother's best friend when she was young, and the two were always very close."Sir, you may not remember this, but when you were young, you had a good relationship with Miss Johnson," his mother's assistant replied."Is that so?" Nicholas said indifferently."That's right, but you were only one or two years old at the time. I'm afraid you wouldn't remember now.""Then don't mention it anymore," Nicholas said as he began to walk towards the house.Seeing his cold attitude, the assistant knew he was not interested in the past and dared not bring it up again. She just followed him into the house and went to the
Everyone entered the living room and Mrs. Johnson said goodbye."You and I haven't seen each other in a while, let's stay here tonight, tomorrow I'll get someone to send you back." Olivia asked her friend to stay."This... Jessica said she would sleep in her grandmother's room tonight." Mrs. Johnson was in a difficult position."Nicholas, my love, can you take Jessica home?" Olivia said as she turned her head to look at Nicholas."Nicholas, then I'll have to trouble you." Nicholas opened his mouth and wanted to ask the driver to send him away, but then heard Jessica say with a smile, so, it was hard to refuse, he could only wave indifferently."Then let's go.""Go. Be careful on the road." Olivia had a benevolent smile on her face as she watched the two leave."Nicholas, you usually have a driver, right?" She looked away and said."Yes." Nicholas agreed as he started the car and drove off."Nicholas, you just said at the table that you have someone you like, is that true? Or were you
Nicholas' Mansion.Without any warning, the assistant suddenly came to visit and bumped into Clarice, who held Bryan tightly while looking at the woman in front of her with vigilance. On the other hand, she looked at her as if she were watching a show."I was wondering who it was, so it's Edward's wife, but I wonder why you're in Nicholas' house? And these two children, if I remember correctly, Edward died several years ago, so, are you married again?""Sara, can I bother you to take Bryan and Bella upstairs?" Clarice was afraid the assistant would say something bad for the child to hear, so she passed Bryan into Sara's arms and instructed her. Upon hearing this, Sara took Bryan and sat him down, without thinking and playing with the remote-controlled cars, heading to the second floor."This matter..." Clarice opened her mouth, wanting to explain something, but before she could speak, she heard the assistant say."Forget it, if you have something to say to Madame, you should be able t
"No, he's my son!" Nicholas emphasized."Mom, why are there so many guests at home today?""Son, this is daddy's mommy, your grandmother, she came to visit daddy." Clarice had no choice but to explain, and Bryan nodded."And where's my gift?" Olivia was speechless. Who the hell did he think he was? "No gifts? Came to see us without any gifts?" At that moment, a look of disgust appeared on Bryan's face, and Olivia's face was full of strangeness because of this brat, and her heart was catching fire again. She could only fiercely look at Clarice and say to Nicholas."Don't think just because you have a son, I'll agree for you two to be together.""I don't need my mother's permission." Nicholas looked at Olivia with an expressionless face and spoke with an inflexible tone, and this time, Olivia was truly enraged, she raised her hand and pointed at Nicholas's face."You... You..." Before she could finish her words, she had already fainted.Seeing this, his assistant hurriedly stepped forwa
"The bride won't show up anytime soon. She should be in the dressing room now." Alice immediately reacted to her reminder and turned to look at Sebastião, who was beside her. "Sebastião, I'm going to look for Agnes, do you want to come with me?" It was rare for Sebastião not to annoy her, he just nodded to her. "Clarice, what about you?" Alice looked at Clarice."You go ahead, I'll wait here for Nicholas, he should be here now." Clarice shook her head."Alright, then let's go ahead." At that moment, Alice also stopped complaining, she casually pulled a waiter over and asked where the makeup room was, then along with Sebastião, she went to look.Clarice stood in the center of the venue for a while, and everyone present was unknown to her. She didn't know any of them. Seeing those people joyfully drinking and chatting, toasting each other, made her feel extremely out of place in this world. Occasionally, a man would come up with a glass