Nolan watched her silently as she dramatized, and when she realized his gaze was fixed on her, a darker hue appeared on her cheeks, as if she were blushing. "Stop looking at me, pretty boy. I won't be seduced by you," she muttered, leaving him speechless and blinking heavily. Nolan didn't know what to say. He had always thought of Hailey as a quiet and focused person. She usually kept to herself in the house, and even though she wasn't confined to her room, she never caused any trouble. However, he hadn't expected a few glasses of wine to make her so drunk. Suddenly, Hailey sat up, causing her waist-length hair to unravel from its curls and fall onto her back. In the process, she accidentally hit her head heavily on the car roof. It produced a loud "PAK" sound, and since Nolan's attention wasn't focused on her at the moment, he couldn't prevent her from getting hurt. His eyes widened, and he quickly turned to her. "Are you okay, Hailey?" he asked, concerned, as he reached out to
Hailey's gaze wandered out to the field as her heart roamed through various thoughts. She absentmindedly twirled a strand of her hair, hoping for the class to end quickly so she could return home. Was it to see Nolan? No, she objected to herself. Perhaps it was to finish up her writing. She tried to convince herself of that, but deep down, she knew she was lying to herself. She wanted to see Nolan so badly that she had pushed aside all her worries about Cassidy and Luke. "Hailey, do you want to come with me?" Tara's voice jolted her back to reality. She turned slowly to face her. "To where?" Hailey raised an eyebrow. She wasn't really curious since she knew it would probably be one of the socialite parties, but she wondered why Tara would invite her in the first place. "My bad. I mean the Raymonds' party. Their first granddaughter got engaged, so they are holding a celebration banquet, and my family got invited," Tara explained, just as Hailey had expected. Hailey nodded slowly. Ta
Still in the Lincoln Mansion. Bernard could be seen seated in his study room, looking quite disturbed. Anyone could tell he was becoming increasingly agitated, his foot tapping up and down, and his mind never staying in one place. He seemed hesitant about some decision. Finally, he mustered up some courage and picked up his cellphone to dial a contact. After the second ring, someone picked up, and Bernard's heart skipped a beat. It was the Rothschild family line. He was unsure whether to call Hailey or put it on hold. What if Nolan picked up again like last time? Fear stained his face as he remembered Nolan's cold, harsh voice, causing him to shiver slightly. Fortunately, a soft, slender voice came from the other end, and his fear began to fade away. This time it was Hailey who picked up. He relaxed in relief. "I sent a package. It contains the transfer of the shares. You should have received them," he said with a poker face. Hailey smiled on the other end and leaned back against t
"Don't you think that was quite rude?" Bernard, who had noticed the scene, walked closer. "Dad, Sister doesn't mean it that way. She must have been tired trying to look after her crippled husband," she added with a hint of sarcasm in her voice. But Hailey didn't seem to be bothered by that; she didn't bother to say a thing but rather tried to focus on the environment. The scene wasn't really different from the one in her past life. A memory scurried in front of her head. She squeezed her forehead. She seemed to have remembered something important that had happened that day. A woman, regardless of her old body, stormed out of nowhere. With rage and anger, her eyes scanned through the whole room. Hailey could easily recognize that it was her grandmother, even though she hadn't met her in this life. The old woman was obviously filled with anger as she approached the Lincolns, ignoring the other people greeting her in the gathering. "Bernard, who had entered my study room? I just fou
Remembering Cassidy's horrible expression suddenly brought a smile to Hailey's lips. Grandmother had no choice but to forget the broken porcelain vase and accept the Rothschild's birthday present. Her face lit up in excitement, and Nolan couldn't help but feel a hint of jealousy. Hailey nibbled on her dinner, smiling endlessly. "Are you that happy?" His steel blue eyes hardened, and his lips thinned in a grim line. Hailey immediately glanced up at his face. Nolan sat across from her at the Rothschild's dining table. He was a bit far from Hailey, but she could clearly hear his voice as if he were closer. "She must have remembered something exciting," Mrs. June chimed in. Nolan contorted with fury. Something exciting? Hailey had never had any exciting moments that could make her genuinely smile. Was it her time at the Bale Orphanage or her boring, pushover life in Lincoln's Mansion? Everything had been so hard and terrible. But suddenly, she felt like better days had come. Seeing No
"We are here," the chauffeur announced to Tara, peering at her face through the rearview mirror. "Shall we?" Tara turned to Hailey, who seemed engrossed in her thoughts. "Yeah, sure," Hailey nodded, shaking her head. Since Hailey had agreed to tag along with Tara, she took her personal car while the rest of her family rode in their own vehicle. The car came to a stop in front of Raymond's Mansion. The exterior of the car appeared basic and simple, but the interior was well-built and designed, perfectly complementing Tara's outfit. Tara slowly stepped out of the car while the chauffeur opened the right door for Hailey to alight. Hailey gracefully exited the vehicle, and for a moment, the world seemed to pause. Her hair, previously tied in a bun by Mika, came loose and cascaded down, reaching her waist and enhancing her beauty. Her flawless face, accompanied by her black hair, made her resemble a goddess that had descended to earth. Tara suddenly felt that Hailey was not the same
trangely, Hailey wasn't angry when they said she got married to Nolan because of his wealth, but calling her husband, Nolan, a crippled man oddly pissed her off. She couldn't stand them talking about her husband's disability in such a manner. She tightened her grip around her cocktail glass, her expression blank and cold. "Are you okay?" Tara walked back to Hailey. She must have noticed the coldness on her face. "I'm fine," she muttered through sealed lips, but Tara wasn't convinced. She had never seen that cold look on Hailey's face before, but she realized that Hailey wasn't willing to divulge any information, so she shrugged it off. "Do you want to meet my family? They are waiting for you," Tara gestured to one side of the room. A small gathering of four people was chatting on the side. Hailey easily recognized them as Tara's family: her father, mother, and two brothers. Hailey nodded quietly and got off the stool. She took one last glance a
Cassidy was at the back door with her friend, deep in deliberation over something important. Cassidy appeared uneasy, her brows jumping alertly as if on edge. "Do you think she'll take the bait?" Heather glared at Cassidy. Anxiousness painted Cassidy's face as she nervously bit her carmine red fingernails, but it was all a pretense. "Heather, she's my sister. I don't think we should do this to her," Cassidy muttered, trying to act innocent. She pretended to be uncomfortable and softly asked them to stop, but deep down, she wanted it so badly. She wanted Hailey out of the picture. To anyone observing, it would seem like Cassidy genuinely cared for Hailey and didn't want any harm to come her way. But in reality, it was quite the opposite. "Step-sister," Heather sneered, correcting Cassidy's choice of words. Cassidy quietly nodded in acknowledgement of the correction. "She's just your half-sister, Cassidy. You don't need to panic. Besides, she doesn't even like you," another friend
Hailey turned the sauce on the pan and whistled gently as she turned around the kitchen, buying herself other things while it cooked. After a minute, she looked at her wristwatch in contemplation. It was 5 pm already and Nathan should be home soon enough. She couldn't help looking out of the kitchen window to check if he was at the door yet but there was no one there so she returned to what she was doing.After some time, she was done in the kitchen and walked to the living room to sit down and wait for him. But she seemed rather impatient as she soon picked up her phone from the table and instead, dialed his number. It only rang once before it was answered and the man's familiar voice sounded from the phone. "Wifey," he called out cheekily making her break into smiles immediately. She leaned back on the sofa and adjusted the hand holding the phone before replying, "If you're not home in the next thirty minutes, I'm afraid your wife will be seduced away by another man."Nolan's lau
Hailey was looking forward to meeting one of Nolan's cousin. She had heard quiet a lot from her and was excited for the meet.From what she's heard, harmony happens to be one of Nolan's cousin.It was really important that everything was ready and prefect before her in law shows up at the house. Hailey was in the middle of handling the cleaning and checking out what the chef was making to welcome her guest. "Prefect. I want this dished on…." Hailey went through several plates on the rack, deciding which was befitting for her guest. "That!" She gestured at the most expensive plate in the kitchen. No one in the house had eaten from it before which made it perfect."Madam" one of the helps hurried towards Hailey, holding up two bed spreads in her hand."Which do you pick miss?"Hailey smiles at the lovely white sheets."This will do just fine" The young lady hurried off to carry out the last of her chores."We have the barbecue chicken ready madam. Would you like to take a bite?"
When Nolan had received a call from Steven again about Hailey’s abduction he was no longer surprised, it only turned out that during their never ending fight, Hailey was caught in it, she was kept hostage because they knew she was Nolan’s weakness, Nolan had instructed him to let go of Hailey and only faced him if he wasn’t a coward and the fight had only been tough.Hailey couldn’t help but gasp aloud especially at the beauty and the bigness, It was the real Definition of a Castle. A woman has suddenly appeared out of no where with a spare slippers in her hand, only her had a little smile on her face. Her eyes were on the woman the whole time, she obviously looked older than Mrs. June, She suddenly had moved closer making Hailey flinched a bit backward in fear but it only turned out that she had offered the slippers in her hands for her, That was when Hailey realized she was bare foot. “You should put them on” The woman instructed.Hailey had hesitated and she scampered her feet tog
“You may now kiss the Bride”Tara's eyes continued to look around, she stared at her watch making her realize that it had been a long Hailey left their midst, Evan could notice her impatient, her feet were tapping uncontrollably so he instantly muttered. “Relax Man, she would be coming back.”Evan's words didn’t seem to have relived her, instead, she continued to stare forever at her clock as she was really worried and impatient at the moment, After some minutes, she noticed Hailey wasn’t coming back, and she instantly got on her feet and started to search for her hoping she was somewhere around. After a few minutes it was getting weird since she couldn’t seem to grab a hold of her anywhere around the house, She was really worried so she instantly drew out her phone and placed a call across to her but more weirdly she wasn’t picking up, Tara could hear the sound of her own heart racing fast, For a minute she doesn’t want to believe Hailey was in trouble somewhere but with minute passi
“Do you think this is nice? Hailey came out and spun around right in front of Evan and Tara who gasped at her return, Evan's eyes sparkled in delight seeing the beauty right in front of him and obviously, Tara wasn’t left out as well, For a minute they were both lost staring forever, especially at her curves that had been brought out well by the white long stainless gown, Luckily Her pregnancy was still few weeks she was still able to maintain her flat tummy. Tara Abe Evan was still lost staring at her but Hailey's voice had managed to bring her back to reality. “Are you not getting dressed, Tara? Hailey's voice had dropped slightly as she was displeased seeing Tara in her pajamas.Tara's face was slightly covered with a frown the next minute. “I will, Still waiting for the department store to deliver.” She mumbled.Hailey's next words were interrupted by the sudden doorbell that peeped the next seconds, Tara's eyes were lit up and the next minute she ran to the door, she was soon bac
Nolan had gone to see Claire in prison as he was still bothered about some things, Nolan had been receiving some strange messages from an unknown source, He had received a lot of death threats and yet he wasn’t able to track the sources, but he didn’t expect Claire to be waiting already for him. Nolan's car had arrived right in front of the prison, Tino stepped out and pulled the car door open for Nolan to alight, Nolan gently stepped out of his Limousine and walked straight into the room.“I didn’t know you will come here so quick Nolan.” Claire had a smirk on her face as she was escorted into the visiting room with one of the female warders behind her. Nolan didn’t hesitate to say a word, instead, he sat on one of the empty seats glaring deadly at Claire. “Who do you work for? He asked quietly.Claire cracked aloud, “You didn’t expect me to spill that out to you, do you? Nolan watched the female warder un-cuffed her per Nolan’s instruction, The lady walked out of the room leaving
Nolan was seen right in his office even though his eyes had been scanning through a file for the past an hour yet he was still yet to understood a thing, His mind had drifted to somewhere else entirely, It been six months Hailey had fall into comma yet there was no positive news, Nolan had spend more time beside her, he only went to attend to businesses on important note, He had been living a boring dull life since Hailey wasn’t with him, Nolan finally set the file back to his position and placed a call across to Cain, Cain had been in charge of Hailey’s company along with Tara and Evan who had helped well as well, they had tried in managing the company well, “What about the investors files, Did you get them ready? Nolan questioned Cain from the other end.“I did, Their meeting will hold this meeting, Are you planning to join us? Cain questioned.“I don’t think that would be necessary, I trust you can do it better behind me” He mumbled out in reply.Suddenly the door of his office wa
Episode 170Hailey could easily recognized that it was Both Ashley and Luke his boyfriend,she could feel her heart raced fast and her feet was dragged backward as some memories flashed back to her head.Ashley had returned home to give the lies about her sister to their father with Luke in the car when their car was attacked by Nolan’s men, The two had proved to be stubborn but just a slap from the Nolan least weakest man had brought them back to their senses, The two were both dragged down to the hideout just like Nolan their Boss had instructed, They had been tied up with a gag in there mouth and half beaten already by Nolan’s men for touching their Boss’s bride even before Nolan arrived.Nolan had arrived with anger clearly written on his face, both Ashley and Luke panicked at his sight, Both Luke and Ashley had surely saw him in paper and far away in few occasions but then he didn’t expect to meet him in such occasions and also they didn’t knew what they had done to such Ruthless
Hailey could easily recognized that it was Both Ashley and Luke his boyfriend,she could feel her heart raced fast and her feet was dragged backward as some memories flashed back to her head.Ashley had returned home to give the lies about her sister to their father with Luke in the car when their car was attacked by Nolan’s men, The two had proved to be stubborn but just a slap from the Nolan least weakest man had brought them back to their senses, The two were both dragged down to the hideout just like Nolan their Boss had instructed, They had been tied up with a gag in there mouth and half beaten already by Nolan’s men for touching their Boss’s bride even before Nolan arrived.Nolan had arrived with anger clearly written on his face, both Ashley and Luke panicked at his sight, Both Luke and Ashley had surely saw him in paper and far away in few occasions but then he didn’t expect to meet him in such occasions and also they didn’t knew what they had done to such Ruthless and powerfu