A week later... It was the first day back at the City Arts Institute. Hailey had applied after moving in with the Rothschild family, as per her agreement with Nolan when she signed the contract. Her enrollment application was already late, and she would have had to wait until the following year. However, Nolan offered to help, and before she knew it, she was given a chance to take the exam alone and she aced it. The Rothschild family was influential, and Nolan didn't hesitate to flaunt it. As it was mid-winter, Hailey was bundled up to combat the chilly weather. She wore a nude-colored long-sleeved top paired with pants. To complete her outfit, she wore nude ankle-high shoes and a black wool hat. Although Nolan had offered to have one of the drivers drop her off at the institute, she declined. The luxurious and ostentatious cars in the garage didn't appeal to her. Instead, she took the subway and then walked to the building. According to Nolan, she was to meet with the dean first be
Dean Phillips appeared unable to recover from the onslaught of words. He pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, his gaze turning sharp and resolute. He gave Mr. Ross a penetrating look and asked, "What are you trying to say?" Mr. Ross seemed to realize that his words were irritating the dean, so he adjusted his harsh expression and addressed the dean more carefully. He said, "I apologize for my rudeness, sir. But honestly, I do not believe that these top scores shown on her examination record sheet can be considered reliable." He gestured for emphasis, expecting the dean to agree with him, but instead, the dean's expression soured even further. His voice turned harsh and cold as he asked, "Are you insinuating that she cheated and that the council members helped her?" Mr. Ross's words caught in his throat, and he stammered, "No... I..." "No, I do not mean that the council helped her cheat. But for all we know, she could have cheated without our knowledge. It's highly suspicio
As they continued walking towards Ms. Wood's classroom, Hailey could feel the other woman's gaze fixed on her. It seemed skeptical and scrutinizing, as if she was having second thoughts about accepting Hailey. However, Hailey was unfazed. Despite inhabiting the body of a new adolescent, her mental prowess far exceeded her age. A teacher's piercing stare held no power to intimidate her. Finally, Ms. Woods broke the silence, "I'm not a harsh person, but I must warn you beforehand. I have my own rules, and I expect them to be treated with importance. I hope you can integrate with your peers as quickly as possible." Hailey nodded quietly and replied, "Yes, ma'am." It felt somewhat strange to address someone who was probably just a few years older, or even the same age, as 'ma'am.' Ms. Woods pursed her lips and added, "Also, I do not take losses lightly, and I despise losing. Bringing you into my class is a kind of trial, and it may cost me the chance to win the teacher's cup this year."
City Arts Institute... It had been a few hours since Hailey entered the institute, and it had been quite stressful. However, Hailey was somewhat used to it, as she had attended an art school in her past life. Although she had missed a few classes since they began, she believed she could catch up easily, especially with the help of her friendly and helpful seatmate. Her seatmate, Tara Johnson, surprised Hailey because she wasn't at all like her name suggested. Instead, Tara was meek and hesitant to speak. She had offered to help Hailey catch up on the missed classes and shared her notes, which Hailey found to be quite helpful. Hailey already considered Tara one of the first friendly people she had met at the institute. After finishing the sculpting lecture, Hailey stepped outside for some fresh air. The lecture had been exhausting and dull. Hailey was wearing the institute's workshop uniform, which consisted of oversized jumpsuits. The suits made her look like she was wearing men's c
It was midday, and there were only a few minutes left until the end of the lecture. Cassidy twirled the pen in her hand thoughtfully. Just then, Mr. Ross finished his lecture and dropped the mic on the podium. He looked at them, his expression becoming more solemn as he spoke, "You all need to focus on your studies and do your best. Some of you are already doing well, but you have to continue giving your best. Your class is the best in the whole school. Surely, you don't want to lose face by falling off the ranks when the results come out. Is that understood?" "Yes, sir," everyone chorused as he stepped out of the door. Once he was gone, Cassidy focused on the list of fashion bags of the year, contemplating which one to choose. She was planning to ask Luke to pay for it. Just then, her desk mate leaned in and exclaimed, holding her phone up to Cassidy's face. "Check this out, Cassidy. Have you seen it?" Cassidy looked up with a frown, clearly displeased by the interruption. "What is
Heather gasped and quickly covered her mouth with her hand to stop herself from shouting. She stared at Cassidy with wide eyes. "Seriously? She's attracted to older men?" Cassidy nodded, a hint of regret in her expression. "Yeah. Honestly, even though I have a good opinion of my sister, I can't help but feel disgusted too. But she's still my sister, and even if others are against her, I have to support her." Heather's curiosity was piqued. "What do your parents think about it? I mean, which parent would want their child to be with someone as old as them? And how old is your sister anyway?" Cassidy interjected, looking thoughtful. "She's actually just one year older than us. And honestly, my sister isn't all that bad. Even though she argues with our parents all the time and moved in with her sugar daddy without getting married, I still feel like I have to be there for her." Heather still struggled to process the information, shaking her head and pursing her lips in distaste as she l
A moment later, he was pushed into the room. There was a small, polite smile on his lips as he was guided to the front of the table where the directors sat. His gaze was focused as he made eye contact with each of them. Despite it being his first time at the company, he appeared calm and relaxed. Furthermore, he didn't seem to be embarrassed about being in a wheelchair; in fact, he exuded more confidence than someone with fully functioning legs. He stood there for a moment, choosing not to sit immediately, leaving the men to wonder what his intentions were. Suddenly, he bowed lightly and began speaking solemnly, "I apologize for being late, everyone." Some of the directors who had initially planned to challenge him had no choice but to swallow their discontent. Max, however, was dissatisfied. He was already on edge because Nolan had his father's support, and he wanted to discredit him in front of the board. Even if it meant resorting to dirty tricks, he was determined to bring Nolan
He seemed very confident, and that was impressive enough for the group of nitpickers seated in the hall. Even Max couldn't help but look at him. Although he was well aware that his nephew was full of confidence and hardly intimidated by anything, he couldn't help but think that he seemed quite cool. When faced with the group of old geezers who always nitpicked about every single thing, he usually treaded very softly. But it was probably because he hadn't been there before that he was so confident. However, the directors were still not confident in him. After all, they needed someone strong enough to lead and who knew what he was doing. It was their hard work and sweat, and they couldn't possibly just play around with it. Nolan saw that they were still unconvinced, but he didn't say anything further. He went back to his seat and waited for them to decide what to do. Eventually, a woman said, "Since we are unable to decide whom to appoint, how about we vote?" Her words seemed plausibl
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