Patricia pressed her lips thin.“I don’t care what you want from Nelly. It was you who didn’t want her back then, so she’s mine, Anthony Topaz's daughter. She isn't related to you in the slightest, Patricia.” Anthony hissed.“How can you be sure that Nelly doesn't want me as her mother? I’m, after all, her biological mother,” she asked.“I don’t want you to be my mother.” Naomi’s voice rang out behind them.Both of them turned around and saw her standing at the door. She was not going to be polite with Patricia anymore.Patricia was stunned when she heard what Naomi said. She did not expect that she would reject her so straightforwardly.Naomi walked up to her father and turned her head to look at Patricia. “I don’t have a mother. I just have a father. For me, this is a fact that will never change.”“Nelly, how could you—”“It’s because of my father that I’m standing here right now.”Patricia’s expression changed slightly when she heard what Naomi said. She turned her head to
Daisie could still play with Lisa and Colton before they were separated into different classes. Daisie sighed as she suddenly missed the time before their class was divided.“Be careful!”Before Daisie could react, a basketball had already hit her on the back of her head, and she fell to the ground with a groan.A few boys in basketball uniforms ran over to pick up the ball. They looked like students who were two years older than her. “We’re terribly sorry! Are you alright?”Daisie rubbed the back of her head and lifted her head, and her eyes squinted into two crescents as she smiled. “I’m fine!”Those boys froze in place, and all of them had the same expression on their faces.‘Jesus, I think I’ve just met an angel!’At this time, a fair and handsome boy came up to her. At first glance, his skin complexion was so fair that it was glowing under the sun. He stretched out his hand and pulled her up. “I’m sorry, they didn’t mean to hurt you. Do you feel pain in any other part of yo
Naomi stood there, taking deep breaths to relieve her tension.Maisie turned her head and asked Kennedy, “What do you think?”Kennedy rubbed his chin. “Incorporating carvings unique to the baroque design language into the jewelry is a great idea.”The first drawing was that of a necklace, which had the pattern of a flower that was carved from jade. Its main body was made out of roses and lilies, and the middle was inlaid with other flowers and leaves of different sizes. The core of the flower and the base of the petals were formed by arranging rounded beads neatly. In order to make this design into a fine piece of jewelry, a necklace was indeed a very suitable choice.The second draft was a ring that had delicate carvings. The ring's design was mainly based on the fireworks that had gone off in the night sky. The curly patterns found carved on the slender chrysanthemum petals looked clear, and the gemstones embedded in the stamens had to give off a beautiful hue and look extremely
“Ms. Vanderbilt.” Lucy seemed to be looking for her, and she caught up to Maisie. “A woman has come to our lobby. She claims that she’s here for Naomi.”After listening to what Lucy had to say, Maisie could not help but frown. “How old is the woman?”Lucy replied, “I think she’s in her late 30s to her late 40s, has a remarkable and elegant temperament, and everything that she wears is of all sorts of designer brands. In short, she’s definitely not a woman who comes from an ordinary family.”With that description, Maisie could more or less guess who it was.‘That’s Naomi’s biological mother.‘Nolan said that Mr. Topaz quit Royal Crown because of Patricia Emerson. He also mentioned that they had been in a relationship a while back, but it did not go public. Around that time, Patricia gave birth to Naomi for Anthony. However, their relationship ended when Patricia moved on and got married to Alexander Gosling.‘That’s why Mr. Topaz had to raise Naomi alone. He’s Naomi’s father, but
Maisie did not say anything.Patricia waited in the lobby until the late evening when Naomi passed by after getting off work and found out that she was still there. She was a little surprised to hear the staff in the lobby say that her mother had waited for her all afternoon.Seeing Naomi, Patricia got off the couch with a smile. Her legs and feet were probably stiff due to the lack of movement, so the way she walked up to Naomi looked unnatural. “Nelly.”Naomi took two steps back, refusing to let her mother take another step closer to her. “Why are you still here?”“I...” Patricia realized that Naomi was wary of herself, but the matter at hand could not be delayed any longer. Thus, even if she had to do something shameless to get close to her daughter, she had just to bite the bullet and do it.“Nelly, I know that you blame me for everything that’s happened to you.” Patricia took her hand. “I struggled a lot too back then before I decided to do what I did.”Naomi’s gaze landed o
Nicholas did not even bother to care about Nolan’s prestige as the father of the two rugrats present. “Your mother actually threatened to beat you up every single time. ould you have the guts not to do as told?”Nolan glanced at Nicholas.“Dad, Γrandma actually hit you when you were a kid?” Colton got the main point of the whole story.Nolan turned his head and glared at Colton. “Do you want to try it out?”Colton shut up immediately.Maisie leaned toward him. “Wow, you’ve learned to threaten your son now.”Nolan responded seriously, “We can’t spoil our son too much. We must beat him when he deserves it.”Colton refuted aggrievedly, “Why would you only beat your son? What about Daisie?”Daisie blinked. “I won’t get beaten because I’m a good girl!”Colton sighed as if he was an adult. “Being a son has so many cons. Mommy, why didn’t you make me a girl?”Maisie fetched herself a bowl of soup. “If you’re a girl, you’ll have to get married to someone else and give birth to babies
Daisie wondered again. “What are the things that would make me feel uncomfortable?”Colton, who was standing on the side, said helplessly, “Gosh, something like cuddling and kissing, you nitwit. Dad said that we boys can’t touch girls so casually as it’s very impolite for us to do so. After all, it’s rather improper for men and women to get into too much contact. Dad also claimed that I can’t hug you so casually in the future when we’ve grown up.”Maisie almost choked on her own words.‘Nolan has taught this boy well!’Daisie finally understood.‘It’s no wonder I could sleep with Colton and Waylon before this, but I have to sleep by myself now. And that’s why Colton doesn’t hug me anymore!’Daisie thought of something all of a sudden. “Mom, does it count when he rubs my head?”Maisie cleared her throat. “Rubbing your head is still acceptable.”“So is it fine as long as we don’t hug or kiss?” she asked again.Maisie nodded, then flicked her forehead. “You’re still young. It’ll
‘I would say that she’s not a good mother. She ruthlessly abandoned her daughter back then and never came back to visit her ever since, not even once. Yet, she’s now disregarding her dignity by kneeling in front of me for that son of hers.’“Dad.” Naomi’s voice interrupted the awkward silence in the courtyard, and Patricia stopped crying and stared at her in a daze.Anthony glanced at her. “Nelly, did you...”“I heard everything.” Naomi looked calm, and her eyes looked out of focus as she stared at Patricia, but it also seemed like she was actually staring at the background behind her. “I’ll do it.”Not only Anthony but even Patricia was surprised. “Nelly, you...”“Firstly, I’m helping you only because of my dad,” Naomi said softly. “Secondly, the child is innocent, so I’ll take this as a good deed that I can help with. And in return, I hope that you can leave both of us alone after the transplantation is completed.”Patricia froze on the spot and could only agree to Naomi’s term