“I see.” The receptionist nodded and said something to the other female employee.The female employee no longer doubted Linda, so she approached her to take over. “You just started working. All the teas that you see here are reserved especially for the administration department. Ms. Vanderbilt likes to drink Earl Grey, and the temperature mustn’t be too hot.”Linda nodded, staring at the teapot she had poured the powder into.After the female employee poured water into the teapot, she boiled the pot on the induction cooker. A few minutes passed while they were waiting for the water to boil, and Linda did not dare to speak too much for fear of being discovered.When the water started boiling, the female employee placed a tea bag she took out of a box reserved exclusively for Maisie into the thermos and poured the water into it.Linda took a deep breath as she started to perspire profusely on her temples. But she calmed down as soon as she thought about what the woman had told her,
After saying that, Quincy stood with his arms akimbo and complained, “It’s not easy to be someone’s personal assistant nowadays. Delivering food for my boss is one of the errands I have to run while I’m not managing the company for him. And my salary gets deducted instead of increasing…”Saydie glanced at him expressionlessly. “I’ll pass this message on to Mr. Goldmann without leaving out a single word.”“Don’t!” Quincy shut up immediately and then looked around with an aggrieved face. “I was just joking around, Ma’am. I’m begging you. We’ve been working together for three years now. Can we please just live together peacefully?”His gaze then landed on the report and thermos that were in Saydie’s hand. “What are these?”Saydie handed the report to him. “See it for yourself.”Quincy’s expression changed slightly when he skimmed through the report.Saydie returned to the office and passed the report results to Maisie. She also reported to her that she had run into Quincy downstairs
Linda did not overthink it as she urgently needed money now. Thus, she hung up the phone and hurried across the road, but a car appeared out of nowhere and rammed into her.A loud shriek pierced through the stagnant air, and Linda was knocked into the air, flew in the air, and landed a few feet away from the car. One of her shoes fell off, and the screen of the cell phone beside her shattered.Her face landed on the ground, and she seemed to be staring straight ahead with an unwilling gaze. Her fingertips trembled as her pupils gradually dilated, and a pool of scarlet blood oozed out from behind her head.A man walked up to her, picked up her phone with a gloved hand, pulled out the SIM and SD card, broke them forcibly, and threw them into the flowerbed in the middle of the road.He then walked back to the parked car and got into the car. Cecile, who was sitting in the rear seat, retracted her gaze as the corners of her cherry lips twitched. “Let’s go.”…Maisie called Hector, ob
“Mother, please just stop. Linda is already lying in the morgue, so what else do you want?” Yorick felt very upset too.Madam Vanderbilt shut up wisely.Maisie did not take Madam Vanderbilt’s words to heart and looked at Yorick. “I’ll pay for the funeral’s expenses. We’ll get to the bottom of the incident when we find out about the cause of the accident.”At Blackgold…Quincy walked next to Nolan. “Mr. Goldmann, I’ve located the nightclub for which Linda worked before this. The owner is known locally as Mr. Donovan, and he runs an illegal loan shark organization. His nightclub business isn’t clean either, as he provides special services for his guests.“I also found out that he often exploits his female employees, deceiving them into taking nude loans from him. When they cannot pay him back, he’ll get them to serve guests according to his requirements.”Nolan’s gaze looked keen. “Who does he have supporting him from behind the scenes?”Quincy skimmed through the information. “Am
The wording on her nametag showed that she was Cecile Wolfsbane from the strategy department.Cecile had a jacket in her hands, and Maisie was very familiar with the custom-made jacket that Nolan wore to the office earlier this morning.Maisie raised his eyebrows slightly and chuckled. “Miss, is there anything that I can help you with?”Cecile lowered her gaze and handed her the jacket. “Mr. Goldmann has dropped this jacket. Since you’re his wife, please return it to him for me. Thank you.”Maisie took a glimpse at the jacket in Cecile’s hand, and her gaze shifted onto Cecile’s face. She did not grab the jacket directly from Cecile but asked Saydie to grab it for her instead.Saydie took the jacket into her hands, and Maisie walked into the elevator with her without uttering another word.The moment the elevator’s doors slowly closed, isolating the people on both sides of the doors, Cecile smirked out of the blue. She glanced at her reflection in the mirror, and her face was fill
“By the way, have we gotten anything back about Linda’s accident?” Maisie got to the point because she almost forgot about it. Nolan got up, walked to the desk, and took out a file. “Linda’s workplace, including the clients she had and her boss, all the information is in here.”Maisie walked over, took the file, and flipped through it. Just as she suspected, the place she had been working at had an illegal backing. It was impossible that Linda didn’t know about it. If she weren’t a willing participant, she should’ve gone to see Maisie when she noticed something was off.Nolan sat on his leather seat. “I’ve asked Tanner to check it out. Coincidentally, that loan company had dealings with his first love.”Maisie paused before she continued going through the information. “Illegal loans, forced ‘naked loans’, exploiting employees. How could a company like this not have been investigated?”Nolan chuckled. “No one did before this, but it’s happening now.”…The loan company was surro
Maisie looked at Mr. Donovan’s expressions because one could tell a lie through that. Even though he looked very emotional and anxious, his eyes didn’t avert. He was just explaining because he didn’t want to suddenly be linked to a murder.The police officers left the interrogation room and looked at Nolan, “Mr. Goldmann, I don’t think they caused the accident.”Nolan spoke to him for a bit, and then he brought Mr. Donoval out when Maisie suddenly walked forward. “Hold on.”The police officer and Mr. Donovan both looked toward her.Maisie walked to him. “When you met Linda, what did she say to you?”Mr. Donovan paused, looked at the police officer, and then replied, “I asked her to pay the penalty as soon as possible, and she agreed.”“Did you remove her SIM?” Maisie asked. He took a deep breath, almost out of patience. “Why would I do that? I didn’t think she would have the guts to call the police on me.”“That’s all then.” After Maisie said that, the police officer took him
Nolan chuckled, hugged Maisie by her shoulder, and took the paper. “I can, but…” He leaned in closer, “I want a reward.”Maisie looked at Quincy through the corner of her eyes. “Don’t look.”Quincy quietly looked out the window. “I won’t, but you need to make it quick. I need to drive.”Maisie kissed Nolan on his lips which made him flash a big smile, and pulled her back in for a deeper kiss.After a minute, she pulled back with her face fully blushing and cleared her throat. “Quincy, you can drive now.”Quincy sighed. He shouldn’t have stayed in the car.Nolan picked up the laptop and opened an app while Maisie leaned closer to look, putting her head closer to his body. Seeing how this hairy thing was blocking his eyesight, he helplessly smiled and pressed her head onto his chest. “Don’t look too close. It’s bad for your eyes.”Maisie blinked and looked up at him. “I know, I’m just curious…”Nolan rarely used his hacking skills, and it had been a few years since the previous t