Maggie was lying on the bed, her whole face was wrapped in gauze, and she pretended to be exasperated. “It hurts as f*ck! Everything is still swollen.”“It’ll recover in a few months.” Ken held the back of her hand. “Don’t worry, Mr. Matthews won’t get tired of your face so quickly.”Maggie’s eyes shifted from side to side. “But what if he gets tired of me?”Ken had a smile on his face, but there was not even a hint of merriment in his eyes. “If he gets bored of you, I’ll get someone to pick you up and out of his place.”“Really?”“Yeah, you should rest first.” Ken got up and walked to the door.At that moment, one of his men stopped beside him.“Sir.” When his man approached his ear and whispered something into it, Ken’s face dimmed instantly, and he immediately ignored the person lying in the ward and left with them.After waiting for them to leave, Maggie took out her cell phone, sent Nollace a text, and deleted the text right after it was sent.On the other side of the cit
Ken glared toward his men.Everyone panicked in an instant. “Sir, we really have no idea about this! We’ll never betray you!”“Ean, what did Maggie do before the surgery?” Ken’s eyes were fixed on Ean’s face.He was clearly doubting Maggie.Beads of cold sweat rolled down Ean’s back as he lowered his head and replied, “She didn’t contact anyone three days before the surgery. She only asked me about Mr. Matthews, and it seemed that she was preparing herself.”Ken did not utter a single word. Although he had doubts about Maggie, she had never had any interaction with the Knowles.He then scoffed. “Doesn’t she blame me for sending her over to Donald?”The question implied that Maggie might betray him because she did not like this arrangement.Ean explained calmly, “But Ayan is a nobody to her. So even if she has a grudge against you, she doesn’t need to do anything with Ayan’s matter.”Feeling that what he said made some sense, Ken stopped talking, turned around, and ordered, “Go
Daisie squinted and grinned. “It ended long ago.”“What are you holding in your arms?”“This...” Daisie did not know how to explain it. Thus, she lowered her head and pursed her lips. “If I were to tell you the truth, would you be angry?”Nollace stared at her face and squinted. “Won’t you be afraid that I’ll be angry if you keep it from me?”“This is something that Ayan’s father brought him. His father hasn’t been able to contact him, so I—”Before she could finish speaking, Nollace took a deep breath. “It’s Ayan again. Do you plan to forgive him?”“It’s not a matter of forgiving him or not. His father looks very pitiful, so I’m only delivering this to Ayan on his behalf. What he did has nothing to do with his father.”Nollace scoffed out of anger. “Then, do you know his whereabouts?”Daisie was startled. “I don’t know, so I’m going to ask Colton to help me...”“He doesn’t know either.” Nollace was unusually calm, “I’m the only person who knows where he is now.”Daisie looke
Daisie had grown up in a very protective household, just like a delicate flower that was raised in a greenhouse and had never experienced a single storm in its life. So, how could she have seen such cruelties?That was especially so when he was related to why Ayan got tortured in the first place.Another reason Nollace did not dare to tell Daisie about Ayan was that he was worried she would learn about his involvement.That was why he had only left his good side to Daisie.At the same time, on the other side of the city, in the Pruitt manor…The sound of a slap resounded in the living room.Freyja’s face was turned to the side, and her cheek flushed.She did not scream out of pain but listened to Sandy’s reprimand. “Just whose side are you on? Your brother’s plan almost succeeded, and you’ve ruined it!”As long as Daisie and Nollace could no longer get along because of this incident, Ken would have the opportunity to use this incident to get a hold of the daughter of the Goldma
“She’s stubborn and won’t behave. So what if I lock her up for two days? Do you feel bad?” Sandy looked cold. Brandon frowned. “She’s your daughter.”She stopped what she was doing and looked up. “I’m doing this because she’s my daughter. She doesn’t respect me.”Brandon wanted to say something, but the housekeeper walked over anxiously, “Ma’am, Ms. Vanderbilt is here.”Sandy paused, then laughed. “I guess the Goldmann princess is worried about my daughter. Let her in.”Before the housekeeper could invite her, Daisie had already walked in. “Where’s Freyja?”She left her manners at the door. Sandy looked at her. “Ms. Vanderbilt, Fey isn’t feeling well and is resting. I don’t think she should be entertaining guests.”She slowly got up. “Have you had lunch? I’ll get them to prepare something—”“I’m not here for lunch.” Daisie went straight to the point. “You locked up Freyja, didn’t you?”Sandy’s expression froze while she looked toward the maids standing at the side. They did
Daisie kicked over the decorations on the cabinet. The china and expensive goods shattered into pieces.Sandy shook with anger upon seeing her precious collections treated that way, “A-Are you insane!?”“If you want to know if the Goldmanns are crazy, just look at what happened to the Reeses.”Daisie picked up the teapot made of jade from the table. “You’ve been an eyesore for a long time now. I don’t understand why an old woman like you is causing trouble instead of just enjoying the rest of your life. Do you want everyone to know that the illegitimate child of royalty is using her son to climb the social ladder?”Her words stabbed straight into her heart. Daisie mocked Sandy, yet she wasn’t able to retaliate. “Don’t you think that I’m easy to manipulate? I’ll show you how wild I can be.” Daisie loosened her grip, and the expensive jade teapot fell to the floor and split into two.Sandy grabbed her chest and had difficulty breathing. Her voice cracked. “Do you know how expensiv
Daisie walked into the room with a fruit basket. Freyja turned to see her. She placed the basket on the counter. “I guess you won’t be able to attend the anniversary event. You probably need to be here for about half a month more.”Freyja smiled. “Thank you.”“Don’t say that.” She sat on the chair. “You helped me before.”Freyja chuckled. “I guess we’re even then.”Soon after that, Daisie walked out of the room and into the busy corridor when she suddenly saw a familiar person.Wasn’t that Nollace’s bodyguard, Edison?She quietly followed them and saw that he was at the hospital’s A-wing. He entered a room quickly, but what was curious was that there were two bodyguards outside that room.Daisie hid behind a wall and couldn’t go closer, so she could only wait for someone to exit. After a few minutes, Edison opened the door and walked out. Before the door closed, she saw the person lying in bed.It was Ayan.Daisie paused and remembered that Nollace had said he was the only
When Daisie, who was hiding behind the car, heard that, she stood up. “You have no dignity!”Edison jumped. “Ms. Vanderbilt!?”Daisie quickly walked to the car, leaned on the door, and looked at him. “You’re planning to live with us and spend our money and take everything!”Nollace chuckled as he stared at her innocent and beautiful face. “If the family fortune can survive the three of you, it can survive me too.”Daisie puffed up her cheeks. “You’re trying to say that my brothers and I spend too much money?”Nollace couldn’t help but smile and pinch her cheek. “You alone are enough trouble. Why else would you go trash up the Pruitts’ home?”She paused and suddenly felt ashamed. “I was angry. How could that old woman bully her like that?”No one noticed that Edison had left.Nollace opened the door, pulled her into the car so that she would sit on his lap, and whispered into her ear, “How long were you eavesdropping?”Daisie was ashamed that she had been caught eavesdropping,