Only Daisie and Nollace were left in the living room. Daisie probed upstairs. “Is Mr. Knowles really angry?”Nollace stood up. “Don’t worry. My mother can handle it.”He stopped, reached out, and took her into his arms.Daisie was stunned and looked up at him. “What are you doing?”With his fingertips, he tucked the hair that was hanging over her forehead to the back of her ear. “Would you like to go back to my room?”She looked away subconsciously, feeling extremely nervous. “What will we do after we go back into your room?”Nollace lowered his head and bit her ear gently. “I want to stay with you.”She felt an electric jolt up her spine, her cheeks felt flushed and warm, and she swallowed her saliva with difficulty. “Aren’t I staying with you now?”“This is different.” He ran his finger over her lips. “I want to kiss you, but if you’re not afraid of being seen...”Daisie covered his mouth with her palm, her ears were on the brink of lighting on fire, and she whispered, “Okay
The next day, Daisie arrived at the college with no energy.She had slept in Nollace’s room throughout the whole afternoon yesterday. Thus, she was an insomniac when she returned to the villa in the evening and could not fall asleep until five in the morning.She could not help but take out a small mirror and take a look at her own reflection in the mirror. Her eye bags and dark circles were that close to turning her into a panda.Suddenly, someone tapped her on the shoulder.She turned her head in fright and was stunned. “Colton?”Colton crossed his arms and looked at her dark circles. “Did you go out and become a thief last night?”“You’re the thief here, sneaking up on me like that.” Daisie turned her face away and explained herself with a lie. “I drank too much coffee and couldn’t sleep last night.”“Where’s Freyja?”Daisie paused for a split second and stared at him with a puzzled expression. “Why would you want to know that?”“It’s nothing.” Colton looked away with an un
Freyja lay on the hospital bed with IV drips while Daisie sat by her side until she slowly woke up. Daisie got up and asked, “Freyja, are you alright?”Freyja forced a smile. “Yeah, thanks.”Daisie sat back down. “I was so worried. I’m glad I went to see you, or nobody would know that you fainted. You would have fried your brain with that fever.”Freyja pushed herself up. “Did you send me to the hospital?”Daisie replied, “I got Waylon to drive us over.”Freyja didn’t say anything back. Waylon showed up and leaned against the door, then knocked. “Feeling better?”Freyja paused and nodded. “Sorry for the trouble.”Daisie said, “There’s no trouble. By the way, wasn’t the nanny home?”Freyja looked down and said, “She brought Deedee out, and I thought I would feel better after a nap.”Taking care of Deedee wasn’t an easy task, so Freyja hadn’t told the nanny she wasn’t feeling well.“That won’t do. Why don’t you get another helper? What will happen if the nanny isn’t around and the same
The honk startled a passerby, who glared at them, but they couldn’t hear what she yelled at him. It was different for Colton, who was in the driver’s seat. He could hear it clearly, and his face turned dark. “Freyja Pruitt!” Colton opened the door, grabbed her wrist, and gnashed his teeth. “What did you call me?”She wouldn’t escape and couldn’t break free of his grip. Her wrist started hurting from being grabbed too hard, so she yelled, “Let go of me!”Colton grabbed her chin and leaned closer. “Say it again.”He sounded threatening. Freyja stopped struggling and chuckled. “Are you going to hit me again?”Colton laughed maniacally. “I never hit you—” He paused and didn’t continue. He had lost control the previous time, but he didn’t hit her!“You wouldn’t remember something so menial.” Freyja pulled her hand away and rubbed her wrist. “I’m going to leave if you have nothing more to say. I wouldn’t want to be an eyesore.”She tried to walk away, but Colton blocked her wit
“Deedee!” Freyja didn’t know what to do with her. Deedee had never seen her parents ever since she was born, so she called anyone ‘Daddy’.Freyja sighed before turning to Colton to explain, “Don’t mind her. She’s just a kid. Please drive safely.”She was going into the house with Deedee in her arms, but Deedee grabbed onto his shirt.The nanny was shocked and immediately walked forward. “Deedee, behave.”Freyja was going to stop Deedee, but Colton stretched out his arms and took her over. Freyja was shocked. “You…”Colton hugged her, but more importantly, he knew how to carry her, and it was obvious that it wasn’t his first time holding a child. Not only did Deedee not cry, but she even laughed happily and started playing with his har.Colton wasn’t angry about that because he had carried children before, including Helios’ daughter and his uncle’s son.Children were soft, but they were really strong, adorable miniature humans. Freyja seemed to have discovered a whole new wor
Daisie pressed her lips together and said, “I was thinking about Colton. I keep feeling that something is off with him.”Waylon looked down. “Don’t over-analyze it.”Dasie received a text from Freyja and checked it. The content made her drop her cutlery.Waylon frowned. “What’s wrong?”Daisie was shocked. “Colton is having dinner with Freyja. Is this really Colton?”He must have been possessed!After sending the message to Daisie, Freyja pretended to put her phone away and looked toward Colton.Deedee sat next to him, enjoying Colton’s feeding. He never looked annoyed the entire time, and even though the food was all over Deedee’s face, he would just wipe it off for her. That scene was odd yet wholesome.“Sir, please have your dinner. I can take care of Deedee.” The nanny walked over and took Deedee in her arms, then brought her upstairs.Deedee quietly lay her head on the nanny’s shoulder. She was well behaved. Only the two of them were left in the living room.Freyja lo
Colton looked at the coffee bag in the cup and squinted. “I don’t drink instant coffee.”“I’m so sorry, we only have instant,” said Freyja with a smile.The nanny overheard her as she brought fruits and was curious, “Ma’am, there are coffee beans in the cabinet. I just got them.”Freyja was rendered speechless. Colton had to hold in his laugh. “Ms. Pruitt, is this how you treat your guests?”The nanny thought that he was upset, so she said, “I’m sorry, sir. Please forgive her. I didn’t tell her we got the beans. Let me go brew some for you.”Colton was very nice to her. “There’s no need, thank you.”The nanny nodded and left. He picked up a piece of fruit and looked at Freyja, who was standing there. “I won’t hold this against you.”Freyja turned to walk upstairs. Colton saw her disappear up her stairs and was weirdly unsettled, so he pushed the dish away and left.Freyja heard the sound of the car driving away and looked out the window. She didn’t see the car in the cour
The Livingstons finally welcomed peace after that incident.After Nollace showed himself in public, the rumors about him getting abducted shattered. The media did not know what happened to him in Haniston.King William received Nollace in the White Ivy Palace. When Nollace walked into King William’s study room, King William was practicing calligraphy as he was very much into the kind of art. “Are you the one who did those things to the Livingstons?”In fact, after what happened to the Livingstons, King William had more or less guessed that Nollace's disappearance in Haniston was probably just a cover.Nollace walked to the desk and said, “Not really. I just presented an opportunity to Xavi.”King William raised his head to look at him. “Do you know that you’re a bag full of surprises?”He chuckled. “Is that a compliment?”“Initially, I was worried that you couldn’t work independently, but it seems like I was wrong.” King William put the pen down and looked at his own work. “Yo