Nobody knew how Nolan could manage to explain it to her in a serious manner, “Zee, if I were to suffer from any side effects because of holding back all these urges, it would be bad for you…”Back at the Goldmann mansion, Nolan directly carried Maisie upstairs and threw her onto the bed.Maisie pushed his body that was pressing against hers away in a flurry. “This… The kids are home, and this is not optimal…”“It’s okay. They’re all asleep.” Nolan peeled her clothes off as if she was a cocoon.“Then… The hotel room would be wasted!”“I don’t mind that tiny amount of money.”“Nolan— Umm!” Maisie’s words were shoved back down her throat as he bowed down and sealed her lips.Before Maisie could catch a breather, Nolan suddenly stopped, and the stagnant air in the room felt a little awkward.Nolan stood up and turned his back to her, his handsome face looking a little stiff.Maisie was befuddled for a split second.‘That’s it?’She took a sideways glance at Nolan.‘This breath-
At the hospital…Leila came out of the ward with her cell phone and went to the stairwell to make a call. “Willie, don’t worry. Grandma already trusts me. I’ll get your dad to go pick you up as soon as I get to go back to Vanderbilt manor.”“Wait, how much longer do I have to wait? I don’t want to stay here anymore!”Willow hated living in a cheap rental house.‘Had I known this would happen back then, I wouldn’t have irritated Dad like that. At least, living in the Vanderbilt manor is much better than this shabby place!Sensing that Willow was extremely grumpy, Leila said patiently. “I know, Willie, revenge is a dish best served cold. As long as we can bear it, there will always be a way to deal with that b*tch.“You should know that that b*tch now has the information about my life before I became Mrs. Vanderbilt. Both of us will really suffer if we fail again this time around!”Willow could only calm herself down no matter how anxious she was upon hearing what her mother said.
Maisie had to find a way to stop it soon. At Soul Jewelry Studio…The other people in the department gradually left for the day. Nolan got to Maisie’s office and leaned on the door with his arms crossed while watching Maisie look for some documents in front of the book rack. He couldn’t move his eyes away from this beauty before him. Maisie didn’t notice someone approaching her. She was searching with her head down but felt something move closer behind her. The man hugged her from behind and made Maisie jump. She didn’t turn around to see who it was. “Nolan, why are you—”“What? I just want to give you a hug.” The man’s voice sniggered from the top of her head. Why couldn’t he let go of this woman?Maisie took a deep breath and remembered what had happened the night before. Her cheeks burned up.Maisie felt a little ashamed, but she wasn’t going to admit that she couldn’t resist his ‘charm’ last night.“It’s time to fetch Colton from school.” Nolan lowered his head and p
“Leila, I heard that you’ve been taking care of Mom for the past few days at the hospital.”Leila smiled. “It’s what a daughter-in-law is supposed to do.”Yorick looked at Leila and couldn’t deny that his brother had great taste.He compared her to his own wife, who was rough around the edges. She had let herself go after childbirth and looked like a tired wife. Even though Leila was no longer young, she still looked young and beautiful. Yanis’ face changed upon noticing the way her husband was looking at Leila. She cleared her throat, which got Yorick’s notice and made him smile awkwardly. He changed the topic. “By the way, where are Willie and Zee?”Madam Vanderbilt said to Stephen, “Yes, Willie is your daughter. We should ask her to join us for dinner.”Leila was glad about what Madam Vanderbilt said, but she didn’t show it. When Stephen thought about Willow, it really had been a while since he had seen her. No matter what she had done, she was still his daughter. “Get
Maisie scanned the table discreetly, thinking, ‘Madam Vanderbilt was discharged, Yorick and Yanis came over to Bassburgh, and even Leila and Willow are back at the Vanderbilt mansion. It doesn’t seem like a simple dinner.’The air was tense because everyone had their own motives in mind. Yanis looked at Maisie and asked, “Zee, I heard you’ve started your own jewelry studio. How’s it doing?”It sounded like she asked for a reason and not because she cared. Madam Vanderbilt chimed in, “Of course she’s doing well. Mr. Goldmann is helping her. It wouldn’t be too bad. She can live a good life even if she does nothing.”“Mr. Goldmann?” Yorick was surprised that his niece had caught a big one. “Yes, Zee brought honor to the family, all thanks to that pretty face of hers,” Madam Vanderbilt said sarcastically. All Maisie knew was how to be flirty.Sensing the sarcasm, Maisie beamed and curled her lips. “Yes, it’s all thanks to the face that my mother gave me.“Neither Willow nor Lind
“That’s right. I will only give Vaenna to Zee. Only my daughter is worthy.”Stephen seemed to have understood that they were trying to force him to hand over the shares of Vaenna Jewelry. If that were the case, there would be no need to wait. “I’ve gotten lawyers to put Zee’s name as the beneficiary of Vaenna.”“Have you gone mad? Why would you give it to her!?”“What did you contribute when Marina and I started Vaenna?”Stephen looked at Madam Vanderbilt and scoffed. “Mom, I respect you, but since you’ve never treated me like your son or saw Zee as your granddaughter, there’s no reason to be courteous anymore.”“How—” Madam Vanderbilt shook with rage, but the words were stuck in her throat. The dinner ended coldly. When Yanis and Yorick left, almost no one noticed the signals Yorick sent to Leila. Unfortunately, Maisie was walking at the back and did notice them. When she walked past Leila, she smiled and said, “Be careful not to get burned if you play with fire.”The word
Nolan was rendered speechless.What would the man who killed it in the business world be afraid of? The answer was his wife getting angry. Now his biggest fear was that his children would have unique ideas about him. He was going to get a heart attack. Maisie spoke to someone on the phone on the balcony. The other party said something, and Maisie looked down. “Thanks, Mr. Zidane. Please don’t tell my father about this.”The person on the other end said something back, and Maisie nodded. “Alright, we’ll speak tomorrow then.”Maisie put down her phone and looked coldly into the night view. She had seen what was the agenda behind dinner that night.Even if her dad insisted on being on her side, it was weak compared to how hungry Madam Vanderbilt and Yorick’s family were.If they could not make Stephen hand over Vaenna’s ownership, they would be thinking about taking it by force soon.And then there was Leila and Willow. Leila was clever enough not to be on the wrong side this ti
Leila could only show her white feathers and respond weakly, “Mother, I... I’ll go back tonight.”“Go back tonight? Is this a joke?” Madam Vanderbilt saw that Leila was afraid of being rejected by Stephen and glared at Stephen, who had remained silent all this while. “Since you’ve called your wife back, then live your best life with her. What will the public say if they get to know that your wife comes here during the day and then goes back to her own house at night daily?”“Mother, don’t blame Steph. It’s my problem.” Leila took all the blame onto herself—the image of a virtuous and sensible wife overflowed.Stephen put down the teacup. Although he had asked Leila and her daughter to come back to the Vanderbilt manor, Leila’s fake pregnancy was quite a nightmare to him.However, seeing that Leila’s attitude had indeed done a one-eighty recently, Stephen said slowly, “Since you’ve already come back, you can stay here from now on.”After all, the divorce had not been finalized yet,