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,
Madam Vanderbilt listened to Yanis’ words. She had always loved her only grandson the most, but her son would only hand Vaenna to Maisie now, so how could she not be anxious?She snorted. “Since we can’t change his mind, we’ll snatch it from under the table!”Madam Vanderbilt went to the law firm and requested the transfer contract as Stephen’s mother the next day. Mr. Zidane gave her the contract draft without any hesitation.Mr. Zidane then called Maisie after Madam Vanderbilt left.“Ms. Vanderbilt, a woman who claimed that she’s Mr. Vanderbilt’s mother came over and asked for the contract. I’ve given it to her,” Mr. Zidane reported.Maisie had already told him the other day that he should just hand over the final draft of the contract if someone were to ask him for the contract.After all, any ineffective contract would only turn out to be a stack of trash even if it were to fall into the wrong hands. The real contract could only be retrieved by authorized personnel.Maisie s
“What… What is this?” Stephen did not expect his mother had hired a lawyer as well.“Hi there, Mr. Vanderbilt. I’m Madam Vanderbilt’s lawyer, Mr. Headler. Madam Vanderbilt had entrusted me to come over with Vaenna’s equity transfer contract. Please do take a look at this.”Stephen was stunned. And his expression could not help but dim when he saw that the official heir mentioned in the share transfer contract changed. It was Hector now.Anyone who knew a thing or two about any share transfer contract would have recognized that the contract was a fake at first glance, so how could Stephen not be able to do so?“Son, you should have seen it. Hector’s name is clearly mentioned on this equity transfer contract. So, why would Vaenna have anything to do with Maisie?” Madam Vanderbilt snorted disdainfully.Had it not been for her eldest daughter-in-law, Yanis, who had reminded her about such a method, Maisie would have taken advantage of this loophole to obtain Vaenna’s shares.Anyway,
“How… How is this possible? I clearly saw you yesterday—” Yanis stood up and choked on her own words when she was about to disclose something.Madam Vanderbilt pointed at Mr. Zidane. “You’re the one who handed me the contract the other day!”Mr. Zidane smiled. “Madam Vanderbilt, I haven’t met you before this.”“You… How dare you claim that you haven’t met me before!? You’re the one who gave me the contract when I went to your office the other day. I can totally remember your face!” Madam Vanderbilt panicked and revealed the matter by herself.“That’s enough!” Stephen reprimanded her angrily, “Mother, I’m disappointed with you. Since you don’t treat me like a son, there’s no need to treat you as my mother anymore. You should just go back to your home in Coralia!”Madam Vanderbilt’s face looked as pale as death, and her hand was trembling when she pointed at Stephen. “I get it now, all… All of you are in collusion. I’ll leave!”Yanis naturally could not stay here any longer after M
Hans replied, “Yeah, Rowena and I came back with the Elder Master this time around.”While the two brothers were catching up with each other, the woman had already come up to Nolan with a smile. “Nolan, you still haven’t changed a bit after so many years, huh?”Nolan only responded indifferently.Seeing that his attitude toward her was still as cold as it was from years ago, Rowena did not feel a thing. After all, Nolan had not changed in her opinion.‘He still treats everyone so coldly. The detachment, the rationale, the coldness, and the decisiveness, are exactly why he’s so charming.’“Indeed, he hasn’t changed. It’s just that he’s the father of three little babies now.” Titus sighed.‘This kid was only 15 or 16 years old when I left home to go abroad.’A hint of gloom flashed across Rowena’s eyes, but it quickly disappeared.‘It’s only been a few years, and Nolan already has kids?’…“Hmph, it really was Maisie! That sl*t!” Madam Vanderbilt saw the picture Willow had sent