Colton lowered his voice and turned her around. “You’re wearing such... Who wouldn’t give up fighting immediately?”Freyja hugged Colton, rested her chin on his shoulder, and chuckled. “What about your principles?”He bit her bow tie, loosened it, and grinned. “At this time, it’s only natural for me to abandon them.”Back in Bassburgh, in the martial arts training center…“Grandmaster, a few days have gone by, and that woman hasn’t been here for even one day. She must be lying. I think she was only fooling us when she brought up the matter regarding the collaboration,” Dylan, who was arranging the training equipment downstairs, said in dissatisfaction, while the others stared at Nick, who was standing behind the counter, flipping through the books.Nick closed the book in his hand, lifted his gaze, and took a glance at the calendar on the wall.‘Is it really a lie? She’s the one who came here and asked for collaboration, and she has disappeared since that day. Maybe she regrets i
‘In fact, as long as she wants it, I can locate a suitable storefront for her at this very moment. But she wants to work in that martial arts training center.‘Is it because of Nick Wickam?‘No, I have to go and take a look in the afternoon.’At the same time, in the martial arts training center…Cameron cleaned up her room before she could barely accept its look. When she walked out of the room, she happened to run into Nick, who just happened to come out of his office too.Nick turned a blind eye to her, turned around, and left.“Hey, after all, we’re still business partners. What’s with that attitude of yours?”Cameron was puzzled.‘If this fella still held grudges against me, why would he agree to work with me?’Nick stopped, turned around, and gazed at her. “You and I are just business partners. Other than that, is our relationship very close, to begin with?”She crossed her arms. “You’re right. We’re still rivals.”‘I’m working with my rival only because our common goa
Not only that, but the moves that Waylon was using this time around were those that Cameron had never seen before. Cameron was almost surprised.‘Did he not give it everything he had when he was fighting me back when we were still in the East Islands?’However, now that he’s facing Nick, his attacks look extremely strong and offensive, so aggressive that they were giving Nick a sense of oppression.Nick did not pull his punches either. However, after a few rounds into the fight, he did not even dare to let his guard down against Waylon.He had looked into Waylon’s background—he was the official successor of the Goldmanns’ Night Banquet. Most importantly, Waylon had always been good at his intense and offensive attacks, and every move that he let out would always accurately target his opponent’s weaknesses.The people in the audience were both excited and nervous. It was simply a duel between two of the strongest.Cameron did not dare to even blink throughout the entirety of the b
Dylan was astonished and put the ointment away. “Is he really that strong?”“He’s the successor of the Goldmanns’ Night Banquet. It’s not surprising that he has such skills.” Nick kept his cool throughout the conversation and did not show dissatisfaction regarding the fact that he had just lost to Waylon.‘There will always be someone who’s better than I am. Wayne one-upped me very convincingly in that match.’Dylan curled his lips. “But I think he did it on purpose, as if he has a grudge against you.”Nick smiled.‘What he has against me isn’t a grudge, or is it?’On the other side of the city, at Emperon…Cameron sat at the table with one hand propped against her forehead, staring at the man cooking in the kitchen. After returning home, he put on a dark gray knitted sweater and a pair of light-colored loose cotton linen trousers. But no matter what he was wearing, it was impossible for him not to look good with that look of his.Perhaps it was because of the refined and well-
Cameron let the children train among themselves and sat aside, checking her phone every now and then. She wondered if her words were too harsh last night. Suddenly, one of the little girls started crying. Cameron found out that it was because the boy sparring with her had hit her too hard and hurt her. Cameron took out a few tissues to dry her tears. “I’ll get him to apologize, alright? Look, you don’t look pretty when you cry.”The girl blew her nose and stopped crying soon after. Cameron looked toward the boy and saw the name on his shoulder: Chadwick Boucher. Chadwick looked away. “She’s so weak.”Cameron took a deep breath, walked to him, and leaned down. “You should apologize to the girl.”“I did nothing wrong. She’s just too weak.”Cameron smiled. “You’re right. She is weak, but why do we learn martial arts?”He didn’t speak.“It’s to protect ourselves and have the courage to help the weak. You’re stronger and faster than her. She lost, but you can’t make her cry ju
“I don’t know how to make a marriage work, nor do I know how to tolerate. I know that tolerating doesn’t mean that I have to live according to how others want me to.“If… If this is how marriages are supposed to be, I’d rather not—”Waylon walked toward her and pulled her into his arms. She froze in his arms. Waylon wrapped his arms tighter around her. He shouldn’t have forced her.“I’m sorry, Cam.”Cameron pressed her lips together and buried her face into his shoulder. Waylon tilted her face upward and kissed between her brows. “I shouldn’t have kept you by my side and made you feel as though you’ve lost your freedom. I’m sorry.”Cameron looked up at him. “Are you afraid that I will cheat on you?”He was taken aback. “What?”Cameron clicked her tongue and turned away. “You don’t want me to be around Nick because you’re afraid that I might cheat on you with him. If there was something between us, we would have been together already. You wouldn’t stand a chance.”Her last s
Waylon cleared his throat and messed up his hair. “That's your aunt.”Chadwick was shocked. That ‘man’ was his ‘aunt’?Waylon didn’t explain it to him well enough, so Chadwick misunderstood. During the training, Chadwick kept looking at Cameron with a weird look. Cameron felt chills down her back because someone kept staring at her. She looked around and realized it was that little kid. The little boy realized that he had been spotted, so he quickly looked away and continued training. When they were taking a break, Chadwick walked aside to drink. The cool boy would bring water whenever he went. “Your name is Chadwick Boucher, right?”When he heard Cameron's voice, he shuddered and almost spilled his drink. “Yes, how may I help you?”Cameron froze because this boy was speaking like an adult.She didn’t think much about it but leaned down and looked at him. “I noticed that you have good basic training. Do you want to be my student?”Chadwick smiled but hesitated. He didn’
Waylon smiled and pushed Cameron’s hair behind her back, showing her forehead. He planted a kiss in between her eyebrows very carefully. Waylon and Cameron saw Chadwick at school the next day. Chadwick walked out of his classroom, saw that Waylon was with a woman, and froze. ‘Adults are so weird. He was with a man the other day, but now he is with a woman.’ Waylon waved at him. “Chaddy, come and meet your aunt.”Chadwick was nervous. “How many wives do you have?”Cameron couldn’t help but laugh. Waylon pushed her forward. “Take a closer look.”Cameron smiled at him. “Hello Chadwick, we meet again.”Chadwick realized that Cameron looked familiar, and his expression turned into one of shock. “You’re Master Southern!?”Cameron gave him a thumbs up. “Clever.”He was even more disgusted. “Why are you in women’s clothes?”Cameron was rendered speechless. ‘Can I beat him up?’After Waylon explained everything to the kid, he finally realized what had happened and lowered his he
“Daisie.” Leah and Morrison walked up to her with wine glasses. “You look so pretty today.”“Thank you,” Daisie said with a smile.Leah lifted her wine glass. “I propose a toast. Morrison and I wish you a happy marriage.”Daisie clinked glasses with her. “Same goes for you and Morrison.”After the toast, Cameron walked up to Daisie with Waylon. Behind them were Freyja, Colton, Maisie, and Nolan.Maisie raised her hand and caressed her on the cheek. “You were great earlier today.”She giggled. “Really?”Nolan added, “You’ll forever be our dazzling pride, so yes.”Daisie grinned as if she was still the little princess of the family.Nollace came over. “Dad, Mom, a toast to the both of you. Thank you for letting me have Daisie’s hand.”“Consider yourself lucky.” Nolan snorted softly, picked up his wine glass, and clinked glasses with him. “You’d better treat my daughter well from now on.”Nollace glanced at Daisie. “Don’t worry. She’ll forever be my one and only.”Maisie chuck
In order to make way for the wedding carriage, other vehicles had been forbidden from accessing the route from the palace to the cathedral.Daisie looked out of the carriage—the streets were crowded with citizens, and they were all there to witness this grand scene.Nollace, sitting on the side, was wearing a double-breasted dark blue military jacket. He looked tall and broad, and there were two St. Patrick’s Stars on his epaulets, one on each side, a full set of medals on his chest, and other complicated decorations.He held the back of Daisie’s hand and smiled suddenly. “You have sweaty palms.”Daisie looked back at him and responded with a trembling voice, “I’m nervous.”He lifted her hand and kissed the back of her hand. “I’m here, so don’t be nervous. Just take it easy.”Daisie’s gaze landed on his wedding jacket. “You look nice in this uniform.”Nollace chuckled. “And my bride looks stunning too.”Arriving at the cathedral, Nollace was separated from Daisie. Accompanied b
“By the way, where’s Cameron?” asked Morrison.Waylon replied, “She’s accompanying her father on a stroll. I’m going to go meet them already, so I’ll leave you to yourselves for now. You can do whatever you want with your free time.”After saying that, he got up and left the couple.Morrison shook his head. “He’s changed now that he has a wife.”“You’re speaking as if you haven’t changed.” Leah got up instantly and left the restaurant.Morrison put his cup down and caught up to her immediately. “Hey, why would you leave me behind? Wait for me.”Maisie and Saydie came out of the private room and ran into Nolan and Quincy in the corridor.Quincy nodded. “Mrs. Goldmann.”Maisie stopped in front of Nolan, and Nolan grabbed her by her hand. “Have you finished catching up?”“Of course. Didn’t you want to go to the Hathaways’ villa with Dad in the afternoon?”Nolan smiled. “I was waiting for you. We’re just going over to have a meal together.”Quincy walked up to Saydie’s side and
Daisie grinned from ear to ear. “Then I’ll wear this crown on my wedding day, which can be considered an endorsement for my mom’s jewelry company and design.”Nollace hugged her from behind. “You can do anything as long as you like it.”…The members of the Goldmanns arrived in Yaramoor two days before the wedding and stayed in the hotel arranged by Nollace. The royal family had reserved the entire hotel for receiving distinguished guests from Zlokova who came to attend the wedding.Members from the Bouchers and the Lucases showed up, and Sunny was also present.There were also some familiar faces from the Zlokovian entertainment industry. Hannah, Amy, James, and Charlie, who were close friends with Daisie, all came.Leah and Morrison were also on the invitation list.When Maisie came to the restaurant, the waiter led her into a private room.As soon as she saw the man sitting inside, she smiled and exclaimed, “Godfather!”Strix slowly turned around.She had not seen him for
The rest of the people laughed.The night came, and the entire city was shrouded in a mist of neon light. Daisie and Nollace returned to Taylorton after having their dinner.Her hair was wet as she got out of the shower. Nollace took over her towel and helped her to dry her hair.She sat in front of her dresser and looked at the person behind her through the mirror. There was a smile tugging at the corner of her mouth as she said, “Nolly, I’m really looking forward to our wedding.”“Really?” Nollace gently dried the soft tips of her hair. “I’m looking forward to it too.”“I can say that my life is perfect now, right? Since I can marry and walk down the aisle with the man I love the most.”He laughed out loud and leaned down to her ear. “You know what? All the wishes in my life have come true as well.”Daisie turned her head around. “What are your wishes?”“Marry you, give you a wedding, and have our own kids.”She was stunned. Slowly, her face turned red due to her embarrassme
“Yeah, it’s true,” replied Zephir.“It seems like you’ve finally become more mature after coming back from your vacation.” Naomi patted his shoulder. “I wish you all the best in your future endeavors.” He smiled at her but did not say anything.…Soon, it was the end of the month. Their vacation had come to an end, and they returned to Bassburgh.Maisie and Nolan were waiting for them in the courtyard. After getting out of the car, Daisie ran up to them. “Mommy! Daddy!”She hugged both of them.Nolan petted her head and smiled helplessly. “You’re an adult now. You should stop acting like a kid.”She smiled back at them and said, “But I know I’ll always be your kid in your eyes.”Maisie chuckled and looked at the other people. “It seems like you guys had a lot of fun. Anyway, come in first. We should eat together tonight.”Freyja and Cameron went to look for their kids after they went into the house. Charm and her two cousins were staying in the same room. All of them were sl
Nollace looked at them. “What a coincidence.”“Morrison and I were here earlier than you guys,” said Leah. “We only found out that you guys were here when Daisie posted a photo on her Facebook page.”Daisie pulled Leah to the seat and said, “Then you should stay a few more days with us.”After Morrison took his seat, Waylon introduced him to Freyja and Daisie. “She’s my sister-in-law, Freyja, and she’s my sister. Her name is Daisie.”“I’ve seen them before at your wedding,” said Morrison. “Your sister is my wife’s classmate. She has told me before.”“Since when did I become your wife? There’s a chance I may not marry you in the future,” said Leah.“We’re already engaged. If you don’t want to marry me, who else are you going to marry?” Morrison frowned, causing the crowd to break out in a burst of laughter, save for Daisie.She looked at Leah in disbelief and asked, “Engaged? When did you get engaged, Leah?” Leah cleared her throat and replied, “Well, I forgot to inform you abo
The stall owner said, “$10 for three chances.”“$10 for three chances only? That’s expensive,” commented Freyja.The stall owner raised his head and said, “I’m the cheapest around here. Other stalls offer $15 for three chances.” Daisie tugged at Freyja and said, “Let's just give him the money. It isn't easy for them to set up a stall here anyway, so let's have some fun.”After that, she gave $20 to the stall owner and said, “Please give us six hoops.”The stall owner gave her six hoops. She had her eyes set on a bracelet. Although she knew it was fake, it was rather beautiful. She held a hoop and threw it toward the bracelet.However, she did not get it.She threw another two hoops at the bracelet, but her attempts failed, much to her chagrin. She had only three hoops left.Seeing that Daisie was prepared to give up, Cameron took over the rest of the hoops in her hand and said, “Leave it to me.”She squinted and aimed at the bracelet. After that, she threw the hoop at it an
The night of the old town was silent. The air was filled with nothing but the humming of insects. There was a lamp hanging outside of the tent on the grass. The atmosphere was quiet. Daisie was tossing and turning in the sleeping bag as sleep just wouldn't come to her. Suddenly, an arm appeared across her waist as she was brought into a chest. “What’s the matter? You can’t sleep?”“Yeah…” She buried her head in his chest and said, “I want to go to take a leak, but I’m a little bit scared.”Nollace kissed her forehead and said, “I’ll go with you then.”Both of them came out of the tent. Nollace took a flashlight and led Daisie to a row of trees in the distance. Daisie turned her head and said, “You wait for me here.”Nollace nodded. “Just shout my name if you need anything.”She walked into the forest and stopped in front of a tree not far away from Nollace.After she had done her business, she hastily got out of the forest and held tightly to Nollace’s arm. “Alright, let’s go