Nolan raised his brows and smiled. “Only you need to know if I’m weak or not.”Maisie’s lashes fluttered. If he said all that before this, she would have said that he’s shameless, but now…“I’ll… try to be nicer to you, seeing that you’re trying so hard.” Maisie felt bashful while she said that.“Nicer how?” Nolan got close to her and lowered his voice, looking at her gorgeous and lively face. His Adam’s apple moved.Maisie voluntarily kissed his lips.Nolan was stunned. His heart seemed to have melted, and he savored it. He loved the way she kissed him.“Reward.” After Maisie left his lips, she turned around to tidy up the first aid kit on the table. Her ears were red.Nolan wanted to let her get away, but he couldn’t stand seeing her being so bashful. Thus, he hugged her from behind, guided her to the couch, and held her down.Maisie pushed him away. “Nolan, stop it. We’re in… the office.”It would be awkward if someone walked in.“No one is coming in.”“Mm— But, your arm—
“Many years went by, and the woman died of illness, leaving only such a company behind. The man took care of the daughter and worked hard to manage the company while his relatives never lent him a helping hand or even shared his hardships.”Maisie lowered his eyes and scoffed. “After many years, after the girl grew up, the man wanted to hand the company to the girl, but the man’s mother brought her relative to their house and demanded the man to hand the company that the girl’s mother worked so hard to establish to her relative’s son. All that just because the mother and the relative think that a daughter of the family doesn’t have the right to inherit the family’s company.”Of course, Madam Vanderbilt knew that the story Maisie was talking about was clearly an evasive reprimand, and her expression turned gloomy at that moment.The reporters in the audience obviously understood the underlying meaning of the story and felt that the relatives were indeed too mean.‘All children shoul
“Yeah, officer, how would my mother kill someone? Have you made a mistake?!” Willow had no idea what was going on.“The police didn’t make any mistakes.” Maisie’s gaze landed on the Vanderbilts, and she explained slowly, “Dr. Watson has tested the DNA of the epithelial cells left in Aunt Yanis’ fingernails, which belong to the murderer. The DNA is the same as that of Leila Scott’s."Leila’s face paled instantly.‘Fingernails... Could it be that Yanis scratched my scalp when she was grabbing me by my hair!?’Joe nodded with a smile, took the DNA verification results out of a folder, and handed it to the Vanderbilts.Stephen took the report, skimmed through its content, turned around, and glared at Leila. “So it was you!?”“No, it’s not me! I didn’t, I didn’t kill anyone, it wasn’t me. Besides, why would I kill Yanis? I have no reason to kill her!” Leila explained nervously.“You certainly don’t have a reason to kill her.” Maisie slowly walked off the stage. “But if Aunt Yanis fou
Stephen picked up the envelope on the floor, which contained dozens of extremely filthy photos, each of which had a familiar face. The paternity test confirmed that Stephen and Willow were not related by blood.Willow sat slumped on the floor.‘I’m not Stephen’s daughter…’Maisie said expressionlessly, “Ms. Scott used to live in the Underground Freeway. She worked in a very specialized field and went through many guests every day. As for how she got pregnant and who’s the biological father of the child, I would bet that she doesn’t have a clue.”“No, no, the child belongs to Steph! Steph, you have to believe me—”“You b*tch.” Stephen threw the photos on her face and rebuked furiously, “How dare you lie to me for so many years!”Leila was in despair. She thought of something all of a sudden and looked at Willow. “Willie, listen to me, I can explain—”“Don’t say my name, you disgusting woman. Why did you give birth to me? Why!? I hate you!“And Maisie Vanderbilt, I hate you too!”
‘I’ll never show the people who have hurt my woman any mercy.’At the black market…“I beg you! Please let me go! You can make me do whatever you want. Just let me go!” Willow cried and knelt at Gerald’s feet and begged.Gerald was smoking a pipe, and he tutted when he looked at the poor woman kneeling in front of him.“If you want to blame it on someone or something, blame it on the fact that you’re the daughter of that sl*t. Leila still owes us a debt. Since you’re her daughter, it’s obligatory for you to repay your mother’s debts.”Blood was drained from Willow’s face gradually. She hated her mother ever since she learned that her father was not Stephen and that she was a product of her mother’s choice to screw around with various men.And now that her mother had been caught, she was the one to have to suffer because she was her mother’s daughter.‘Why, why can’t I have Maisie’s identity!? No, I can’t stay in the black market. I can’t be like mother…’“How much does my mothe
Rowena had also heard just now that Nolan actually wanted to marry that woman. She bit her lip lightly and hid the gloom and coldness in her eyes away.Nolan’s expression looked extremely displeased as he was interrupted. “I don’t need your consent for who I’m going to marry.”“Brat, are you going against me deliberately?” Titus reprimanded angrily, “Since she has agreed to my conditions, I’ll never agree to your marriage before she gets my approval.”Nolan got up and smiled at the old man. “Then do you mean that you’ll agree to it as long as Zee completes the tasks in the army and achieves some results?”Titus was stunned for a split second. He felt that his grandson had found a loophole in their conversation and had set him up.However, he could not go back on his own word. “Then we’ll have to see if she can pass all the tests and achieve good results within half a month. Do you think it’s feasible?”‘People who haven’t received any professional training would be considered new
That seemed to be a test. Nolan’s eyes twitched, but he calmly said, “She would have her reasons to go. Maybe…“I should have trusted her.” Nolan reflected. He shouldn’t have thought of Maisie as a weak person. He knew that she wasn’t someone who would surrender. She would do whatever she wanted to. Nolan didn’t know if she was angry and wasn’t sure how to change that. Something came to his mind, so he looked up at Rowena. “All you women have the same taste, right?”Rowena paused with a smile on her face. “That depends. Why?”“Zee has probably been angry at me for a while already. I was thinking of getting her a present.”Nolan was fully focused on getting back into Maisie’s good books and didn’t notice the change in Rowena’s eyes. She bit her lip, and a hint of coldness flashed in her eyes. She dug her nails into her palms but smiled and said, “Isn’t Ms. Vanderbilt a jewelry designer? She would probably be interested in jewelry.”Nolan remembered something, got up, and
Erwin smiled helplessly. “Didn’t I say that I would tell you when you have enough power? There would be no benefit of me telling you this now, especially because of—”Her relationship with the Goldmanns. “Especially because of what?” Maisie asked.Erwin put down his teacup. “There’s a jade auction at The Jade Store. Do you want to go take a look?”Knowing that Erwin was trying to change the topic, Maisie pursed her lips but stopped asking. In The Jade Store’s immaculately designed hall, items made of jade were displayed on shelves, but the ones that were seen were mostly common jades like green jades and jasper.The top-quality white jades and jadeites were in cupboards that the public could not get to.The Jade Store was filled with people who were there for the jade trade. The difference between auctions of The Jade Store and other jewelry stores was that The Jade Store only auctioned jades.Erwin brought Maisie to a seat, but she saw a familiar silhouette sitting in anot