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
Maisie’s expression changed when Nolan was mentioned, but she smiled to avoid making Stephen worry and said, “I told the kids.”Stephen nodded. “Dad, why don’t you hire a housekeeper? If we had a housekeeper, you could have more rest.” Maisie changed the subject. Stephen waved his hand around, “I’m getting used to having a lot of time on my hands. It’s nice to do something since I have the time.”Maisie looked down, but something came to her mind. “Why don’t I let the children come and spend time with you? You’ve never seen them.”Stephen paused but smiled. “Yes, I haven’t met them. Would the children… hate me?”“No. Even though they’re young, they’re smart.” She wouldn’t have thought of letting the kids visit the Vanderbilt manor in the past, but things were different now.The doorbell rang. Stephen got up to get the door but was stunned when he saw who was at the door. “Mr. Goldmann?”Maisie’s face dropped when she saw Nolan. ‘He got here quickly. Wasn’t he happily at The
“If that’s the case, you should go back tonight.” Maisie pulled her hand away with an insincere smile and pushed him out the door.The door closed and locked. Maisie stood behind the door. The scene of him and Rowena at The Jade Store kept popping up in her mind, but he wasn’t sorry about it. How could he pretend to be innocent!?Why did this bother her so much? She shouldn’t care. There was no movement on the other side of the door. She turned around and wondered if he had left.She had pushed him out. He would have left if he was smart. But what if he wouldn’t leave?Maisie bit her lip and opened the door against her mind’s will. Nolan was still standing outside the door, looking at her as though he was hurt. No!Maisie pulled at his collar, dragged him into the room, closed the door, pushed him against the wall, and started kissing him.If men did this to assert dominance, why did women do it? Nolan lowered his eyes and looked at that angry yet beautiful face. His eyes
How was this huge closed training camp in Swallow County related to the Goldmanns?The camp gates slowly opened, and the Patton drove through.Quincy and Maisie got out of the car. The troops could be seen in the field. A well-built man walked over with Cherie, who was in a cool uniform, with her short hair in a beret. She looked like a pretty boy. “Maisie!” Cherie was excited to see Maisie and ran toward her. “Why are you here?”Quincy cleared his throat and said, “Ms. Vanderbilt is here to train.”Cherie was stunned and said in a curious tone, “Has Mr. Goldmann lost his marbles? Letting her come to a place like this—”“It's Elder Master Goldmann’s idea.” Quincy helplessly cut her off.Cherie opened her mouth but didn’t say anything. ‘It was Elder Master Goldmann’s idea… He’s too tough on her. She’s so delicate. Can she get through with this?’“By the way, Maisie,” She pulled the man next to her over and introduced, “This is Quincy’s and my brother, Hans.”That was the fir
Maisie certainly would not bother Cherie with anything else, so she only responded with a smile.Raven came forward after Cherie left, wanting to gossip. “Sis Maisie, are you Sis Cherie’s relative?”“Οf course not.” Maisie burst into a giggle and placed the backpack that she brought along with her on the bed.Raven sat on the bed, tilted her head, and looked at her with a frown. “Then you and Sis Cherie must know each other.”Maisie unpacked all her toiletries, looked at her, and said, “You can consider us acquaintances. What’s the matter with that?”Raven shook her head and asked again all of a sudden, “Why did you come to the training camp? Do you plan to become an agent too?”Maisie paused for a short moment and then asked with a slightly bewildered expression, “Is this training camp a place that trains agents?”She really did not know about that.“Yeah, don’t you know about that?” Raven was surprised, but Maisie really did not know.Seeing that Maisie did not understand wh
Maisie’s eyes drooped slightly.‘It turns out that there were three assessments, and I only have half a month, which means that I have to apply to be assessed within a week.‘I have to achieve good results within half a month. The highest score for an assessment is 60 points, and I only need to obtain the standard score of 120 points to pass.’In the evening, Raven took Maisie to the dining hall for dinner. The dining hall was a public area, and it was a duplex. There were basically more men than women at first glance.“There’s always time to start eating. If you were to come late, then there would be nothing left to eat.”“It seems that you have a memorable experience when it comes to this rule.” Maisie teased her.Raven smiled in embarrassment.Maisie and Raven walked up to the line to queue for dinner, but Maisie bumped into someone’s foot while walking by a table. If Raven had not supported her, she would have fallen.The man who was lying on the chair resting on his back w
‘Huh? No matter how I look at him, there’s no trace of anger on that b*stard’s face. Instead, he’s propping his hand against his head and staring at Maisie with a smile.’Francisco squinted his fox-like eyes. “Are you trying to draw my attention?”‘Generally, if an ordinary woman wants to attract my attention, I’ll only think that she’s a pretentious one. But everything’s fine if she were to apply this method when she’s trying to capture my attention!’Maisie almost spat out the broth that she had in her mouth. She chuckled out of rage and turned to look at him. “Lil’ brother, you’re quite a narcissistic one.”He nodded. “I know that.”Maisie was rendered speechless.Francisco thought of something all of a sudden and took a bar of chocolate out of his pocket. “It’s a brand from Ampleforth. Would you like to try it?”Probably because he was afraid Maisie would reject his offer, he added, “There are so many people watching. It’ll be extremely embarrassing if you reject me again. T