“But Maisie, I can only remind you that your life will be in danger at any time if you continue to stay with Nolan. Not because of anything, but because of the Goldmanns’ special bloodline.”…Ryleigh sat in the living room drinking fresh milk and waited for about 20 minutes, not knowing what her Aunt Larissa would say to Zee.Just as she took a sip of milk, she noticed a dark silhouette approaching. When she looked up, the corners of her curved lips sank instantly.The tall man looked at her condescendingly. “It’s you?”The man gave off a hint of disgust through his slanted eyes when he saw that there were still white milk stains on her lips.He thought that his mother was about to introduce some random woman to him back at home again, and that idea really scared him for good.“What makes you think that I want to come to your house? If it weren’t for Zee, I—” Ryleigh was about to say something when she heard footsteps coming downstairs. Soon, she saw Maisie’s figure, so she put
Ryleigh was stunned for a split second. It was obvious that Maisie’s issue completely overwhelmed her. “Okay, I really can’t understand it.”Maisie placed her hand on Ryleigh's shoulder and said with an intoxicating smile, “Ryleigh, I realize that you’re my only best friend. You didn’t give up on me, no matter how pretentious I was or how others framed me. I don’t know what I would’ve done if you hadn’t helped me back then.”Ryleigh looked bewildered. “Are you drunk?”“Just how annoying can you be? Do I look like I’m drunk? I’m just feeling a little emotional.” Maisie placed her arms on Ryleigh’s shoulders. “I sometimes envy you. You have a father who’s always been protecting you so well since you were a little girl that he has raised you into such an innocent woman. Not to mention that no one would cause you any trouble for no reason. It’s actually quite nice to be able to be a carefree young lady.”‘At least, she won’t come across the problems that I face.’“Since when did you s
Rowena’s makeup looked very light and elegant today, and her dress looked grand. “Didn’t Nolan tell you anything?”Maisie paused for a split second. “What should he tell me about?”Rowena looked at her and explained, “I’m now Nolan’s assistant. Eh? Didn’t Nolan tell you about this?”Maisie chuckled and crossed her arms. “Oh, it turns out to be about this. I thought you were about to bring up a big deal.”‘She’s here to show off the second she becomes Nolan’s assistant?’“Ms. Vanderbilt, please don’t misunderstand us. After all, this is Grandpa’s arrangement. Grandpa wants me to learn more from Nolan, so I guess you wouldn’t mind this, right?” She mentioned the old man only to make it clear to Maisie that she was the person that Titus valued the most.‘As long as Grandpa still stands by my side, there’s no way that you’re taking a step into the Goldmanns!’Not knowing what Rowena was expecting from her, Maisie gave off a brilliant smile. “Why would I misunderstand the both of you
‘The two rugrats have mastered the skills of buttering someone up.’Kennedy nodded all of a sudden. “If that’s the case, Mr. Boucher is really doing his best in helping us to promote our products. Although we’re profiting from this association with him without any condition being named beforehand, we can’t just take advantage of him without expressing any appreciation.”“Yeah, I understand that.” Maisie smiled with her arms crossed. “I’ll see if I can treat Mr. Boucher to a meal or something when I’m free someday in the future.”Ordinary people would not even dare to think about buying Mr. Boucher a meal, but she could not take advantage of Mr. Boucher without doing anything in return. Thus, she could only repay his favor with a meal after giving it a good thought.When speaking of returning favors, Francisco from the training camp came to her mind too.‘It’s depressing to admit this, but how did I end up owing favors to both the Boucher heirs?’At noon, everyone had gone out for
Nolan stared at her with his tender gaze, feeling a sense of satisfaction deep down.‘I’ve “trained” my little wild cat well.’He pulled her fingers nearer to him and kissed them. His eyes were filled with hints of dangerous lust. “Would you still go to a bar in the future? Huh?”“No, I won’t go to one again.”“Really?”Maisie hauled his hand away from her and gave off a wrathful laugh. “Yes, can we eat now?”There was a knock on the door.Nolan’s eyes narrowed slightly, and his voice sounded cold and indifferent. “Come in.”Rowena walked in with some documents and was about to say something, but a trace of abhorrence flashed across her eyes when she saw Maisie sitting beside Nolan with a table full of delicious lunch.“Is there something that demands my attention?” Nolan’s attitude toward her was still very cold.Rowena suppressed the resentment in her heart and forced a smile. “I’m here to inform you that the project meeting with Gleaming Mountain Inc. is about to start.”
If this was the past, Nolan would probably be a useless king! And that useless son of his, the father-and-son duo were the same. They even worked together to rebel!Rowena advised in a low voice, “Don’t be angry, Grandpa. I think the problem is Ms. Vanderbilt instead of Nolan.”“What do you mean?” Titus asked. Rowena pouted. “Grandpa, if I told you, Nolan would say that I was complaining to you.”“Don’t worry, I’m on your side. Just say it as it is.” Titus showed that he would support her. That made Rowena slowly say, “Ms. Vanderbilt kept bothering Nolan and wanted him to bring her to the meeting. And her attitude toward me was horrendous. She probably thinks that I’m a threat to her.“She targeted me at the camp for no reason. On the day of her assessment, Nolan suddenly went to the camp with me. I think she probably told him something, and that was why he didn’t trust me.”She was trying to paint Maisie as the troublemaker, and if it weren’t for her, Nolan wouldn't be so rec
Cherie shook her head. “No. The people who saw Wynona all said that she was fine. No one knew how she got hold of the knife.”“Was no one guarding?”“No.”Maisie had her answer, so she fell deep in thought. Someone could have entered the interrogation room to see her without a guard. Seeing that she was still concerned about Wynona, Cherie smiled and said, “Alright, Maisie, no need to be concerned about that. We’ll look into it.”After Cherie left, Maisie leaned back on her seat and picked up the crushed jade ring. Even though she thought that it had been ‘violated’ by Rowena, it was a present that Nolan had gotten for her, so she decided to restore it. In the evening, Maisie went to the underground garage. When she got in front of the car, a person suddenly walked close to her. She raised her hand but was immediately held down by her waist on top of the car. The man smiled. “Trying to ambush me?”Maisie relaxed when she saw that it was Nolan. “You’re the one who’s trying to a
Daisy’s eyes reddened, and she didn’t say anything. Colton hugged her to console her and stared at Titus. “We don’t want food from this woman.”To them, anyone who wanted to take their father away from their mother would be a bad woman.Even though Rowena was disappointed, she still looked gracious. “It’s alright, Grandpa, don’t blame the children.”This little girl would get what she deserved one day. Titus angrily slammed the table, his anger scaring everyone. “I’m not your grandpa nor your father. If they pampered you in the past, I’m going to change your bad attitude. Apologize to Aunt Rowena!”Colton and Daisy were obviously startled by his anger, but they were still stubborn and refused to apologize. Waylon angrily looked toward Titus. “We don’t need to apologize to her.”Mr. Cheshire almost had a heart attack when he heard that. How could this little child talk back to Titus?Titus was shocked. This child was extremely hostile, but he had to subdue these children.