The smell of rain on Nolan’s body, coupled with the faint Gucci cologne and the minty smell of tobacco on his cloth, rushed to Maisie’s nose.“I’m sorry for making you worry about me.”Maisie pushed him away softly. “What are you guys doing here? Did someone get hurt?”Quincy scratched the tip of his nose and replied, “Well, someone did get hurt, but it’s not us.”Maisie was stumped. She lifted her head and looked at Nolan.Nolan lifted his brow.“Nolan!”When she heard the voice, Maisie turned her head and saw Titus and Rowena were rushing into the hospital.A hint of surprise crossed Rowena’s eyes when she saw that Nolan and the others were fine. However, it soon disappeared, and she asked softly, “Are you alright, Nolan? Elder Master Goldmann heard that you guys nearly got into an accident, so he rushed here to check on you all.”Nolan did not look at her. He turned to Titus and said, “I’m fine.”Titus heaved out a long sigh of relief inwardly when he saw that Nolan was fi
He replied weakly, “It’s you. It was you who sent us after him!”“No! It wasn’t me! I didn’t do it! You’re lying!”Rowena's exaggerated reaction made Titus frown. He became suspicious of Rowena as his face turned slightly darker.Seeing his reaction, Rowena grabbed his arm and continued. “Don’t listen to him, Grandpa! He’s lying! Nolan is the man I love the most, so how are there any chances I would harm him?”Nolan chimed in coldly, “If it wasn’t you, then who is it?”Rowena clutched at her chest while her eyes turned red around the rims as she explained hysterically, “Nolan, I’m sure you know how much I love you. Even if I were going to hurt someone, it would never be you! I knew it! It must be the people from the de Arma family!”After that, she pounced at the bed and shouted, “Who are you? Why are you telling lies, and why are you framing me?”Quincy hurriedly pulled her away. Rowena was both upset and anxious right now, but she acted as if she was falsely accused of wrongdo
When Nolan had told her that there was a plan, she thought he was going to expose Rowena in front of Titus. It turned out that he had found one of his men and performed a show? Quincy grinned and replied, “Ms. Vanderbilt, we didn’t stage this ourselves. Someone indeed ambushed Mr. Goldmann and me while we were on our way back. It’s raining out there, and the road is slippery. Had it not been for my superb driving skills, we would be the ones in the hospital right now. Those thugs weren’t seriously injured, so we sent them to the police station. After that, Mr. Goldmann and I decided to go with the flow and find someone to put up a show.” “Seriously?” Maisie looked at Nolan. “But are they really Rowena’s men?”‘Isn’t Rowena in love with Nolan? Why would she do that?’Looking at her, Nolan smiled and replied, “Those people in the police station have confessed everything. Someone wanted them to put the blame on the de Arma family.”Maisie recalled how Rowena had been so certain tha
The searing heat on Nolan’s abs made Maisie’s cheeks flush mildly.“You should dry your hair first.”He smiled. “It'll dry up later.”Nolan lowered his head and planted a kiss on Maisie’s lips without waiting for her to make any response. Her flimsy sleeping gown slid down her body as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Both of them fell on the bed, and it was yet another sleepless and lustful night.The pitter-patter of the rain outside dimmed gradually, and the water droplets on the window slid down smoothly.In the early morning, hazy light poured in through the slits in the curtains and gently sprinkled on the bed.Maisie was woken up by her phone.She rummaged through her bed to look for a phone. After finding her phone, she answered the call and said, “Yes?”“It’s me.”‘Huh?’Maisie got up from her bed and subconsciously took a glance at the caller ID. It was an unknown number, but she knew who he was. “How can I help you, Mr. Lucas?”“Grandpa wants to see you. 8:00
Maisie lowered her eyes and said, “Even if Nolan’s great-grandfather nearly died in your father’s hands, you got revenge on his mother already, right? They don’t owe you anything anymore, so why can you let bygones be bygones?”Two wrongs didn’t make it right. Why must they pass on their hate to the younger generation?Hernandez’s face turned grim. “They don’t owe me anything anymore?” His countenance was stern as he said calmly, “I would never forgive them. Besides, you don’t even know what they did to us that year.”Maisie did not say anything. She clutched her hands on her laps tightly. At that moment, Hernandez suddenly turned around and pulled his pants up. What appeared in front of Maisie was not a healthy human leg. Instead, it was a prosthetic leg. Maisie was stunned.“See? Patrick cut off my leg in an attempt to force my father to quit the government,” Hernandez said, his voice filled with rage. “I was only eight, just a kid. The pain of having my leg chopped off is
Whether Hernandez’s words were a threat or a warning, they were not threatening enough to instill fear in Maisie.She said with a smile, “Don’t worry, Sir Hernandez. Even if the whole world becomes Nolan’s enemy, at least I won’t do so.”Maisie did not want to stay back for the meal, so she bid farewell to the two of them and walked out of the restaurant, where he met Rowena and Titus.Rowena did not seem to care about what had happened last night and glanced at Maisie with a cold smirk on her face. “What a coincidence, Ms. Vanderbilt. Did you meet someone here for a meal?”Maisie pursed her lips and gave off a smile. “Yeah, I’ve finished the meal, so I’ll take my leave first.”‘Titus is here, so I won’t be able to defend myself alone when Louis and Hernandez appear and with Rowena fanning the flames.’She nodded at Titus politely and was about to leave, but Rowena grabbed her arm. “Why are you in such a hurry to leave? I’m here with Grandpa for brunch. As Grandpa’s granddaughter
“Okay.” Titus raised his hand to interrupt Maisie’s explanation impatiently as his eyes looked sullen. “Just remember what you said.”Titus then turned and stepped into the restaurant.When Rowena saw the dejection and unwillingness in Maisie’s eyes, she approached her triumphantly. “Maisie, Grandpa is still partial to me, so stop wasting your time and efforts.”Maisie looked at her and chuckled. “Yeah, Ms. Summers. You try to sow discord everywhere you go to make Grandfather love you more. Since you want to stay in the Goldmanns so much, why don’t you change your name to Rowena Goldmann so that you and Nolan can be siblings officially?”Rowena’s expression changed, and she gnashed her teeth. “Maisie Vanderbilt, you’d better watch your complacency.”She then rammed into Maisie’s shoulder and quickly caught up to Titus.Maisie walked out of SS Tower and saw Cherie was already sitting in the car, waiting for her. She got into the car and closed the door roughly, giving off a loud s
Maisie knew that if this were to continue, the lustful spark crackling in him would turn into a forest fire.Although there was no one in the company at this time, she could not be sure about whether Kennedy would suddenly appear, so she quickly changed the subject. “Speaking of which, have you found out who that man is trying to protect?”Nolan raised his head, and his watery eyes turned gloomy as he replied, “It’s someone from the training camp.”“Someone from the training camp, could it be…”“You know the person.” Nolan lowered his head and gave her fair neck a peck.Maisie placed her arms on his shoulders and could not help but tighten her fingers. “Does the person have the same rank as Cherie and the others— Mmmh.”“Huh?” Nolan stopped what he was doing as if he was doing so deliberately and stared at her flushed cheeks that resembled a sunset.Maisie bit her lip, looked away awkwardly, and said, “Can you answer me properly!?”He smirked. “Then don’t make any noise. It’s v