When Daniel had been brought out of the basement, it was already too late for him. His lungs and heart had already been infected and damaged by the poisonous gas, while his leg injury had caused too much blood loss. Maisie’s gaze shifted, but she did not utter a single word.Nolan glanced at her. “I’ve explained everything to the police for you. You fired the shot in self-defense, and because you didn’t plan to kill him, you only shot him in the leg.”She smiled. “Then what if I wanted to kill him?”Nolan squinted his eyes and kept quiet.Maisie turned her head and looked out of the window. “He’s the mastermind who plotted the accident from three years ago, and Rowena was the one who put it into action. Although I wanted to shoot him in the head at the time, seeing him getting the retribution that he deserved, I didn’t feel compelled to do so all of a sudden.”“Zee.” Nolan leaned forward to look at her and turned her face to make her face him. “Promise me, no matter what you do
Nolan stopped moving forward and did not look back. “I’m not afraid of dying. I’m only afraid of dying in front of her.”He turned his head. “Get Waylon to come over to accompany her tomorrow.”The next day…Maisie was sitting on the bed, reading the newspaper.Sure enough, after Daniel died and the truth about the virus was exposed, those people really put all the blame onto the Kents.They did not even mention what they had done with the Kents. They had used the Kents to study this technology, so much so that the Kents had fallen and Daniel had died for their scheme in the end.They did not even have to worry about being implicated.“Mommy!”Maisie turned around upon hearing that voice and looked out the door in surprise.Her eyes turned bloodshot in an instant. “Waylon!?”Waylon dashed to the bed, and Maisie hugged him. “Waylon, is this you? Mommy missed you so much!”The children were now eight years old, and they had only been three tiny rugrats back then. Although they
Saydie had been the only one staying in the hospital with her during these two days. Nolan was nowhere to be found.Maisie looked out the window from the car. It was already autumn, and the trees growing on both sides of the streets had turned golden. The leaves on the ground looked like a golden carpet, adding color to the surrounding buildings.The leaves danced when the cars drove past them.Maisie brought Waylon to the Easton Estate, walked into the villa, and saw Strix waiting for her in the living room.“Dad.” Maisie walked toward him while holding Waylon’s hand.Strix looked at Waylon. “Who is this child?”“He’s my son.” Maisie smiled as she put her hands on Waylon’s shoulders. “Waylon Vanderbilt.”Strix put down his teacup and smiled. “You have a son that’s already all grown up.”Waylon replied, “There are three of us. I have a brother and a sister.”Maisie smiled but said nothing when she saw how surprised Strix looked.She let Saydie bring Waylon around and had a ch
The final stage would happen a short time after the third year. The patient would continuously cough out blood, have a lowered immune system, and have continuous fits of fever. They would suddenly die because the organs could no longer handle it. Maisie thought of something and stood up, “By the way, if… if the sleeper virus didn’t have an incubation period and the patient started getting fever and coughing out blood soon after the infection, what kind of virus is it?”Strix turned around to look at her, “That’s a mutated sleeper virus that makes people sick at an accelerated rate. The patient would only have three to four years left to live.”‘Three, four years…’Maisie turned pale. How could that be? Nolan was already in his third year!“What’s wrong, Zee?” Strix looked at her curiously. Maisie snapped back into reality and said, “Dad, is there a cure if infected?”Strix furrowed his brows as though he was thinking. “The current medical research is not advanced enough to fin
A guard appeared outside. “Mr. Goldmann, Quincy, Ms. Vanderbilt is here.”Nolan paused and answered calmly, “Send her in.”Nolan wanted Waylon to spend time with Maisie and not see her for a few days, but she still came over.Maisie walked in looking solemn but calm as if nothing out of the ordinary.Quincy left and closed the door after him.Maisie walked to the study desk. “Are you avoiding me?”Nolan casually smiled. “Am I?”She moved the documents in front of him to the side. “Yes, you didn’t come to see me when I was discharged. Are you regretting it?”He smiled but didn’t answer. Maisie put both her hands on the desk. “Nolan, if you’re going to regret it, I won’t show up any longer from tomorrow onward.”Nolan stared at her with a secretive look. Maisie sat on the desk and leaned toward him. Her soft hair fell to the front, looking more seductive.She put a finger on his pocket square. “If you don’t say anything, I’m going to take it as a yes, so this would be my la
Maisie huffed and stayed unmoving in his arms. “I’m tired.”Nolan turned around. “Tired?”Maisie lazily hugged his neck. “I’m all yours now.”“You little minx.” Nolan kissed her deeply. It was another night filled with love. The next day…Maisie woke up and made breakfast when she heard movement outside. She looked up and saw Titus coming over with two bodyguards. Titus was shocked when he saw Maisie and frowned. “Why are you here?”Waylon followed Quincy down the stairs. Quincy’s expression slightly changed and walked forward carefully. “You’re here, sir.”“Have you forgotten what I told you or are you ignoring it?”Titus meant letting Maisie get close to Nolan.Waylon coldly spoke before Quincy could answer. “Why can’t Mommy see Daddy?”“You’re all defying me!” Titus growled. Even his great-grandson was talking back. Maisie calmly removed the apron and smiled. “You can stop me from meeting Nolan, but can you stop his feelings?”“What do you mean by that?”“You witnes
Titus was probably regretting it.“Mr. Goldmann?” Quincy saw Nolan standing at the stairs and was surprised.Had he heard everything?Nolan slowly walked down the stairs and stopped in front of Maisie, giving her a half-smile. “I thought you had left.”Maisie placed the cutlery on the table. “I still have to make breakfast for my son and my son’s father before I leave.”Nolan smiled warmly when he heard ‘my son’s father’. “It looks like you’ve made my grandfather lose sleep and appetite for the next few days.”Maisie poured a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for Waylon. “I was just being honest, was I wrong?”Nolan grinned, hugged her while ignoring everyone around, and sniffed her hair. “Mm, that’s great.”Maisie saw that everyone was there and pushed him away with her elbow while blushing. “Stop it and have your breakfast. I need to go back later.”“Mommy, are you leaving again?”Waylon, who was having breakfast, looked a little sad when he heard ‘go back’. Maisie’s
Strix was stunned. After a long while, he lowered his head and said, “Yeah, you’re right. She's using your birth to tell me that I've succeeded.”The car was stopped outside of a research building.A man and a woman were standing at the entrance. Both of them were the people of Morwich, and they seemed to be in their 30s. They were wearing white coats that would only be worn when they were on duty, with ID cards pinned on the pockets in front of their chests. When the man with a buzz cut saw Strix, he smiled at him excitedly and asked, "You've finally returned!" “Yeah, but don’t tell anyone else that I’ve returned, including the director,” Strix said.He nodded and replied, “Understood. And this is…”Maisie had never shown herself in front of the media when she was in Morwich, so they did not know who she was.Strix looked at Maisie and introduced her. “She’s Marina’s daughter. Her name is Alice.”The man and the woman were stunned.Inside the office…Maisie took over the c