The middle-aged man looked horrified, but he had already received $160,000 from Leila. If he snitched on her, he would be…“It was… it was Ms. Vanderbilt.”The bodyguard pushed him down into a kneeling position, pulled out a weapon, and pointed it at his head. The middle-aged man was strung up tighter than a bow, his heart pumping hard. If that thing pointed at his head went off, he would be seeing Hades soon. He couldn’t care less about the money anymore. He shuddered, his mouth half opened, and when he spoke, he couldn’t help but stutter. “That night… It… It… It was—”Hearing a click from the thing pushing against his head, the man almost wet his pants. “It wasn’t Ms. Vanderbilt, b… b… but I really don’t know who it was!”He was telling the truth. He didn’t know who that woman was. All he knew was that Mr. Goldmann had entered the room soon after the woman.Upon hearing that it wasn’t Willow, Nolan didn’t care about the rest of the reply. He had the answer he wanted. He pu
“What is happening at Vaenna? I let you take over so that you can learn to manage a company. Where did all the resources I gave you go?”Stephen tossed the folder onto the desk. The account director had given him a call which almost made him implode. They had lost $900,000!Mr. Goldmann had put in $1,600,000, but they had already lost $900,000 of it!?Leila walked to Willow and looked at Stephen. “Dear, how could you blame Willie for that? You know that she doesn’t know anything about the jewelry business. She can’t be held accountable if she’s conned.”“I wanted her to learn. What have you learned all these years?” Stephen yelled.Willow held her fists. She had gone through enough before her father chewed her up and couldn’t take it anymore. Seeing how bad her daughter was looking, Leila immediately said, “If you think that Willie didn’t do a good job, why not get Zee back to Vaenna? She’s the top jewelry designer. Vaenna would make a fortune with her around!”“Isn’t she in Va
Maisie slowly looked up and saw the camera with a red blinking light in the corner. Had she been played all along, or did she just fall into this trap?“Are you looking for the results?”The emergence of a shadow shot chills down Maisie’s spine. She looked at Nolan, who was standing outside the door holding a different envelope with horror written all over her face. Nolan had received the report from Coralia half an hour ago and had seen the results. The red words spelled out ‘DNA is a match’. It was confirmed that Waylon and Daisie were his children. It had been six years. Not only did he have two children, but they were also close to him. If he didn’t look into it and found the truth, how could he have found out who the woman actually was?“You’re really clever. You were the one who switched the report, right?”“I don’t know what you mean.” Maisie was trying very hard to calm down. That wasn’t the time to panic. Nolan walked toward her and squinted. “You’re still pretending
Willow was mad with jealousy!“Nolan!”Nolan slowly let go of Maisie, and his expression turned dark. Hah, that was why this woman kissed him back.He turned and looked at Willow. “Why are you here?”Maisie rubbed her lips, wiping off her lipstick which smudged on her face, making her look provocative.She held onto Nolan’s collar, raised her brows, and smiled. “You need more practice on kissing.”Nolan’s face turned dark. Was that a complaint?Maisie was getting ready to leave but froze when Stephen suddenly showed up behind Willow. Stephen’s face went pale upon seeing her looking ‘messy’ while being in the same room as Nolan and his bleeding lip. “Maisie, how… how could you—” Stephen’s rage got to his head, and he fainted and collapsed on the floor.“Dad!”Upon seeing Willow run to her father’s side, Maisie’s feet felt as though they had been glued to the spot where she was standing. …Maisie leaned against the wall of the hospital corridor, looking lost. She would
Maisie left the ward without looking back after saying so.Willow dashed out of the ward and caught up to her when she arrived at the elevator entrance. “Maisie Vanderbilt, you stop right there!”Maisie turned sideways and glared at her. “Why should I? Just because you couldn’t talk me down, you deliberately brought our father to Blackgold Group to ask me to return to Vaenna?”‘Speaking of it, Dad was so angry that he fainted. Doesn’t it have anything to do with her?’Willow gnashed her teeth bitterly. “Dad was the one who suggested that he should come along to persuade you, and you’re the one who provoked him until he passed out!“Maisie, in Dad’s eyes, Nolan and I are a couple. So you’d better act sensibly and leave Blackgold. Otherwise, I’ll make sure that two little b*stards of yours— Ugh!”Maisie had grasped Willow’s neck and pushed her against the wall. Her eyes were terribly cold and stern. “I dare you to try!”“Do you think that I don’t have the guts to do so? I double d
Nolan snorted. “You can take that as a threat if you think it can be counted as one. After all, do you still think you can escape me under my nose?”Maisie was rendered speechless.The next day…Maisie stepped into the company as punctual as always and suddenly saw Nolan and Quincy coming in her direction from around the corner.Nolan’s lips were still showing symptoms that they had been bitten, and there was a small scab in the wound. It was conceivable that she had reacted mercilessly yesterday.She wanted to avoid seeing them, but it was already too late.Maisie looked away as she did not want to think about what had happened yesterday and smiled indifferently. “Good morning, Mr. Goldmann.”Nolan stared at her for a moment and opened his thin lips and pearl-white teeth. “I thought you would avoid me.”“We work under the same roof, so meeting each other from time to time is inevitable. Plus, I didn’t do anything immoral and shameful, so why should I avoid you?” Maisie gave of
After a few minutes of pure suffering, all the staff members finally went out. Maisie raised the hand that Nolan was holding indifferently and asked with a somewhat ironic smile on her face, “Mr. Goldmann? Do you have cravings for such exciting agendas?”Nolan looked at her for a moment, his eyes slightly cold. “Then do you want to experience something more exciting?”Maisie’s expression changed slightly.‘This man wouldn’t...’Nolan turned around abruptly, stretched out his hand, and leaned it on the wall, wrapping her in his arms.“Mr. Goldmann, don’t push your luck!” Maisie gnashed her teeth, raised her legs, bent her knees, and got into an offensive posture, but Nolan grabbed her raised leg with his big hand instantly and pressed it against her body. This posture that the two were in was the pinnacle of a shameful stance!“Nolan Goldmann, you’d better let me go!” There was a hint of resentment in Maisie’s eyes.Nolan’s eyes drooped slightly, and after the elevator stopped, h
Senior designer of Hailey & Co. Jewelry, Freddy Fuller.He also knew that Willow was Nolan’s girlfriend, so this made her very happy deep down.‘Yes, everyone in Bassburgh knows that Nolan has a girlfriend. Hailey & Co. Jewelry is such a huge company, and Dad will definitely once again think highly of me if Vaenna can collaborate with them.’After talking for about ten minutes, Fred handed her several design sketches. “These are the jewelry that I designed, and it’s also the theme of my creation, “The Light of Life”. This is my first time trying to design jewelry with a retro Gothic design language.”Willow looked at the design drawings with a surprised expression.‘If Vaenna had had such designs, it wouldn’t have been suffering until now! Heh, does Maisie have this ability? Freddy can still beat her to the ground!’Willow went to her father after she signed a contract with Freddy to show him the contract.Stephen looked at Willow with admiration when he knew that she could get
“Daisie.” Leah and Morrison walked up to her with wine glasses. “You look so pretty today.”“Thank you,” Daisie said with a smile.Leah lifted her wine glass. “I propose a toast. Morrison and I wish you a happy marriage.”Daisie clinked glasses with her. “Same goes for you and Morrison.”After the toast, Cameron walked up to Daisie with Waylon. Behind them were Freyja, Colton, Maisie, and Nolan.Maisie raised her hand and caressed her on the cheek. “You were great earlier today.”She giggled. “Really?”Nolan added, “You’ll forever be our dazzling pride, so yes.”Daisie grinned as if she was still the little princess of the family.Nollace came over. “Dad, Mom, a toast to the both of you. Thank you for letting me have Daisie’s hand.”“Consider yourself lucky.” Nolan snorted softly, picked up his wine glass, and clinked glasses with him. “You’d better treat my daughter well from now on.”Nollace glanced at Daisie. “Don’t worry. She’ll forever be my one and only.”Maisie chuck
In order to make way for the wedding carriage, other vehicles had been forbidden from accessing the route from the palace to the cathedral.Daisie looked out of the carriage—the streets were crowded with citizens, and they were all there to witness this grand scene.Nollace, sitting on the side, was wearing a double-breasted dark blue military jacket. He looked tall and broad, and there were two St. Patrick’s Stars on his epaulets, one on each side, a full set of medals on his chest, and other complicated decorations.He held the back of Daisie’s hand and smiled suddenly. “You have sweaty palms.”Daisie looked back at him and responded with a trembling voice, “I’m nervous.”He lifted her hand and kissed the back of her hand. “I’m here, so don’t be nervous. Just take it easy.”Daisie’s gaze landed on his wedding jacket. “You look nice in this uniform.”Nollace chuckled. “And my bride looks stunning too.”Arriving at the cathedral, Nollace was separated from Daisie. Accompanied b
“By the way, where’s Cameron?” asked Morrison.Waylon replied, “She’s accompanying her father on a stroll. I’m going to go meet them already, so I’ll leave you to yourselves for now. You can do whatever you want with your free time.”After saying that, he got up and left the couple.Morrison shook his head. “He’s changed now that he has a wife.”“You’re speaking as if you haven’t changed.” Leah got up instantly and left the restaurant.Morrison put his cup down and caught up to her immediately. “Hey, why would you leave me behind? Wait for me.”Maisie and Saydie came out of the private room and ran into Nolan and Quincy in the corridor.Quincy nodded. “Mrs. Goldmann.”Maisie stopped in front of Nolan, and Nolan grabbed her by her hand. “Have you finished catching up?”“Of course. Didn’t you want to go to the Hathaways’ villa with Dad in the afternoon?”Nolan smiled. “I was waiting for you. We’re just going over to have a meal together.”Quincy walked up to Saydie’s side and
Daisie grinned from ear to ear. “Then I’ll wear this crown on my wedding day, which can be considered an endorsement for my mom’s jewelry company and design.”Nollace hugged her from behind. “You can do anything as long as you like it.”…The members of the Goldmanns arrived in Yaramoor two days before the wedding and stayed in the hotel arranged by Nollace. The royal family had reserved the entire hotel for receiving distinguished guests from Zlokova who came to attend the wedding.Members from the Bouchers and the Lucases showed up, and Sunny was also present.There were also some familiar faces from the Zlokovian entertainment industry. Hannah, Amy, James, and Charlie, who were close friends with Daisie, all came.Leah and Morrison were also on the invitation list.When Maisie came to the restaurant, the waiter led her into a private room.As soon as she saw the man sitting inside, she smiled and exclaimed, “Godfather!”Strix slowly turned around.She had not seen him for
The rest of the people laughed.The night came, and the entire city was shrouded in a mist of neon light. Daisie and Nollace returned to Taylorton after having their dinner.Her hair was wet as she got out of the shower. Nollace took over her towel and helped her to dry her hair.She sat in front of her dresser and looked at the person behind her through the mirror. There was a smile tugging at the corner of her mouth as she said, “Nolly, I’m really looking forward to our wedding.”“Really?” Nollace gently dried the soft tips of her hair. “I’m looking forward to it too.”“I can say that my life is perfect now, right? Since I can marry and walk down the aisle with the man I love the most.”He laughed out loud and leaned down to her ear. “You know what? All the wishes in my life have come true as well.”Daisie turned her head around. “What are your wishes?”“Marry you, give you a wedding, and have our own kids.”She was stunned. Slowly, her face turned red due to her embarrassme
“Yeah, it’s true,” replied Zephir.“It seems like you’ve finally become more mature after coming back from your vacation.” Naomi patted his shoulder. “I wish you all the best in your future endeavors.” He smiled at her but did not say anything.…Soon, it was the end of the month. Their vacation had come to an end, and they returned to Bassburgh.Maisie and Nolan were waiting for them in the courtyard. After getting out of the car, Daisie ran up to them. “Mommy! Daddy!”She hugged both of them.Nolan petted her head and smiled helplessly. “You’re an adult now. You should stop acting like a kid.”She smiled back at them and said, “But I know I’ll always be your kid in your eyes.”Maisie chuckled and looked at the other people. “It seems like you guys had a lot of fun. Anyway, come in first. We should eat together tonight.”Freyja and Cameron went to look for their kids after they went into the house. Charm and her two cousins were staying in the same room. All of them were sl
Nollace looked at them. “What a coincidence.”“Morrison and I were here earlier than you guys,” said Leah. “We only found out that you guys were here when Daisie posted a photo on her Facebook page.”Daisie pulled Leah to the seat and said, “Then you should stay a few more days with us.”After Morrison took his seat, Waylon introduced him to Freyja and Daisie. “She’s my sister-in-law, Freyja, and she’s my sister. Her name is Daisie.”“I’ve seen them before at your wedding,” said Morrison. “Your sister is my wife’s classmate. She has told me before.”“Since when did I become your wife? There’s a chance I may not marry you in the future,” said Leah.“We’re already engaged. If you don’t want to marry me, who else are you going to marry?” Morrison frowned, causing the crowd to break out in a burst of laughter, save for Daisie.She looked at Leah in disbelief and asked, “Engaged? When did you get engaged, Leah?” Leah cleared her throat and replied, “Well, I forgot to inform you abo
The stall owner said, “$10 for three chances.”“$10 for three chances only? That’s expensive,” commented Freyja.The stall owner raised his head and said, “I’m the cheapest around here. Other stalls offer $15 for three chances.” Daisie tugged at Freyja and said, “Let's just give him the money. It isn't easy for them to set up a stall here anyway, so let's have some fun.”After that, she gave $20 to the stall owner and said, “Please give us six hoops.”The stall owner gave her six hoops. She had her eyes set on a bracelet. Although she knew it was fake, it was rather beautiful. She held a hoop and threw it toward the bracelet.However, she did not get it.She threw another two hoops at the bracelet, but her attempts failed, much to her chagrin. She had only three hoops left.Seeing that Daisie was prepared to give up, Cameron took over the rest of the hoops in her hand and said, “Leave it to me.”She squinted and aimed at the bracelet. After that, she threw the hoop at it an
The night of the old town was silent. The air was filled with nothing but the humming of insects. There was a lamp hanging outside of the tent on the grass. The atmosphere was quiet. Daisie was tossing and turning in the sleeping bag as sleep just wouldn't come to her. Suddenly, an arm appeared across her waist as she was brought into a chest. “What’s the matter? You can’t sleep?”“Yeah…” She buried her head in his chest and said, “I want to go to take a leak, but I’m a little bit scared.”Nollace kissed her forehead and said, “I’ll go with you then.”Both of them came out of the tent. Nollace took a flashlight and led Daisie to a row of trees in the distance. Daisie turned her head and said, “You wait for me here.”Nollace nodded. “Just shout my name if you need anything.”She walked into the forest and stopped in front of a tree not far away from Nollace.After she had done her business, she hastily got out of the forest and held tightly to Nollace’s arm. “Alright, let’s go