Nolan took a deep breath, his heart pumping fast in his chest. He took off his tie and threw it on the desk. While he tried to suppress himself, Maisie said, “I know I was wrong. I know I shouldn’t have kept you in the dark. Are you still not going to talk to me?”Her voice was filled with sobs while a string of tears fell and trickled down her cheeks.Nolan stopped in front of her, and she couldn’t read his expression. “I want you to rely on me, not ignore me.”“I didn’t ignore you…” Maisie looked at him begrudgingly.“Really?” he asked. He put his hands on the desk and leaned closer to her. “You decide things on your own without discussing them with me. Am I still your husband?”Maisie stretched her arms and wrapped them around him. Nolan did not push her away and allowed her to hug him.With her voice filled with sobs, she said, “I’m sorry. I just don’t want to rely on you to solve everything. Yes, I took over the club, but I’ll give it away once I find a suitable candidat
Maisie stretched out her arms, wrapped them around Nolan’s neck, and laughed out loud suddenly. “Nolan, I told you a secret of mine when you lost your memory.”He stared at her. “And what’s that?”Her eyelashes were wet from the tears, and she kissed him. “I love you very much, Nolan Goldmann.”She found out that she loved him more than she had ever thought three years ago, back when he had given his life to block the bullet for her.Nolan was astonished. He closed his eyes and clasped the back of her head with his hand to intensify the kiss.…Ryleigh walked back from the classroom to the office, and most of the students that she met along the way addressed her as “Mrs. Lucas” instead of “Ms. Hill” when they ran into her.‘The whole academy knows that I’m Louis’s fiancee now!’She returned to the office in a hurry and saw many meals brought straight to her desk from Michelin-starred restaurants.Several professors looked at her enviously. “Ms. Hill, Mr. Lucas really treats yo
Ryleigh gobbled all the food and left a lot of crumbs and sauces around her mouth, completely disregarding her image. Her mouth kept moving as she let off loud chewing noises as if she was a small hamster.Louis squinted slightly.She mowed down all the food and beverages and then gave off a burp. “I’ve finally resurrected.”Louis took out a tissue and wiped the oil stains off the corner of her lips for her. “Tsk, can’t you eat like an adult? You have stains all over your mouth.”He was obviously disgusted, but what he did contradicted what he said.Ryleigh snatched the tissue from his hand. “Are you disgusted by my table manners? But there’s nothing you can do. If you don’t like it, you can always go back to Ms. Mayweather, that elegant ex-girlfriend of yours.”Louis raised his eyebrows. “You’re always mentioning her, are you jealous of her?”Ryleigh stood up and smiled. “I don’t like being jealous of others.”She walked to the door.Louis raised his voice and stopped her.R
“Everything’s going to be fine with Helios there. You don’t have to do anything as one of the shareholders. Only when an issue that he can’t solve emerges, such as customers creating a scene, that’s when you come forward and solve it however you deem appropriate.”Saydie thought for a while. “I know only how to beat people up.”Maisie rubbed her temples. “You can beat someone up only when they’re the one who started it first. Otherwise, you’ll get yourself in trouble.”Saydie nodded.Maisie waved her hand. “But try not to let any troublesome guests through into the premises, and...”She looked at Saydie seriously. “You need to make more friends. Don’t always be by yourself. You’re no longer in the Metropolis, so you have the right to get associated with others.”Saydie was stunned. Her lips were tightly closed, and she did not speak.Maisie walked up to her and patted her shoulder. “Strix asked you to stay away from that dark life for your own good. You’re still young, and you s
Richard put down his cup heavily and said earnestly, “Nathaniel Hannigan is asking us for an explanation. If this is true, and the child Maizie Hannigan is pregnant with indeed belongs to the Bouchers, we can only make Francisco marry her.”Francisco happened to overhear his grandfather telling his father that he wanted him to marry Maizie from upstairs and rushed downstairs immediately to object. “You want me to marry Maizie Hannigan? Why should I? I won’t marry her!”Richard pointed at him furiously. “Isn’t this because of the mess that you made out there? That girl is now pregnant with your baby!”Francisco was astonished. “What baby?”“You! How dare you play dumb in front of me? Francisco Boucher, what have you learned throughout all those years when I left you in the training camp? One of you is the father, while the other is the son. You two are indeed cast in the same mold. Both of you have a thing for sleeping with random women, don’t you?“And you don’t even know how to c
Seeing that Kennedy did not seem to want to talk about it, Maisie did not force it but handed him a proposal that was lying on her desk. “Xyla Mayweather and Nathan Hayes previously came together as an on-screen couple for an advertising endorsement. Its effect was quite good, so I thought about it. We can hire a more popular on-screen couple to shoot commercials for Soul’s couple jewelry series.”Kennedy took the proposal from her and skimmed through it. “A popular on-screen couple?”Maisie smiled. “Celebrity pairing is a commercial marketing method too. If we hire an on-screen couple that is currently on fire on the Internet to help endorse Soul’s couple jewelry series, it will not only satisfy the wishes of their fans but will also boost Soul’s marketing by folds.““This is a good idea.” Kennedy nodded, then thought of something and said, “But there are not many on-screen couples on the Internet recently.”“Didn’t we have one some time ago?”“Some time ago?” Kennedy was slightl
Nolan raised his hand and held her wrist, then fed her food, looking at her face. “Do you need something?”Maisie pouted. “Why do you think of me like that?” Even though she really did. Nolan scoffed. “Why are you being courteous with me?”Maisie leaned in, her red lips inches away from his, her beautiful face looking innocent. “Dear, I want a couple to work together and be spokespeople for my jewelry. What do you think about that?”Nolan stared at her. “Why are you asking me?”She pressed her lips together and then put her arms around his neck. “I want to discuss this with you because I don’t want you to be upset about it.”Nolan pinched her chin, still keeping his eyes on her. “Why would I be upset?”She gave him puppy eyes, “Because the couple is two men.”Nollan squinted and realized that something was off, but he didn’t understand. Maisie turned around and sat on his lap, then pushed her long hair behind her. “Dear, you wouldn’t want your dear wife’s dream to shatter, w
The bartender stared at him curiously but didn’t dare speak. Barbara laughed. “I know. It’s probably not great to suddenly become a father.”The bartender placed the bottle on the bar, and Francisco immediately drank from the bottle, gulp after gulp.Even people who had high alcohol tolerance wouldn’t be able to handle drinking that much whisky.Seeing that he was drinking too much, Barbara said, “Mr. Boucher, you should slow down with that. If you get picked up by some chick, it would be hard for me to explain to Maisie. This is her place.”Francisco was already drunk, but he was surprised. “Whose place?”She was hesitant. “Don’t you know that Maisie is the owner of Glitz?”Francisco asked her, “Isn’t my cousin the owner?”Barbara was rendered speechless.Francisco suddenly laughed. “You didn’t know?”Barbara didn’t say anything. She had been under the impression that Maisie had taken over the club. Why did it suddenly belong to Helios?’After half an hour…Francisco slum