Barbara’s cheeks were slightly warm as she buried her face in his shoulder and neck while he chuckled and carried her into the bedroom.The next day, because of last night’s downpour in Bussburgh, the cold weather could not have gotten any colder.It was 9:00 a.m. when it was still drizzling, Maisie took Lucy to several shops to discuss the rent and lease of those locations, and they finally chose a shop lot that was located in the Golden Triangle.As the two walked out of the building, Lucy held up an umbrella and walked next to Maisie. “Ms. Vanderbilt, only the rent would cost us $500,000 per year. Wouldn’t it be a little too expensive?”Maisie smiled. “The Golden Triangle is the most prosperous commercial center in Bussburgh. After all, it’s located in an area that has a large flow of people. A lot of foreign businessmen would fight each other just to secure themselves a location in this area for their business. Finding ourselves a shop lot here with an annual rent of only $500,
Madam Knowles had contacted Thomas through a certain medium and told him that the woman he loved was forced to death by Sam back. That was why Thomas would interfere in the Knowles' affairs.Maisie squinted. “So Elder Master Clifford chose to cooperate with Madam Knowles in order to get his revenge?”She chuckled after saying that. “If Sam really forced Elder Master Clifford’s lover to death, and Madam Knowles has used this condition to convince your grandfather into getting back at the Knowles, don’t you think it’s strange? Shouldn’t Sam be the one who gets killed first and not Elder Master Knowles, who has nothing to do with it?“Madam Knowles allowed Sam to live until he died of illness. How could your grandfather wait so patiently for so many years?”She stared at Jackie and uttered word by word, “If it were me, I wouldn’t be able to wait for that long. Unless there’s a reason for me to do so.”Jackie looked down as he thought about something. He then picked up the wine glass
Nolan’s expression dimmed. “No one is allowed to mention this. And pay close attention to the latest news. As soon as it’s reported in the country, you’re to immediately suppress and block the news.”Quincy nodded. “Yes.”…It was evening in Yaramoor. Zeta walked into the manor, took off her coat, handed it to the servant, and stepped into the study.She walked to the fireplace, leaned over next to Madam Knowles, and reported something. Madam Knowles, who was lying on the rocking chair, slowly opened her eyes. “Was everything done flawlessly?”Zeta nodded. “Bob claimed that he didn’t leave anyone alive behind.”Madam Knowles beckoned to the poodle lying at her feet. The poodle stood up, shook its body, and jumped into Madam Knowles’s arms. She then stroked the poodle’s fur. “That’s great. The young one is now dead. We’ll just leave the two old ones alive and let them live their remaining years in grief and regrets.”A commotion came from outside the study, and it was Tristan. He
Nolan lowered his head and chuckled. “I missed you too.”Maisie looked around the exit. “Where’s our daughter?”Nolan turned around while Daisie and Quincy slowly walked up to them from behind.Just when Maisie was about to go up to her and give her a hug, Daisie walked past her as if she had not seen her.Maisie was astonished. She turned around and asked, “What’s wrong with Daisie?”Quincy was a little awkward. “Mrs. Goldmann, Mr. Goldmann will explain everything to you.”Maisie turned to look at Nolan, and Nolan clenched his hand, placed it in front of his lips, and cleared his throat softly. “We’ll talk about it while we’re on our way home.”Daisie and Quincy sat in the rear of the car while Nolan and Maisie took the same car. Nolan recounted to Maisie what had happened to Daisie when they were on their way back.She was extremely dispirited because she had witnessed Nollace still get brought back to Yaramoor in the end, but she could not do anything to stop it. She felt li
Zeta took out a pistol. “Protect Madam Knowles!”Several bodyguards were shot and dropped to the ground as men in black with dark complexions emerged from the shadows. They were shooting everyone on sight with the submachine guns in their hands.Zeta pushed Madam Knowles onto the cruise ship, grabbed her gun, squatted on the steps, and shot at the approaching men.Several bodyguards covered Madam Knowles as she boarded the ship and yelled at the crew, “Get the ship moving, hurry up!”The crew was about to get back into the cabin but got shot instantly, and blood stained the glass on the deck as the crew’s bodies fell straight into the sea.Madam Knowles saw someone aiming at her in the dark and pulled the bodyguard behind her to block the shot. The bullet shot through the bodyguard’s head, and blood splattered all over her and stained her body.Madam Knowles crawled into the cabin and locked the door, but she was surrounded by the ocean and the ocean only, so she could not escape
Tristan turned around and left. Even though Madam Knowles yelled and cursed hysterically from inside the room, he did not even stop for a second.At the same time, all of Yaramoor’s media reported that Madam Knowles had been assaulted and was caught in the middle of the crossfire. Since then, she had been diagnosed with PTSD and had been sent to a sanatorium for treatment. As for the facility's exact location, not even one reporter was curious enough to get to the bottom of that piece of information.At Bassburgh, at the private primary school…The winter break would start in three days. All the students in the school were looking forward to these. Four or five students were even discussing what they should do during the break.Lisa looked back and saw Daisie lying sullenly on the desk, so she walked over and asked, “Daisie, are you not feeling well?”Daisie looked up at her, then lay back down. “I’m fine. I just don’t feel like moving.”Lisa chuckled.Colton appeared at the cla
Colton’s self-esteem was a little hurt. “Does that mean that I’m not handsome?”Hans laughed out loud and patted Colton’s head. “You look handsome too. It’s just your elder brother has the slightest edge over you, hahaha.”The family left the airport happily.The Goldmanns’ family estate regained its lively atmosphere once again. Nicholas listened to Hans telling some interesting stories that they encountered abroad and laughed happily in the living room.Nicholas beckoned, asking Waylon to approach, took a good look at this young but handsome boy, and felt extremely satisfied. “This is what I would expect from a child of the Goldmanns. You must’ve suffered a ton when you were abroad, Waylon.”Waylon smiled. “I didn’t suffer much, Grandpa.”Nicholas’ eyes turned bloodshot, and he patted Waylon’s shoulder heavily. “Your great-grandfather has the highest hopes for you. He’s a very tough old man to please, so it must’ve been difficult for you to endure all the hardships that he thre
“Colton, what are those?” Daisie pointed to the stall under the bridge that was selling river lanterns. The lanterns looked colorful—some looked like animals, while some looked like flowers and plants, but all of them were very delicate and beautiful.Maisie walked up to them. “Those are river lanterns.”“Mom, I want to set some lanterns off the river.” Daisie blinked, looking very curious.It could be seen that Daisie’s mood had improved recently, so Maisie agreed to her request in order not to kill her mood. “You can go, but be careful. Don’t play by the river.”Daisie dragged Waylon and Colton along and ran under the stone bridge.Maisie looked at them. “They look so energetic.”Nolan wrapped his arm around her. “Do you want to go with them?”Maisie refused to do so, but Nolan pulled her along, and both of them went under the bridge.There were many children under the bridge with their parents. Many wishes were written on the river lantern. Although doing so would not get th