Cindy was the only exception. -

"It's okay now," Daniel reassured Maisie, gently stroking her back as if comforting a child. "From now on, you can

stay here and leave behind all your family worries. Focus on what you want to do."

"Mm."

"But..." Daniel hesitated, wanting to gauge her feelings. "Do you hope for your family's house to be demolished?"

Maisie paused and gently shook her head.

"Why?"

"It's not that I don't hope for it." She looked up at him and smiled. "I'm indifferent. Even if it's demolished, I won't

receive any compensation, let alone the house.

"To be honest, my mom's actions have left me and Nicole quite disappointed. Aren't we her biological daughters?

Why is she treating us this way?"

Daniel patted her head, unsure of how to console her. Since she felt indifferent about it, he would proceed with the

changed blueprints. If she ever desired the demolition for her family's sake, he would change them back.

"I'll have dinner sent up to you later," Daniel said, putting on his coat and looking at her. "I need to handle some

at the office, so I

nodded, saw him off at the door, and watched him

little absent-minded and somewhat downcast. They

and she quickly erased those erotic thoughts from

study materials.

-

shanty area, her expression had been far from

when she used to endure the scorching

area, during her days as a

appeared she had grown accustomed to comfortable days in a leadership position, and this kind of place

longer suited her.

believed that sitting in Daniel's spacious and well-lit office, chatting with him over afternoon tea,

interview.

in high heels

had obtained. Before she could knock, she

and sentence was a complaint about life's unfairness, crude and vulgar, insulting to the ears

listening.

thinking that this must be Maisie's mother, who only cared about

her head out, scrutinizing her

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