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?"

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

putting on his coat and looking at her.

door, and watched him

downcast. They had come so close, but

red, and she quickly erased those erotic thoughts

-

it was like when she used to endure the

accustomed to comfortable days in a leadership position, and this kind of place

and well-lit office, chatting with him over afternoon tea, was

area. She found Maisie's home based on the address she had obtained. Before she could knock, she

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

be Maisie's mother,

Cindy stuck her head out, scrutinizing her from head to toe, furrowing

took precautions. "Is this the home of

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