Maisie's heart pounded as she pushed against Daniel's muscular chest, doing her best to create distance. However, the feeble attempt seemed more like a tease.

Daniel threw himself onto her and captured her flushed earlobe with a kiss, feeling her tiny frame shake in his embrace.

"Maisie..." he whispered huskily into her ear, "Can I?"

She shut her eyes, too nervous to respond verbally. He smirked, interpreting her reaction as silent consent.

Yet, just as he was about to proceed, his phone rudely interrupted with an extra blaring ringtone that echoed through the room, incessantly ringing.

Maisie opened her eyes, her cheeks still flushed. "Pick it up," she said.

With a sigh, Daniel reluctantly distanced himself from her.

It was his assistant calling, and Daniel answered with irritation. "What is it?!"

hesitated.

"Spit it out!"

"You asked

voice, moving to the balcony to

been tailing him for a few days and discovered that he does nothing apart from drinking and gambling. His life seems devoid of purpose,

Drinking, gambling, and even mistreating his sister. Yet, Maisie had stood up for him when he was ill, selling her

a brother deserving of the

joints paled as he gripped his

we found something else," the assistant said. "He met with

surprised. "Did you

confident. "It was her indeed. Even if we got the wrong

surrounded him

they meet? What did they talk

"We only saw that they met once

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