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?!"

assistant hesitated. "Mr. Quimby,

"Spit it out!"

Owen." The assistant nervously continued. "You asked me to follow him, and

his voice, moving to the balcony to shield Maisie from the conversation. "Okay,

discovered that he does nothing apart from drinking and gambling. His life seems devoid of purpose, and he resorts to asking for money at home whenever he loses

exhibited such behavior in the past. Drinking, gambling, and even mistreating his sister. Yet, Maisie had stood up for him when he was ill, selling her body

of the

as he

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

He was surprised. "Did you

the wrong person, we recognized the car's number plate. It

was dumbfounded. Suspicion surrounded him like

did they meet? What did

paused. "We only saw that they met once

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