At the airport of the royal capital of Bassburgh…

Among the sea of tourists, a mother and child walked out. At that moment, all eyes were on them.

To be precise, it was actually a mother with three exquisitely beautiful children.

The woman was glamorous and poised. What made people stop and stare was the stunningly gorgeous little girl she was carrying in one arm. The girl had thick, curly locks, which made her look just like a doll.

The two similar-looking boys following alongside her had excellent features, a pair of sparkling amber eyes, dark brown hair, and milky-white skin. They seemed so surreal!

The woman standing in front of the BMW took off her sunglasses. Watching Maisie Vanderbilt carrying a child in her arms and the other two following closely behind, she gasped in shock. “Holy cow, Zee! You had three kids in just one pregnancy?”

She was rendered speechless by the sight of them! Forget the fact that Maisie had triplets, what was truly unbelievable was how they looked like angels sent from Heaven, and they were still so young! The woman could not help but wonder who was this handsome celestial being that Maisie had slept with!

Maisie put down the little girl in her arms. Touching all three of their little heads, she said to them, “Meet your godmother, Ryleigh Hill.”

Ryleigh was Maisie Vanderbilt’s best friend. After getting kicked out of the Vanderbilt manor, she had gone abroad. Ryleigh had stayed by her side the entire time.

Not long after settling down, she had realized she was pregnant. She had considered abortion. It was Ryleigh who had kept trying to persuade her otherwise that she finally decided to keep the babies.

In order to allow her best friend a comfortable life abroad, the headstrong daddy’s princess pawned one of her father’s antiques, which was worth $900,000, and gave Maisie the money.

Maisie’s bank cards had been frozen when she got kicked out of the Vanderbilt manor. If it weren’t for Ryleigh, Maisie would have been sleeping on the streets.

“Nice to meet you, Godmother!” The three rugrats bowed down in an unsynchronized manner as they greeted her with their honey-soaked kiddie voices.

Overwhelmed by their cuteness, Ryleigh felt the blood rush to her head. She smiled and waved back at them. “Aww, you sweethearts are such angels!”

The second eldest, Colton Vanderbilt, turned his head to his eldest brother, Waylon Vanderbilt, and muttered, “Our godmother sure looks silly!”

Maisie placed each of her hands onto the two boys’ heads. “What are you two whispering about?”

“Umm…” Colton hesitated.

The youngest among them, Daisie Vanderbilt, proudly sold them out. “Waylon and Colton were wondering why Godmother looks so silly!”

The two boys were dumbfounded. She was undoubtedly their sister.

As Ryleigh was driving, she glanced through the rear-view mirror to see the little rugrats snuggling up to one another, fast asleep. Finally, she asked, “Zee, why did you decide to return to Zlokova now?”

Maisie, who was leaning against the passenger seat window and curling her hair playfully on her fingertips, gushed with a giggle. “Vaenna Jewelry paid $7,000,000 to poach me so that they could hire me as a designer.”

“Doesn’t Vaenna Jewelry belong to your family?” Ryleigh tutted and shook her head in disbelief. “Your cunning b*tch of a sister, Willow, is now the director of Vaenna. You’re saying, she paid $7,000,000 to hire you?” She let out a chuckle at the thought of that. “When she finds out that you are the world-renowned designer, Zora, from Stoslo, she’s totally going to flip out!”

Zora had caused quite the buzz in the international jewelry scene. Her work combined modern jewelry elements with vintage Victorian-style craftsmanship. Every one of her designs was known to people as the work of God.

Even the royal crown worn by the queen of Stoslo during her wedding last year had intricately been designed by Zora.

Ryleigh thought hard but still could not make sense of it. “You came back for just $7,000,000? You are worth way more than that. Aren’t you giving them too good a deal?”

When the jewelry company in Stoslo, Luxella, had wanted to hire her, they had offered a price of $90,000,000!

Maisie turned to look at her with a broad grin. “Which is why I declined their offer and made a new one for $150,000,000 instead. If the Vanderbilts wanted to pay me $150,000,000, I couldn't possibly turn them down, could I?”

Now that Maisie came back, she was going to do whatever it took to get back her shares in Vaenna!

Ryleigh took a deep breath. Family out to get family. Brutal!

Boy, was she keen to see the look on Willow’s face when the sh*t hit the fan.

As the car pulled up to the entrance of Vaenna Jewelry, Maisie turned around to face her three angels. “Mommy needs to settle some matters. Godmother Ryleigh will take the three of you home first.”

Her three angels nodded obediently.

After Maisie got out of the car, the children glanced at each other, then scrambled over to Ryleigh’s side of the car.

“Godmother, tell us all you know about the Vanderbilts and Mommy!”

“Yes! You must tell us in secret. We promise not to let Mommy find out!”

Taken by surprise, Ryleigh paused and looked at the three little ones. “Why do you want to know?”

“Because we’re Mommy’s sweethearts, and we won’t let anyone bully Mommy!”

They had followed their mother back to the country because they wanted to get revenge for her. Nobody got away with bullying their mother!

Ryleigh felt a trickle of cold sweat down her spine. Were they really just a couple of 5-year-olds!?

Maisie stepped into the lobby of Vaenna headquarters. Although Vaenna belonged to the Vanderbilts, it was her mother’s blood, sweat, and tears. She couldn’t believe that her father had actually left Vaenna in the hands of Willow, an outsider!

During her years abroad, Maisie had stayed up to date with news related to Vaenna. Using her new-found status of Miss Vanderbilt, Willow had gotten rid of several high-level executives who Maisie’s mother highly valued. Thus, causing a decline in Vaenna’s reputation in recent years.

Vaenna had paid $150,000,000 to hire a designer from another country. Maisie knew the Vanderbilts well. They could not possibly afford such an exorbitant amount. Maisie was curious to know who had helped pay this $150,000,000!

She made her way toward the receptionist. “Hi, I’d like to meet with Miss Vanderbilt.”

The woman working the desk asked casually, “Do you have an appointment?”

“Not at the moment, no. But it was Miss Vanderbilt who contacted me.” Maisie was annoyed by the treatment given by this lady.

It seemed that the lady hired by Willow was truly unprofessional after all.

The receptionist gave her a passing glance. “If you don’t have an appointment, then I’m afraid I can’t help you. Our director is a very busy woman.”

Maisie smiled politely. “Does everyone here at Vaenna have such an awful attitude like you?”

“Excuse me? What do you mean by that? Can’t you see that I’m super busy right now? Besides, Miss Vanderbilt isn’t just anybody who you can meet as you please!”

“Oh, my. I was wondering who was causing a scene. I’m surprised it was you, Maisie. Didn’t think you’d be so bold as to show your face in this country again!”

The moment Willow walked out of the elevator, she happened to catch a glimpse of a familiar face. To her surprise, it was Maisie!

That shameless sl*t had actually come back!

Maisie slowly turned around. As Willow finally took a proper look at Maisie, a sense of gloom washed over her. It had only been six years since they last met, yet this b*tch has completely transformed. She looked like a seductive succubus!

“Weren’t you the one who invited me back to Zlokova?” Maisie chuckled softly.

Willow was taken aback yet seemingly arrogant as ever. “I invited you? It’s only been six years, and you’ve become so brash.” She walked toward Maisie with her arms crossed around her chest. “Haven’t these past six years in exile taught you anything?”

Upon hearing the mention of what had happened six years ago, Maisie’s eyes turned cold while she remained nonchalant on the surface. “Congratulations on becoming the director of Vaenna Jewelry. However, the company seems to be doing worse and worse under your care. Hopefully, the business won’t close down one day.”

“You!”

Willow lifted an open palm and slapped her in the face.

The loud smack left everyone in the hall astounded.

“What seems to be the matter?” A deep, cold voice came toward them.

The expression on Willow’s face changed almost instantly. The arrogance and tyranny that was there vanished as she walked over to the man with an aggrieved look.

“Nolan, it was all her! I would’ve forgiven her for humiliating me, but she went too far when she cursed that my company would close down.”

As Maisie turned around, she met the man’s sharp gaze. She was dumbfounded by the sight of this man’s face.

The man had pale white skin, exquisitely profound facial features, distinct amber eyes that seemed to hide a pool of unfathomable coldness, and tight, thin lips that could cut like a knife.

His face was so similar to both Colton and Waylon. Even his eyes were the exact same color!

Maisie had only found out she was having triplets when she went into labor in Stoslo. Neither her firstborn nor the second had inherited any of her features. However, her youngest had some resemblance to her, but with ink-black hair—just like that of the man standing in front of her now.

Maisie’s eyes darkened as she gazed at the man before her.

‘Who is this man? What is his relationship with Willow?’

Nolan Goldmann focused his gaze on Maisie’s face. He scrunched up his brows. ‘This woman…’

Catching Nolan as he studied Maisie’s face, Willow silently gnashed her teeth. ‘Sh*t, there’s no way Nolan would recognize her, right?’

No way was she going to let that happen!

She put her hands around Nolan’s arm, and with a pitiful gaze, she said, “Nolan, I’m sorry I shouldn’t have acted so impulsively. But my father poured his heart into Vaenna Jewelry. I only did it because I felt protective of the company.”

Nolan's eyes turned cold as ice. Ignoring Willow’s explanation, he marched forward. “Vaenna Jewelry will go bankrupt, was it? What gives you the right to say that?”

Maisie scoffed. Her father had poured his heart into it? Please, all her father had done was bask in the shade of a tree planted by someone else. Willow really knew how to paint her own narrative.

Maisie lifted her head and looked right into Nolan Goldmann’s eyes. “So what if I said it?”

Hearing those words, everyone in the room inhaled sharply.

How dare this woman talk back to Mr. Goldmann!?

Did she have a death wish?

Seeing Nolan’s face turn gloom, Maisie crossed her arm and smiled. “How does that concern you? Are you sticking up for her just because you’re her man?”

Pfft. What a perfect douchebag couple!

A man who would fall for the likes of Willow could hardly be a decent fellow.

“Do you know what you’re talking about?” Nolan imparted coldly.

Maisie lifted a brow and retorted sarcastically, “Of course, I do. This company had me poached but is now deliberately making things difficult for me. The service of this place is just fantastic.”

‘Poached her?’

Willow staggered. “What… What are you saying? When did Vaenna ever approach you?”

Was this b*tch crazy?

“Miss Vanderbilt, I’m afraid your memory seems to be a bit foggy. Didn’t you willingly offer $150,000,000, just last month, to have me poached from Luxella? If Vaenna Jewelry has no intention of respecting me, then we can forget about our collaboration.”

Everyone was stupefied!

Maisie turned out to be the internationally-renowned jewelry designer, Zora!

Willow looked shell-shocked. “Impossible. How could you be Zora!?”

Right at that moment, Nolan’s cold gaze swept past her. Willow was forced to hold back her words before she could finish speaking. Her face flushed with embarrassment.

Maisie directed her gaze toward Nolan. “I’m assuming you, sir, are the man who paid the $150,000,000 behind her back?”

Forking out that kind of money was not something her father, Stephen, could afford, and certainly, neither could Willow, which left this guy.

The truth was, Willow had found a rich person to back her up over these past few years.

Nolan looked at the woman before him. She gave him a strange sense of familiarity, but he just could not quite put his finger on it. It was as if they had met somewhere before…

Willow was afraid that Nolan would come to recognize Maisie. Hurriedly, she rushed to his side. “Nolan, she must be lying. There’s no way she could be Zora!”

How was it possible that Maisie and Zora—a world-renowned designer—were one and the same? She had lived with Maisie for such a long time. How could she not know that her stepsister had a knack for designing jewelry?

Even the media of the fashion industry had never seen this mysterious designer in real life. Anyone could easily pretend they were Zora, right?

“You claim that you are Zora. Well, then show us the proof. As far as I know, Miss Zora had received a commemorative badge from the royal family of Stoslo. That’s not something any plain jane can have!”

As Willow finished her sentence, smugness flashed across her eyes.

‘That’s right, she can bluff all she wants.’

If Maisie could not take out the badge, then it would prove that she was just an impersonator who, in addition, had offended Nolan Goldmann. She may as well forgo the thought of stepping foot in this country again!

‘Everyone knows that Nolan is a VIP who the royal family of Stoslo once received, and he’s also friends with the princess of Stoslo. It’s only natural that he’s seen the commemorative medal of the royal family. He’ll see through her tricks even if she were to be able to show him something!’

Maisie scoffed. “Why would I show you such a precious item?”

This implied that she was unworthy!

Willow was trembling from the wrath, but there was still a smirk on her face. “Does this mean that you don’t have the guts to do so?

“Just look at her, Nolan. She’s a liar. She clearly knew that you were once received by the royal family and would recognize the medal. That’s why she doesn’t dare to take it out.” Willow’s attitude toward Nolan was totally different.

Nolan’s thin lips were raised coldly. “The payment of $150,000,000 is my idea. Hiring Zora as our designer is also my idea. Hence, I’ll let today’s affair slide if you can prove that you’re indeed Zora.

“But if you were to fail to do so…” Nolan approached Maisie and uttered word by word, “You won’t survive another day in Bassburgh.”

A faint fragrance coming from a cologne stunned Maisie when Nolan approached.

‘It’s Gucci cologne!’

‘Why is he applying the same cologne as the man from that night six years ago?’

Looking at her pale face, Nolan straightened his posture and did not provide her with another chance. “Since you can’t prove it, then leave by yourself. Don’t make me ask someone to chase you out.”

Willow sneered triumphantly.

‘Maisie, oh, Maisie. It’s been six years, why even bother to come back here just to dig your own grave?’

Maisie lifted her head abruptly and smiled brightly. “Sir, are you sure about that?”

Nolan squinted as he stared at her silently.

“Sir, then what would you do about the slap that I just took cheek-on from Miss Vanderbilt if I can prove my identity?”

Willow’s expression changed again as she glanced at Nolan cautiously.

Although she was now Nolan’s lover, he had not even touched her throughout all these years. If it weren’t for her flawless scheme and her choice to reserve the room with her own ID from six years ago, he would have doubted her since long ago.

“Nolan…”

“I’ll get her to apologize to you,” Nolan replied indifferently.

Maisie’s hands, which were searching through her handbag, stopped moving, and she raised her head. “I just got slapped, and you’re only going to make her apologize?”

Nolan’s eyes dimmed slightly. “Then what do you have in mind?”

Maisie raised her eyes. “We’re all born and raised in a country of etiquette and courtesy, and we uphold the teaching of returning gifts. So don’t you think that I should slap her in return in order for me to feel reconciled?”

The people around did not dare to speak. They were even a little suspicious.

‘This woman has the guts to make such a promise to Mr. Goldmann, could she really be…’

Seeing Maisie’s arrogant attitude, Nolan pressed his thin lips together.

‘This woman is the first person in Bassburgh who dares to speak to me with this tone.’

After a split second, he opened his lips with slight embarrassment. “You, don’t push your luck.”

“Then, you should find yourself another designer. I’m not someone who lets things slide so easily.” Maisie took the medal out and showed it off in front of him. “Since you’ve seen the royal commemorative medal, take a good look at it.”

She then placed the medallion back in her bag and walked away unconcernedly.

Willow lowered her head and gnashed her teeth hatefully.

‘How could this be? How could that b*tch be…

‘Zora is the designer that Nolan poached from Luxella through his own name. I wouldn’t be able to offer the price if he hadn’t offered the payment of $150,000,000.

‘Who would’ve expected that the designer turned out to be Maisie!?

‘Did I just embarrass Nolan while I treated Maisie like that earlier?’

“Nolan, I…”

Willow stretched out her hand, hoping to wrap it around his arm. However, he retracted it away from her, turned around, and glanced at Willow indifferently. “You’ll solve this by yourself.”

He then left without looking back after saying so.

Nolan walked out of the building, and the bodyguard in black who was waiting for him beside a Rolls-Royce helped him open the car door.

He then said to the man sitting in the front passenger seat after getting into the car. “I want all the information you can get on the designer Zora on my desk in two days.”

At Seaview Villa…

“Hmph, Willow Vanderbilt is really detestable!”

Daisie held her doll in her arms, leaned closer to Colton together with Waylon, and stared at the computer monitor. They looked at the woman being displayed on the monitor with the same expression. “She looks so ugly.”

Waylon turned his head and glanced at his younger brother and sister. “This woman harmed Mommy. We can’t let her go.”

Daisie supported her chin with her hand. “But what are we going to do with her?”

“We have to think of a way to hide it from Mommy.”

Waylon cracked his brain, then snapped his fingers and said, “Didn’t Godmother tell us that she has a sugar daddy? Let’s start with the bigshot by her side!”

“What’s the man’s name according to Godmother?” Daisie looked up and thought.

“Nolan Goldmann!” Colton typed the name on the keyboard, and the webpage came out very soon.

The three rugrats froze in place for a long time as soon as they saw Nolan’s photo when Colton clicked on Nolan’s information. “This man… Why does he look so much like us?”

Waylon was very surprised as he stared at the photos for quite some time.

‘Mommy has never told us about Daddy. Could this man… be our daddy?’

Colton hummed, and a hint of slyness flashed across the bottom of his eyes. “If he’s indeed our daddy, then this will be a piece of cake.”

Waylon was puzzled. “But how can we approach this man?”

“Don’t worry, my brothers, leave it to me. Isn’t it a children’s clothing brand under the Blackgold Group looking for a spokesperson? I‘ll definitely be able to secure the position!” Daisie patted her chest. She had always been the quirkiest among the three rugrats, so the plan would surely be fail-safe.

“Sweethearts, I’m back!”

The three rugrats close the webpage on the browser immediately upon hearing their mother’s voice.

“Mommy! Your Royal Highness!” The three rugrats walked out of the room one after another and threw themselves on her.

Seeing that they stayed at home obediently to welcome her, Maisie squatted down with a smile. “You three didn’t cause your godmother troubles, did you?”

“Mommy, do you think that we’d bully Godmother?” Colton asked while tilting his head.

Daisie nodded. “That’s right, why would we bully our godmother? Godmother will even bring us cakes when she returns!”

Maisie smiled bitterly.

‘I’m the one who gave birth to these three rugrats. Can I not know them any better?’

The most mischievous kid among the three children had always been the second child Colton. He definitely had not inherited his cynical and scheming personality from his mother. The eldest had always been more dependable and warm-hearted, but he would still be brave while protecting his younger brother and sister.

And Daisie, the youngest, had always been the abnormal and unorthodox one. She was already on the brink of leading her brothers astray with her love for quirky ideas.

“Mommy, you look upset. Did someone bully you?” Waylon, who was extremely observant, realized that something was wrong with Maisie instantly.

Maisie was stunned. She had been wondering why the man that she met earlier today made her feel so familiar, especially his looks and the unique smell of cologne that she got from the man six years ago.

“Mommy, you’re hiding something from us!”

Maisie forced the corners of her lips upward, smiled, and stood up upon seeing that Waylon was able to see through her once again. “Children should leave such matters to the adults. I’ll go make you some food.”

She was about to go into the kitchen when her cell phone rang.

Looking at the unknown phone number, her lips curled up into a smile.

‘It’s indeed Willow Vanderbilt.’