Maggie grabbed her hand away, broke her own hand free, and lifted her gaze. “Don‘t we have you to
thank for all this, Ms. Livingston?”
Zenovia froze in place, and her blood was drained away from her cheeks until they gradually paled and
dimmed.
Maggie looked at her. “You‘re too bumptious and presumptuous . All Young Master Knowles wants is to
make it clear to you that he can drag the Livingstons down without the help of any foreign power.
“And he doesn‘t need to get rid of the Livingstons completely. All he needs to do is replace the leader of
the Livingstons, which is more than enough to change everything. Now that Mr. Livingston is going to
prison, the position of the leader of the Livingstons has been passed on. The vice president is in power
now and has the people’s support. At least half of your and your father‘s power in the Livingstons has
been taken away by your uncle. How does that feel?”
Zenovia covered her forehead and shouted hysterically, “I refuse to believe it! You‘re lying to me!”
Maggie smirked disdainfully. “Believe it or not, this is all true. And Ms. Livingston, I wish you a happy trip
back to Haniston.”
Zenovia slumped on the floor as if she was an empty shell without a soul.
Two days later, at the college...
After the Drama, Theater, and Film department‘s assessment results came out, they were published on
the notice board.
Daisie and Freyja fought through the crowd. Sure enough, Daisie saw her name on the list.
Freyja turned her head. “Victoria College‘s Drama, Theater, and Film Department‘s top student, you‘re
amazing, Daisie!”
Daisie chuckled. “I still have to wait until I get good grades in my graduation exams and my thesis.”
“Are you going to graduate soon?” Freyja was dumbfounded.
Daisie choked on her own words. She had forgotten she had not told Freyja that she was planning to
graduate early.
Now that she could no longer hide it from her, she scratched her cheeks and nodded. “I only want to
graduate soon.”
Freyja suddenly realized something. “It turns out that someone wants to get engaged to Nollace as soon
as possible.”
Daisie‘s cheeks warmed up instantly. She bumped her arm with her elbow and whispered, “What are you
talking about?”
At that moment, Freyja‘s cell phone rang. She took it out, took a glimpse at the screen, and her
expression dimmed immediately.
“Who‘s that?” Daisie noticed something, took a glance at the caller ID inadvertently, and saw that it was
her father.
Freyja did not answer the call and placed the phone back into her bag. “Something just came up. I‘ll have
to go first.”
Daisie was worried. “Do you want me to accompany you back?”
Freyja looked at her. “Nah, I can resolve this myself.”
Looking at the figure that was walking away, thoughts flashed across Daisie‘s mind.
Daisie walked back to the dormitory alone until she received a call from Nollace. Her heart skipped a
beat, and she answered the call immediately. “Nollace?”
“It‘s been such a long time, do you miss me?” His voice sounded as deep and pleasant as usual.
Daisie snorted lightly as if she was a little angry. “What‘s the use of missing you? At the end of the day, I
don‘t get to see you in person.”
He chuckled. “Then you should turn around.”
She froze in place and turned around in surprise.
The figure standing under the begonia tree not far away looked breathtakingly impeccable and familiar at
the same time. It seemed that he had come here straight from the airport, and he did not even have time
to change his clothes.
A petal fluttered down from the begonia tree and landed on his shoulder
Daisie put the phone down, took two steps forward, then ran straight toward him and threw herself into
his arms.
The warm, firm embrace signified that he was the real deal.
Nollace hugged her in his arms and rested his chin on the top of her head. “Daisie Vanderbilt, did you
miss me?”
Daisie buried herself in his chest and sulked. “What took you so long?”
Nollace lifted her face with his palm and rubbed her cheeks with his fingertips, and a profound and
hoarse voice sounded. “Sorry, I‘ve kept you waiting for such a long time. But I‘m back now.”
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