Baz lowered his head and stared at the thick registration booklet. “Mr. Cedric, I’ve tried my best. I’ve even checked their surveillance footage. Unfortunately, they’ve already cleared their surveillance footage from a few years back.”This evidence was already sufficient to prove that Tess was at the college event a few years ago. However, they still needed to find out if the photograph was real to prove that Tess could not commit the crime. Maia took the photographs from Baz and stared at them, deep in thought. At that moment, Cedric glanced at Baz and signaled at him. Baz nodded and took out a huge painting. “What’s this?” Livingston asked as he eyed the painting in confusion. “Mr. Cedric had got the news that you intended to use the anniversary of the college to hold an auction event. We know that you’re planning to donate all proceeds from the auction to the less fortunate students here. “This painting is a gift from Mr. Cedric. We hope that it will be able to be part of
“What took you so long? The dishes are almost served. Did you go for a walk under the moonlight?” Marcus asked Maia.Maia could tell that he was just teasing her as she smiled in return. “Yup, the moon was beautiful. It’s the perfect time to go for a stroll with a lover. Marcus, you should try next time!” Marcus’s smile froze on his face momentarily before regaining his composure. He faked a sad expression and added. “I’d love to do that, but sadly, I don’t have a lover yet.” Gigi immediately turned her head around and piped in. “Ah! I’ve seen that on TV! If you like someone, you have to go for a walk with him!” Marcus smiled at Gigi’s cute reaction and asked playfully, “Who would you like to go for a walk with?”“Hmm…Uncle Marcus, are you asking me about all the boys here?” Marcus nodded. “Yup. So, who would you like to go with?” Eddie looked at his daughter with anticipation as Marcus did the same as well. Unfortunately, Gigi decided to climb off Eddie’s lap immediately.
Gigi nodded, but she was still unhappy. “If Aunt Maia doesn’t like it, I’m worried that you would be sad too.”“I’m not sad. Just because I don’t like something doesn’t mean that I’ll be sad because of it. I won’t let it bother me.” Maia smiled and replied. Gigi thought for a second before nodding her head. “If you’re not happy, you should tell me. I doesn’t like it when my pretty aunt is unhappy!” Maia laughed at Gigi’s comment and promised. “Don’t worry, I’ll let you know.”…Soon after, the performances came to an end. Livingston got onto the stage and started to give his speech, as Gigi had fallen asleep in Eddie’s arms. Maia smiled at Gigi who was not bothered by the sound of Livingston’s speech at all.“Maia, you’ve noticed too, right?”“What?” Maia asked in confusion.“That Livingston’s speech is like a lullaby. I’m already feeling quite sleepy myself.” Maia nodded in agreement as she pointed to her tummy. “I think the baby is also asleep.” When Livingston finally en
At that moment, Maia smiled at Gigi and gave her two thumbs up. When Gigi noticed Maia’s gesture, she gasped happily and told her mother. “Mommy, Mommy, Aunt Maia just gave me two thumbs up! Does this mean that I did well?“But I couldn’t even count after 10. I’m sorry.” Gigi’s excitement faded.Amanda patted her head in comfort and gave her another thumb up. “Gigi, you’re already doing so well. It’s not easy to be able to count to 10. Why don’t I teach you how to count above 10 when we get home, okay?”Gigi nodded and smiled brightly. She also took the chance to give herself two thumbs up! Soon after, the hall fell into silence as the host asked once more, “10 million dollars. Ms. Fidelia has offered 10 million dollars for this Wisteria painting. Is there anyone else who would like to call for a higher bid?” After Fidelia had raised the price so high, no one in the hall was willing to call for a higher bid. Instead, they started to chit-chat amongst themselves. “This painting
“What are you doing? If you want to eat some shrimp, you could always get Neilson to help you with them. Stop making a fool out of yourself.” Thomas added sternly.Fidelia did not even look up as she answered half-heartedly, “I’m removing them for Cedric.” Thomas was rendered speechless by his daughter as he patted his chest lightly. Neilson quickly tried to calm Thomas down. “Mr. Thomas, please calm down.” “Remind me again why she is my daughter?” Katherine immediately piped in to calm her husband as well. “It’s totally normal for friends to feed each other, no? Besides, Cedric owes you a favor. Maybe Fidelia could use this opportunity to help the two families become closer.”“Stop speaking nonsense! The reason why our daughter is like this is partially your fault! How could you raise her to be so foolish?” Fidelia immediately refuted her father. “Dad, that’s not true. How would someone foolish be able to remove shells so well?” Thomas’s face darkened as he heard her. Neil
Maia made up a reason so Amanda could take Gigi away. Amanda nodded, carried her daughter, and left the scene. All Gigi did was speak the truth, but Fidelia’s face grew grim and shot the three-year-old girl a terrible look. It was clear that Fidelia might do something outrageous to Gigi again if she didn’t divert her attention from the little girl. After all, Fidelia didn’t care about the consequences of her actions at all!So, she looked at Fidelia and said, “I’m not sure why you kept trying to win my husband’s heart, but I’ve been sitting here the whole time. Are you ignoring me on purpose? Or, are you so arrogant that you care only about Cedric and nobody else?”Fidelia immediately shifted her gaze to Maia. Glaring at her, she directed all of her anger and frustration at Maia. “What are you trying to say, Maia? My dad saved Cedric’s life. So, is there anything wrong with me peeling the shrimp for him? What’s the problem if I try to win his heart? What does it have to do with
“Why, you!” Fidelia took the glass of fruit juice from the table and spilled it all over him!The sticky juices clung to his cheeks for a second before rolling down them.“Listen up, plastic face! It doesn’t matter if I can’t lay a finger on Maia because Cedric loves and protects her. It isn’t your place to make fun of me! Who do you think you are, Neilson? “You’re nothing more than my family’s lap dog. Look at how stiff your face is. You’ve wasted a perfectly good glass of fruit juice!”Staring at him angrily, Fidelia warned him nastily. She was so gripped with rage that her chest was rising and falling hastily. Then, she gritted her teeth and threw the empty glass at him.Catching the glass midair, he lowered his head. “You make a fine point, Ms. Fidelia.” Wiping the fruit juice from his cheeks, he apologized again. “Please calm down, Ms. Fidelia. You have to look at where we are now. It’d be wise not to make Mr. Thomas mad again.”“Are you seriously warning me again? Who do
“Maia!” Amanda called out to her and hastened over. “D-Did you just say I was already on trending search?”“Mm-hmm.” Nodding, she handed her phone to Amanda. Amanda saw the search topic ‘Amanda Tate Burst Out Laughing.’ and was rooted to the spot.“H-How’s this already up there?”Maia chuckled. “There are so many people in the dining hall. There’s no way you can keep it from spreading on the internet for long. Even Gigi and Eddie got on the trending search. They were right behind you. “Valentines Group has also started working on the public relations angle. I browsed the internet and didn’t find any overly vicious remarks either. None of the marketing accounts were trying to stir up trouble either. All of Gigi’s pictures were censored as well. So, there’s nothing to be worried about here.”Amanda let out a sigh of relief at what she said. “It’s a good thing that no one attacked Gigi on the internet. Otherwise, I’m going to start chasing them with a machete that’s one foot long!