Chapter 1695


    Daniel eagerly unbuttoned his shirt, unveiling his muscr chest.


    With her eyes shut, Maisie slowly lowered her hands that had initially pushed him away. Shey there


    tensely,


    anticipating the moment.


    Daniel''s kisses traced from her cheek down to her neck, heading lower...


    He sensed her trembling breath, her body stiff with fear, and he felt that he consumed her heart. He


    was thrilled.


    This feeling was even more gratifying than the first time he had her.


    Just then, Maisie''s phone suddenly rang.


    Both of them were startled by this unexpected noise. The ringing persisted as if it was determined that


    she would


    answer.


    Maisie opened her eyes, feeling somewhat disoriented. Daniel had lost interest as well and silently


    gestured for her


    to answer the call.


    The caller ID disyed Cindy. Maisie felt awkward and adjusted her clothing before moving to the


    window to take


    the call.


    "Mom, what''s wrong?"


    All she could hear on the other end was a torrent of tears and cries. "Maisie, why is our family so


    unlucky?"


    "What happened, mom? Stop crying... Calm down. What''s going on?"


    It took a while for Cindy to regain herposure, all the while sniffling and crying. She finally spoke.


    "Our... Our home... won''t be demolished."


    "What?"


    "Thepany in charge of the demolition changed the blueprints. They''re only demolishing the


    surrounding shanty


    areas, but buildings like ours, they are... They seem to have historical value, so they won''t be


    demolished. They''re


    going to reinforce and renovate them instead!"


    "Oh..." Maisie thought for a moment, then tried to console her, "Mom, I think this is actually a good


    thing. You won''t


    have to spend any money, and they''ll reinforce and renovate the house for you. Isn''t that great? You


    won''t need to


    move if it''s not being demolished, right?" "You''re talking nonsense!" Cindy yelled from the other end. "If


    they don''t


    demolish it, where will our big house andpensatione from? Do you know that old man Tom,


    who lived in


    the city''s shanty area, got a brand-new apartment that''s over a hundred square meters?!


    "Your brother already has health problems, and he finally started dating a girl who was only willing to be


    with him


    because she thought we''d bepensated since our house would be demolished. Now it''s a mess.


    That girl will


    definitely break up with your brother!


    "Oh, that damnedpany! Changing the blueprints like this is just outrageous!"


    Cindy kept on scolding. Despite the distance, Maisie could easily imagine her mother''s outburst.


    Maisie was quite helpless and put in a fewforting words before quickly hanging up. She turned


    back to Daniel


    with an embarrassed smile.


    Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    Daniel smiled back at her. What she didn''t know was that thepany her mother had just called "that


    damned


    "Sorry for letting you hear that," Maisie said softly. "My mom, she..."


    "Does your mom usually talk to you like this?"


    Maisie lowered her head and remained silent.


    Daniel felt bad for her and gently embraced her. He understood that Maisie was someone who valued


    family


    rtionships. Although Cindy treated her this way, she still regarded her as her mother.


    Despite that, he wouldn''t allow her family to hurt her endlessly and drag her down. Since Cindy was so


    selfish as to


    leave all her assets to her son, then their house wouldn''t be demolished.


    He didn''t hesitate to spend arge sum of money to hire an architect to alter the blueprints, all to win


    justice for


    Maisie. At the same time, he sent professional PR personnel to appease the other residents of the


    apartment


    buildings and even providedpensation for them.