Chapter 197

Larissa took a deep breath and calmed herself down. After all, it would be too awkward and
embarrassing for things to go sour when there were so many people.

“Mr. Goldmann, if there’s anything that bothers you, we can solve it later,”

Nolan interrupted her, “Mrs. Lucas, are you telling me that you don’t dare to recognize the mistake that
you’ve made?”

Larissa’s hand that was holding the wine glass tightened once again.

‘What am I hesitating about? It’s obvious that this woman looks a lot like Marina at first glance… The
resemblance is uncanny.

‘I should’ve known a long time ago. How could I not be suspicious?

‘I still can’t find anything on Willow that resembles Marina after all this while, but I could only bite the
bullet and take her in when the DNA test that Willow showed me extinguished my suspicions.’

Willow completely panicked. Seeing that Larissa was still hesitating, she thought of something, dashed u
p to Maisie abruptly, and grabbed her hand while tears rolled down her pallid cheeks. “Zee, I give up! I’ll
stop impeding your relationship with Nolan. So please help me to persuade Nolan and stop him from
creating a stir…”

She tried to mislead the crowd and sell her image as a weaker party to gain an advantage over the other
party, making everyone think that Maisie had really snatched Nolan from her in order to direct all the
limelight onto Maisie.



This caused Maisie’s brilliant eyes to dim. Although she had only planned to attend this banquet and
witness the show as the plan panned out and did not intend to intervene, she had been dragged into this
mess now.

“There’s so much exciting news tonight.”

“She could be anything, but she chose to be a homewrecker. That’s really disgusting!”

“To be honest, I think the woman who’s next to Mr. Goldmann looks like a vixen. Maybe she really did
snatch other men from their wives or girlfriends.”

Ryleigh flung Willow’s hand away ferociously upon hearing that the discussions taking place in the
surroundings were turning against Maisie. “You really do know how to bullsh*t!”

“Ah!” Willow staggered backward and fell to the floor deliberately.



Willow, who was sitting on the floor, looked so weak and helpless at the moment that it was easy for hert
o inspire pity and compassion.

“Willow, don’t you pretend to lose balance in order to arouse sympathy-“Ryleigh was about to go forward
t o jerk her, but Louis blocked her.

“You,”Ryleigh wanted to say something, but Maisie dragged her back.

Maisie’s gaze then stopped on Willow’s face. She looked neither furious nor joyous. “It’s the Lucas
family’s banquet today, so I originally planned to give the Lucases some face. But since you want to
make a fuss over my appearance at this event, then I shall play along with you.”

She slowly took out the bracelet that she had restored after Willow had broken last time.



“Since you value the status possessed by the daughter of the de Armas so much, it’s not that I can’t
hand it to you.”

“Zee, what nonsense are you talking about? I’ve always been the, H-How did you get your hands on my
bracelet!?”

When Willow saw the bracelet in Maisie’s hand, a trace of slyness flashed across her eyes. She was
even certain that the people from the Lucases would stand by her side tonight as she thought Maisie
could never present any evidence that could overthrow her!

‘That’s right, Maisie probably never thought that I would’ve taken a DNA test with Louis long ago. So
what she’s saying here are just groundless jibes!

‘I want everyone present to know that not only did Maisie Vanderbilt snatch my man from me, but she
also plans to steal my identity from me!’

Nolan’s eyes were cold and keen, but he still believed that Maisie could handle it. Even if she were to
blast the whole banquet into smithereens with all this drama, who would dare to disrespect his woman
when h e was around?

“Heh!” Maisie looked at the bracelet in her hand and raised her eyebrows. “It’s, of course, a gift from
Dad, o I should I call him here so that we can both confront him?”

Willow’s expression gradually turned gloomy. “Zee, stop making things more and more complicated…
Even if you call Dad over, he’ll definitely be on your side. I know Dad doesn’t like me because I’m just an
illegitimate daughter…”


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