She closed her eyes, her face expressionless. She was not interested in hearing this from him.

Brian thought she was sleepy. He lowered his head and kissed her lips gently. "Don't do the silent thing with me anymore, okay?"

She did not say anything, so he threatened in her ear, "If you keep quiet, I'll have plenty of ways to make you talk."

As he spoke, he placed his hand on her waist and gently pinched her flesh. That action made Nova immediately understand what way he was referring to. She felt a little frustrated. She opened her eyes, but her tone was still soft. "Okay."

Brian smiled. "Goodnight."

With that, he got up and left, returning to his room.

Nova looked at his back, and her eyes turned cold.

After last night, the relationship between Nova and Brian had eased.

In the morning, the two of them went to work together.

At noon, Nova received a message from Nelson.

[I have news for you. I'll pick you up this afternoon.]

Nova glanced at the message and replied: [Okay.]

When Brian came to pick her up after work, she was no longer in the office.

He called her. Nova was sitting in Nelson's car at the moment. She found an excuse, saying she was to meet her client, and hung up with a few words.

Nova and Nelson ate at a restaurant not far from Francis Group.

Nova knew Nelson must have some important news to tell her, so he called her out.

"Mr. Francis, you seem to be in a good mood. Is it good news?" Nova looked at Nelson opposite her.

Nelson smiled mysteriously. "What I brought you must be good news."

"The last time I investigated Alfredo Miller, I also investigated Louise. It turned out that she's not Marshall's daughter!"

Nova's eyes widened in shock.

However, what Nelson said next shocked her even more.

"Previously, you told me Louise knew

about your background. I felt things were not simple, so I continued to investigate. I found that after Marshall and her wife, Caylee, lost their child, they had posted search notices saying that the swaddling cloth used when the child was missing was Caylee personally embroidered.

"They named the child Louise and embroidered bamboo patterns on the swaddling cloth."

An idea flashed in Nova's mind, and she seemed to understand something.

"Mr. Francis, you mean..."

Nelson nodded slightly. "Coincidence, right? The swaddling cloth you mentioned also had the bamboo patterns."

He took out a sheet of A4 paper and handed it to her.

Her heart was pounding, and she swallowed nervously as she read the words on the paper, word by word.

It was a paternity test report!

"You are Marshall's daughter!"

Nova looked at the report and trembled uncontrollably. She was Marshall's daughter!

So her mother's name was Caylee...

She remembered that at a banquet Marshall almost fainted. She went up to help him up. The name

Marshall called out at that time was "Caylee".

Nova had thought Marshall was old and blurry-eyed. Now that she recalled it, he must have recognized her as her mother!

Louise had rushed over to take Marshall away because she was afraid Marshall might notice something amiss!

There was another reasonnoveldrama

wanted to harm Nova's

life. Louise was afraid that her identity would be exposed!

Nova was on the verge of breaking down. She covered her face and clenched her fists tightly.