Three Times of Love

All Maisie could recall from last night was that she had been celebrating her birthday with Willow. After taking a few sips of the sangria Willow had brought to her, she passed out!

Could it be that her drink had been spiked!?

Maisie gnashed her teeth and walked out of bed. With every ounce of composure within her, she tried to remain as calm as she could. She swiftly slipped on her clothes from last night, tidied herself up, and fled. She needed to get home immediately so that she could talk to Willow and find out what had happened!

When Maisie reached home, she saw her father sitting on the sofa waiting for her.

Stephen asked with a calm expression, "Where were you last night?"

Maisie pursed her lips, thinking about the events of last night before finally replying, "l fell asleep in a friend's house."

'Bam!'

Slamming a picture on the table, he roared furiously,

"l know you spent the night with a man in a hotel room! How dare you lie to me?"

The sight of the photo made the blood drain from Maisie's face. It was a picture of a man she did not recognize, helping her into a hotel room.

Willow rushed down the stairs in her high heels. "Dad, calm down." As she continued to talk, she walked toward Maisie and pretended to nag at her.

"Zee, how could you embarrass the family like this? Even if you are in love with the man, you should know not to cross the line before getting married."

Maisie was completely startled. What did she mean by that?

She had clearly been unconscious at the time!

Just as she suspected, Willow would never be so kind as to celebrate her birthday for her. It had all been a set-up!

Maisie tried to explain herself, "Dad, listen, I was out celebrating my birthday with Willow. There was something in the drink that Willow gave to me—"

"That's enough!" Stephen stood up, pointed his finger at her, and growled,

"Willow is your big sister. Don't you dare blame her for your own actions!"

'Sister?'

Listening to her father's accusations, Maisie clenched both her fists tightly until they trembled. Her mother should have known that her father was an unfaithful man. He had been keeping a woman on the side from the very start.

Who could have guessed that within a year after her mother's passing, even before her ashes had turned cold, he would remarry so quickly with Leila Scott?

What had come as a greater surprise to Maisie was finding out that they had long given birth to a daughter of their own!

Maisie had always known that Willow was trying to win over their father for years now. She would act a certain way in front of their father and turn into something else behind him. Never did it ever occur to Maisie that Willow would try to sabotage her on her very own birthday!

"l was planning to pass on Vaenna Jewelry to you when you finally came of age, but y-you... I can't believe you pulled such a stunt to tarnish the family name!

I never want to see your face again! The Vanderbilt could do better without a shameless wretch like you for a daughter!"

Maisie stuttered, "Dad, a-are you... kicking me out?"

Stephen smashed the mug he was holding right at her feet. "Get the hell out of here!"

Trembling uncontrollably, Maisie lifted her head only to catch Willow sneering back at her along with her father's untrusting grimace. She could not help but feel a chill in her heart.