Seriously, How Did He Win My Heart
Chapter 803 The Old Times

Ezra started to grow on Maisie since that day, but the woman must have no idea how the burning hot feeling got the man that night when he carried her upstairs. Later, every time Ezra met Maisie, he would tease and amuse her. Sometimes she would blush at his jokes, but most of the time, she was emotionless. Ezra believed that Maisie had a crush on Julian.

Or else why was she not attracted by him, a dashing, handsome man. He even confided his speculation to Julian, who, in turn, told Ezra that he was crazy.

But somehow those words flew to Maisie's ears and irritated her, and thus, for a long time, Maisie ignored Ezra.

One time, he went to replace Julian at the Hughes Group but deliberately picked a day when both Julian and David were out so that he could meet her. Since David was out, only Maisie received him.

But after pouring him a cup of tea, Maisie turned around to leave. He hastened to stop her and trap her between his arms behind the office door. What kind of perfume she was wearing that day was out of his knowledge, but it made him giddy the moment he leaned toward her.

He looked down at her, asking, "Why are you suddenly mad at me?"

At first, she tried to struggle her way out, but then her cheeks went all blushed as he leaned close to her.

Maisie must have no idea that on the night she got totally wasted when she threw herself into Ezra's arms, her body was all Ezra could remember.

When the consciousness that it was impossible for her to escape his confinement came into her mind, Maisie glared at him and said indignantly, "It never occurred to me that a man like Mr. Cantillo would take to gossiping."

Ezra figured it out, "You mean the thing about you having a crush on Julian?"

She averted her attention and said angrily, "I'm greatly obliged to Mr. Hughes, but he's just a boss to me. What kind of situation do you think you have put me in when you made up that gossip?"

"Thank god. Mr. Hughes is not unreasonable, otherwise, I might have been sacked."

She seemed really angry, even the corner of her eyes went red.

Suddenly, Ezra felt a prickling sensation in his heart. After he was attracted to Maisie, he secretly looked into her history and became aware of how Maisie was raised and ignored by her parent who preferred boys, and how much suffering she had gone through being despised as a girl.

That was why she concealed her beauty and strived to prove herself and that women were not inferior to men.

"I am so sorry." He had no idea what happened to him that made him, a man who never cared about women's feelings, apologize to her.

It was more like a joke that he told Julian that she had a crush on him, but after knowing all she had tried to do, Ezra suddenly felt his joke had wiped out all her efforts.

Apparently, Maisie, too, did not expect him to apologize.

She startled for a moment and then the corner of her eyes turned redder. Somehow, she managed to shove him away, opened the door, and was to leave.

He pulled her back again, and stared into her eyes, asking half-jokingly, "Now that you don't have a crush on him, what kind of men are you into?"

The short distance between them made her eyes easy to read.

Though he had made a careful observation of her face the last time when she was drunk, Ezra did not have the opportunity to examine her eye.

When their eyes met in the air, Ezra felt an urge to kiss her.

Maybe it was due to his abrupt question, or because his sudden approach had flustered her, Maisie said irritatedly, "Not your type."

That simple answer produced a shocking effect on him.

Ezra was rather famous in Riverside City at that time. Though he was an illegitimate child, Ezra took over the Canuli after all. Besides, he even brought the company to an increasingly brighter future. There were numerous women eager to marry him.

Ezra was so shocked that, unwittingly, he loosened his grip, which helped Maisie slip under his eyes.

When Ezra was lying on the hotel bed arranged by Arthur, he was not at all sleepy after hours of tossing and turning.

He was either reflecting on the past with Maisie or considering the present.

The way she spoke on the phone was so tender, not with even one harsh word. Did she really have someone new?

And the way she treated him was so cold. Did she really get over him?

When Ezra found it difficult to sleep, Maisie was on her way home. It was two or three o'clock in the morning when she arrived home. After taking a quiet shower, she went to sleep with her sweet little boy. That she ran into Ezra at night was already thrown out of her mind.

Now, her life was simple, happy, and focused.

When she was working, she worked hard. When she was having a rest, she spent time with her child.

She bought an apartment in a prime location, near the Hughes Group's branch company in Grafstin, so that going to work would be more convenient and the baby could be better attended to.

No matter how tired she got from busy work, as long as she was at home, she took care of the baby, which made Daisy quite embarrassed as if Daisy was not doing her proper job.

Maisie was quite independent for she had lived a miserable childhood. Not only could she cook well, but she was good at doing chores. When she was trying to build her career in Riverside City, cooking was not in her plan, and as for housework, she hired a housekeeper.

After she had a child, especially after the baby had to eat complementary food, she resumed cooking in order to make sure she and the baby have enough nutrition. Every day Maisie tried to make those three meals delicious.

But of course, now as the leader of a branch company, she would sometimes be too occupied with work to prepare food. And when that time came, she either turned to Daisy or money.

The next morning, when Maisie woke up, she got a message from David, asking her if she was awake.

Considering there was a baby with her, David would always send a message first whenever he needed to replace Maisie so that she could call David back when she was free.

The minute when Maisie saw his text, she knew what was in his mind. David must have discovered that Ezra was at Arthur's wedding and was worried if there had been any communication between them. Maisie pinched the bridge of her nose when a migraine struck her. She returned late last night and had little sleep.

Anyway, she gave him a video call, which David soon picked up, and opened her mouth before he could utter a word, "I know what you are going to say. Yes, Ezra was at the wedding last night. We met, talked and then I went home."

"What on earth does he want?" David seemed rather agitated.

It was in the early morning that David saw Ezra was at the wedding of Arthur and Jean, which was so grand and splendid with a bunch of famous people that it was on the hot trend. There, Ezra's face was among the guests.