However, when she couldn’t find him, Kate picked up her phone to call him. There was a message, “I wanted you to sleep for a while, so I didn’t tell you when I left. Your breakfast is in the microwave so eat when you wake up.”

The text message warmed her heart; she was about to eat her breakfast when Rick interrupted her. He said, “Lady Kate, the new servant is here.”

Kate was confused; she thought they agreed not to hire anyone new. She didn't know who hired someone.

"Lady Kate, Mr. Smith said that Lord Joseph would be very busy with work. Therefore, he will need a servant to take care of his daily needs. He sent hired the servant,” Ricky explained as if he could read Kate’s mind.

Nodding with understanding, Kate looked at the woman, who appeared to be about forty years old, and smiled, “Hello!”

“Hello, Lady Kate!” the woman greeted Kate awkwardly and then introduced herself, “My name is Rena. I have ten years of experience. I am outgoing and hope that I will serve you well.”

Kate could see she was nervous. She calmly said, “Don’t be anxious. You can ask Rick if you have any questions!”

“Okay,” Rena nodded with both hands crossed in front of her.

Kate quickly finished her breakfast then went to work at Kate Group. Her phone rang as she was getting out of her car.

Daisy’s name appeared on the screen, leaving Kate with mixed emotions. She was startled, flustered, excited, happy, sad, hesitant all at the same time. She decided to answer it, though.

"Kate?" Daisy asked to confirm it was her answering the phone when Kate didn’t say anything.

"What can I help you with?" Kate missed Daisy, but she kept her tone unemotional as she spoke.

"Kate, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Daisy kept apologizing and sobbing.

Kate felt her heartbreaking, yet she remained cold to her, "We have no relationship! I hope you enjoy your life!”

"Kate!" Daisy worried that she would hang up and hurriedly shouted, "Don't hang up, I want to tell you something!"

"Go ahead then," Kate said, sounding annoyed.

"My plans were never to hurt you, let alone destroy the relationship between us. I just had so much resentment toward Anna. I was angry and did something to upset you. I didn’t mean it. Can you please forgive me?” Daisy pleaded.

Even though it saddened Kate to hear Daisy crying, she thought of what happened at the hotel and remained strong.

"It doesn’t matter whether I forgive you or not. We are both better off apart, and I am giving you my blessing."

"Kate, are you going to be like this with me? We will be more like strangers than sisters?” Daisy asked cautiously.

"Yes!" Kate answered her in one simple word.

Kate clenched her fist to resist the heartache and said quietly, "If there is nothing else, I will hang up."

"Kate, I know what I did last time is unforgivable, but can you ask Joseph to let me go? I have lost your trust and moved out. Can he let me leave here? I can’t stand it. I will go crazy!" Daisy cried and begged.

Kate didn't understand. She asked, "What do you mean?"

"I’m in Phoenix. It is a strange city to me. Two security guards watch me all day, every day. Expect when I go to the bathroom, or I am sleeping…" Daisy suddenly stopped speaking and broke into hysterical sobs.

“I know all about it. Goodbye, Daisy," Kate remained calm, she had no idea about what happened to Daisy, but she wasn't going to tell her.

"Kate..." Before Daisy finished speaking, Kate hung up the phone.

When Kate got to her office, Daisy’s words were still echoing in her head. She called Joseph, but he didn’t answer. She assumed he would be busy, she gave up trying to reach him and bought a ticket to Phoenix.

At 3 pm, Kate arrived in Phoenix and called Daisy. She was so thrilled that Kate was in town that she wanted to pick her up. However, Kate wanted Daisy’s address and said she would be there shortly.

In the front of an old building, two large men guarded the gate. Seeing Kate approach, they put their hand out and asked, “Who are you looking for?”

Kate looked at the two men who had no emotion showing, and asked bluntly, “Are you the security guards Joseph sent to watch over Daisy?”

The two men looked at each other in confusion and then asked, "You are?"

"I am Joseph's girlfriend, Kate," She introduced herself with pride.

The two men smiled and bowed at Kate, "I'm sorry, Lady Kate. We only heard of you but never saw you in person, so we didn't recognize you."

"It's okay." Kate pointed to the door behind them, "Is she inside?"

"Yes." The two men willfully stepped aside.

When Kate was about to raise her hand to knock on the door, Daisy opened the door.

The moment Daisy saw Kate, Daisy embraced her excitedly and cried, "Kate, you finally came. I know you are too kind and won’t leave me alone..."

The two men were worried that Daisy would hurt Kate, so they both looked at her warily.

Daisy glared back at them and let go of Kate, “I am sorry, I am just so happy to see you. Come in and sit down.”

Kate didn't speak and went straight into the living room.

"Please have some water,” Daisy nodded to the bottles on the table. She peeked at Kate to see her reaction.

After looking around, Kate said, "The environment here is not as bad as you described."

The smile on Daisy's face faded, and she frowned and said, "The environment here is not too bad. I just feel uncomfortable being watched..."

"But, do you know why Joseph did this?" Kate didn't think Daisy was innocent. And whenever she thought of what Daisy and Samuel did to her, her hatred for them increased. However, she could not completely cut ties with Daisy, even though she hoped she could be cruel and not care for her.

"I'm sorry..." Daisy lowered her head in shame. Apart from apologizing, she didn't know how to answer Kate’s question.