Chapter 737

Facing his accusations, Maja was at a loss for words.

She leaned against the wall, feeling absolutely wiped out. But she still had to head to where Lillian stashed her stuff to search for that jellyfish–shaped seal. Seemed like this crowd was hell–bent on finding it. The thing seemed to be pretty damn important.

And she had a hunch that the days ahead would be anything but quiet.

After all, people had been showing up at her doorstep already.

She opened her mouth and finally managed, “I’m beat. I need a breather.”

With that, she turned to leave.

lan quietly fell in step behind her, and when he saw her trying to hail a cab, he yanked her into his own car instead.

Maja ended up in his arms, and he held her tight, not letting her squirm away.

“Penny, are you mad at me?“;

lan couldn’t make heads or tails of her complicated emotions, so he had no clue what Maja was feeling right now.

Maja decided to shut her eyes.

lan planted a soft kiss on her lips, and her eyelashes fluttered like a butterfly’s wings at the touch.

made his heart

head back to Greenfield later.”

dicey right now, and there could still be kidnappers

her lips sealed and just silently slid into the driver’s seat.

didn’t stop her, watching as she maneuvered the car onto a

quickly entered Daly Elston’s house and headed straight for the

from the side and smashed the stove

but she beat him to it, “Mr. Raymond,

he did steal a glance at her, digging under the stove.

a small iron box about the size of a palm.

it for a quick peek, and there

was a beautiful jellyfish carved at the

she was a kid, she never thought much of

the carving was top–notch. Even the material was top–grade.

hell was this seal for?

were the kidnappers willing to fork out big bucks to get their hands on this

box and held it tight in her palm, then headed out to find

was dusk by then, and lan was leaning against the car, casually smoking

just opened the

initially wanting to hand it over to lan

Lillian’s last wishes,

had Lillian hidden from her

that Maja wasn’t her biological daughter?

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