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.

his heart go’all mushy.

head back to Greenfield later.”

now, and there could

and just

her, watching as she maneuvered

got out of the car, she quickly entered

up a chair from the side and smashed

she beat him to it, “Mr.

answers, but he did steal a

found a small iron box

for a quick peek, and there it was the

jellyfish carved at the

a kid, she never thought much

now, the artistry of the carving was top–notch.

the hell was this seal

fork out big bucks to get their hands on this

in her palm, then headed out to find

was dusk by then, and lan was leaning against the car, casually smoking a cigarette. Even with his clothes wrinkled, he still

didn’t ask Maja what she found; just opened the passenger door for

initially wanting to hand it over to lan for him to look into

Lillian’s last wishes, she decided

hidden from her all

Maja wasn’t her biological

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