Chapter 1017

He didn’t request anyone to pick him up, nor did he accompany Fitch. Instead, he made a call to Maja.

“I’m at the airport. Can you come and pick me up?”

His question seemed polite, but his tone was subtly urging her to hurry.

However, Maja wasn’t the one who answered. She was in a meeting and had left her phone with Zoey.

Zoey, irritated by his presumptuous tone, coolly replied,

“Mr. Raymond, Ms. Pennyfeather is in a meeting, and it will go on until noon.”

lan’s brow furrowed in disappointment, but he didn’t say anything further.

He asked Jeff to pick him up instead, but halfway through, Tyler called him to discuss a rumor circulating in their circle.

“What rumor?”

“It’s about Maja. They say she’s been seeing her first love.”

lan’s body stiffened, his eyes darkening, “Who said that?”

“No idea, it’s all over the place. While you were abroad these past couple of days, Maja has been staying in–a hotel, not returning to Rosewood Manor or the office. Rumor has it that she’s meeting her first love.”

his phone tightened,

do you know it’s a lie? Alma provided the hotel records, and I called the hotel myself. She was indeed there for two days. Everyone knows her company is really busy right now, dealing with Funfly Darcy. How would

cold, warning Tyler.

“Don’t trust Alma.”

trust Alma or not, why not ask

the call, lan rubbed his

hadn’t slept in two nights and hadn’t had the time to adjust to the time difference.

me to

glanced at him through the rearview

Movie group

themselves, but no one dared to make their curiosity

Zoey had already entered the conference room, standing beside Maja. No one had warned Maja that lan was coming.

night worrying about the marks

meeting first thing in the

meeting, she felt

a small lounge in her office with a double sofa. It didn’t have a bed, but she could lie down there

the corner when she

in her thoughts, worrying

was frustrated and felt ridiculously

her work jacket, only to be suddenly embraced

his arms holding her

gave her a sense

marks on her neck, she hurriedly tried to put her jacket back on.

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