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.”

phone tightened, “Who’s spreading these

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 she have the

turned cold, warning

“Don’t trust Alma.”

Alma or not, why not ask Maja

the call, lan

nights and hadn’t had the time to

drive me to

through the rearview

group and walked into Maja’s office without a

top floor whispered amongst themselves, but no one dared

the conference room, standing beside Maja. No one

night worrying about the marks

dragged into a meeting

three–hour meeting, she felt

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

notice a man sitting in the corner when she entered her lounge.

lost in her thoughts,

frustrated and felt

off her work jacket, only to be suddenly embraced

her, his arms holding

her a sense of

thought of the conspicuous marks on her neck, she hurriedly tried to put her jacket back

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