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.”

grip on his phone tightened, “Who’s spreading these

the hotel myself. She was indeed there for two days. Everyone knows her company is really busy right now, dealing

turned cold, warning

“Don’t trust Alma.”

you trust Alma or not,

lan rubbed

time to adjust to the

drive me to Maja’s

at him through the rearview mirror

floor of Star Movie group and walked into Maja’s office without a

but no one dared to make

conference room, standing beside Maja.

been up all night worrying about

meeting first thing in

the three–hour meeting, she

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

a man sitting in the corner when she entered her

lost in her thoughts, worrying

and felt

down on the sofa and took off her work jacket, only to

his arms holding her

gave her a

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

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