Chapter 1153

Maja bowed her head in respect, then stood up and picked up his suit, handing it back to him.

lan reached out to receive it, his fingertips accidentally brushing against hers–one cold, the other warm.

Suppressing the urge to hold her hand, he lied, “Grandpa mentioned you promised him something”

He didn’t mention his grandfather’s last words at all, but rather tried to trick Maja.

Did his grandfather say anything to her that day at the cliff?

But in reality, his grandfather said nothing that night. It was all a scheme planned by a man named Patrick

The scheme included his grandfather, everyone who was on the hike that day, and even Maja herself

She wondered about Patrick, even his name was fake. Who was he really and why was he targeting the Raymond family?

Now that lan was asking her, she remembered her promise to his grandfather to give birth to an heir for the Raymond family

This was a commitment.

But it was something she couldn’t bring herself to tell lan

She turned around, making to walk towards the base of the mountain.

get any more out of her and slowly

the mountain was faster than climbing it. He found himself thinking about the hike, carrying her on his back, listening to her childhood

stories

but they lacked the most tender moments. Any recollections

her bodyguard had already

of goodbye, she

opened and closed his mouth, finally knocking on

window rolled down.

about dinner

glanced at her phone, “1 ve

“What about tomorrow?”

“have a meeting.”

“All day?”

hearing about the meeting. It was

pushing the issue, causing

dont you want to know Patrick’s

She indeed wanted to know.

Manor investigated, what Patrick represented was

no background. There was only a photograph of

and Fitch’s are looking into it Should be any time now. Do

was clearly a trap if she wanted to know, they would have to have dinner

frowned, “Let’s talk when

window tightly, pretending not to understand, “But I need to have dinner first, so I

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