Maja had been waiting for another ten minutes, but Zoey still refused to cout.

With no other options, she had to leave.

Getting back into her car, the warmth inside eased the irritation she felt from the cold.

Instead of heading back to the office, Maja decided to meet up with Elvis.

But Elvis wasn't fully clued in on all the surrounding Zoey; all he was aware of was the big fallout she had with Mia.

""l just can't believe Zoey would hit someone with her car. I found several witnesses from that night, and they all said the driver

ran over the victim three times on purpose.”

Such brutality didn't seem like Zoey at all.

Maja's expression darkened. It was highly likely that Zoey was taking the fall for someone else.

But who could have convinced her to so willingly take the blame?

"There's something else. There was this recording going around the high society circles, supposedly between Zoey and Mia. Zoey's

stepfather got Mia... well, let's just say the recording left her reputation in tatters. Right after that, Zoey was taken away by the

Haskins family, and I haven't been able to find out what happened next. If the Haskins family wanted to keep it under wraps,

there's no way I could investigate."

Maja was sharp as a tack. She immediately tried calling Mia, but her number had been disconnected. Clearly, the Haskins family

didn't want Mia to be reachable, which was suspicious.

With her lips pursed, she turned toBeck.

"Beck, taketo Fitch," she ordered.

Beck might not have been the sharpest tool in the shed, but even he could guess out that this mess had something to do with

Fitch.

cared about gone, there was no family of her own, and the only person left who mattered to her

Fitch.

the fall for someone, and it was for a spoiled brat like Mia, then

Fitch.

wishing she could storm over right this

Fitch was informed by his assistant that someone was waiting in

imagine who it might

opened the door and saw Maja, his eyelashes fluttered in surprise - he hadn't expected her to

her demeanor vastly

been doted

just received commendation from the higher-ups. If he were to return home,

sat upright; her gaze at Fitch was filled with

left the country and even canceled her phone

uncover something?"

chair but didn't

you figured it out already?"

lately. She had been trying to control her emotions, considering the stress wasn't

pregnant.

up, strode over to his desk, and grabbed a pile of

him, but he said

has no

her

familiar sting

since he had slapped her at the Haskins estate, that intense

seemed to have vanished.

have stopped liking him, especially

affection, albeit more restrained

glancing his way.

understand how someone could love another so deeply and yet be

scattered

say to her? How did you bewitch her into

stooped to slowly gather the documents from

many, scattered everywhere; it was impossible to collect them

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