First Love's Return, Heiress Strikes Back

Chapter 411

Hailie had just landed in New York, and Mariela was driving to pick her up.

In the afternoon, when Hailie sent her flight details, Mariela had already told her she would pick her up at the airport.

Hailie said it was unnecessary and that she could just take a taxi to the hotel.

But since Hailie was new to the city with no family or friends here, Mariela insisted on picking her up and helping her settle in.

The airport was in a remote suburb, about a forty–minute drive from downtown New York.

Feeling a bit stuffy in the car, Mariela rolled the window down slightly, letting the outside airflow in.

It was late March, and the temperature in New York was starting to warm up.

had lost its winter chill, now carrying a crisp coolness instead.

away the stuffiness in the car. As Mariela thought about everything that had happened recently, she felt a sense

contentment.

Meng

easy to get along with. Several well–known and capable lawyers had already

was falling into place.

sun, full of energy and

step closer

the bustling downtown

at night, and this remote stretch of road was eerily quiet.

Mariela suddenly noticed a black car

only lead to the airport, having another

caught sight of that

car before, back in the city at a red light.

parked diagonally behind her