Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 592:

Pattie often steered the conversation toward Roland, while Elvira kept shifting it back to Maia — sending subtle signals to Roland as her eyes flicked to Maia. “Roland, this dish is delicious!” she said, her tone loaded with meaning.

He caught on and offered Maia a bite.

Pattie’s eyebrow arched. “Looks delicious,” she murmured. “I’d like to try it, too.”

A surge of unease hit Elvira — her instincts screamed that Pattie was interested in Roland. And that was something Elvira would never allow.

“Pattie, let me help with that!” Elvira stood swiftly, reaching out to place the dish on Pattie’s plate.

After that, instead of sitting down, she stayed standing, deciding to subtly warn Pattie against dreaming about her brother, Roland.

She pulled a rare, old medical book from her bag and handed it to Maia. “Happy birthday, Maia! You always said you wanted an ancient medical text, right? I went through a lot to find this rare edition. Hope you like it.”

Her words paused as she noticed Roland still spaced out beside her, leaving her momentarily speechless.

She shot him a sharp look. “Roland, didn’t you prepare a gift for Maia yesterday, too? Show us!”

hesitated, pressed his lips together, then pulled a

caught the tension too, curling her

birthday,” Roland said softly as he opened the box slowly. Both Maia and Pattie sighed with relief at what they saw inside — a pair of pearl

blinked, confused. She had clearly put a ring in

????? ??

the gift, and looked at both of them. “Thank you for

stood without a word and grabbed Maia’s arm. “Maia, come with me

Maia could say anything, Pattie had already pulled

they left, the atmosphere in

Roland. “Roland, this wasn’t how we

His face didn’t change.

and luckily, he had double-checked the gift

me to give her a ring gift, especially

Elvira was rendered speechless.

a

swirled inside her. Didn’t having Pattie here make it

message that Roland’s heart belonged