Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 719:

A single post seemed to draw the most attention: “Is Maia Watson Really Married?”

Curiosity pulled Melanie in, and she opened the thread, met by a storm of conflicting takes.

Plenty of commenters insisted that Maia had already tied the knot, claiming that her husband was the ever-elusive Mr. M — the same man behind her extravagant birthday surprise.

A different crowd believed that Maia’s supposed spouse was just a regular guy, so unremarkable that Maia felt too awkward to introduce him to the public.

Further down, arguments started piling up against both theories.

One person shared an analysis that struck everyone as especially convincing. “Let me make this clear. Maia is definitely not married. To start with, she spent four years behind bars. During that time, she had no chance to meet any men. Before prison, Maia’s fiancé was Vince, but he ditched her for Rosanna a long time ago. Honestly, who would choose to marry someone with a record like hers? Besides, Maia always shows up at events by herself. Has anyone ever seen her in the company of a man? Has she ever mentioned a husband or shown his photo in—

no mysterious Mr. M. That was only

comment, Melanie felt herself nodding in agreement, her finger

were quick to chime in, ridiculing

gorgeous, the chief designer at MCN, and a composer under the name K. Do you know how many men admire her? The line would wrap around the planet! Maybe after her release, an influential figure fell for her and dated her. After spending some time together, they found that they got along well with each other, so they secretly registered for

doesn’t matter. I would marry Maia in a heartbeat and

Anyone can see Maia is impressive — it makes sense

scrolling through the heated back-and-forth, Melanie’s

understand why she so desperately wanted

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her dad if Maia really had a

hair around her finger, worry etched across her face.