Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 738:

Jarrod couldn’t stay silent either.

“Maia, can you hear me? It’s Jarrod. Please, can we just talk? I’m really begging here.”

Not missing a beat, Richard tried again.

“Maia, please, just meet with us one time. Everything that happened was our fault. We all need a chance to say what’s on our minds. Will you let us?”

For a moment, Maia’s finger paused mid-air, uncertain.

Their words stirred something — a flicker of emotion that showed on her face. Maybe if all of this had happened four years ago, she might have stopped to listen.

The present was different, though. She felt no obligation.

Their pleas fell on deaf ears.

and blocked the new number without

time she let an

of the call ending echoed in Richard’s ear, tightening his

as

wrong with you? Maia’s already furious, and you still talk down to her? Did you ever stop to think

in a huff, frustration

genuine apology, breaking lifelong patterns didn’t come so easily. Richard’s habit of using a sharp, critical tone pushed Sandra nearly to her breaking point. They had managed to get Maia to pick up the call, only to watch the opportunity slip

but disappointment gnawed at him — any hope of making

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sigh, Richard tried to

“That wasn’t my intention…”

Impatience colored Sandra’s response.

here? If

Maia