Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 764:

Hurst understood her perfectly. Ever since the Lark Fashion product launch, Melanie’s entire attitude toward Maia had shifted dramatically. The event had not only cleared Maia of the plagiarism accusations but had also vindicated her in the theft incident from four years ago.

He himself had watched the livestream and found his admiration for Maia growing with every passing moment.

Still, Hurst knew Maia was no ordinary woman. Reliable sources had informed him that when she rejected Vince, she had produced a marriage certificate as proof.

Yet when he shared this information with Melanie, she fired back with arguments he couldn’t refute.

“Dad, are you absolutely sure Maia is married? Have you even seen this mysterious husband of hers? What if that marriage certificate was completely fake? Maybe she just pulled it out to make Vince back off and leave her alone? Besides, I asked Ethan about it, and you know what he told me? He had absolutely no clue about Maia being married! See? Maia probably isn’t married at all!”

Faced with Melanie’s logic, Hurst had been left speechless.

kept replaying in his mind. Over and over,

supposed husband. The timing of her presenting that marriage certificate had been suspiciously convenient

had suggested, the entire marriage had

rolled over in bed. Despite the mattress being perfectly soft and comfortable,

barely in her twenties, Melanie clearly held her in exceptionally high regard. Few

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whether he should explore the possibility of something more with Maia — if only

alarm clock shattered

Hurst cracked open his eyes and checked the time. Six-thirty in the morning already. Outside, the sky was

Hurst’s lips. He had

woke, she went to wash up first. When she descended from the second floor, she immediately spotted her father at the dining table, looking utterly drained, with dark circles shadowing his eyes.

you thinking about… my future