Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 870:

That simple promise cut through her panic like sunlight breaking the dark.

Neither spoke again. Vince had lost all touch with reason, gambling every innocent life on his obsession. He never once paused to consider what came after.

Catching Chris’s presence, Vince shot him a venomous glare.

“Shut your mouth, you pathetic idiot! This is between me and Maia!”

An eerie stillness clung to Vince for a heartbeat before his face twisted into something even more deranged.

Sudden, booming laughter erupted again, louder, wilder.

“Maia, will you marry me?” he shouted, his smile crazed and wide, as he dropped fully to one knee before her.

In front of a captive audience, Vince clung to the remote with white-knuckled determination, his other hand fumbling in his pocket until he pulled out a ring — every movement executed with the precision of a scene rehearsed countless times in his mind.

out, clear enough for everyone to

to

I mean it. This time, you

He dipped his head, voice lowering to

come with me, and these people

surged through Maia, her eyes narrowing with dread. There was no escape left for her. If she refused, Vince — in his

the tremor in her body, leaned closer and whispered, steady and

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terror like a lifeline, anchoring her spiraling

speak again. Vince was far beyond reason, his mind

own business! You don’t belong in this! This is between

holding Chris back, and stepped forward. Her

“Let me handle this.”

her tone