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.

to hear. Gasps and shouts rippled

is proposing to Maia in front

“Maia, I

of his expression radiated frantic obsession. He dipped

come with me,

her eyes narrowing with dread. There was no escape left for her. If she refused, Vince — in his unhinged state — might press the remote at

and whispered, steady and unwavering,

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through her terror

was far beyond reason, his

spat, “Mind your own business! You don’t belong in this!

arm out, holding Chris back, and stepped forward. Her voice

“Let me handle this.”

Vince directly, her tone steady