Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 874:

Sandra, drawn by the commotion, hurried over. When her eyes fell on Richard’s phone, she froze, as though jolted awake from a nightmare.

It felt as if time itself had twisted back four years — to when Maia, still the Morgan family’s daughter, stood faithfully beside Vince and the two had ended up together.

But now, Maia was already married to someone else. And Vince was proposing to her at this very moment. Had he completely lost his mind?

Beside them, Jarrod sprang to his feet. “Dad, Mom, look — Maia’s reaction seems off.”

He squinted at the live feed, frowning. “Look! She doesn’t seem willing at all. Isn’t she trying to stop Vince from doing something rash? Could it be… Vince is threatening her somehow?”

Richard’s brows furrowed deeper. He stared at the screen, piecing things together. Then his eyes sharpened.

“Exactly. Maia clearly isn’t on board — she’s trying to calm him down. What in the world is happening?”

— half born of gossip, half borrowed from melodramas — struck Sandra. Her face paled. “Could it be… is Vince threatening to jump off a building if

the room fell heavy with silence. Sandra’s idea, outrageous as

mother, disbelief and worry mixing in his gaze. “No way…

the

hushed stillness of the top-floor office, Claudius sat behind his desk, eyes locked on the computer

it threatened to splinter, yet

𝓞𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓲𝓷 𝓵𝓸𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷: ⳑ𝖺𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝗲𝗅𝘀⍿𝖼𝗈𝗆

of his screen. Vince, wild-eyed and desperate, was laying

will you marry

pen snapped cleanly under Claudius’ clenched

himself to remain silent, keeping a veneer of composure. But within, his thoughts spun like a cyclone —

heart caught

he whispered, almost as if trying to will it into reality, “Maia, don’t you dare say