Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 885:

When panic surged and people scattered, Maia did the opposite—standing firm, walking straight into danger, and exposing Vince’s bluff before things spiraled further out of control.

Had Maia not anticipated his game or spoken with the clarity that anchored the crowd in that critical moment, who knew how many lives this building would have taken?

Maia’s quiet declaration that “everything’s fine now; the danger has passed” was more than just a line—it steadied the hearts of everyone who heard it. Without it, fear might have taken full control. A stampede was only a heartbeat away from turning the scene into carnage.

No one wanted to imagine that outcome. No one wanted to see blood spilled by panic.

In the aftermath, while tension still lingered like smoke, Maia moved beside Chris without a word. Both of them stepped carefully down the stopped escalator, its structure intact but lifeless.

Maia’s face held no trace of pride or fear—just calm and certainty. And though she said nothing, every quiet step seemed to speak louder than the chaos left behind.

first, no one said a word. They just stared at her—every pair of eyes drawn to the same

broke through the silence. “Ms. Watson…

through the crowd, gentle

name caught fire, passing from one mouth to another.

who worked

a shaky

it hit like a wave—shouts pouring from the crowd, each one louder than the

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 g⍺𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘴﹐ⅽ𝗈𝗺

us!

incredible

of clapping rose through the unsettled air, steady and rhythmic, gradually

that everyone would remember. Event staff stepped aside, and the SWAT officers moved instinctively, parting the crowd to make way for