Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 888:

“She prevented a disaster. Without her, people would’ve panicked. It could’ve turned into a stampede. Maybe worse—deaths, explosions, suicides… We’ll never know how bad it could have gotten.”

A handful of users voiced suspicion.

“Was Maia the reason Vince snapped?”

However, that line of thinking didn’t stand a chance. The public swiftly rejected it like a bad rumor.

“You’re blaming her for what a maniac did? Unbelievable.”

“Vince went completely off the rails. If Maia hadn’t stepped in, things would’ve ended differently. That woman’s a hero. No question about it.”

News outlets rushed to get in touch with MCN, each one hoping to secure an exclusive sit-down with Maia. No one had anticipated that Maia’s popularity would once again sweep across the internet at an unprecedented speed.

inside the study at Cooper Group’s main office, Kolton absentmindedly traced the rim of a forgotten mug of

his phone, a paused video showed Maia facing

screen as a faint smile tugged at his lips. “She

tone. “She’s not someone

buzz from his

at the screen.

hesitation, he

the news and just finished watching the footage from the Harmony Plaza scare…” Kiley’s voice came through,

𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆

Kolton asked, “So? What’s your

for Cooper Group.” Kiley spoke with quiet certainty, as though she’d weighed every angle. “That’s why… I want to request Claudius to take over my responsibilities in Otruitho. I need to head back to Wront and

away. A moment passed before a gentle chuckle escaped him. “Return, then.

care of it,” Kiley

to be thinking along the same