Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 900:

Joy overflowing, Melanie didn’t linger in the living room. She quickly offered an excuse and hurried upstairs to her room. Once inside, she clicked the lock and immediately grabbed her phone to call Ethan.

At that same moment in Marvelous Garden, Ethan had only just finished eating and was heading toward the study with homework in mind when his phone began to ring. He glanced down and saw Melanie’s name flashing across the display. Not wanting to be overheard, he shot a look toward the kitchen where Kathie was busy cleaning up, then darted into the study and locked the door behind him.

“Did something happen?” Ethan asked, his voice dropping to a cautious hush.

On the other end, Melanie answered with a thrill that was impossible to miss.

“Guess what? I just pulled off something incredible.”

“What?” Ethan scrunched his eyebrows in confusion.

went on, “I finally got my dad to think about dating your sister. If things pan out, I’m pretty sure he’ll tell

his gaze reflected mixed feelings. He found it hard to put

once tormented him, but now she was trying to play matchmaker between her dad and Maia. Surprisingly, Ethan

Ethan cleared his throat softly. “Well, that’s… great.” Even though he

felt this explained why JusticeBlaze had always watched over Maia from a distance but never had the courage to get close. Maybe JusticeBlaze felt he wasn’t good enough for her because of his previous marriage and having a

jumped in again, sounding relaxed. “I laid all my cards on the table to force us to face what we really felt. I even told my dad that it didn’t matter if Maia was already married—they could still be together after a divorce. Both having been married twice would

𝖁𝗂𝖊𝗐 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾: g𝗮𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⫽ⅽ𝗈𝗆

hadn’t expected Melanie to be so straightforward, speaking without holding anything back. But then again, that was totally Melanie’s style. She had slowly opened

know, that actually makes a lot of

reminded him once more, “The private eye I hired is hanging around your neighborhood right now. Make sure you shoot me a message when your sister

I’ll remember,” Ethan

back home with Maxwell, clearly upset. She dropped onto the couch, sucking on a lollipop, her mood