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.

deeply to steady her nerves and went on, “I finally got my dad to think about dating your

gaze reflected mixed feelings. He found it hard to put

Ethan was going along with the whole idea. The whole thing seemed so far-fetched that it might as

to steady himself, Ethan cleared his throat softly. “Well, that’s… great.” Even though he said it, his voice

at all that JusticeBlaze had a daughter. He even 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

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

so straightforward, speaking without holding

“You know, that actually makes a

“The private eye I hired is hanging around your neighborhood right

worry, I’ll remember,” Ethan assured

She dropped onto the couch, sucking on a lollipop, her