Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 913:

As Maia drew nearer, holding it in both hands, Chris leaned back and asked with mild interest, “That got here pretty quick. What’d you have delivered this time?”

Maia returned to the table without a word. Instead of replying, she gave a small, knowing smile and said, “You’ll find out soon enough.”

She set the box down with care, her fingers moving quickly as she peeled away the outer layer. A sleek electronic blood pressure monitor lay nestled inside, gleaming white with rounded edges and a screen still wrapped in its protective film.

Chris furrowed his brows.

Moving with deliberate care, Maia arranged the pieces, connected the device to the outlet, and lifted her head toward Chris. There was a softness in her gaze, steady and light, though it carried a flicker of subtle hesitation. “Hand, please.”

Chris let out a low chuckle. “You really are determined to play doctor with me.”

into the chair, and positioned his arm across the table without a word. Without making a sound, Maia reached for the cuff, gently

threw delicate shadows across her cheeks, the sweep

then did Maia let her shoulders drop, releasing the breath she had been

I did, you’d catch on before I

gave him a teasing smile. “Glad to hear it. And don’t bother trying

in Chris’s chest, quiet but

just to express concern, but to

𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑒 𝓉𝑒𝓍𝓉

caught the unspoken warning wrapped in her tone and nodded

in the air had shifted. The emotional gap seemed smaller now, and

Maia wasn’t one to let her guard down completely. “You’re not in stable condition,”

warm and light, like sunlight filtering through