Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 1019:

Maia let out a small, awkward cough. “Kathie…”

Kathie’s brows lifted suddenly, and she peered at Maia with quiet curiosity. “By the way, Maia, I’ve heard people saying you’re already married. Is that true? Something so important, and you never breathed a word to me. Why?” The atmosphere tightened, and the air in the room seemed to chill.

Marisa let out a quiet click of her tongue.

She hadn’t imagined the older woman—clearly someone from Maia’s family—would be unaware of Maia’s supposed marriage.

The situation struck her as strange.

Either Maia was hiding something she couldn’t reveal, or… the whole marriage was a sham.

off, quick to guard his sister’s secret. “Kathie, don’t pay attention to idle talk. If Maia

silent nod in her gaze. Good boy. He still remembered

let out a small sigh with a smile. “I suppose you’re right. Still,

twitch at that comment, a sudden thought flashing through his

says she doesn’t? I’m right here, and I’m

from the corner of his eye, he bit back the

wife must have her own reasons for keeping the

Maia become a bigger target for

expose Maia as his wife. But a thought crept into his mind—it

for the day he could take revenge for himself and his parents. The bullet

something more dangerous, he longed to tell the world that Maia was his wife.

curve forming at the corners of her