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 were really married,

her gaze. Good boy. He still remembered the promise and

mulled it over, then let out a small sigh with a smile. “I suppose you’re right. Still, talk like that only

twitch at that comment, a sudden thought flashing through

she doesn’t? I’m right here, and I’m her legal

Maia’s look from the corner of

reasons for keeping the marriage under wraps from Ethan and

let Maia become a bigger target for the Cooper

still in the picture, he wouldn’t dare expose Maia as his wife. But a thought crept into his mind—it was about time

dark, all for the day he could take revenge for himself and his parents. The bullet fragment in his brain kept whispering the same warning—he had to wipe out the

pushed him toward something more dangerous, he longed to tell the world that Maia was his wife. Just then,

let her eyes drift softly toward Chris, a faint curve forming at the corners of her mouth. Anyone who