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.

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

toward her brother, a silent nod in her gaze. Good boy. He still

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

twitch at that comment, a sudden thought flashing through his

says she doesn’t? I’m right

from the corner of his eye, he

for keeping the marriage under wraps from

let Maia become a bigger target for the Cooper

the picture, he wouldn’t dare expose Maia as his wife. But

years in silence, gathering power in the dark, all for the day he could take revenge for himself and his parents. The bullet fragment in his brain kept whispering the same

his wife. Just then, Kathie’s sigh broke the quiet once more. “That’s true. If Maia really had a husband, he’d have shown

her eyes drift softly toward Chris, a faint curve forming at the corners of her mouth. Anyone who had claimed her husband wouldn’t turn up