Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 1032:

“My actions this time have gained Kiley’s confidence,” she said, her voice calm, tinged with pride she couldn’t hide. “She abducted a key figure, then had me question him, which led me to learn some details about Maia.”

Chris’s eyes darkened at her words. “Go on.”

Feeling the shift in his mood, Raegan paused, then spoke honestly. “Maia spent four years behind bars, but she got out before her sentence ended… Kiley intends to use that as leverage.”

“What?” Chris’s face shifted slightly, his reaction sharp and immediate.

“Yes, I was taken aback too,” Raegan admitted, echoing Kiley’s suspicions alongside her own thoughts. “Right now, there are two theories. One is that Maia escaped prison but was caught again, and the former warden covered it up. It hints she isn’t an ordinary person…”

“…and with her identities recently revealed, there could be a hidden organization backing her.” Chris’s frown deepened noticeably.

thinks Maia might never have been imprisoned at all, and someone helped her avoid justice from the beginning… It reminds me of a case we

Someone could be posing as her, supported by a group protecting her identity. Her remarkable feats—composing, designing, painting, martial arts—are beyond what one person could

cutting her off. “Keep digging into this, and report any intel at once.” His voice dropped, icy and firm. “And

bottled up. “Sir, what exactly is Maia’s link to our organization? Why… why do you care so much about her? What if Kiley’s suspicions are correct?

is your storytelling

in the quiet, broken only by the sudden

The call ended abruptly.

froze in place, dazed, unable to move, before her phone buzzed

the screen: “Do what you need

offered no greeting or

quiet for a few heartbeats, then

laughter carried both bitterness and a sense