Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 1039:

Their healing would still come, just at a slower pace.

Maia noticed that Hurst’s concern was sincere. Even without the therapeutic meals, the doctors’ care and the nurses’ attention should allow the two children to leave the hospital within two weeks.

Due to the therapeutic meals Chris carefully prepared, Maia regained her strength at a remarkable pace. Almost all signs of her injuries had faded, though her right hand sometimes betrayed her with an odd tremor.

Maia knew without doubt that the tendons and bones had taken the worst of the damage. That punch she landed on Tyrant carried every bit of force she had, and she never foresaw the cost it would bring to her hand.

With Lenny’s arrival in Wront, she resolved to keep the injury hidden from him. She refused to let him shoulder needless worry or alter his training schedule on her account.

Finding a way to silence the tremor had now turned into a challenge Maia needed to face at once.

At that moment, Maia lingered in the corridor of the hospital. Her fingers tightened and released in rhythm, as if willing her hand to remember its proper strength.

deep

a faint smile, Maia turned to face him. “Chris, you don’t need to be

lingered in her voice, and her features carried a quiet grace, even as she kept

gaze rested a tangle of emotions, too

gentle and her expression bright like the morning sun. “There’s somewhere I’d

clear eyes as she added, “Chris, would you take me to see

without the slightest pause, though the request stirred a

places were a mix of diverse and unpredictable elements and not

would allow his wife to

question her, he said gently, “No matter the place, I’ll stay by your

Maia’s lips lifted, her tone carrying warmth. “Thank you,

Ethan, Maia walked alongside Chris toward the payment counter to finalize her release from the