Will You Marry Me, Again by Pear Heart

Chapter 22 Hate It When Women Cry

He frowned and grabbed her jaw. “Why? Should I let a kidnapper escape?”

“Kidnapper?” Maia gasped. “What on earth are you talking about?”

He tossed the box onto her, and its lid opened, revealing the voodoo doll.

“W–What is it?”

“Drop the act, will you?”

pounded. She looked down at the doll and saw Rita’s

think I kidnapped Rita? Cedric, I was with you last night, remember? I only found out

to squeeze her jaw as he looked grimmer. “You wanted to spend the evening with me to have an alibi, right? And I’m the

of a scheme. For him, she could give up everything. Even now, when she was humiliated, she still loved him. Maia shook her head. “She killed our child, and I despise her, but I could never exact revenge because

you…

voice became so soft that

scoffed. “Maia, you claim to love me, but you’ve done

cry. There

get married, never went after Zera out of jealousy, and never

old documents to help him secure a deal. She had tried to

need to explain it all

“I’m such a disgrace

his fingers, he