Will You Marry Me, Again by Pear Heart

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Susie frowned. “Ms. Maia, Mr. Cedric forbade me from giving you any devices.”

“Well, he didn’t say I couldn’t make a call, right? It’s just one call, please, Susie,” Maia pleaded. Susie glanced around and said, “Ms. Maia, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, but this place is under surveillance. Mr. Cedric can watch your every move.”

Taken aback, Maia looked around her and saw surveillance cameras everywhere.

She chuckled bitterly and murmured, “I guess the place is bugged, too, huh?”

Susie sighed but didn’t deny it. “Eat while the dinner’s still warm, okay?”

Maia was left alone in the dining hall but had lost her appetite. She squeezed the utensils in her hands tightly.

to hope that Rita would be found soon. Still, something about

the eye about Rita’s kidnapping. She could only hope to leave the

and headed upstairs. Maia curled on

but Cedric did not come. The wait was unbearable. She wondered if Rita had been found and when they would

Manor had been silent for a few days. Zera had taken a break

the surveillance footage is restored, we’ll be able to

as Cedric said it,

saw the

gave him the phone. He frowned as he turned on the

the video call.

live feed popped up. Rita, bound to a chair and gagged with duct tape, yelled in

voice.

burst into tears. “Mom, are you okay? Don’t be scared. Cedric is

your mom is well taken

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kidnapper’s face as he wore a black mask, sunglasses, and a