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.

had no choice but to hope that Rita would be found soon. Still, something about all of this

was more than meets the eye about Rita’s kidnapping. She could only hope to

out a bitter chuckle, she finished her meal and headed upstairs. Maia curled on the bed and waited

Cedric did not come. The wait was unbearable. She wondered

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

restored, we’ll

as Cedric said it, Zera’s

she saw the caller ID, “It’s

He frowned as he turned on the screen

the video call.

up. Rita, bound to a chair and gagged with duct tape, yelled

voice.

okay? Don’t be scared. Cedric is going

assured that your

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as he wore a black mask, sunglasses, and a hat. “What do you want?” Cedric