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

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

meal and headed upstairs.

come. The wait was unbearable. She wondered if Rita had been found and when they

silent for a few days. Zera had taken a

is restored, we’ll be able

said it, Zera’s

exclaimed when she saw the caller ID, “It’s

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

the video call.

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

voice.

“Mom, are you okay? Don’t be scared. Cedric

assured that your mom is well taken

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was impossible to see the kidnapper’s face as he wore a black mask, sunglasses, and a hat. “What do you want?” Cedric asked