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.

that Rita would be

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

and headed upstairs. Maia curled on

was unbearable. She wondered if Rita had

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

restored,

as Cedric said it,

exclaimed when she saw the

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

the video call.

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

voice.

are you okay? Don’t be

your mom is well taken care

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a black mask,