Will You Marry Me, Again by Pear Heart

Chapter 37 Hiding Her Ex–husband

“No,” he said solemnly.

He wanted no one but her!

His domineering and possessive attitude made Maia stiffen. He was no longer cold to her, and this made her uneasy.

She could never understand what he wanted. For a moment, she wondered if she had made the right choice to return to Prismara.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

A familiar voice came from the other side of the door. “Maia? Are you home? Errol and I have finished the investigation. Maia? Maia?”

It was Aunt Tess and Errol!

As the doorbell rang repeatedly, Maia grew flustered and pushed Cedric off her.

She pointed toward the window. “Leave!”

Cedric smirked. “This is the 12th floor. Are you trying to get me killed?”

Maia quickly walked into the nearby master bedroom and opened the closet door.

She gestured toward it. “Get in!”

Cedric gave her a look. “Are you serious?”

Her phone started to ring.

“Cedric, there’s no time to argue. Are you getting in or not?”

“Fine.”

of relief, he said,

could ask what it was,

“Asshole!”

Cedric to suddenly

almost 2 meters tall, smiled and stepped into the closet. This was the first time he had done something like this, yet he was willing to

with this for her.

and hurried to the entrance to let Tess and

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took you so long?” Tess asked, noticing that Mala

lied as

nothing and dropped the

put a stack of documents on the coffee table and gestured,

over. “You’ve grown taller over the past

not a child

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treat you like an adult now, huh? So…”

just working together. She’s the brand

made an okay sign. “It’s

Errol continued to blush.

said, “Stop teasing your brother, Maia. Anyway, you did a great job confronting Homer and Yvette. I’m with you all the

gave Maia

so, too with

found out about the

it had fallen out of the top three in the industry. This was despite the company appearing to be

turnover was very low and told Tess and Errol

handed Maia a thick stack of papers. They contained a detailed

the finance manager was forced to resign. His successor was a close. ally of your uncle. There have been financial irregularities since then, and in just one year, more than 10

who had always considered Phil a jerk. When her mother was still alive, he was held in check. But after she

asked cautiously. After all, she didn’t want

and

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