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.”

let out a sigh of relief, he said, “I want something in

could ask what it was, he

“Asshole!”

Cedric to suddenly become

her exasperated look, Cedric, who was almost 2 meters tall, smiled and stepped into the closet. This was the

with this for her.

to the entrance to let

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took you so long?” Tess asked, noticing that

was just doing yoga,” Mala lied as she glanced toward the

and Errol suspected nothing

on the coffee table and gestured, “I miss you,

Maia looked him over. “You’ve grown taller over the past

not a

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So…” Maia narrowed her eyes. “What’s

She’s the brand ambassador for Pinot Nuage, after

an okay sign. “It’s okay to date

Errol continued to blush.

did a great job confronting Homer and Yvette. I’m with you all the way! We

gave Maia

too

what have you found out about the

coffee table. Since her uncle took over Starlight Entertainment, it had fallen out of the top three in the industry. This was despite the

the quarterly financial statements, she noticed the turnover was very low and

thick stack of papers. They contained a

a close. ally of your uncle. There have been financial irregularities since then, and in just one year, more than 10 million

always considered Phil a jerk. When her mother was still alive, he was held in check. But after she had passed away, there was no doubt that he would try to take money from the

trustworthy?” Maia asked cautiously.

and

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