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.”

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

ask what it was,

“Asshole!”

possessed Cedric to suddenly

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

with this for her.

quickly shut the closet door and hurried to the

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Tess asked, noticing that Mala seemed out

Mala lied as she glanced toward the

suspected nothing and

on the coffee table and gestured,

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

a

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treat you like an adult now, huh? So…” Maia narrowed her eyes.

just working together. She’s the

made an okay sign. “It’s okay to date

Errol continued to blush.

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

gave Maia

did so, too with a

what have you found out about

the stack of accounting books on the coffee table. Since her uncle took over Starlight Entertainment, it had fallen out of the

low and told Tess and Errol to get someone trustworthy to audit the

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

a close. ally of your uncle. There have been financial irregularities since then, and in just one year, more than 10 million have been embezzled. If this continues, Starlight is headed for

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

asked cautiously. After all, she

leak and cause a

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