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.”

as Maia let out a sigh of relief,

Maia could ask what it was, he kissed

“Asshole!”

possessed Cedric to suddenly become so

and stepped into the closet. This was the first time he

with this for her.

the closet door and hurried to the entrance to let

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

doing yoga,” Mala lied as she glanced

suspected nothing and

a stack of documents on the coffee table and gestured, “I miss

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

a child anymore,

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

working together. She’s the brand ambassador for Pinot

an okay sign. “It’s okay

Errol continued to blush.

confronting Homer and Yvette.

gave Maia

so, too with a

you found

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

financial statements, she noticed the turnover was very low and told Tess and Errol to get someone trustworthy to audit

thick stack of papers. They contained

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 million have been embezzled. If this continues, Starlight

of this surprised Maia, who had 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 company to support his and his son’s

trustworthy?” Maia asked cautiously.

leak and cause

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