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.”

sigh of relief, he said, “I want something

it

“Asshole!”

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

with this for her.

and hurried to the entrance to let

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Tess asked, noticing that Mala seemed out of

just doing yoga,” Mala lied as she glanced

suspected nothing and

put a stack of documents on the coffee

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

not a child

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So…” Maia narrowed her eyes. “What’s going on with

blushed. “We’re just working together. She’s the brand ambassador for Pinot Nuage, after

okay sign. “It’s okay to date her,

Errol continued to blush.

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

Maia a

too with a toothy

you found out about

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

turnover was very low

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

His successor was a close. ally of your uncle. There have been financial irregularities since then, and in just one year, more

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

auditors trustworthy?” Maia asked cautiously. After all, she didn’t want

leak and cause a

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