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, he said,

what it was, he kissed her

“Asshole!”

possessed Cedric to suddenly become so

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.

door and hurried to the entrance to let Tess and

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you so long?” Tess asked, noticing

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

suspected nothing and dropped

a stack of documents on the coffee table

over. “You’ve grown taller

a child

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should treat you like an adult now, huh? So…” Maia narrowed her eyes. “What’s going on

just working together. She’s the brand ambassador for Pinot Nuage, after

sign. “It’s okay to date

Errol continued to blush.

confronting Homer and

gave Maia a

too with a toothy

you found out

it had fallen out of the top three in the industry. This was despite the

turnover was very low and told Tess and Errol to get someone

thick stack of papers. They contained a detailed

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

was held in check. But after she had passed away, there was no

cautiously. After all,

and cause

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