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.”

of relief,

what it was, he kissed her

“Asshole!”

possessed Cedric to suddenly

the closet. This was the first time he had

with this for her.

shut the closet door and hurried to the entrance to let Tess

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so long?” Tess asked,

doing yoga,” Mala lied

nothing

the coffee table and gestured, “I miss

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

not a

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huh? So…” Maia narrowed her eyes. “What’s going

the brand ambassador for Pinot

sign. “It’s

Errol continued to blush.

Anyway, you did a great job confronting Homer and Yvette. I’m with you all the way! We mustn’t be too kind

gave Maia

so, too with

found out about the

the coffee table. Since her uncle took over Starlight Entertainment, it had fallen

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

papers. They contained a

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

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

cautiously. After all, she didn’t want word

leak and

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