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.”

of relief, he said, “I want

Maia could ask what it was, he

“Asshole!”

to suddenly become so

who was almost 2 meters tall, smiled and stepped into the closet. This was the first time

with this for her.

the closet door and hurried to the entrance to let

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asked, noticing that Mala

Mala lied as she glanced toward

suspected nothing and

of documents on the coffee table and gestured,

him, Maia looked him over. “You’ve

not a

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like an adult now, huh? So…” Maia narrowed her

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made an okay sign. “It’s okay

Errol continued to blush.

confronting Homer and Yvette. I’m with you all the way!

gave Maia

did so, too

what have you found

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

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

thick stack of papers.

your uncle. There have been financial irregularities since then, and in just one year, more than 10 million have been embezzled. If this

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

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

and

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