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,

ask what it was,

“Asshole!”

to suddenly

was almost 2 meters tall, smiled and stepped into the closet. This was the first time he had done something like this, yet he was willing to put

with this for her.

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

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you so long?” Tess asked, noticing that

doing yoga,” Mala lied as she glanced toward the master

and Errol suspected nothing and

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

him over. “You’ve grown taller

not a

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an adult now, huh? So…” Maia narrowed her eyes. “What’s

just working together. She’s the brand

made an okay sign. “It’s okay to

Errol continued to blush.

job confronting Homer and

gave Maia

did so, too with a toothy

found out about the

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

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

Maia a thick stack of papers. They contained a

your mom died, the finance manager was forced to 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

was held in check. But after she had passed away, there was no doubt that he would try to

auditors trustworthy?” Maia asked cautiously. After all, she

and cause a

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