Where’s the curr

“he right back.” Cedric ruffled her hair and smiled lovingly before heading toward the kitchen.

The then returned carrying a steaming bowl of oatmeal. “Eat slowly. It’s hot.”

When he placed it before her, Maia noticed his fingers were red and swollen. “What happened to your hand?”

“I got burned,” he said casually.

A rich man like him must have never cooked anything in his whole life before.

“Shouldn’t you apply some cream?” she asked stiffly, trying not to sound concerned.

He smiled. “It’s no big deal.”

Maia then started to eat slowly. His gesture would have been very moving if it were the past.

However, it was different now.

Suddenly, Maia’s phone rang again.

When she answered the call, Buck’s voice said, “Check out the trending topic on Twitter! Someone released videos, chat records, and voice messages that show Zera has been fooling around overseas and in the set! This has diverted public attention away from us!”

Instead of checking Twitter, Maia looked up at Cedric. He wasn’t behind this, was he?

Reading her mind, Cedric told her truthfully. “It was me.”

Suddenly, Maia coughed violently.

“Be careful.” He got up and patted her back, concerned. “Are you all right?”

The voice sounds familiar…” Buck

Flustered, Maia hung up.

were you panicking? We weren’t having an affair,”

What the fuck?

“Why are you doing this? Zera is your fiancée.

hard. She struggled in vain as he held

The Lace,

then said, “I didn’t wont the scandal to impact you or

Speechless, Maia flushed.

kiss my reward,”

tried to hit him, but he

even if you didn’t expose Zeta, I would have

then called

did you hang up on me?” Buck

phone to

Buck asked, “You have a cat?

told you to dig up dirt on Zera, didn’t I? Release all the evidence you’ve

partners would scramble to replace her. This

“Right away, Maia.”

later, detailed evidence of Zera bullying newcomers and stealing jobs went viral online. There

soon flooded Zera’s Twitter account and started

Cedric smiled. “Happy?”

course. She

make you happier,” he said. That was

him a puzzled look, he took out his phone and retweeted all the

Zera.

to defend her, but now they were stumped.

a change of

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