Will You Marry Me, Again by Pear Heart

“Wait here.“‘

Baz would arrive soon with the bodyguards. Cedric knew he had to buy some time for Maia.

Shaking her head, she said earnestly, “No, it’s too dangerous. He has a gun!”

Cedric saw her gripping his palm with both hands and smiled. “I’ll be fine.”

He sounded casual and confident, but Maia knew how dangerous it was.

“Cedric-”

Before she could say anything further, the door was closed, and she was left alone in the cramped and dark room.

Peering out through a narrow gap, she watched Cedric move away.

Still feeling the warmth of his palm, she covered her mouth to stop herself from making any sound lest she would spoil his plan.

‘Pull yourself together, Maia! You must not cry or make any sound…‘

She kept telling herself.

However, she couldn’t hold back her tears. Suddenly, she heard a flurry of rapid footsteps.

Maia saw Theo chasing after Cedric.

As she was the one Theo wanted to kill, she knew she couldn’t stand by and do nothing. Biting her lips, Maia glanced around through the narrow gap.

She took out her phone to see where her car was.

Making sure that Theo had run away, she pocketed her phone and hurried toward her car in quick steps while staying low to the ground.

Having a good sense of direction, Maia was relieved when she soon found her car.

She got into the car in the dark.

She knew full well what would happen if she were to start her car now–Theo would be drawn by its lights and sound, and she would become a live target.

Yet, she knew she had to do it. Shutting the car door, she started the engine and floored the

gas.

Driving around, she searched around for Cedric.

saw him, she quickly opened

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down her pace and glanced to see who was behind her

baseball cap and a

found his frame

Who was he?

on it as she knew the man had

move.

give herself away, she didn’t dare to quicken her

heels and threw them to the other side to make some noise before hiding behind a

toward the shoes.

for her car.

she unlocked her car with the key fob. However, when she was about to open the

Her plan had failed!

Maia saw the man charging over and ducked behind her car so that he couldn’t shoot

she knew that it would

scrambled backward before breaking into a run–she knew the security booth was

carefully approached the open door. Aiming his sight at it, he stepped closer and saw there

“Fuck!”

search the parking

was thrilled to see the security booth was lit, but as she hurried over, she realized there. was blood all over the glass door and a man

screaming. She should have seen this coming, as the security guard would

breath, she

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noticed she had several missed calls. At

came in.

It was Couric’s number.

up and tried to send him her location. However, as the signal was weak, the message

as she finally saw that the

received a text that read, “Wait for me”

time, Maia dared not put her guard down. Overcome with panic and

man’s voice then echoed in the

you think

stunned as she recognized

No wonder his frame

Theo was trying to trick her

Maia, and I couldn’t bear to

from Starlight and avoid paying you. You’re too smart, Maia, and unless I eliminate you, you’ll always