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.

she quickly opened the passenger door

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and glanced to see who was behind her using the rear- view mirror of a

expected, a man wearing a black baseball cap and a black

frame to be

Who was he?

she knew the man had to be

move.

give herself away, she didn’t

as she turned a corner, she swiftly removed her high heels and threw them to the other

the shoes.

for her car.

lights flashed a few times as she unlocked her car with the key fob. However, when she was about to open the car

Her plan had failed!

saw the man charging over and ducked behind her car so

knew that it would not be safe to stay in her

herself from view and scrambled backward before

carefully approached the open door. Aiming his sight

“Fuck!”

to search the

she realized there. was blood all

stopped herself from screaming. She should have seen this coming, as the security guard would surely have come running as soon as he had heard the

deep breath, she hid behind the

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had several missed

came in.

It was Couric’s number.

to send him her location. However, as the signal was

several attempts, she felt a glimmer of hope as she finally

a text that read, “Wait for

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

voice then echoed in the empty

Maia. Do you think you can

as

No wonder his

to trick her into responding, she

man as he moved in her direction and said, “You’re a smart and pretty woman, Maia, and I couldn’t bear to hurt you too. But you left me with no choice by trying to make me

you. You’re too smart, Maia, and unless I eliminate you, you’ll always