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.

quickly opened the passenger door and sped

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

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

frame to

Who was he?

on it as she knew the man had to be watching

move.

she didn’t

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

the

for her car.

times as she unlocked her car with the key fob. However, when she was about

Her plan had failed!

Maia saw the man charging over and ducked behind

she knew that it would not be safe to stay in

car door to shield herself from view and scrambled backward before breaking into a run–she knew

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

“Fuck!”

started to search the parking

was thrilled to see the security booth was lit, but as she hurried over, she realized there.

stopped herself from screaming. She should have seen this coming,

breath, she hid behind the

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she had several missed calls. At that moment,

came in.

It was Couric’s number.

couldn’t risk exposing her whereabouts, Maia quickly hung up and tried to send him her location. However, as the signal was weak, the message failed to go

felt a glimmer of hope as she finally saw that the message had been

text that read, “Wait for me” and felt

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

echoed

Maia. Do you think

stunned as

wonder his frame

was trying to trick her into responding, she dared not

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

by killing you, I can continue to take money from Starlight and avoid paying you. You’re too