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 saw him, she quickly opened the passenger door

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see who was behind her using the rear- view

a man wearing a black baseball cap and a black

his frame to be

Who was he?

it as she knew the man had to be watching her

move.

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

her high heels and threw them to the other side to

clatter, the man hurried toward the shoes. Seizing the

for her car.

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

Her plan had failed!

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

that it would not be

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

door. Aiming his sight at it, he stepped closer and saw there was no one behind

“Fuck!”

man cursed and started to search the parking lot.

there. was blood all over the glass door and

seen this coming, as the security guard would surely have come running as

she hid behind the

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out her phone and noticed she had several

came in.

It was Couric’s number.

send him her location. However,

of hope as she finally saw that

a text that read, “Wait for

Maia dared not put her guard down. Overcome with panic

man’s voice then echoed in the

you think you

stunned as she recognized the

wonder his

her into responding,

woman, Maia, and I couldn’t bear to

on. “Only by killing you, I can continue to take money from Starlight and avoid paying you. You’re too smart, Maia, and unless I eliminate you, you’ll always be a threat. Just