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 the passenger

Don’t Be

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

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

his frame to

Who was he?

she knew the man

move.

wanting to give herself away, she didn’t

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

the shoes. Seizing the

for her car.

However, when she was about to open the car door, a gunshot was heard, followed by

Her plan had failed!

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

would not be safe to

scrambled backward before breaking into a run–she

the man ran to her car and carefully approached the open door. Aiming his

“Fuck!”

and started to search the parking lot. “You can’t

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

her hand over her mouth, Maia stopped herself from screaming. She should have seen this coming,

she hid behind the

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out her phone and noticed she had several missed calls.

came in.

It was Couric’s number.

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

glimmer of hope as

a text that read, “Wait for me” and

dared not put her guard down. Overcome

man’s voice then echoed in the

up, Maia. Do you

as she recognized the

No wonder his frame looked

Theo was trying to trick her into responding, she

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

continue to take money from Starlight and avoid paying you. You’re