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 and

Don’t

slowed down her pace and glanced to see who was behind her using the

a black baseball cap and a black mask

frame to

Who was he?

as she knew the man had to be watching her

move.

she

removed her high heels and threw them

man hurried toward the

for her car.

However, when she was

Her plan had failed!

man charging over and ducked behind her car so that he

she knew that it would not

view and scrambled backward before breaking into a run–she

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

“Fuck!”

man cursed and started to search the parking lot.

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

mouth, Maia stopped herself from screaming. She should have seen this coming, as the security guard

a deep breath, she

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phone and noticed she had several missed calls. At that moment,

came in.

It was Couric’s number.

quickly hung up and tried to send him her

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

read,

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

echoed in the empty parking

Do you

as

his frame looked

Theo was trying to trick her into

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 give back the money I

paying you. You’re too smart, Maia, and unless