Chapter 118 He Feared Because He Cared

“What are you going to do? We’ll still be shooting in Stonebrook for a few more days.

“The exhaustion will take care of it for me.” Maia yawned several times, “I’m going to get some shut–eye.”

“I’ll walk you back.”

“It’s fine. Dinner’s about to start. They’re going to need you here for the live broadcast.”

Aiken looked at the time and nodded at Maia, “Rest well, then. I’ll send you some dinner when the broadcast is done!”

“Sure.”

Maia was alone when she heard footsteps behind her. She thought it was one of Stonebrook’s staff and turned around.

A cat came out of the side of the road and looked at her.

There was a collar around its neck. It sauntered to Maia’s feet, completely unafraid. It rubbed itself against her.

Maia smiled and petted it. “There’s a whiff of osmanthus about you! It smells good!”

Suddenly, she heard a loud thud and watched as the lights around her went off. Stonebrook was plunged into darkness.

What happened? Did the power go out?

to use the flashlight on her phone when she caught a scent. Then, someone seized her from behind. Her mouth was covered by a rag before she could scream. She struggled for a

thrown into a state of

The circuit probably tripped because we used up too much electricity. It’ll be back

on after about a minute. The cameras were restarted as well, and the livestream

lively dinner. The livestream gained over five million views. Most of the viewers wanted a glimpse

was close to nine

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called Maia at once. However, she didn’t answer

Aiken wondered, as he went to

out of the dining hall, one of the crew came in, clearly distressed. There was

stopped the

Maia’s phone,

He recognized her

door earlier, but no one answered. So, I asked the staff to open the door with a spare key. There was no one in the

was there. He said in a panicked tone,

did you say?” He looked at the crew

Stonebrook, but we couldn’t

and call the police! Also, tell the others to refrain from spreading the news

director already gave us the order. No one’s going to let it

this piece

homestay. He needed to see it for himself. He needed to

airport, Baz answered a phone call. He leaped from his seat the moment

Mr. Cedric. Ms. Maia’s gone

grim and left the plane

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