Will You Marry Me, Again by Pear Heart

Chapter 215 Rise and Shine, Honey

Tess closed her eyes as all signs of life left her body. Mala’s eyes began to sting. The blowing wind dried the tears on her cheeks. She stood there motionless until somebody put a suit jacket on her.

Time

passed. Maia was so exhausted. Her grip on the pistol loosened and it fell onto the ground. She turned around and walked toward the car.

Cedric was right behind her. Just as she was about to open the car door, he swept her up and placed her in the passenger’s seat. He buckled her in, closed the door, and drove off into the night..

Maia did not know how she got back to the hotel, much less how she got back to a room. All she knew was that this was not her room. It was the Osttahl Hotel’s presidential suite on the top floor.

She sat by the window and gazed blankly at the city. It looked so peaceful. How many of its inhabitants were aware of the wickedness lurking in the dark?

Cedric frowned when he saw the state she was in. He held her in his embrace and said sternly,” Go ahead and cry. Don’t hold it in.”

He was heartbroken that she tried to hold everything in and refused to say anything. He could not stand watching her like this.

Maia shook her head, got out of his embrace, and asked, “Did I avenge my mother?” She asked again before Cedric could answer, “I avenged her, right? So why am I not happy at all?”

She lowered her gaze and moaned softly, “I’m tired. So, very tired…

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“Grab some shut–eye if you’re tired.” Cedric’s frown tightened. He swept her off her feet and carried her to the bed. Then, he tucked her in, brushed her hair to the side, and said, “It’ll be all better when you wake up.”

aren’t better between us. It’ll never be better.” How could they possibly move

me.” He kissed

more pronounced. She alone knew that things would never

that she would never recover from this. She closed her eyes.

He sat there like that until the night grew darker. He repeated in the same loving tone,

1/3

+15 BONUS

to him. Cedric made sure Mala was fast asleep before taking his phone to the other side of the room. He made a phone call and

charity event. No one will speak of what happened tonight.

“I want a thorough investigation about Celia’s death.”

and said puzzlingly, “Celia? Do you mean the actress in Ms. Maia’s company? Isn’t she Mr. Errol’s girlfriend? Didn’t she

thorough

“Roger, Mr. Cedric.”

hung up the phone and sent a

you one for

rather quickly. It was brief too.

hoping you

Maia. The tension about him wafted into thin air at

to get up when

when she saw Cedric’s dashing features in front of her! She looked down and found that both Cedric and her

off of her carefully. She knew he was a light sleeper, but it seemed like he was sleeping deeply today. He did not even move.