Will You Marry Me, Again by Pear Heart

Chapter 256 I Can’t Take It

Maia pursed her lips. She could hear his heart pounding.

She was about to shout at him when he put her down and let her stand by herself. Then, he started checking for injuries before she could say anything.

“You’re hurt.” His frown deepened. That was when Maia noticed that there was a cut at her feet. Was it the work of the billboard from when the elevator dropped sharply? Anyway, it was just a flesh wound. She was tougher than that.

“I’m fine.” Maia said nonchalantly. Then, she asked, confused, “D–Didn’t you leave?”

Cedric was a little nervous. “We should take care of your wound first.” Then, he swept her off her feet before she knew what was happening.

“P–Put me down, Cedric. People are watching!”

“What do you mean?”

Maia was stunned to see that the group of people at the staircase had already dispersed. When did they leave? How could she not have heard anything?

Cedric carried her to the stairs and started climbing.

“There’s another working elevator. You don’t have to climb the stairs.” They’re on the fourth

floor and she stayed on the sixteenth floor. That was twelve floors above them.

“They should really change to a new set of elevators. It’s safer to use the stairs now.‘

Maia was stunned at that. What he said was true, but it would also mean that he would have to

climb

up

twelve floors!

“Well. You can put me down so I can walk by myself.”

“You’re hurt.”

about that. “It’s just a minor injury. It doesn’t affect me. Can you be more reasonable, Cedric?”

but I just

puzzled. She asked, “What do you mean?”

with fear when I heard that you were trapped in the elevator. Then, I felt so relieved when I learned that you’re safe and sound. I know it’s just a flesh wound and you can walk fine, but I don’t

“Oh…”

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means you get to

She raised her head and found their eyes

lowered her gaze. Her heart

her all the way to the sixteenth floor without a break. He

“Get the door.”

Maia was stunned.

mattered most was getting her injuries treated. He was willing to make all sorts of compromises

sorry

can key in

“Okay.”

around when Maia was keying in the password. She

was changing. Was he doing it for

straight into her apartment. He nudged the door closed with his foot

first aid kit?”

in the

table, and knelt on the ground to clean her wounds. Maia looked at him. The icy

up the first aid

you,” she said.

smiled and reached out to touch her hair, but then he

power outage. There’s nothing to be

said lovingly, “Who

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thinking he had changed. It looked like he was still the nasty man she knew. She saw him sneering and decided that she had no intention of entertaining him

some rest. Goodnight.”

and found Baz waiting there with a

Mr. Cedric. She left it in the elevator. The technicians have repaired it. They’ll install

“Okay.”