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.”

less about that. “It’s just a minor injury. It doesn’t

reasonable, but I just can’t take

was puzzled. She asked,

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

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gladly sacrifice myself if it means you get to live

completely speechless. She raised her head and found their eyes locked with each other’s. Something

gaze. Her heart was

way to the sixteenth floor without a break. He barely broke

“Get the door.”

Maia was stunned.

place, then I’ll clean your wounds right here.” What mattered most was getting her injuries treated. He was willing to make all sorts of compromises

felt sorry for him.

me down so I can key in

“Okay.”

her down gently. He turned around when Maia was keying in the password. She noticed this and wondered. It was so unlike him to act

changing. Was he doing it for

straight into her apartment.

first aid kit?”

in the third drawer.‘

kit, set her feet on the coffee table, and knelt on the ground to clean her wounds. Maia looked at him. The icy shield

you go.” He packed up the first aid kit when he was done.

you,” she

to touch her hair, but then he stopped and pulled his hand back.

her head, “The business world is much scarier than the elevator in a power outage. There’s nothing

said lovingly, “Who screamed in the elevator, I

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changed. It looked like he was still the nasty man she knew. She saw

rest. Goodnight.”

found Baz waiting there with a document

and said respectfully, “I’m here to give Ms. Maia this, Mr. Cedric. She left it in the elevator. The technicians have repaired it. They’ll install a new set

“Okay.”