Will You Marry Me, Again by Pear Heart

Chapter 259 My Maia

Maia was stunned for a long time. She snapped back to reality after Cedric called out to her again.

“Maia…”

Her body stiffened when she heard his tone. It was different this time. The love and longing in his tone were unmistakable.

She was shocked. She replayed his tone in her mind over and over again. No one had ever spoken her name like that. He was the first to do so.

Maia frowned. Franklin’s words came back to haunt her. Her lips twitched and she said to herself, “It’s true. To love him again is to take chances. You need courage for that. However, my courage is all but spent. I no longer have it in me to love him.”

She spoke softly, but each word was filled with deep sorrow. A drop of tear fell from her eyes and landed on Cedric. He frowned immediately, as though the warm tear had stung him, and said worriedly, “Don’t be scared, Maia…”

There was that tone again. Maia turned around and left the room briskly. She closed the door immediately, leaned on it, and took a deep breath.

Her legs were trembling. She sank to the ground slowly. Her shoulders started to shake uncontrollably as her tears flowed.

Cedric Larkin. This man meant so much to her in the past. Now, it seemed, she was starting to feel more strongly about him. She bit her lip and tried to keep a lid on her emotions. She

started to see what Franklin meant and agreed with him.

“I might still love you in my heart, but I no longer dare to put it into action. My courage was spent back when you lost your memories and forgot about me.

“It takes courage to love again. However, you have cast me aside one too many times, despite my best efforts. From that point on, I learned to be independent. So, what right do you have to ask me to take a chance on you again?”

eyes and took another deep breath, trying to

back her tears.

around. Franklin

away her tears and gave a call to Baz so he could come over and look after Cedric. However, it seemed he was unreachable. Maia looked at her

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on here? He was only sending

made a few more calls but it was still the same. She had no other choice but to go back to the room

if anything happened to him while he was in her house. After much consideration, Maia decided

face and was lost in thought. She could not understand it. How did he have the kind of willpower to force open the elevator

cast a glance at Cedric, making sure he was still

the room and sat down by the bed. At the moment she

bit of information about Victor’s malpractice. That included evidence of when he furthered his own goals by making his

pictures in there. She could put Victor behind bars with these! His imprisonment would take a heavy toll on Mykonos Studio, and that’s when she would swoop in and acquire his company. It

that Cedric cleared for her. This

said he would.

“Cedric…”

was bright tonight. It cast a gentle ray of light

slightly.

had passed and dawn’came. Maia could no longer stay awake. Her eyes closed slowly as she fell into

he was sure she had fallen asleep. He stared at her. She was

whole world.