She looked at Maia still sleeping in bed, and felt annoyed. Rita tugged at the blanket, and exclaimed, "It's already late morning. Why are you still sleeping?"Maia was confused for a few seconds. What did it matter if she slept until late in the morning? She ignored Rita, covered herself with the blanket, and continued sleeping.Seeing Maia had no intention of getting up, Rita continued, "With this attitude, how can you be a good wife to Cedric? We agreed to have lunch together at the new restaurant. Why didn't you keep the appointment?"Be a good wife to Cedric? Who said she wanted that position?"Let her sleep."Suddenly, a deep voice came from the doorway. Rita quickly turned to look at the entrance."Cedric, it’s almost 10 a.m. and you haven't gone to work yet?" Rita immediately put on a smile upon seeing Cedric. "I had an appointment with Maia, but she hasn't gotten up yet. “The restaurant is booked for 11. Being late means losing the reservation. Oh, why is this girl so
How was Maia supposed to answer? Should she tell Rita that she was almost killed last night? Even though it was highly likely that Rita didn't poison the chicken soup, her cruelty was no different.After much thought, Maia came up with the most embarrassing yet adequate excuse. It could make Rita speechless and embarrassed."It's all because of last night... It's all my husband's fault. He went to work today full of energy while I suffered... and made you wait for me for so long. I feel really guilty, Mom, please don't be mad at me?"Maia's voice was soft and tender."No worries. You and Cedric are a loving couple. As a mother, I'm just happy. It's my fault for being inconsiderate and disturbing you in the morning."Seeing Rita's hypocritical appearance, Maia felt disgusted. Although she hadn't eaten breakfast, she had the urge to vomit now."Mom, it's my fault..."Since the enemy was hypocritical, she needed to be a million times more hypocritical. The play had to be executed f
Maia didn't go to the restroom but quietly went downstairs. Upon reaching the lower floor, she headed directly to the front desk. Looking at several hotel staff working diligently, she instructed, "Bring two glasses of peach rose wine upstairs.""Yes." The staff nodded, immediately beginning the preparation.Observing the staff uncorking the bottles, she noticed that the peach rose wine was produced by the Burgess Winery. Seeing her family winery's wine, she couldn't help but smile. She didn't expect Errol to expand the winery business so much, with their wines making their way into various high-end restaurants.Then she looked towards a few robust staff members standing on the side. She approached them and whispered, "Did Cedric ask you to protect me?"As soon as she spoke, they simultaneously called her "Miss Maia.” She made a quick "shh" gesture, then attentively gazed upstairs, worried about catching Rita's attention."Miss Maia, please rest assured. Everyone here is our own
“Help! I'm in the restroom! Is anyone there? Waiters!”No matter how loud Rita shouted, there was no response. The next moment, a "click" sound echoed, and the entire restroom plunged into darkness. It was pitch-black with no trace of light.Rita was startled. She began pounding on the door, desperately calling for the waiters. Suddenly, several sprinklers in the restroom turned on, spraying water down. Water poured down relentlessly, flooding the entire restroom. "Ah, waiter! Waiters! There's water everywhere here!""Waiters! Can you hear me? There's someone in the restroom!"The water fell densely and rapidly, resembling a torrential downpour. Rita couldn't evade it at all. In no time, she was soaked like a drowned rat. The sound of falling water became terrifying in this enclosed and dark space. She felt desperate, continuously pounding on the door, hoping someone would notice her inside.As she relentlessly pounded the door, her palms turning bright red, suddenly, intermit
“I’m going to press charges against you! I’ll make sure your restaurant is no longer in business! You’re going to pay for what you put me through today. This isn’t something that can be solved with an apology. Just wait and see!”Rita looked fierce, and her tone was fearsome too. Maia was kind of impressed with her. She was drenched through and through. She was also shivering and looked very miserable. However, she still found the time to shout at the restaurant staff. Shouldn’t she have a change of clothes before she did that?Maia felt a little helpless. So, she listened to Rita’s incessant grievance as the restaurant manager apologized to her repeatedly. Then she frowned.She hatched the plan. “I think we shouldn’t make this bigger, mother. Cedric bought this place. So, it’s technically the Larkin family’s property.”“I-If we make this thing bigger than it is, it will affect their profit. Money isn’t as big an issue as our family’s reputation.”Rita used to tell her countless
Maia paused for a few seconds. Then she said again, her fists clenched tightly, “With that said, I’m not about to let her off easy. I remembered every single thing she’d done to me vividly. “When all’s said and done, Zera’s death means nothing to me. I’m merely returning the favor because you saved me last night. It’s up to you how you’re going to find out her murderer.”He didn’t care about Zera’s fate. The reason he was investigating it was because someone pinned it on Maia. Zera was but a pawn. The perpetrator only used her to throw Maia under the bus.As for Rita, she was going to pay for what she did to Maia. There was no question about it.He took Maia’s hands in his own and led her across the street. She tried to break free, but Cedric had a firm grip on her. She looked around and got worried that somebody might record everything on video. So, she pursed her lips and stopped struggling.Maia shook his hand off as soon as they were in the car. The partition went up momentar
“Can you move your legs?” he asked her. Maia nodded. Then, he frowned and said, “Crawl out of here.” He calmly nudged Maia toward the shattered window.“Cedric…”“Do as I say!” he said, not leaving room for discussion. Maia knew he must have been injured. She could not do anything while she was still in the car. She had to get out and figure out a way to save him!She gritted her teeth and crawled toward the shattered window with everything she had. Cedric lifted his hands to help push her legs out of the window. Then, the onlookers standing outside quickly helped pull her out of the car. At the same time, Baz had taken down the car window on his side and made it out as well.“Where’s Mr. Cedric, Ms. Maia?” Baz was seriously injured as well. He could barely stand. Maia did not answer him. Instead, she put her hand into the place where she crawled out from. “Give me your hand, Cedric!” He looked at Maia and smiled. He lifted his hand strenuously. His fingers touched Maia’s
He was badly injured. So, how exactly did he appear before her to help her up?“Cedric!” Maia held him up. “Silly girl.” Cedric glanced at her poignantly, “Do you think I’d die that easily?”With that, he passed out under the hot sun. The ambulance soon came and transported them to the hospital. Maia was well-protected when the car crashed and flipped over, so she suffered only minor injuries.Very soon, the news about the warring couple’s car crash made it to the trending search online. Tess and Errol were at the hospital the moment they caught the news.“Sis!” Errol blew the whistle and signed while he was running. He saw Maia sitting on the bench in the corridor and rushed to her. “Are you okay, sis? Are you hurt?”Maia said nothing when she saw Errol. She shook her head instead.“Thank goodness you’re okay, Maia. Do you have any idea how worried Errol and I were when we saw the news? What am I supposed to tell your late mom if something happened to you?”Tess held her ch