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
Tess stared at Buck and sneered, “Good job taking care of Hope back then! Look at you, standing up for her now. You’re just an assistant. What makes you think you have a say here? Furthermore, do you think Hope doesn’t know what her mother did?”Tess looked at Hope. She clearly had it out for her.“I’m just telling you the truth, Ms. Tess. There’s no need to be mean toward Hope and me. I’m Ms. Maia’s assistant. She entrusted me to take care of Hope.”“That’s enough, Buck. Stop.” Hope stopped him quickly. She knew it was pointless. Tess simply did not trust her. “That’s enough, Aunt Tess. Sis already has enough on her plate. You shouldn’t add to it.” Errol signed, nodding at both Buck and Hope, bringing an end to the dispute. Hope smiled at him and nodded too. Peace and quiet finally descended in the hallway. Maia had monitored them with her peripheral vision. Some moments passed and the doctor exited the operating room.“How is he, doctor?” Maia asked worryingly. The doctor
Tess was having trouble holding her own. Still, Cedric might be a terrifying character, but this was a good chance for her to talk about this. She had to seize it.Maia was a little worried to hear that Tess wanted Cedric to give up his position so that she could take over Starlight Entertainment. He might have received the emails and the documents, but she was the one who checked through them.There was no doubt Cedric was an outsider and that Starlight Entertainment belonged to the Burgess family. As such, Tess had every right to take over the company. This worried her. There was no way she could let Tess lay a finger on Starlight Entertainment. Maia composed herself and smiled at Tess.“Don’t get upset, Aunt Tess. I’ll be reporting to work tomorrow.” Tess said immediately, “You’ve lost your memories. You were a complete rookie three years ago. What can you achieve? It’s a big company. I’m not comfortable with that.”“You say that, but I’m the CEO of Starlight Entertainment.