“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.
Maia noticed that she was backed against the door. There was nowhere else she could go.Cedric frowned in disapproval at Maia’s behaviour. “Come here.” Maia did not give in as she continued to put distance between them. “Come here!”“Cedric, I won’t come closer to you. I won’t give you a chance to take advantage of me. If you want to say something, say it while you’re on the bed. Besides, it’s not like you could walk over.” Maia said while adding the last part softly.He smiled at her childish provocations. He immediately threw off the covers with an arm, walked briskly toward her and carried her over to the bed.Before Maia could react, she was already sitting on the bed. She was shocked by his actions as she looked at him wide-eyed. “Your legs? I thought you had a fracture?” Cedric only grinned cheekily in response. Maia looked at his mischievous reaction and recalled what the doctor had told her after he was done with his surgery.“It’s only a minor injury.”“So, the
Cedric just nodded coldly in response. Maia tried hard to suppress her laughter. “Rita, Cedric means that he doesn’t want to tire you. It’s been a long day for everyone, you should go home and have a break. Rest assured as long as I’m here, I’ll take good care of Cedric.” Rita’s expression eased at Maia’s considerate words. “Alright, I feel assured having you look after Cedric. I’ll take my leave, then.” Maia smiled and nodded, “Do be careful on your way home.”“Cedric, you should let Maia know if you need anything. She’s more than capable of taking care of you. You don’t really need me by your side anymore.”Cedric could not help but sneered at the irony. When he had sustained severe burns protecting Maia in his teens, she only came to visit him a handful of times. She also only came once when he had burnt his back while saving Maia from another fire. Since when had he needed her by his side? He continued to ignore her as his face remained impassive.As Rita prepared to le