The ravishing lady sat on Errol’s lap, wrapped her arms around him, and rested her chin on his shoulders when he sat down. Elena lowered her head and cried silently when she saw it. Her tears dropped on Maia’s hands. They were hot.“Watch out.” Maia helped her sit on the carpet. There were bandages wrapped around her leg. Obviously, she had just undergone surgery. Maia fought through the pain and rose after she had settled Elena. She looked at Errol and asked, “Are you the head of the Cawing Raven?”Errol nodded. “In the flesh.” He looked entirely different from the Errol she used to know. Maia looked at him, vigilant. She asked again, “Who was Dr. Erwin to you?”“It looks like you know quite a bit, Maia. It’s impressive enough that you found out about the Cawing Raven. How is it that you know about my master as well?” Errol was quite surprised. He flashed a smile at her.“Is Dr. Erwin really your master? How did you get involved with someone like him?”“I had nothing to l
Errol sneered, “To be fair to you, even though we’re not siblings, but we're still related. I think I should call you my cousin instead.”Maia had never felt so shocked in her life as she listened to Errol’s confessions. Rosa was kind to him. She had even treated him as her own. Yet, he only saw this as sympathy and wanted nothing but revenge on her!Maia could only clench her fists tighter as she was filled with utter hatred toward him. “You really are a madman!”“Am I? I have had my eyes opened to the truth, but I couldn’t say the same for you. Have you forgotten about Celia? She was acting like someone crazy, all thanks to me. She even jumped off the building when I told her to!” Errol laughed maniacally. Tess had nothing to do with Celia’s death. It was him all along! Maia was shocked at this discovery. Elena started to shiver in fear as she heard this. “You used Celia as your lab rat and even caused her death! Did you have anything to do with her being raped?”“Of course,
Maia tried to stop him, but she had no strength left to do it. She could only watch as it happened right before her eyes. Elena had given up putting up a fight. She had given up all hope. Maia was not sure what exactly had Errol showed her, however, she was sure that it was about Elena’s parents. Maia yelled for Errol to stop but to no avail. He only stopped when someone came in and informed him that La Rouquette’s manager was here to discuss the increase in their wine orders. Errol nodded as he released the unconscious Elena. Errol then turned to his beautiful escort and instructed, “Take Maia to test the drug. Leave Elena here.”“Leave her here? Are you planning to keep the baby?” The woman asked.“That’s right, you’re so smart.” Errol gave her a twisted smile. “I want to see how the drug affects a woman who’s more than 5 months pregnant. I don’t need to how it works on a more recent pregnancy as Celia had already given me the results.”“Mr. Errol, you’re brilliant! We don’t
After that incident, Maia was like a daughter and a friend to Lonnie. Lonnie was a well-established businessman and had a high status in the society. For him to show up at Cedric’s home personally, it could only mean that it was something important. Cedric had rushed to see him as he knew that the important thing would probably be about Maia. “Hi, Mr. Lonnie.”“Just call me Lonnie.” Lonnie nodded at Cedric. “Even though we weren’t friends, I’m an acquaintance of your grandfather. Moreover, I’ve heard a thing or two about you from Maia. The reason I’m here today is also because of her.” “Did Maia ask you for help?” Cedric questioned. Lonnie looked at Cedric approvingly. With Cedric’s intelligence, Lonnie was not surprised that he was able to manage HL Corporations and build it into what it was today. The Larkin family was a force to be reckoned with. “You’re right. I’m not sure what she was thinking when she asked me to send my man over to negotiate a business partnership with
”If we want to escape, we have to leave this room first.” Elena nodded, but she was skeptical. “There are people stationed everywhere. We won’t be able to make it.” Hope was slowly starting to disappear as time passed. “Even if our chances are slim, we need to try our best.” Maia bit her lower lip, she could not just give up so easily.“If you manage to escape, could you help me seek revenge? Errol burned down the Welbeck manor and killed my family. It’s all because of me.” Elena was drowning in guilt as she struggled to sign. Maia had speculated that Errol would lay his hands on the Welbecks, but she had not anticipated him to be so cruel. Maia knew exactly how hopeless they felt watching themselves being swallowed by the flames. “It’s not your fault. He already had eyes on the Welbeck shipping enterprise since the very beginning.” Maia comforted Elena as she dried Elena’s tears. “Don’t cry; crying is useless. We need to leave at once! Don’t give up!” “Maia, I’m not like you. I c
“No!” The horrible laughter of the men and a sense of despair flooded Maia’s senses. Her tears trickled down her face uncontrollably. Her wrist and back were also throbbing in excruciating pain.Just then, a loud bang came and the sound of glass shattering on the ground was heard. Dr. Vino fell to the ground motionless! A few more shots were fired, and the next thing Maia knew, she was in a warm embrace. A familiar voice whispered her name, “Maia.”“Cedric.” Maia sobbed his name as she immediately wrapped her arms around his neck. “I’m here now. I’m sorry that I was late.” He hugged her tightly. Maia just shook her head. He came in the nick of time. The men did not managed to have their way with her. “Elena is still inside, you need to send someone for her.” Cedric just nodded as he signaled Fischer to enter the room. Fischer quickly gathered his men and barged into the other room. “I’ll take you out now.” He carried her but Maia refused. She held his hand and looked at h
Baz hurriedly replied, "Errol escaped with a briefcase containing confidential information, but our people have caught up with him. We have arranged vehicles based on his escape route. Mr. Cedric, he won't get away! Ms. Maia will be safe!"Baz followed Cedric's gaze to the broken reagent bottle on the ground and immediately understood what had happened."I'll go in person."Cedric picked up Maia, who was slightly dazed, and quickly walked toward the entrance of the wine cellar.Maia had no strength to speak. She felt her throat fill with the taste of blood. She could only grab his shirt weakly, but it was the most force she could muster.In this way, she was telling him that she was okay. He felt her grasp on his shirt, but this seemingly nonexistent strength made his heart tremble. He tightened his arms around her.The entire winery had become calm, and the people under Errol's command were already controlled by Cedric's bodyguards. Then, he placed her in the luxury car and to
Now, that was the only place he could hide. He could only escape through the mountain rails of Mount Xavier and seek help from the Fox family.During his drive, Errol continuously called Maia, but all calls went unanswered.Errol cursed, gripping the steering wheel tighter, and had to press down on the gas pedal again. The pursuing vehicles were relentless, and almost every road had cars intercepting. Errol's car was already battered. A few more collisions, and it might flip over.The sky was dark when he arrived at Mount Xavier. With the vehicle running out of fuel, Errol had no other choice but to abandon it. He ran toward the mountain, closely followed by numerous bodyguards.Inside the car, Cedric looked at Maia in his arms. She looked pale, almost transparent. He held her tightly, saying, "We'll catch him soon. Everything will be fine, okay?"Maia caught a glimpse of his worried expression. Indescribable anger, concern, and fear filled his red eyes, making his arms tremble in