Dear Ex-wife Marry Me

Chapter 587

Maja just glanced at her phone.

Noticing it was late, she nonchalantly said, “Mr. Raymond, I gotta bounce.*

tan didn’t react, only the sound of his door closing could be heard.

As Maja reached the hotel lobby, a wave of sadness washed over her.

She looked up at the sky, trying to keep the tears from falling.

Then Zoey called.

Zoey would call at least three times a day, reporting on company matters.

But this call wasn’t about the company; it was about the legal team.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, we’ve gotten wind of who’s taken the fall for the Shepard family, It’s Dalia’s son, who’s currently in the slammer. The whole thing’s stirred up a lot of chitchat; even the big shots are paying attention. With solid evidence, things moved quickly, and they’ve taken him away. Dalia is busy scrambling around, hoping to bail her son out. If all goes as expected, he’d be looking at a ten–year sentence.”

It turned out it was someone she knew.

Maja quickly slapped herself in the face, trying to shake off the sadness. She didn’t even notice that lan had followed her out.

about her heading home alone

he reached the hotel entrance and saw her on the phone, laughing and chatting, seemingly unaffected by his matters, he was almost unable to

the case. If Dalia’s son gets a ten–year sentence, Dalia would

this with lan standing behind her.

her clash with

seemed natural that she would take on the Shepard family.

she hung up the phone, he said,

a cigarette, his eyes red from the smoke and, in part, from his anger at

his voice, Maja slowly turned around to see him standing behind

held the lit cigarette elegantly, looking

want to take down the Shepard family, but I won’t allow it. Not only will I keep the Shepard family’s company from going under, but I’ll also

to do it, and it wouldn’t be

at a loss

was a widely recognized prodigy in the financial world. He was ruthless with his enemies, and no one

when he did, he showed

on now was

really did follow through, all her recent efforts would be

nothing more than

a deep drag on his cigarette, walked over, grabbed her chin, kissed her, and blew smoke into her

smoking didn’t have a strong nicotine taste but rather

her eyes reddening from