Chapter 809

Maja got a call from Daly Elston’s company; they said some of Daly’s stuff was left unattended. Now that someone was handling his affairs, they reached out to

her.

Maja rushed over, sorting out Daly’s stuff from a pile of jumbled items.

Useless junk, really.

She held a small box, walking slowly from the side of Crystalbrook Valley’s river towards Riverside Haven.

She felt like she was being followed, but she wasn’t sure if it was just her imagination.

She scowled, looking back, but there was no one there.

She felt a chill run down her spine, so she quickened her pace. She was so tense that she tripped and fell down a riverbank while cutting across a strip of greenery. She slid five or six meters, but luckily, it didn’t hurt. She was about to get up when she heard an anxious voice from the roadside.

“Maja, are you okay?”

“Maja!”

Maja thought she had misheard and was about to respond when a man slid down from above.

The path was slippery, especially after last night’s rain, and it was all muddy.

lan had intended to run down, but he was wearing leather shoes and slipped ten meters, ending up even lower than Maja, with one foot already in the water. Maja was still standing in the greenery, her voice cold.

“What are you doing here?”

lan pretended to clean the mud off his trousers but didn’t answer.

Maja was angry, squeezing the box in her hand.

you

“No.”

are you

me to come over. I didn’t notice you were here until I

she shot him a glance, then

the

to her side, squatting down to help her

not to see his extended hand and hurried to pick up the box instead.

hung in the air awkwardly for a while, and then he asked, “Am I some sort of scary virus?”

river flowed quietly. Spring was around the corner, but it was still a bit chilly.

“No, you’re not.”

was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard her add, “You Raymonds are

a loss for words.

opened and closed his mouth, then withdrew

there for a few minutes before continuing uphill.

Maja was already a

rush to catch up, keeping a safe

they reached the entrance of Riverside Haven, a person

Raymond, what

in mud and fallen leaves, and his trousers were all

“I’m fine.”

the door, he instinctively glanced at

door was tightly shut, and he had no idea what she

took a shower,

tried contacting Wilma again

à tantrum, insisting on meeting with

she wanted to

had already told Maja that he wouldn’t

Elvis has other artists to manage right now; he might not

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