Chapter 1011

He needed her answer. Everything had been fine when he left, and she had even agreed, so why was it that now she was silent on the phone?

lan’s face turned cold, a storm brewing in his eyes.

“Maja, if you don’t speak up, I will get angry.”

Maja took a deep breath, trying to respond.

But her throat was so tight, it felt as if a giant hand was strangling her. She was on the verge of suffocating, tears streaming down her face.

Her body violently shaking, she instinctively hunched over, one hand covering her mouth to muffle her sobs.

She hastily grabbed her coat, wanting to leave, but stumbled on something in her haste.

But she didn’t feel the pain, and it was as if all sensation had been stripped from her body in that moment.

This place made her feel sick.

lan’s voice was still coming through the phone.

“Are you trying to back out again?”

His tone was laced with hurt, and then the line went dead.

When Maja left the room, she realized she was in a hotel, but not one belonging to the Raymond Corporation.

asking her

on the side of the road, the sun overhead

arrived quickly, puzzled to see

didn’t you say you wanted to rest for a few

said nothing, climbing into the back seat, her voice hoarse as she said, “Take me to

her reflection in the rearview mirror. The traces on her body were worse this time. Had she had another run–in with lan?

already

the car pulled up to Rosewood Manor, Maja got

went to her room and took a long bath,

body, feeling sick to her stomach but unable to vomit

was like a drum pounding on her heart, making her

Maria knocked on the door.

Pennyfeather, should I bring

the voices

scrambled to her feet, reaching for

waiting outside, used this opportunity

saw her pale face

white as a sheet. What’s wrong? Should I call the

wave her off, but her vision

and quickly called for a

out was that she was

If he found out about this, he would be livid.

could she not have been more cautious at the

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