Chapter 1017

He didn’t request anyone to pick him up, nor did he accompany Fitch. Instead, he made a call to Maja.

“I’m at the airport. Can you come and pick me up?”

His question seemed polite, but his tone was subtly urging her to hurry.

However, Maja wasn’t the one who answered. She was in a meeting and had left her phone with Zoey.

Zoey, irritated by his presumptuous tone, coolly replied,

“Mr. Raymond, Ms. Pennyfeather is in a meeting, and it will go on until noon.”

lan’s brow furrowed in disappointment, but he didn’t say anything further.

He asked Jeff to pick him up instead, but halfway through, Tyler called him to discuss a rumor circulating in their circle.

“What rumor?”

“It’s about Maja. They say she’s been seeing her first love.”

lan’s body stiffened, his eyes darkening, “Who said that?”

the place. While you were abroad these past couple of days, Maja has been staying in–a hotel, not returning to Rosewood Manor

phone tightened, “Who’s spreading these lies?”

the hotel records, and I called the hotel myself. She was indeed there for two days. Everyone knows her company is really busy right now, dealing with Funfly Darcy. How would she have the time to just hang

turned cold, warning Tyler.

“Don’t trust Alma.”

not, why

the call, lan

hadn’t slept in two nights and hadn’t had the time to

to Maja’s office.”

at him through the rearview mirror and nodded

of Star Movie group and walked into Maja’s office without a

people on the top floor whispered amongst themselves, but no one dared to make

had already entered the conference room, standing beside Maja.

night worrying about the

dragged into a meeting first thing in

three–hour meeting, she

with a double sofa. It didn’t have a bed, but she

sitting in the corner when she

lost in her thoughts, worrying about

was frustrated and felt

the sofa and took off her work

his arms holding

position gave her a sense of security.

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