NovelAppChapter 162 Telling You to Stay Away
“Eat up” The two simple words were so authoritative.
Maia pursed her lips and could only open her mouth. As she chewed, his deep voice sounded, ” What are you referring to? The
affair between her and Theo?”
His tone was casual, but the moment Maia heard those words, her expression changed.
dramatically
She grabbed his clothes, finding it difficult to accept, and asked, “What did you say? Cedric, what did you just say?”
An affair? How could these two have an affair?
“Just as
not false
you heard.” He knew Maia couldn’t believe it, but he confirmed what she heard was
Maia felt a buzzing in her ears If these two had such a relationship, then this kidnapping must be a collaboration between them!
“How could this happen This, how is it possible Maia still couldn’t believe it, finding it hard to accept for a while
Compared to Mala who was in disbelief, Cedric remained calm. He only cared about her well- being Then, he handed a shrimp
to her mouth
Theo is not related to Phil by blood.
Upon hearing this answer, Maia was even more astonished. She never expected that Theo was adopted
“Eat up ” Seeing her in disbelief state, the shrimp at her lips had likely cooled down
Maia wanted to get more information from him and had to listen to him, so she opened her
mouth to eat.
After that, Cedric spoke again. “The embezzled funds, whose pocket do you think they ended up in?”
“Are you saying that the money Theo embezzled was all given to Aunt Tess Maia never dreamed that the funds Jordan
discovered weren’t used for gambling after all
“It went into her pocket in the form of gifts,” Cedric answered.
“That’s still indirectly giving it to her, just in a different form. But how did you find out?”
“I had Baz check his expense records. Most of the things he purchased were worn by your aunt
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Maia was even more stunned. She never expected Cedric to investigate so thoroughly! Then she asked, “So you traced Theo’s
Cedric didn’t answer her question but instead asked her, “Where were you knocked unconscious?”
“In the entry hall,” Maia answered truthfully.
He sighed lightly, “Do you know how you left Cloud Nine Residences?”
Maia shook her head.
“Theo drove your car, but there are no signs of it being searched.”
Hearing Cedric’s words, Maia carefully recalled and murmured, “That day, Buck drove me home, and I didn’t bring my car keys.
The keys were in the third drawer in the foyer.”
“So?”
Maia widened her eyes suddenly, “Aunt Tess knew, and she also has the keys to my house. She has full access through Cloud
Nine Residences.”
Aunt Tess always expressed concern for her, so she asked for a set of keys to Cloud Nine Residences to take care of her and
have a backup plan. But Maia never expected that it would become a source of trouble for herself.
Cedric’s arrogant voice sounded again, notch security.”
Any property under the HL Corporation has top-
HL Corporation specialized in high–end residential areas, and security was always a major selling point for their properties. All
their properties were widely recognized for their excellent security.
So, taking someone away from Cloud Nine Residences must have involved an accomplice, that was beyond doubt. Through
careful examination and deduction, they finally found the clues.
“Then, why did Aunt Tess instruct Theo to kill me? For the embezzled money?
This reason seemed too far–fetched. Maia couldn’t understand.
To her knowledge, Aunt Tess was not that kind of person. When she was trapped in the fire, it was Aunt Tess who led the rescue
team to save her. Maia couldn’t comprehend why her caring aunt, who had helped her so much, would instruct Theo to kill her.
Maia’s delicate brows furrowed tightly as she watched the food Cedric offered to her. She shook her head, unable to eat
anymore.
“Last bite.”
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“Cedric, I can’t eat anymore. Who forces someone to eat like this?” Maia protested, attempting to get up. However, he reached
out and restrained her.
go of me now?”
“What an ungrateful brat,” Cedric teased, but his tone was still indulgent.
He had no use once he answered her questions and fed her a good meal. He shook his head in resignation, lifting her with one
hand and walking toward the bed. After seating her, he released his hold.
‘Speak up.” Cedric stood by the bedside, showing no intention of leaving.
‘Speak about what?” Maia looked at him in confusion.
“The reason for the act. Why the charade?” Now that they were at this point, there was no need to deceive him any longer.
“Play a little trick on my aunt, didn’t you notice? When she saw me pretending to have amnesia, her emotions were quite intense.
In her eyes, yo
a huge trouble, a very difficult problem to solve.
“She’s been repeatedly urging me to keep my distance from you. She kept reminding me of our divorce, and I naively thought
she was just worried about me getting hurt again. But now, thinking about it, she was afraid of you. You would disrupt her plans.”
Now that The
However, the fact proved that Cedric did indeed repeatedly obstruct her plans. Now met his end at sea, Tess’s plan had fallen
apart. That’s why she was so anxious when she saw Cedric and Maia getting close. That was more than anxiety–it was fear.
“Repeatedly urging you to keep your distance from me?” Cedric, upon hearing the latter part of her statement, expressed great
displeasure.
Maia nodded.
“Since she told you to stay away from me, you should have suspected her!” he said, clearly
irritated.
“Why?” As a niece, it didn’t seem wrong for her aunt to advise her to keep her distance from
her ex–husband.
“Every man in the world, you should keep your distance, except for me!” Cedric said with a terrifying expression, extremely
displeased.
“What?”
Then his voice rang out again. “She’d only tell you to stay away from me because she has ill intentions!”
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as sprechires. What kind of logs was the somehow meant having i intentione? At first, it close Inspection, it was all twisted
trakning
Advising her to keep her distance from him end to make a little sense, but upon
“Cedric, I don’t need anyone to remind me. I’ll keep my distance from you. No one would be Foolish mough to fall in the same
place twice!!
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