“Cedric! Stop being such a rascal!” Maia tried to stare at Cedric angrily but her red cheeks had exposed how shy she felt toward his comments.“What do you mean?” He smiled at her innocently. Maia extended her legs and tried to give him a gentle kick, but he had managed to grab her ankles. “Be careful, I might just make this longer.” His comment made Maia blush a darker shade of red. Maia’s shyness was also attractive to him. As he looked at her rosy cheeks, he felt his self-control slowly slipping away. However, Cedric also remembered that Maia was pregnant. He did not want to tire her out. The next thing Maia knew, he had wrapped her in their blanket and lifted her.Maia’s eyes widened in surprise as she yelped, “Cedric, put me down. Your legs are still injured!” “Honestly, your weight is nothing to me.”Maia was worried as she demanded, “No, put me down this instance!” “Don’t move, we’re almost in the bathroom.” Maia’s burrows furrowed in anger. By the time they entered
Baz called Shelly back. When Shelly answered the call, Baz explained and told her not to worry. “Mr. Cedric had specifically permitted me to do this. So, there’s nothing to worry about.”“What?”“He said that it was acceptable as long as I didn’t kill him. I broke a few of Andrew’s rib bones and threw him on his doorstep. “Even though it wasn’t even half of what you had suffered from, he won’t be able to recover anytime soon.” Baz informed Shelly as he smiled in relief.“Does Andrew know that you’re responsible for this? I’m worried that he will seek revenge.” “He was blindfolded throughout the process. He’ll just assume that this was also Sally’s doing. After all, she was the one who had stripped him naked and locked him in the basement.”Shelly took in a sharp breath when she heard him.“Don’t be afraid.”“I’m not afraid. I’m just surprised that someone as gentle as you could be so vicious.”“Then, you’d be surprised to see how Mr. Cedric behaves in front of Ms. Maia. He h
Amanda smiled when she heard Greta’s new name. “Gigi sounds nice, let’s call her Gigi then.” Maia smiled and nodded. Amanda also waved Maia’s phone in the air and announced, “Then, I’ll give my brother a call now.” She walked toward the window to have some privacy.After the phone call, Marcus immediately rushed to Nordic City. When the siblings met, Amanda could not help but tear up. Marcus had a worried expression on his face when he saw her. He rushed forward and hugged Amanda tightly. The siblings were finally reunited after three years. “Silly girl, where have you been? You look like you’ve lost a lot of weight too.”“I’m sorry. I-I-”“Do you have any idea how many men I had sent to look for you? Where were you? I was worried sick.” Marcus held Amanda’s shoulders tightly and asked with a pain-stricken face. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry to have caused you so much pain as well.” Amanda kept apologizing as tears streamed down her face. “Marcus, we’ve found her. It doesn’
Just yesterday, Gigi had forgotten who Eddie was. After a round of introductions done by Amanda, she could finally remember him.“And handsome Uncle Cedric too!” Gigi smiled brightly at Cedric and Cedric nodded his head and smiled back. “Wow, uncle is really handsome!” Gigi exclaimed. Eddie was rendered speechless at his daughter’s silliness. Marcus shifted his gaze toward Cedric and Eddie. He stared Eddie straight in the eye and questioned, “So, you were the one who my sister is in love with. Eddie Fox, the new CEO of the Valentines Group.”Eddie nodded as he greeted Marcus politely. Marcus just shook his head in resignation as he turned back to Amanda, “You’re keen on making my life easier.”“Huh?” Amanda looked at him in confusion as Gigi imitated Amanda’s reaction as well.“You knew exactly how much our family values social status. If you didn’t disappear, you would’ve ended up marrying someone with similar social standings as well. Fortunately, you’ve chosen someone from t
“Well. We did it yesterday. So, we have that to look forward to. We might be able to harvest our crops come next autumn.”“Harvest? Do you think we’re talking about farming crops? What you just said is neither here nor there. It has only been three years since I last saw you and you’re starting to sound like a perverted old man!”Eddie was stunned. Perverted? Old Man?He might be a disabled person, but he was quite the looker! His dashing face was certainly far from being perverted.“It’s been three years since we last met and this is how you describe me? Who, may I ask, is the one who kept ducking into my blanket in the past? Is it because you don’t love me anymore? Did you have a change of heart?”Amanda chuckled and pecked his lips when Gigi wasn’t noticing, “I do love you. See, I kissed you. Didn’t you hear what Maia said? Once someone kisses you, it means she’ll never leave you.”“Quite the fast learner, I see.” He smiled and touched his lips instinctively.“Cedric’s much f
“Eh?”“Why, you have a way of climbing onto my bed. Care to show me now?” He teased her.She didn’t know what to say to him.Climbing onto his bed? That was never going to happen! He was such a jerk!His grin widened when he saw how pissed off she was. The love in his eyes was hard to miss. Then, Maia stood up and strolled to the window. Sliding open the door, she walked out to the balcony and saw Amanda climbing her way up to the balcony next to her. Amanda was bending over to pick up Gigi, who was standing on the steps. She froze the moment she saw Maia. Gigi was holding onto the railing. She whispered, “Uh-oh! We’ve been spotted!”She looked at Maia and smiled sheepishly, “Good evening, Maia! Look at the moon. So round, so beautiful. I-I see you’re also out here to enjoy the view! What a coincidence. I was doing the same with Gigi too.”“Yeah. I’ll bet you were enjoying the view and didn’t notice you wandered into Fox Manor.” Maia went along with her and said, “You must’ve
Cedric was occupied with assisting Eddie with his tasks as CEO of Valentines Group, cleaning up all necessary accounts, reports, and more. He needed to make sure everything was accounted for. “Nothing too serious.” He said casually.That was when his phone buzzed again. Maia reached out and took the phone, but he covered it with his hands.“It’s no one important.” He frowned when she took his hand.“How was someone unimportant supposed to get your number?” She waved his phone and asked, “I crack the whips, Cedric. Can I see your phone?”“You can, but you have to promise me something.”“What?” She was bewildered. “Don’t be jealous.”Frowning, she pursed her lips. She hadn’t even looked at his WhatsApp messages and she was already jealous.Cursing softly, he pulled her into his arms and soothed her, “You promised me you wouldn’t be jealous. What are you doing?”Grunting, she checked the messages and realized there were more than a dozen unread messages.“I miss you so much,
“Why aren’t you saying anything, Cedric? What’s so interesting upstairs?”Fidelia followed his gaze and looked upstairs, only to find that she didn’t like what she saw. Her expression changed drastically as she glared at Maia.Maia had just woken up, so she gave off the vibe of a beautiful lady who was still sleepy. Her casually tied ponytail, the few strands of hair hanging loosely by the sides of her cheeks, as well as her innocent eyes came together to portray her as a beautiful lady.“Honey…” She called out to Cedric in a pitiable, seductive tone. He could barely contain himself.Amanda and Gigi were right behind her and they were dumbfounded at what they heard.“What woke you up?” He looked at Maia, who was standing on top of the stairs. She wore a black dress and her belly was slightly bulged. Two strands of hair hung loosely by her cheeks, giving her the look of a casual beauty.Frowning helplessly, she said, “There’s a chatterbox downstairs. It’s so loud that it woke me