When her eyes finally paid attention to her surroundings, she saw the handbag on the coffee table shimring.
Maya Spencer took a deep breath, grabbed the handbag from the coffee table, took out the still-flashing phone, and saw many missed calls all from Elijah Reed and Ella Turner, as well as a few text ssages from them.
She opened the text ssages and saw Ella Turner saying, "Maya, I already know, let’s et up!"
From Ella’s ssage, Maya could tell she was very calm, and there was missing the intimacy from their past exchanges.
Then, she opened Elijah Reed’s ssage, "Miss Maya, the BOSS has been guarding outside the door, and it’s quite cold out there."
Looking at Elijah’s ssage, Maya took a deep breath, put down the phone, then stood up from the sofa.
Sitting for too long, when she first stood up, her feet went numb, and she accidentally stumbled and fell to her knees with a "bang" sound.
Just as Maya knelt down, Liam Spencer, who had been quiet for a long ti, suddenly knocked on the door and asked, "Maya, what’s wrong? Maya."
Hearing the familiar voice, Maya imdiately stood up from the ground, enduring the discomfort in her legs, walked to the entrance, and opened the door for Liam.
The mont the door was opened, Liam extended his arms and pulled Maya into his embrace.
However, this ti, his embrace wasn’t warm but rather cold.
As Maya propped her hands on his shoulders and slowly pushed him away, she saw that Liam’s face was pale, his lips were purplish with cold, his large hands holding her arm were cold as well, and his hair was ssy, looking very disheveled.
Maya choked up, feeling heartache for Liam, feeling heartache for him standing at the door for so long.
So she lifted her small hand, gently stroked his icy face, wanting to give him so warmth, then dove into his arms, holding him tightly.
Seeing Maya no longer angry, Liam finally breathed a sigh of relief. He wrapped his left hand around her waist, patted her back with his right hand, comforting, "Maya, don’t feel sad, Brother is fine."
Liam’s thoughtfulness made Maya even more sorrowful. Nestled in his arms, tears ’pitter-pattered’ down her face.
Since returning to S City, Maya had beco much more emotional and tended to cry more.
Listening to her soft sobs, Liam instantly cupped her little face and comforted her, "Maya, Brother is really fine, Ella already knows the truth, she doesn’t bla you."
"Brother, I want to go see Ella now."
"Maya, it’s four in the morning now. Let’s go inside first, wait until daylight, when Ella wakes up, and then we’ll go see her, okay?"
"Okay!" Maya nodded in agreent, not realizing that she had been sitting for over ten hours.
After they went inside, Liam touched Maya’s little face and said, "You’ve cried into a little flower cat, let take you for a bath first."
Maya didn’t answer him; instead, she suddenly hugged him, calmly requesting, "Brother, no matter what happens in the future, don’t keep secrets from , be sure to tell , okay?"
"Okay!" Liam agreed.
"With you by my side, I can handle anything." Maya leaned against his heart, as if she possessed the whole world.
Maya’s trust and dependence on Liam made him involuntarily hug her even tighter. They appeared even more like two people relying on each other for survival, he just didn’t realize how significant he was to Maya.
Snuggled in Liam’s arms, even though she had been through quite an ordeal, Maya no longer felt as lonely as she did three years ago. With Liam by her side, she felt at ease, knowing she would always have a support to rely on, a support that made her not feel alone.
After holding each other for a mont, Liam led Maya to the bathroom, and after cleaning up, they embraced and lay on the bed, encouraging her to sleep quickly.
Maya, feeling Liam’s tenderness, lifted her head, looked into his eyes, and seriously said, "Brother, my uncle said he stopped the driver the day before the car accident, and he didn’t have anyone spray anything in Ethan’s car, do you believe that?"
"I believe it." Liam agreed without hesitation because from Maya’s tone he could hear that she wanted to believe her uncle, so he trusted Maya’s intuition.
"Brother." Every ti Liam trusted her unconditionally, Maya was very moved.
Liam said, "Maya, I will investigate this matter, you don’t need to worry."
"Brother, even if uncle is lying, it’s okay, you don’t have to be afraid of knowing the truth."
"Alright." Liam calmly agreed.
Seeing this, Maya burrowed further into Liam’s embrace, seeking more security.
Initially unable to sleep, but under Liam’s soothing, she still gradually fell asleep.
At eight thirty in the morning, Liam woke Maya up because he had arranged for Elijah to et Maya and Ella at half past nine.
After waking up, Maya quickly freshened herself up and left the apartnt with Liam, heading to a teahouse in S City.
At the teahouse, Elijah and Ella arrived first. When Ella saw Maya arriving, she imdiately stood up from her chair, staring straight at her.
Clearly, her red swollen eye circles showed she had also been crying.
The mont Maya saw Ella, her eyes instantly turned red again. She swallowed hard and said chokingly, "Ella, I’m sorry."
Hearing Maya’s apology, Ella’s eyes also reddened.
Since last night, after finding out from Elijah that the evidence from the courier was real, honestly, she had hated Maya, regretting eting her, believing she had lost her brother because of her, but no amount of regret could bring her brother back.
Last night, Elijah comforted her all night and told her Maya had depression and had shut herself up in her apartnt.
He told Ella that the person feeling the most sorrow and guilt now was Maya, that she would rather be the one who died than Ethan, and even if the murderer was her uncle, she wouldn’t cover it up. She would definitely bring Aron to court, letting him bear the legal responsibility he deserves.
In Elijah’s persuasion, Ella slowly ca to terms with it. She knew her brother was gone, and he always considered Maya a dear sister. He surely wouldn’t want to see them fall apart, so she accepted this matter and chose to forgive Maya.
Hence, when seeing Maya, she didn’t bla her but instead stepped closer, gave her a hug, and comforted, "Brother hopes we both find happiness."
"Ella..." Instantly, Maya broke down in tears, holding Ella and crying out loud.
She would rather Ella bla her, scold or hit her, perhaps that would make her feel a little better, but Ella didn’t have a word of bla, which deepened Maya’s sense of guilt, making her feel worse.
On the side, Elijah and Liam seeing the two girls didn’t fall apart over this matter, finally felt at ease.
At this mont, Elijah stole a glance at Liam, thinking, the BOSS has changed a lot, even ddling in such trivial matters, it seems, he’ll never escape Miss Maya’s grasp in this lifeti.
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