Will You Marry Me, Again by Pear Heart

Reputation?

A man walked toward the runaway. He had an intimidating aura as he walked toward Maia and took out

a black handkerchief to clean the residue from her forehead.

“It’s swelling.” He looked at her gently, but his tone was upset.

Moments later, Baz came into the hall with a group of security guards and restrained the woman who

threw the egg at Maia.

“Unhand me! She was brave enough to commit murder, so why is she so scared of hearing what

people are saying? We’re not allow to even ask for justice for Zera, just because Mr. Cedric is

protecting Maia Burgess!” The woman continued to struggle against Baz as she yelled.

The woman had managed to ignite a storm of anger in the once silence hall. The organizers had also

rushed over to check on the situation. They were shocked as something this controversial had never

happened in the history of the fashion show.

The organizers immediately apologized to Cedric, but Cedric only turned to them and asked for a

microphone.

The person–in–charge was taken aback for a second before instructing his staff to bring over a

microphone and passed it to Cedric.

Moments later, Cedric’s voice echoed through the hall, “The police have already cleared Maia of all

charges as she was still in a coma when Zera Larkin was found dead. In other words, she is innocent.”

This statement caused a commotion in the hall. Upper–class society was complicated. Even so, the

highly esteemed Cedric had just publicly defended the woman he loves without a second thought.

“If she didn’t do it, then why would she so eagerly remove any sort of news about her? Isn’t that an

admission of guilt? Even if she didn’t do it personally, who could guarantee that she didn’t pay

someone to do it?”

“I was the one who ordered news about her to be removed.” Cedric eyed the woman who questioned

him dangerously as he replied coldly.

Everyone inside the hall were surprised. Cedric must really love Maia if he could go that far for

his ex–wife!

At that moment, Maia walked toward the woman who was still restrained by Baz and slapped

her on the cheek.

Chaos immediately broke out as the crowd had not expected Maia to publicly assault others.

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“This is payback for the injury you gave me on my forehead.” Maia said and raised her hand to give her

another slap.

“This is for the groundless accusations you just threw at me.”

The woman struggled against the iron grip restraining her as she glared daggers at Maia. She had

even tried to lift her legs to kick Maia but it was impossible as her evening gown was too tight.

Maia looked at the woman’s pathetic appearance and grabbed her face. “I don’t care who you are or

how much you have up your sleeves. You should have expected this the moment you chose to touch

me. I give as hard as I get!”

The woman was shocked as she could not even utter a word while looking at Maia in horror. Cedric

came up to Maia, took her hand in his and asked, “Is your hand okay?”

He gave no attention to the others in the room as he continued to give her hand a light squeeze when

he noticed that her palm was slightly red from the impact.

Maia was annoyed at his actions and tried to struggle out of his grip, but the next thing he said

surprised her.

“Listen carefully! If anyone dares to soil her reputation, I’ll make you pay!” Cedric looked around the

room with a terrifying gaze as he gave his warning.

This was far more effective than what Maia had done as everyone gasped in fear.

Cedric did not waste a minute staying as he immediately lifted Maia and carried her toward the guest

rooms provided by the event.

When Maia finally composed herself, she was already in his arms. She turned to study him closely as

her mind was flooded with conflicting thoughts. Gratitude, hatred, love. She could only smile as she

tried to comprehend all the complex emotions she was feeling.

When they left, the atmosphere in the hall recovered to its original state. However, people were still

talking about what had just happened.

“Mr. Cedric was really scary. I’ve heard rumors that he could not forget Maia, and it appears they’re

true! I’ve never seen a divorced couple act like this!”

“I’ve just checked online, the police had released an official statement stating Maia’s innocence.”

“I felt like we’ve all been played. Someone had tried to lead the public into believing that Maia Burgess

was the prime suspect in the Zera Larkin case.”

“Yeah, looks like someone is trying to frame her. Does that mean that Ms. Rita’s statement was just an

impulsive thing? Perhaps she didn’t mean it.”

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“Probably? Don’t you think the woman who was causing problems looked like one of Ms. Rita’s

relatives?”

“Now that you mention it, I think she may be a distant relative.”

“Now, this is getting interesting.”

Everyone knew exactly who she was. There was always drama going on in upper–class society

and it would always attract lots of attention, just as it did today.

After catching what some of the crowd were saying, Baz immediately approached the restrained

woman and asked, “Are you a relative of Ms. Rita’s?”

“Why should I tell a bodyguard like you?” She replied arrogantly.

Baz just shook his head at her stupidity, “You’re right. Most people in this social hierarchy would not be

an airhead like you.”

“How dare you? Who are you calling an airhead?”

“Ms. Maia did not match the suspect profile released by the police. Why else would they let her walk if

she did? Yet, you’re here accusing her of the crime. Do you think everyone is as dumb as you are?”

The woman was rendered speechless as she continued to struggle against the bodyguards.