Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 429:noveldrama

Maxwell scowled. What was that supposed to mean? Hadn’t he always been smart?

“Please. Look who I’ve been working with. You think I haven’t picked up a few tricks? Besides, I’ve been hooked on this new game — it’s not just about reflexes. You’ve got to think, solve stuff. Sometimes, one brain doesn’t cut it.”

Chris blinked. “You? Into games now?”

Maxwell answered, “It’s all Marisa’s fault. She kept insisting we play together, and when I lost, she made fun of how bad I was. I couldn’t handle it, so I made up my mind to practice until I could beat her! I never expected this game to be so addictive. The person who made it is a mystery, though. No one online can find anything about her.”

Chris shook his head, thinking about how Marisa and Maxwell were always at odds.

Still, Maxwell’s excitement got him interested in the game. “What game are you talking about? Send me the link.”

Maxwell’s eyes lit up, and he quickly said, “No problem! If you give it a go, Chris, you’ll surely make it to the top of the leaderboard! The game tracks your completion times and tries. You wouldn’t believe how crazy the current top player is—”

Chris cut him off, saying, “Okay, enough about that. I’ve got other things to deal with. Let’s wrap it up.”

Maxwell snapped out of it. He realized that he had been talking nonstop about the game lately. Now wasn’t the time for that. He needed to focus on more important things with Chris.

Maxwell steered the conversation back to Maia. “Chris, helping Maia like this won’t last forever. What happens next? We can’t always keep hiding in the shadows and helping her secretly, can we?”

Chris answered seriously, “This war will only end when the Cooper Group is completely wiped out.”

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 g⍺𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘴﹐ⅽ𝗈𝗺

Maxwell was stunned. “Completely wiped out!?” He had assumed that Chris just wanted to save his grandfather. He never imagined that Chris had plans to take down the whole Cooper Group. How long had Chris been secretly plotting this?

Maxwell had no idea, but from the moment he met Chris, he had a feeling that Chris wasn’t as he appeared. Chris was sharp, always aware of the situation, and a master at playing his cards, as though he had everything figured out. That was the real reason Maxwell had chosen to follow him.

It seemed like things were about to get real. A shiver ran down Maxwell’s back. A storm was coming, and the air was thick with tension.

After the call ended, Chris turned his gaze toward Maia’s room. His emotions were all over the place, but his eyes shone with hope for what the future might bring.

He knew that only by bringing down the Cooper Group for good could he stop worrying about Maia’s safety. Only then could he proudly declare Maia as his wife, the one and only love of his life.

He dreamed of giving Maia a grand wedding, making her the happiest woman alive.

Meanwhile, after hanging up with Zoey, Maia planned to call Roland, hoping to convince him to leave.

After thinking it over, she decided to call Elvira instead.

The phone was answered almost immediately, and Elvira’s voice rang through, full of energy. “Maia, you finally called! What’s going on? I’m all ears. Ha-ha, I’ve been waiting for this day forever, and I didn’t expect it to go so smoothly!”

Maia was confused. She had no clue what Elvira meant, but she didn’t bother to dig deeper. She was used to Elvira’s way of talking.

She got straight to the point. “Elvira, I need to ask you something. Tell me the truth — why did Roland come to Wront?”

“What!?” Elvira was caught off guard. That was a strange question. When she called Roland the morning before, wasn’t Maia and Roland at the hotel? Didn’t Maia know that Roland came to Wront for her? Why was Maia asking this now? Had something happened at the hotel?

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