Rising From Ashes: The Heiress They Tried To Erase
the Morgan estate, Maia pulled ou
ith the Morgan family.
nto her coat pocket, turning around to give t
liar. It might as well have be
Morgans was over. From here on,
w breath, Maia g
walk away, she collided
t before she could fall, a hand reache
deep voi
re moment, emotion flickered acr
still react like that. Yet somehow,
ing in front of her - the son of Wront
her arm free and put a few p
r so slightly as he took in
mbled the bright, cheerful girl from
care. He didn't say "got out" - perhaps to spare her dignity
when she loved him out
cook just to see him smile, done
her in public, never called her his. Still, she held a firm belief,
psed - when she was framed and wron
d the disgust and warning in his eyes
ense had come from Vince
's father from the wreckage of an accident. That one act of
's daughter had been Maia. N
rangement had fal
osanna wasn't surprisi
thought back on it, a soft
ing her chin. "You must be here for Rosanna, Mr. Ward
now, being addressed so formally made him real
in Vince's chest,
round the edges. "Four years, Maia.
ver she was near. Now, all he felt from her
rown deepen, the quiet
villa behind her. "I heard your family came to pi
That's none of
yes - bright and guarded - flic
than he expected. "I just wanted
girlfriend? You're nearly engaged, aren't you? Imagine Rosanna catching you circling around me - how do you think she'd take that? So,
was just silence - the same kind tha
t. "Why don't you do us both a favor
grabbing her wrist before s
were turning red. "Maia, it's true. Rosanna and I are getting engaged. But things don't ha