Chapter 144


    Chapter 144 Maia thought it was Cedrick, returning to her. She looked up in surprise, only to see Richard


    before him. The light in her eyes faded and was reced by disappointment.


    “Why are you here?” “Maia, I… I heard everything.” Richard wiped away her tears endearingly like she


    was the most precious person to him. “Cedrick doesn’t even know how to appreciate you, so why should


    you love him? I love you, and I’ll marry you once you end your engagement!”


    “Go away!” Maia clenched onto the fabric on her chest and snapped, “I want Cedrick. I want the position


    of Missus Mason. Who do you think you are?”


    She tried to shove Richard away, but he grabbed onto her hand when he caught a whiff of her scent and


    nted a kiss on the back of her hand. “I’ll do anything for you. As long as you’re willing to let me, I’ll do


    whatever you want me to!”


    “Don’t touch me. Go away!” Frustrated, Maia tried to shove him away, but Richard’s kissnded on her


    face and dried her tears.


    Her struggle weakened as she started feeling dazed. She had not been touched by a man ever since


    she started dating Cedrick four years ago.


    Catelyn adjusted her hair and dress before returning to the event hall, but she could not seem to regain


    herposure after what happened. She wondered what Cedrick and Maia were talking about, and


    whether they would carry on with their engagement. Had she truly be a homewrecker who


    destroyed their rtionship? “Where have you gone, Kitty?” Edwin walked toward her with a mysterious


    smile and a ss of wine at hand.


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    Catelyn took a deep breath and pretended that nothing had happened. “The moon came up and it looked


    really pretty, so I went to the balcony to stare at it for a while.”


    “With Ced, you mean?” Edwin asked, apparently knowing what had happened.


    Her fingers stiffened around her ss, but the look of her eyes remained calm. “Please spare me your


    jokes, Mister Atherton.”


    Just then, a figure swiftly approached them, and before Catelyn could react, Lori had pped her across


    the face.


    “You b*tch!”


    Catelyn did not have the chance to set her wine down. She stumbled backward at the impact and came


    close to bumping into the tower of sses. The wine spilled and tinted her dress as a distinct palm print


    appeared on her face.


    Everyone in the hall was stunned.


    Cedrick happened to witness the scene when he walked past the corridor, and a storm instantly began


    raging in his dark eyes.


    Catelyn’s expression darkened at the numbing sensation on her face. “Are you out of your mind, Missus


    Mason?” she questioned sharply.


    “Me, out of my mind?” Lori’s face flushed with anger. With a vicious expression, she cursed in frustration


    without any regard for the circumstances, “Catelyn rk, don’t think that I don’t know that it was who


    locked me inside the bathroom! You’re nothing but a sl*t who tried to get together with my son. You


    resent me for stopping you, and you tried to take revenge!” “I think Catelyn was, indeed, engaged to


    Jamie before.”