Chapter 22 Hate It When Women Cry


    He frowned and grabbed her jaw. “Why? Should | let a kidnapper escape?”


    “Kidnapper?” Maia gasped. “What on earth are you talking about?”


    He tossed the box onto her, and its lid opened, revealing the voodoo doll.


    “W-What is it?”


    “Drop the act, will you?”


    When she met his sinister gaze, her heart pounded. She looked down at the doll and saw Rita’s name on it. Realization struck


    her.


    “You think | kidnapped Rita? Cedric, | was with youst night, remember? | only found out about what happened when Zera


    called you.”


    He began to squeeze her jaw as he looked grimmer. “You wanted to spend the evening with me to have an alibi, right? And I’m


    the best witness there is!”


    For love, she had forsaken her pride. She braved the snow the day before she left Prismara to spend their wedding anniversary


    with him. Despite this, he believed it was all part of a scheme. For him, she could give up everything. Even now, when she was


    humiliated, she still loved him. Maia shook her head. “She killed our child, and | despise her, but | could never exact revenge


    because of you. | know how devastating it is to lose a mother, and | couldn’t let it happen to


    you...


    Her voice became so soft that one could hardly hear it.


    Cedric scoffed. “Maia, you im to love me, but you’ve done countless disgraceful things behind my back.”


    Maia looked like she was about to cry. There had been many baseless usations against her.


    She had never tricked him into having sex to get married, never went after Zera out of jealousy, and never tried to steal


    documents from hispany.


    Maia only went into the record’s room to review some old documents to help him secure a deal. She had tried to exin herself


    repeatedly, but he remained unconvinced.


    ‘Do | need to exin it all again now?”


    Tearing up, she said, “I’m such a disgrace to you, huh?”


    When her tears fell on his fingers, he loosened his grip on her jaw.Content is property of N?velDrama.Org.


    Then he let her go and said in disgust, “Stop crying! | hate it when women cry.”


    She felt her cheek and found that it was wet.


    ‘Maia, why did you have to cry now? Your tears would only annoy him more!’


    She quickly wiped her tears away and took a deep breath. “Wasst night the only time you didn’t see me as a horrible person?”


    Her words felt wrong the moment she said them.


    “No... You were kind to mest night because | promised to leave you alone. Or you were just showing me pity as an ex—


    husband would, right?”