Chapter 241 I''ll Be Your Shadow
“Just doing my duty.”
That was aii Cedric said. Everyone knew just how much meaning those four words carried. Then, Elena covered her mouth and
pointed at Maia’s feet.
“There''s blood on Maia’s feet!”
Cedric grabbed Maia’s arm, looked at her feet, and frowned. There certainly was blood tracing down her feet.
“It''s okay. | must’ve been cut by the pieces of ss when the bottle shattered,” Maia said casually. She tried hard to break free,
but he held on to her firmly.
“Please carry on, everyone. I’m going to take care of her.” Cedric put his suit jacket around her legs and swept her off her feet in
front of everyone.
“Cedric!” She hissed.
“I''m taking you to the hospital,” he said firmly. He cared more about her injury than she did.
Maia was a little pissed off, but she could not raise her voice in public. “Put me down. It’s just a scratch. | can take care of it
myself!”
“What if it leaves a scar? Don’t you hate those?” He asked.
Maia was startled. She was surprised that he remembered what she told him years ago.
“| like scars now. They remind me of the lessons I’ve learned and motivate me.”
“Well, then. You can leave some scars on me.” With that, he carried her to the elevator. Maia, on the other hand, was stunned by
what he said.
She waited until the elevator door closed and spoke, “Ask yourself, Cedric. Are you treating me this way now because you''re
Sed to the old me who revolved her life around you? Or, do 1
really love me for who | am?”
His face was unreadable, but he stared at her with such tender eyes.
“I''ve been asking myself that question countless times ever since | lost you. My answer has remained unchanged throughout all
these years.
“| love you,” Cedric said confidently. Maia smiled bitterly at that.
“You say that, but | don’t know if | can even love someone anymore. Especially you... | can’t see how | could love you again.
Despite that, are you going to keep loving me the way you do now?”
“It''s my first time loving someone. It’s good that you don’t know how to do it. We can learn together,” he said firmly, ncing at
her tenderly.
Maia remained silent for a long time. The doctor cleaned and dressed her wound once they were in the hospital. She was about
to stand up when Cedric tried to hold her again.
However, she dodged him this time. “I don’t need your help.”
The doctor saw it and nodded respectfully at Cedric, “Please keep Ms. Maia’s wound from water. It’s just a flesh wound. It''ll be
okay in a few days.”
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He nodded. Then, the doctor left. Maia was about to leave too, but he blocked her off.
“I''ll send you back home.”
Both of them stood there at the entrance of the emergency department. The wind blew past and tousled Maia’s hair. She raised
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“Look. You can see the stars tonight.”
Cedric gazed at her and frowned. He was worried about her wound.
“Cedric,” she said with no emotion. “Do you know how many times I’ve asked myself just how much | loved you back then?
When the question popped up for the first time, | kept telling myself you saved me.
“You got injured and lost your memories because of me. It’s okay that you don’t remember who | am now. | could wait. | could be
with you. After all, they say just being with someone is the most romantic gesture.
“| swore I''d be with you until the day you see me... You were the only ray of light that could light up my heart back then.”
Maia sounded so fragile. It felt like the wind could knock her down at any given moment—and yet every single word she uttered
was so intense.
“A lot of nights came and went after that. The ray of light became dimmer and dimmer each day... Eventually, | beheld the fiery
glow and your feeble ray of light was eclipsed by it. Then, it ceased to exist.
“Now, you''re casting it into my heart again, but | don’t need it anymore. | can be my own ray of light. Have | told you about this? It
hit me when | was lying on the bed after surviving the fire.
“It felt good to live my life for no one else but myself. It feels spectacr, really. I''ll never be
your shadow again. | just want to be myself.”
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Naturally, everything she said pierced straight through Cedric’s heart. He was in deep sorrow, but he did not loosen his grip on
her.
It was heart-wrenching, but it was real. This was the kind of pain he put her through in the past. However, even in his agony, he
was not going to let her go.
The summer breeze blew past him and tousled his short hair, which dropped and covered his
eyes.
“I''ll be your shadow this time.”
He would follow her everywhere she went. Maia was startled.
Then, she said, “If you’re going to be my shadow, then you should release your grip and walk behind me. A shadow doesn’t stir
up trouble, nor does it annoy its master.”
She would know, as it was how she used to be.
“I''ll send you back,” he said firmly.
“Do you understand what | just said, Cedric? Let me go!” Maia shook his hand off and saw the sorrow in his eyes. She paid no
attention to it and left the hospital.
Cedric, on the other hand, wanted to hold her in his embrace badly. However, he was stopped by her relentless warnings. Thus,
he walked behind her like a shadow...
Maia hailed a cab and headed back to Cloud Nine Residences. He did the same and instructed his cab to follow hers. Then, she
got out of the car when the cab arrived at her ce. He did the same thing too.
He did not leave even after Maia had gone into her ce.
She never expected that the arrogant Cedric could be this obedient.
She never expected that the egoistic Cedric would listen to her.
Maia received a text as soon as she closed her door. It was a text from him.
“Take care of your wound and get a good night''s sleep. I''ll be here whenever you need me.”
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