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Chapter 126 Standing before the mirror, Catelyn adjusted her gown slightly. She lifted her chin a little and
looked at the woman in the mirror who was being groomed. She had an illusion that this was not the
world that she lived in.
She remembered how four years ago, she would wear pretty gowns like this to attend all sorts of
functions.
Over the past four years, she had lived so pathetically that she almost could not recognize herself.
Cedrick had received the same dinner invitation, too, which was organized by the retiring Mister James.
In fact, he had invited the elders of the Mason family and Clark family. However, the elders pushed the
invitation to the younger generation in their family instead.
Thus, Cedrick would be entering the hall with Maia.
Maia knew that she had left a very bad impression of herself to Cedrick that day at the Mason Estate,
and she intended to salvage that.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHence, before the dinner, she deliberately put on a fair bit of makeup, and she looked captivating. She
thought it was also important for her to win some points for her appearance. Maia came to the Mason
Group early in the afternoon, thinking of getting to the salon together with Cedrick. This dinner was a
good opportunity for her to get closer to Cedrick. Charles smiled respectfully at Maia. “Please wait a
moment, Miss Clark. Cedrick is in a short meeting, and he’ll be here in a short while.” As usual, Maia
went and sat on the leather sofa in the CEO office, smiling back at Charles as she said, “I’ll take a seat
here. Please, carry on with your duties.” “Will it be iced lemon tea for you, as usual?” Charles held his
head down, formal and full of respect.
Maia nodded, sweetly answering, “Yes, please, Mister Peterson.”
“You’re welcome.”
Maia grew bored after Charles left and decided to wander around the office.
Suddenly, she was distracted by a stack of information on the table.
What was that? Maia looked around, making sure Cedrick would not be here soon. She blinked and
picked up one of the folders. She took out the information inside and took one look…
The blood in her veins froze the minute she registered what was recorded.
This…was the surveillance footage snapshot of Four Seasons Hotel!
Why was Cedrick investigating this? Was he doubting her? Four years ago, Maia was much more open
than she was currently. She frequented the night pubs, but she was young. Plus, the Clark family had it
all suppressed, so there was no news coverage on this. To the public, her image had always been
elegant and classy. Numerous men from wealthy backgrounds chased after her, too. Maia had never
cared about any of them, though. That night, she drank too much at a pub near the hotel, and it just so
happened that a man wanted to sleep with her that night.
She ditched that man and ran to Four Seasons Hotel instead.
Unfortunately, she fell into the man’s trap. She had drunk the spiked wine, and as soon as she reached
the corridor, her body felt like it was slowly lit on fire. She crashed into a man’s embrace by the turning
end of the corridor.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmUnable to think straight, Maia dragged the man into the room behind them. They did not even manage to
turn the lights on. She knew she had screwed up when she woke up the next morning. She was still
young, after all, and she was worried that her family would reprimand her for this.
She thus hastily put on her clothes and ran away.
Maia would then bribe the workers in the surveillance room with some money and ask them to destroy
every footage of that night so no one would find out that she had slept with someone that night.
However, two months later, Mason Group launched a new perfume advertisement. They were looking for
a girl in Four Seasons Hotel, Room 520, wearing a gardenia-scented perfume. That was also how Betty
Clark, Maia’s mother, came to realize that Maia was there at Four Seasons that night. Betty thought Maia
was the girl that Cedrick was looking for and decided to push Maia to Cedrick.
She even used the excuse of getting the two families to tie their knot, wanting to convince Old Master
Clark about it, and had Cedrick and Maia get engaged.
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