2026-04-28 19:50:36Maelie looked at Caiden with a cold stare, her eyes reflecting disappointment, anger, and a trace of jealousy she hadn’t even noticed herself.
“Caiden, I can’t believe you moved on so quickly after we broke up,” she said bitterly. “I feel ridiculous for ever feeling guilty. Looks like I was the only fool here.”
Caiden responded sharply, “When it comes to moving on fast, I could never compete with you, Ms. Logan.”
“You… Fine. You win. I’m done arguing with you,” Maelie said, struggling to find words.
Cecilia’s striking looks, curvy figure, and confident aura made Maelie feel deeply unsettled.
If the woman beside Caiden had been ordinary, she could have ignored it. But Cecilia was different; she was more than a common rival.
In many ways, she didn’t fall short of Maelie at all. Even in wealth and status, she outshined her. Cecilia carried herself with irresistible charm and allure.
The way Nevan stared at her made that obvious.
What made it worse was that this stunning woman was now holding onto the very man Maelie had cast aside.
It felt like a harsh slap, as though fate was mocking her for failing to see Caiden’s true value.
“Caiden, we need to talk alone,” Maelie said after taking a deep breath, looking straight at him.
Caiden remained indifferent. “Sorry, Ms. Logan, but I don’t have anything to discuss with you.”
“Do you really want to humiliate me in front of everyone?” Maelie snapped, her eyes beginning to glisten.
Seeing her vulnerable expression made Caiden hesitate for a moment.
“Alright, maybe we should….. ”
Before he could finish, Cecilia tightened her hold on his arm and cut in sweetly, “Cady, some people may have looked down on you and pushed you away. But don’t worry I’m here now. Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you.”
Her affectionate tone made Nevan clench his teeth in jealousy.
He wished he could take Caiden’s place.
He couldn’t understand how Caiden managed to attract such a woman; it felt like the man had used up several lifetimes of luck.
Maelie turned abruptly and walked away, her dress swaying behind her.
Only after she was out of sight did the tears she had been holding back finally fall.
To her, Caiden had crossed a line.
She had worried about him all along, yet he openly showed off another woman right in front of her.
“Maelie! Wait!” Cara and Nevan called, panicking as they hurried after her.
Cara then glared at Caiden with hostility. “You brat, look what you’ve done to her! Don’t get ahead of yourself. A freeloader like you won’t last long. You’ll be tossed aside soon enough!”
Nevan also shot Caiden a cold look. “Miss, step aside. This trash needs to be taught a lesson.”
Cecilia, clearly pleased after seeing Maelie leave, replied calmly, “I’ll warn you one last time. My name is Cecilia Fred. Cady is with me. If you so much as touch him, I’ll make sure you regret it.”
“Cecilia Fred? The heiress of the Fred family… Louisiana’s most beautiful woman?” Nevan exclaimed, immediately backing off.
The Fred family was far too powerful for the Matt's family to challenge.
Although he retreated, Nevan’s jealousy and frustration only grew stronger.
He couldn’t accept that someone like Caiden deserved such luck. This prompted him to check with Maelie if Cecilia owned the Black Mortgage Card but she didn't. She was wealthy but not among one of the world's top three. They were thinking he could either be using hers for the bet but as it stood, it wasn't.
They greatly awaited the bid to begin. Both now pissed up than before were determined to expose Caiden for being a fraudster.
“And his new woman will surely get hurt,” Maelie chuckled sadly.
Meanwhile Cecilia was trying to console Caiden who was already angry from the taunts. Secretly he was planning to put all those who mocked him to shame.
He gave a faint smile to Cecilia to show everything was alright. “Thank you for coming through for me….”
“Claiming to be your woman right?” She asked and Caiden nodded.
Cecilia leaned closer, her soft figure nearly brushing against him.
“To be honest, Dr. Howard… I’m tempted to make it real,” she whispered, her warm breath grazing his ear.
With a light laugh, she walked toward the auction hall with her bodyguards.
Caiden shook his head, silently calling her a tease, but he couldn’t stop himself from smiling as he followed her inside.
Meanwhile, as the Howard Hospital group entered the hall under the gaze of many guests, Nevan asked resentfully, “Maelie, do you still have feelings for that guy?”
Cara added, “Maelie, dear, you saw how useless he is. The moment he left you, he latched onto someone else. It’s humiliating!”
Maelie had already regained her composure.
“I’ve completely cut ties with him. Whatever he does now has nothing to do with me. I just didn’t expect him to be so disrespectful bringing another woman here just to provoke me.”
A lie.
Nevan gritted his teeth. “That woman is Cecilia Fred, the Fred family heiress. She’s the top socialite in Louisiana. I can’t understand what she sees in Caiden.”
A look of realization flashed across Maelie’s face.
At that moment, the host announced the start of the event.
According to the rules, the highest bidder would gain the right to acquire each section of the estate.
“We start with the Silvercrest Apartments, second to none other than the King's Apartment, owned by the world's richest man, Mr. Howard, here represented by Mr. Logan, his acting CEO.”
“Dad?” Maelie gasped. “Acting CEO? Since when?” That's the moment she accidentally looked sideways and her eyes clicked with Caiden who appeared to be smiling. Maelie quickly turned to Nevan and her mom.
“What's this all about?”
No one could reply to each other.
Whispers rang from different directions.
“Mr. Logan isn't the world's richest man?”
“He's been representing the richest man all these while?”
Who then is this Mr. Howard?”
Such questions began flying around even to Maelie’s ears. She sprang to her feet, wanting to lunge on the MC and grab his neck right now.
“What the hell is he saying?”
For years now, everyone had known the CEO of Howard Hospital, Mr. Logan to be the world's richest man.
“Does that mean even the hospital doesn't belong to him?” So many asked.
“Could this be why he refused to come but asked me to come instead?” Maelie questioned herself.
She turned again and the same Caiden is now laughing, glaring at her. “Why's he looking at me now?” Maelie sparked.
Turning her face off, she grumbled. “Maybe this is just some April fool tricks.”
Nevan immediately flattered her. “Maelie, you’ve got more courage than most men!”
She smiled a bit, glad that Nevan still believed in her.
She will wait and see what's really going on.
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Chapter 85
When Cecilia and Caiden arrived at the police station to make sure Derrick was still there, the entire place felt cold and unwelcoming.Caiden was still by her side, and she was yet to get over everything. She was gripping the strap of her handbag tightly as her mind kept replaying everything that had happened in the last few hours.The truck, the shattered body, the blood and the fact that she almost lost her life.They wanted to see the look on Derrick’s face, if he knew something about the kidnapping.Caiden walked beside her with long, calm steps, but Cecilia could feel the anger coming from him.His jaw had been tight ever since they left the house, ever since the incident, and his expression had not softened even once.Even now, as they followed two officers down the narrow hallway to the holding cells, his face stayed hard and cold.He had called the station himself before they came, just to make sure Derrick was still being kept there.He was still there, and they’re here to g
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As Cecilia was still trying to plead with the kidnappers to let her go. While she was about to be gunned down.She was still lying down, contemplating if it was her father, grandpa Fredrick that ordered for her kidnapping, or if it was Derrick.A few seconds later, as they stood in the middle of the empty road, arguing as they made their final plans.Suddenly, bright headlights appeared from the darkness of the road.It was approaching them with a loud roar, like it was a big truck.It was moving very fast, like the break had just failed.“What the hell is this, who is driving this carelessly…”One of the men let out a frightened scream before a huge truck slammed into them.The crash was brutal, very brutal as it approached. The truck hit them with a great force.Their bodies were thrown into the air, some were pushed in the nearby bush.Cecilia wasn’t touched, because she was kept in the nearby bush, so the truck didn’t get to her.It didn’t slow down at all.It drove straight throu
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Caiden left his office with a satisfied smirk tugging at his lips.The turmoil that had consumed the last few days finally seemed to be fading. Derrick was behind bars, and Grandpa Frederick was steadily recovering. For the first time in what felt like forever, things were beginning to calm down.But what pleased him most wasn’t any of that.It was Cecilia.She had chosen him without hesitation in front of her father. Even after all of Grandpa Frederick’s attempts to persuade her otherwise, she had stood firmly by Caiden’s side. The memory filled him with a sense of pride he couldn’t quite put into words.Thinking about it made his smile widen.His pace naturally quickened as he made his way toward the private lounge attached to his office, eager to see his wife.The instant he pushed the door open, his eyes landed on her.Cecilia was seated comfortably on the couch, holding a glass of wine while reviewing several documents on her tablet. Her attention was fixed on the screen, but a f
Chapter 82
Caiden walked with Fredrick, accompanied by the policemen from the hospital to the police station.As soon as they arrived, the doors of the police station closed behind Derrick as two officers led him inside.His wrists were secured in handcuffs, his clothes were rumpled, and his face was filled with fury.“This was ridiculous! I didn’t push that patient on purpose!” he shouted, struggling against the officers. “You had no right to hold me here. I knew my rights!”Neither of the officers responded.That only made Derrick even angrier.“Did you know who I was? Call my lawyer! Call my father-in-law! Call someone for me!” he yelled.Still, no answer, the silence was far more humiliating than any insult.Derrick felt completely helpless. As the heavy metal door of the holding cell slammed shut behind him, the reality of his situation finally hit him.He had been arrested. Not because of a misunderstanding. Not because of an accident.But because of his own actions. In his stubbornness an
Chapter 81
After his earlier heated argument with Caiden, he was about to head out to the hospital corridor.Derrick walked through the hospital corridor as if he owned the place. He dragged his feet as he moved, making his steps echo loudly against the floor.There was something arrogant in the way he lifted his chin, almost as if he was mocking everything around him.The clean smell of antiseptic, the nurses that were rushing in and out, and the urgency in the air meant nothing to him. People like him always acted like consequences were meant for others.A tired doctor stepped into his path, clearly exhausted from a long shift, holding a patient file and trying to pass without any trouble.He didn’t even get the chance to speak properly.As the doctor brushed past him and their shirts barely touched, Derrick suddenly grabbed him and landed a hard slap across his face.The sound echoed through the corridor, making everyone stop and stare.For a moment, everything went still. The doctor stumble
Chapter 80
The emergency ward had been filled with tension and chaos when Caiden walked in.Monitors were beeping sharply, while nurses moved quickly in and out of the room with a hurry.The strong smell of antiseptic was still in the air like a warning sign that something serious had gone wrong.Grandpa Frederick arrived a while ago from the jet completely unconscious, but other doctors had taken over his care since Caiden was quite occupied with Cecilia.For a brief moment, even the most experienced nurses had exchanged silent glances, saying nothing out loud. His pulse was very weak, his breathing kept on coming uneven, and his skin was now turning so pale, that the situation had felt heavier than an ordinary emergency case.Caiden walked in carefully, completely without panicking, because he knew exactly what he was doing.He rolled up his sleeves as he crossed the sterile floor, eyes were already scanning the monitor readings.There was no hesitation in his movements, only the sharp focus
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