Will You Marry Me, Again by Pear Heart

Chapter 11 The Wedding Anniversary

The caller ID displayed her father’s name. With pursed lips, Maia hesitated before answering.

“Yes?” she couldn’t bring herself to call him “Dad” and spoke impassively. “What’s the matter?”

“Maia, how did your mother’s 20 percent stake in the winery end up in Errol’s name?” Homer Burgess shouted, “What have you been doing behind my back? When did your mom make this will? Why didn’t I know about it?”

Now that Cedric owned 55 percent of Burgess Winery, that 20 percent stake was of utmost importance to Homer. He would be left with no rights if he lost it.

Maia gripped her phone. He was being ridiculous.

She mocked, “You only cared about your mistress back then. How would you know about Mom making her will?”

worked with that fucking lawyer Nigel to steal my rightful shares! What did you give him in

of a father she could

with Cedric for nothing, and now you’re trying to steal what belongs to me. You’re

unable to believe her own father would say

about to say something, someone snatched her phone away, and Homer’s tirade continued on

end of the

when she saw Cedric.

to let

wasn’t he?” Maia let out a bitter smile. Her voice was so soft

at her with mixed emotions and tossed her phone back to her. Then he turned and walked towards the Rolls–Royce parked on

quickly chased after him. “Aren’t you going to

“Why would I care?”

car in the first place?” She was always

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