CHAPTER 233: CHAPTER 231: I WON’T BE FOOLED BY YOU AGAIN

So, she just raised the corners of her mouth coldly and asked mockingly: "Third Young Master, you wouldn’t ask me to hold a press conference to help clear your name, would you?"

As soon as she spoke, Liam’s face turned grim.

From yesterday until now, he hadn’t paid any attention to the company’s stock status.

After fully accepting the fact of Grace’s departure, he began to call Maya.

He knew that this matter was serious, and while he hurt her and made her uncomfortable, he was willing to make amends.

He just didn’t understand that Maya was the type of person who, once bitten by a snake, feared a rope for ten years.

Last night, she thought all night long, as if she had gone through a rebirth. How could she easily accept him? Moreover, their relationship wasn’t stable, and Maya had been back for less than a month.

Their relationship finally had some progress, all destroyed by his absence last night. He would never understand how Maya felt standing alone on the crystal platform, waiting until disappointment turned into despair.

This feeling, she never wanted to experience again in her lifetime.

So, without waiting for Liam to respond, she continued: "How does it feel to see me ridiculed by the whole country? Are you satisfied, happy? Liam, I responsibly tell you, I will definitely not help you clear your name, and the drama between us is completely over."

"Maya, can you let me say something?" Liam was somewhat irritated seeing her misunderstanding him.

Liam shouted, making Maya even more upset. She closed her eyes tightly, shouting back angrily: "Now you think of explaining? What were you doing last night?"

Suddenly, Liam was dumbfounded by her shouting, every word she said was right, what was he doing last night? When she needed comfort the most, what was he doing? It was the same last year, and the same now.

Maya couldn’t forget when she found out she was pregnant three years ago, at a time when she was most nervous and scared, he was never by her side.

The girl’s anger actually made Liam feel a bit better. He preferred seeing her angry rather than facing him with a lifeless attitude.

He raised his hands and gently cupped her face, explaining, "Maya, I really ran into something last night, I didn’t deliberately miss the engagement ceremony."

Listening to the man’s explanation, Maya could only find it laughable. Ran into something? Who hasn’t run into something? Wasn’t engagement a matter too?

So she laughed coldly and said, "Something? Important matters? What else could be more important than engagement yesterday?"

Then she continued sarcastically, "No, there were many things more important than engagement, like Hartley’s mood and her acting cute, like letting me lose face, all of these are important, but I am not important."

Listening to the girl’s self-mockery, Liam felt very uncomfortable. Yes, what else was more important than engagement yesterday?

Why didn’t he wait until the engagement was over to talk with Lydia? Why did he follow her to the tea restaurant?

Looking at Maya’s angry gaze, he seemed to imagine the pity Elijah talked about.

He gently rubbed her cheek and promised, "Maya, shall we hold another one? How about tomorrow? Or we could just get married directly."

Yesterday, he was consumed by the grief of Grace’s death, forgetting that at the same time, there was another girl waiting for him to give an explanation.

Last night, Maya was genuinely the most pitiful, alone amidst the crowd, feeling helpless and lonely.

At this moment, looking at her stubborn little face, he felt particularly heartbroken.

Listening to the man’s suggestion, Maya took a deep breath, raised her small hand, gripped his wrist, and calmly said, "Liam, I won’t make the same mistake twice, I won’t suffer losses from the same person three times, I won’t be played by you again."

"Maya, I am really sorry for last night." After apologizing, Liam planted a kiss on her forehead.

"If apologies were useful, why would we need the police? Besides, we were just acting. Since the act couldn’t go on, let’s just call it off and not act anymore."

"Although this time I lost face, Hanson Clan Group managed to retreat unscathed."

"Third Young Master, didn’t you say that by attending Grandpa’s dinner party, it was inevitable that Hanson Clan Group couldn’t retreat unscathed? This time, me and Hanson Clan Group managed to avoid being in the limelight, thanks to Third Young Master’s accomplishment."

After Maya expressed her opinion, she pulled away Liam’s hand from her face and continued walking towards the waiting elevator.

Liam watched her back again, grabbed her wrist, and earnestly asked, "So, is this outcome the one you are most satisfied with?"

"Yes! I’m very satisfied with no longer having any relation to you." When Maya said this, she was very relieved.

At the same time, there was an unexplainable dissatisfaction in her heart.

Immediately, she shook off Liam’s hand and disappeared from his sight.

In the corridor, Liam slumped against the wall, powerlessly scratching his head.

At that moment, he was so confused; everything was out of his control.

This was the second time he had such a feeling. The first was when he saw the miscarriage report Maya gave him.

Thinking of the miscarriage report, Liam took a deep breath, both hands involuntarily clenched into fists, mocking his own foolishness.

She had always only hated him, and he was thinking of starting over, being deceived by her performance these past few days.

She finally allowed Hanson Clan Group to escape unscathed from Owen Clan Group, how could she stay by his side again!

Her acting was always good, hiding her achievements, lurking within the Spencer Family, intentionally getting close to him.

Her every action had long shown her ambition, yet he still foolishly put down the past, put down his hate for her, and foolishly found excuses for her, thinking back then Maya was too young, she didn’t understand responsibility, only feeling hate towards him and the Spencer Family. That’s why she privately gave up the child.

But now, he felt like a joke, coolly mocking himself, as he headed towards the waiting elevator.

Liam never felt life was so tiring, caring about others’ feelings was so damn tiring, recalling the past, it was still simple, rough, and self-centered that felt most satisfying. However, what helpless him was that he couldn’t help but care about a certain someone’s feelings.

After Maya left the hotel, she drove alone to her apartment, completely treating Liam’s appearance and explanation tonight as a joke.

To stop herself from overthinking, she showered, took two sleeping pills, and went to sleep, which resulted in unprecedented sleep quality, sleeping until 9 o’clock, a total of 11 hours.

After waking up, she drove to the tea restaurant to have breakfast.

At the table, as soon as Maya sat down, the empty seat opposite her was taken by a girl who said, "Maya, let’s talk."