Dear Ex-wife Marry Me novel (Maja) novel Chapter 1005

Then he turned to Maja with a playful grin on his face.

"Let me tell you something," he began, his voice filled with mischief. "Whenever I was out with these buddies of mine, Ian would never answer my calls. He would just hang up on me. But recently, because of all the ruckus in the Raymond family, he decided to pick up the phone. But I can bet you, he won't show up here. He'll call in less than a minute."

No sooner had he voiced this prediction than his phone began to ring. It was indeed Ian calling.

Ryan didn’t pick up. Instead, he bumped his shoulder against Maja's in a friendly nudge.

"See, he never calls me first. But now, he’s panicking."

Ryan then hung up on Ian right in front of Maja.

But in less than a few seconds, Ian called again.

Just like Ryan had said, Ian was indeed panicking.

Ryan kept hanging up, but this time, Ian sent him a video call request.

Ryan nearly dropped his glass of whisky. He knew Ian was desperate, but he didn’t expect him to be this desperate.

Ryan was a bit scared now, worried about what might happen when Ian eventually showed up.

He quickly turned to Maja.

"If my cousin decides to mess with me, you've got to help me out, Maja. I’m doing all this for you. To show you how much my cousin cares about you. If he didn’t like you, why would he go this far? I’ve heard he’s in a meeting right now. I guess he must have put it on hold."

Maja didn’t believe this. So, Ryan handed her his phone.

"If you don’t believe me, call Jeff. Ask him what my cousin is up to."

Maja didn’t make the call, afraid that her hopes might be too high, leading to disappointment later. That would be embarrassing.

But Ryan dialed Jeff’s number for her.

Maja, forced into this situation, had no choice but to take the phone and ask, "Jeff, what's Ian up to?"

Jeff glanced at the man who was constantly on the phone near the floor-to-ceiling window and then at the executives waiting inside the conference room. He replied softly, "He's at a meeting, but he's currently on the phone. That's why he didn’t pick up your call."

Jeff didn’t know what was happening and assumed Maja had tried to call Ian first, and when he didn’t pick up, she decided to call him.

So Ian was indeed in a meeting.

A wave of joy surged in Maja’s heart. She asked softly, "Is it an important meeting?"

Ryan quickly disappeared.

True to his words, Ian arrived at the booth fifteen minutes later. The moment he walked in, he spotted Maja and strode towards her.

His appearance frightened the young men who were still rolling dice in the booth. Everyone knew of Ian’s reputed temper.

Ian pulled Maja up and marched her out of the booth, his voice icy.

"Come with me."

Maja didn't resist. Once they were in the corridor, she asked, "Weren't you in a meeting?"

"Hmm."

He led her down the dimly lit, alcohol-scented corridor filled with the scent of expensive perfume.

Just as Ian was about to turn a corner, he felt Maja leaning against him.

He stiffened, thinking that the dizzying environment was causing him to hallucinate.