Chapter 1552:


    With a loud crash, Chris mmed his clenched fists against the table. The sharp sound startled everyone nearby. Heads turned instantly, faces filled with rm.


    Several people dressed as doctors rushed toward him. “Are you alright, sir?”


    “Prepare the sedative—hurry!”


    “I’m fine.” Chris waved them off, his voice rough and strained. “Don’t give her any special attention.”


    As he spoke, he forced himself to pull away from the memories. Slowly, the searing pain in his head eased. Even so, confusion settled heavily in his chest. The overwhelming sense of contradiction made him doubt everything he thought he knew.


    If those memories were real, then his marriage to Maia had never been an ident—never a temporary arrangement or a calcted mission. It was something he had waited for, nned for, an oue born from long restraint and near-obsessive longing.


    Could it be that the girl who had appeared again and again in his dreams was Maia?


    The moment that thought surfaced, the blurred face from his memories began to shift, trying to merge with the face on the screen.


    “Ugh—” The pain that had barely subsided surged back, sharper and more intense.


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    Chris shut his eyes and leaned back in his chair, gripping the armrests tightly. His knuckles turned pale under the strain, veins standing out starkly. Cold sweat slid down his forehead, but he clenched his teeth and made no sound—refusing to rm those around him, or reveal any weakness before his subordinates.


    Still, Grayson, who stood nearby, noticed the change immediately. He stepped forward and said in a low, steady voice, “Sir, you’ve been overworking yourself these past few days. You should rest.”


    Not far away, Raegan had been watching Chris closely, her fists tightening, nails biting into her palms. Seeing him in pain, a fleeting trace of concern crossed her eyes—only to be swiftly swallowed by bitterness. She misread everything. In her mind, Chris’s reaction had nothing to do with longing or confusion. She believed it was pure rejection—difort caused by Maia’s presence, a headache brought on by her continued involvement.


    Raegan’s expression darkened, jealousy burning fiercely beneath the surface. Clenching her teeth, she muttered under her breath, “Maia Watson. Why can’t you just leave the leader alone? He only used you to achieve his goal. Now that the n against Cooper Group is almostplete and the Cooper family has fallen, you’re no longer useful. So why are you still holding on?”


    She nced at Chris again. His brows were tightly knit, eyes shut in visible strain. In that moment, a decision settled firmly in her mind.


    Grayson would soon escort Chris away to rest, and that would give her the opening she needed. Since Maia’s existence seemed to cause him such distress, she would be the one to eliminate the source of it. Chris had strictly forbidden her from handling Maia directly—but he had never said she wasn’t allowed to approach her.


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