She gestured with a finger for him to come closer.

Gerald really didn’t want to go over to them after being ordered like that. After all, he was no longer the same person he used to be. He didn’t need to listen to her orders anymore.

He remembered snippets where she would order him to do things like this in the past.

“Gerald, have you moved those boxes of mineral water?”

“Gerald, go help everyone else with their luggage!”

…Maybe that was why Maia was so used to ordering him around.

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