“Adam?”Jeremy followed after the figure and indeed confirmed that it was Adam.Adam looked no different than how he did before—still gentlemanly with his glasses.Yet, such a kind-looking man had also taken someone else’s life as an experiment subject.How could Jeremy possibly forgive Adam for what he did to Madeline?She had believed Adam, thinking that he was genuinely helping her when she was nothing more than a subject of an experiment to him.Madeline still had no idea why he was so averse to her taking the pain medication Adam gave her.Adam had returned to his office to get his research. However, he had not expected Jeremy to appear before the door the moment he sat in his office.Panic flashed through Adam’s eyes, but he quickly calmed.“Jeremy Whitman? How can I help you?”Locking Adam’s office door behind him, Jeremy walked toward Adam with a domineering gaze in his eyes.“You don’t even have the most basic medical ethics at all, so how can you even call yourself
As a mad scientist, nothing brought Adam more joy than achieving the results he wanted.However, the only place that could give him the tactical support he needed was the Stygian Johnson Gang.Adam himself did not have the ability, wealth, or power.Jeremy did not completely believe Adam’s proclamation, so he took his report and went to consult a professor he knew only to receive a similar reply.The professor told him about the mutation in Jeremy’s blood and advised him to do a full-body check-up so that the cause could be found.However, knowing the cause, Jeremy also knew that treatment was close to impossible.Thinking back to the two choices Adam gave him, Jeremy had already made his own decision.He could very well hunt Adam down and kill him, but Madeline’s frantic words deterred him. “Jeremy, please! Come back to me, you don’t have to make another mistake!”‘I won’t make this mistake again, Linnie.’Throwing the test results into the trash, Jeremy left the hospital.A
Madeline asked curiously, only to find a bitter smile on his gentle features.“Do you know how I became an amateur artist?” Ryan asked.Madeline shook her head and smiled. “Do tell.”Ryan turned to look at Madeline. “You made me who I am today.”“Me?” Madeline was confused as Ryan began to tell her what happened years ago.Back then, Madeline had just graduated high school. It was the summer break before university started.Madeline had found a part-time job at a dessert shop, and when she walked out one day, she found an art stall by the road.At that point in time, Madeline had not begun to pursue jewelry designing just yet, but art was something that piqued her interest. Walking over, she found the artworks rather interesting.As such, she picked one up to take a look. Just then, a boy came over to ask calmly, “Do you want it?”She was shocked, but the boy continued before she could reply, “Just pay however much you think it’s worth.”“...” Madeline was still an innocent
It had been an entire month and Madeline did not know where Jeremy was. She heard from Fabian that Yorick had given Lana a scolding and she was back in F Country now. Still, how could a scolding be the end to the things Lana had done?Madeline had not forgotten her parents’ tragic end.While Lana spent the month in F Country mingling with her ‘bosom friends’, they would sometimes ask her about the woman with the name of Eveline Montgomery who she had knelt and apologized to. Whenever Eveline’s name was brought up, Lana would be ashamed of herself.No one had dared to make fun of her ever since she was born, yet now she was everyone’s laughing stock!Lana did not want to stay in F Country anymore. Everywhere she went, it felt as if everyone around her knew of how she had knelt by Eveline’s feet to apologize.The more Lana thought about it, the angrier she felt. Without telling Yorick or Fabian, Lana secretly returned to Glendale.Upon her return, the first thing she did was ask
Lana thought she misheard him, but she watched clearly as Jeremy’s pretty thin lips parted to speak. “Cigarette.”Cigarette.He had come to ask her for a cigarette.Lana’s eyes shone, the franticness within them vanishing at that moment.She chuckled to herself. Not even the most determined man would be able to survive the torture of poison slowly killing them from the inside.Lana walked toward him to smile appreciatively at his slightly hollowed features.“I can give you the cigarette if you want, Jeremy, but you must willingly become mine.” Lana gave her requirement as she stared at Jeremy with desire in her eyes.Jeremy stared at the heinous smile and replied, “Fine.”Lana was elated, staring at him with her intoxicated eyes as she lowered her voice. “If that’s the case, then how about you prove your determination? I’ve gotten a little scared of you since the day you treated me that way because of Eveline. Console me?”Her words heavily hinted at Jeremy, and he understood.
Madeline did not understand but quickly found the news about Jeremy entering a hotel with a short-haired woman in the middle of the night before leaving separately.It had been a month since Madeline received any news of Jeremy. She never expected to receive it in such a way.Others may not recognize her, but Madeline knew that it was Lana with just one look.Madeline felt her vision darken for a while, but she was soon pulled back to reality when Ava called her name through the phone.“Is Jeremy crazy, Maddie? Why would he get together with Lana?” Ava pitied Madeline.Madeline gripped her phone and forced herself to calm down. “We’ve already gotten a divorce, Ava. Who he decides to spend his time with has nothing to do with me.”Madeline hung up nonchalantly despite the shaking in her heart.‘Why, Jeremy? Have you truly gone mad?’Dazed for the entire morning, Madeline only came back to reality when Ryan came to bring her out for lunch.They arrived at that restaurant.Madel
Madeline loosened her balled-up fist and washed her hands nonchalantly.However, Lana walked up to her to provoke her. “Jeremy sure is charming. I’ve never been so happy. Now I understand why you used such lowly methods to get him to marry you.“But we’re not the same, Eveline. I didn’t do anything at all. Jeremy was the one who came to me instead.”Proud of herself, Lana turned it up a notch with the taunts when she saw Madeline’s lack of response. “Do you think I’m joking, Eveline? You can go and take a look if you want. Jeremy still has the mark I bit on his shoulder last night! Haha… Ugh?” Lana laughed freely, never having expected Madeline to reach out and grab her neck with a domineering look in her eyes.“There’s a limit to my tolerance, Lana Johnson. For my kids, perhaps I can still maintain a shred of rationality, but there’s no limit to the things that I can do if you completely piss me off. You’ll stop bragging in front of me if you know what’s good for you.”Madeline
Guessing what had happened, he quickly placed the menu down and ran after Madeline.Standing in an empty corner in the underground car park, Madeline trembled and shook as her heart ached with no sign of relief.Watching Madeline try and suppress her feelings alone in the corner, Ryan quickly made his way over. Seeing her agony, Ryan reached out for her. “If it’s too much, you can always choose to lean on my shoulders. I may not be the person you want to rely on the most, but I think I qualify enough as an escape.” Madeline slowly looked up to stare at the gentle features in front of her as her tears began to fall.Ryan took a step forward and opened his arms to pull Madeline into his chest. Jeremy watched the scene from afar and felt his heart clench as pain consumed it. Yet another uncomfortable feeling within his body reminded him that giving her away was the best and only choice he could make. Madeline cried for a long time before her emotions began to calm. Getting