Just then, the door of the ward suddenly opened and a prison guard walked in. "Someone’s here to see you, Ryan.”Ryan slowly opened his starry gray eyes at the sound of the guard’s voice.He had not expected anyone to come and visit as who else but his parents would come?‘Who else, if not my parents?’ he thought to himself, but a face he had never expected surprised him by suddenly appearing before his eyes.He never thought he could see her again.He also thought that the meeting that day would be their last.Ryan was about to speak when he heard the woman in front of him sneering. It was a sound that turned all of Ryan’s pleasant surprise and hopes into dust."As the one who arranged my future, Rye, did it not occur to you that your future would end up like this?”The woman curled her lips slightly and a scornful smirk appeared on her picturesque, small face."I’m so upset, Rye. Why did you become like this? What’s the point of me being like this if you’re going to stay in
“Stop looking at those men.” The man’s seductive baritone voice drifted clearly into her ears.Sensing his jealousy, Madeline raised her hand to push Jeremy’s palm away from her eyes. She turned around and met the man’s narrow and charming gaze with mirthful eyes.“Why can’t I look? Eyes are meant to admire the beauties of the world,” Madeline replied innocently before she turned back to continue admiring the beautiful view of the beach. Jeremy walked up to Madeline domineeringly and pushed his handsome face in front of Madeline’s eyes, blocking her sight as her gaze wandered around the beach.“I’ll get jealous if you keep looking, Linnie,” he stressed seriously.Madeline tugged the corners of her pink lips prettily into a rare mischievous smile. “Perfect. I’d like to see what my husband looks like when he’s jealous.” “I think it’s best you don’t.” Jeremy’s expression grew heavy as a cold look that deterred challengers took over his face, though his gaze then turned gentle agai
“Sorry.” Madeline apologized before quickly bending down to pick up the hat and handed it back to her.The moment she looked up, Madeline realized that the woman was wearing a large pair of sunglasses that covered more than half her face.Despite that, Madeline could not help but be stunned as she took in the woman’s features.“It’s alright.” The woman took the hat back and smiled, then turning to walk to the beach.Madeline glanced at the woman’s back mindfully and fell silent for a few dazed moments.“What are you looking at, Linnie?” Jeremy wrapped an arm around Madeline’s shoulder. “Let’s go back to the hotel.”“Did you see that woman's face, Jeremy?” Madeline followed Jeremy but turned back to take another glance.It may have been a coincidence, but the woman turned around to look at Madeline as well with an intrigued smile on her face.“I have no interest in looking at any other woman who isn’t you, Linnie,” Jeremy replied curtly. Madeline felt like she had been fed a s
As much as Jeremy's confession was expected, it was still surprisingly sweet when it got to her ears.Madeline pursed her lips and smiled, meeting the man's deepening gaze. "Me too. I've wanted to be with you forever since the day I met you. To the end of the world, wherever you go, I'll come with you."Hearing this, Jeremy's eyes were soft as the look in them grew more tender. "I'm sorry you had to wait so long for this day, Linnie.""If the wait leads me to you, then it’ll be worth it."With Madeline's words, Jeremy placed an unrestrained kiss on her lips, pouring in all the emotions he had suppressed in his heart."Linnie, how about we have another baby?""Can you even afford to raise so many kids, Mr. Whitman?" "What do you say?" the man asked with a low chuckle but then made a serious promise. "I don't want you to suffer anymore, Linnie. I’m very content with Jack, Lillian, and Pudding. Though most importantly, I have you."The man said tenderly, and Madeline's reply fe
“How dare your adopted daughter accuse my son of being unworthy when he tried to pursue her back then, Mrs. Montgomery? Your daughter played my son and look where that got her? She’s dead now!”The woman crossed her arms and smirked in schadenfreude.“Mrs. Montgomery, you took a heinous and vile woman as your own daughter and in return caused your darling daughter to go through so many sufferings. Wouldn’t you call this retribution?”“Exactly! It’s probably because of how unlucky the daughter she gave birth to was that she almost tore the Whitman family apart, or so I heard. When the Montgomery family recognized her, their house got burned down. Her mom gets left paralyzed and becomes stupid. What a misfortune! Haha...”“You’re right! Haha…”The two women started sneering incessantly.Seeing this, Karen immediately grabbed an apple from the fruit plate and threw it at them forcefully. The two women stopped laughing abruptly and dodged in fright. In the end, both their foreheads
Hearing Karen’s reply, Madeline made a confused sound of disbelief.Jeremy’s narrow and charming eyes snapped open and his gaze fell on Madeline’s serious small face.Madeline locked gazes with Jeremy as she continued to listen to Karen speak over the phone. Soon after, Madeline hung up the phone. Jeremy pulled her into his arms and asked caringly, “Did something happen to Mom?”Madeline shook her head. “She’s fine. It’s just…”“Just what?” Jeremy stared into Madeline’s glistening eyes. Madeline took Jeremy’s phone and tapped into Twitter where she found today’s number one trend. She felt conflicted. “Look, Jeremy.” She handed the phone to him and her frustration deepened. Jeremy glanced at the content and a cold look flashed in his deep eyes.The contents of the letter Old Master Jones wrote to Old Master Whitman were trending! The lead was from an insider who knew of the truth behind the grievances between the Whitman and the Jones family 15 years ago. “I remember
“I’ve already told someone to delete as much as they can and try to out-trend it with something else. I’ve done all I can, so let’s just leave the Jones family to worry about the rest,” Jeremy replied frankly and tried to console Madeline.“We aren’t guilty of anything, Linnie. We can’t change how others want to think either. All we can do is our own part.” With that, Madeline’s emotions calmed greatly. He was right. The Whitman family had done most of what they could. Jeremy even went the extra mile to help as well. They had done enough.“I brought you here so you could be happy and relax, Linnie. Stop worrying about those kinds of things already, hmm?” Jeremy scratched the tip of her delicate nose gently. Madeline wrapped her arms around the man’s arm as a sweet smile that showed her dimples graced her lips. She asked coquettishly, “Well then, husband of mine, where are you bringing me today?” Jeremy raised his sharp brows and quirked his seductive thin lips as he replied
She turned to look at the man beside her to see him staring gently at her. Madeline felt her face growing hotter and her heart racing faster. Despite already being in love with the man for quite some time, she was dazed as if she had been turned into a lovesick young lady. She looked up to see the professor teaching the subject passionately. Madeline could not help but play along with the man next to her, allowing him to hook his fingers with hers. Their fingers were intertwined until the bell that signified the end of class rang. Madeline could not imagine how it would be if she and Jeremy had gotten the chance to relive their school days. If the past could be rewritten, she wondered if he would turn into the bossy handsome kid who would surround her every day during and after classes, preventing other boys from coming close to her. Most likely. Madeline smiled sweetly. From how bossy he was on the beach yesterday, she would not be surprised if he did anything he could to m