“Buddy, don’t get fooled. Bad people nowadays look a lot like good people. You and your sister are still young, so don’t believe strangers so easily.”The guard educated and lectured them seriously. Then, he turned around with Lillian in his arms. Before that, he reminded Jackson.“Buddy, come back with me now. It’s almost time for class.”Jackson did not want the guard to worry about him, so he nodded in agreement. He walked quickly toward Fabian and lifted his handsome face.“Here, I’m giving this back to you. My sister doesn’t want it.” Jackson reached out his hand to hand it over.Fabian looked at the box that had been returned and smiled in disappointment as well as frustration before taking it back.He turned around to look at Lillian who was resisting him and even wanted to run away from him. Then, he tightened his grip around the box as a hint of regret appeared in his eyes.“Lily, this might be the last time I see you.“I don’t have the good fortune to wait for you to
Madeline looked at Ryan’s back that was facing her and turned around decisively. Then, she looked at the endless sea in front of him.‘Ryan, you’re definitely going to lose this game.’Ryan knew Madeline was going to hide now. He looked at the ticking time on his watch. He only turned around after the last second of the ten minutes passed.There was only one house on the island and the structure of the house was simple. He did not think that he would not be able to find Madeline in under half an hour.However, as time passed, not only could he not find Madeline in the house, but he also looked all over the yacht near the beach and still could not find any traces of Madeline at all.It was as if she had evaporated from this island and he could not find any traces of her.How was this possible?Everything on this island could be seen at one glance. It was a small house with no special hiding places. Where could Madeline be?Ryan felt that this was unfathomable and there was a loo
“Okay, I’ll take you away from here now,” he said and turned around to walk to the yacht.Madeline quickly went back to the house to grab a bathrobe to put on her body. Then, she hurriedly followed Ryan onto the yacht.After a while, Ryan started the yacht.The weight on Madeline’s chest was slowly lifted. ‘Jeremy, I’ll be back by your side soon.’She thought internally while missing her three children a lot.She could not imagine what would happen if the woman who was impersonating her did something out of line to Jeremy and the children.However, when she thought about it, she still believed that Jeremy would not be fooled so easily and that the woman would not brazenly hurt the children.If she wanted to impersonate her and replace her, she would need to play the part of a good wife and a loving mother.When she thought about this, Madeline felt more at ease.Madeline walked to the deck and faced the sea breeze. The cold wind was permeating her skin.She wrapped the bathro
Madeline peered coldly at Ryan who was about to chase up to her. “Freedom.”She said decisively and suddenly, she reached her long legs over the railing of the deck.Ryan felt his heart sink. “Eveline!” He reached out his arm to grab her, but Madeline had made up her mind. She did not hesitate before jumping into the vast ocean.“Eveline!”Ryan had turned pale from fright. He did not expect Madeline to do this.However, this was not strange if he really thought about it.She was always unyielding and tenacious.Her body quickly sank into the ocean as a layer of white ripples appeared over the area where she jumped down.Ryan widened his eyes in horror before he saw Madeline’s head bobbing out from the ripples. The worry and terror in his heart were slightly alleviated.Madeline continued swimming without turning back.She knew it would be impossible for her to swim back to Glendale. However, she could still swim back to the island and think of another plan. It would be better
That year, her face had been red because she was feeling apologetic. She said, “I’m sorry, I only have one dollar with me.”That voice of hers was like spring water as it glided through his heavy and fidgety heart.That one dollar helped him achieve his dream.Ryan smiled suddenly. His gray eyes were reflected with the face of the woman he truly loved and admired. Suddenly, he felt that this was pretty good.“Eveline,” he yelled at Madeline, “Thank you.”‘Thank you for appearing in my life and thank you for forgiving me in the end.’“Ryan, why are you not running? Run!”Boom!The yacht exploded all of a sudden. The strong stream of air and heat closed in on Madeline.“Ah!”Madeline yelled as she hurriedly covered her face with her hands. However, she could not stop this force.She was thrown far away. At this moment, she could only feel the heat on her face and the buzzing in her ears. All of the thoughts in her head had been sucked away.While in a daze, she heard someone
Madeline widened her eyes. She could not begin to accept that the woman in the mirror was herself.Her face was wrapped in a heavy layer of gauze. She could not see an inch of her skin aside from her eyes.Her face…Madeline felt as if her legs had been injected with lead. They felt so heavy that she could not move an inch.She lifted her hands and slowly touched her cheek. She could not believe that her face might have been ruined beyond recognition.“Miss, are you alright?” the young maid next to her asked in concern.Madeline lowered her trembling hands and turned to look at the maid. “My face…”She wanted to ask, but after saying those two words, she realized that her voice sounded so hoarse like it was sandpaper dragging across a table.“Your face was hurt pretty badly. Dr. Lane said that it’ll take a long time to recover but don’t worry, Dr. Lane is an amazing doctor, so you’ll definitely recover.” The maid comforted Madeline gently and kindly.However, Madeline felt as
“Where am I?” Madeline parted her lips and asked the man who had his back toward her.The man slowed down and turned his face slightly. His resolute and perfect jaw looked even more exceptional under the light.“It’s not important where you are. If you still want to go home, then stop your tears.” His voice was also as cold as his aura.Madeline clutched the handkerchief tightly. “Were you the one who saved me?”“I was just passing by.” His answer was straightforward.Madeline remembered that she did see another yacht heading toward her before the yacht Ryan was on exploded.Perhaps this man was on that yacht and coincidentally, he witnessed the yacht exploding so he saved her.“Thank you.” Madeline looked at the man’s back and thanked him. At the same time, she remembered Ryan who was still on the yacht. “Did you save my friend too?”“Friend?” The man sounded puzzled. Then, he turned around. “Do you mean the man who was chasing you on the other yacht?”When she heard this, Ma
Madeline had a bad feeling in her heart when she heard that.However, when she remembered what had happened to Jeremy after the yacht exploded, she found a glimmer of hope amidst the restless beating of her heart.“What are you thinking about? If you want to know, then follow me. Stop dilly-dallying.” The man urged coldly and impatiently.Madeline took a step forward sluggishly. Due to the impact of the yacht explosion that day, she was still weak and feeble all over.She walked slowly while the two maids followed behind her considerately as they were worried that she would fall all of a sudden.Madeline was touched by this meticulous care. She felt that she was extremely lucky to have been saved.The place was huge, and the decorations and renovations all had English influences. Everything here exuded a low profile yet elegant sentiment, from the small trinkets to the tables and chairs.Madeline felt that the man who saved her had an extraordinary status. However, she could not