After Madeline went in, she closed the door. She walked to the coffee machine routinely and with ease before making coffee for Jeremy.Jeremy sat in front of the desk as he watched Madeline making coffee. A subtle light flashed across his bottomless eyes.He did not say anything. His long and thin fingers controlled his mouse while his narrow eyes stared at his desktop, but he was not working. Instead, he was playing some games to pass time.He did not have any urgent proposals to look through. The reason he stayed in the study was that he did not like to go back to his bedroom nowadays.Jeremy played his game and glanced at Madeline occasionally. When he saw her bringing the coffee over when it was ready, he closed the tab for his game and opened a file for work to pretend he was reading some documents seriously.Madeline glanced at the screen of the computer nonchalantly and placed the coffee in front of Jeremy.“Mr. Whitman, the coffee’s ready. Watch out, it’s hot.”“Okay,” J
Madeline was groggy with sleep when suddenly, she felt an itch on her neck. She subconsciously lifted her hand to scratch it but did not wake up.Jeremy looked at Madeline who was still asleep and quietly let out a sigh of relief.Jeremy felt as guilty as a thief, but all he wanted to do was to steal the truth…The night went by and Madeline had a dream. She dreamed that Jackson and Lillian were crying from shock when they saw her face. Even her youngest son ran away from her in fear, going back to the arms of Naomi who was impersonating her.Then, Naomi cackled and watched arrogantly like a victor while Madeline cried.When Madeline started to feel unwell, she heard a familiar voice calling out to her softly.“Quinny, Quinny.”She opened her eyes and saw Jeremy’s handsome face in front of her.Perhaps they were very close, so Madeline’s heart started beating very fast. Her feelings for him were still very intense.When Jeremy saw that Madeline was awake, he smiled warmly. “Ti
‘Do I have a special feeling for her because she looks like Eveline?’He pondered before going out.Madeline could sense Sean watching her. The wound in her heart was greatly healed by those gazes.She lowered her head to see Eloise looking in the direction where Sean left and she was smiling. Madeline smiled as well. “Mrs. Montgomery, let’s go out for a walk, okay?”After she said that, she felt someone tugging on her shirt from behind.She turned around and saw two pairs of innocent big eyes looking back at her.“Miss, can you take me and Lily as well? Today is Sunday, so Daddy doesn’t have time to play with us.”Jackson looked at Madeline expectantly while waiting for an answer.Madeline wanted to spend some time with the children anyway, so she agreed.“Alright, let’s go together.”“You’re the best, miss.” Jackson displayed his subtle dimples and grabbed Lillian’s hand to follow Madeline.Naomi came out from the house, and when she saw the scene at the door, she curled h
Abruptly, Madeline could feel something tugging at her heartstrings when she heard that sudden scream.She lifted her head to look over. Then, she saw a man wearing a mask and a cap forcefully taking Lillian away.Jackson was holding Lillian’s hand tightly. However, he was still a child, so he could not win against the man’s strength. In the end, he was flung away.“Jack!” Madeline ran over to grab Jackson who almost fell into the lake. After she stabled him, she looked at him worriedly. “Are you alright, Jack? Did you hurt yourself? Tell Mom… I mean me!”Jackson shook his head and stared in the direction where Lillian was abducted.Madeline turned around hurriedly and brought Jackson next to Eloise.“Jack, call your father. I’m going after your sister!” Madeline handed her phone to Jackson and ran toward the direction where Lillian was brought away.“Be careful!” Jackson yelled at Madeline’s back. Then, he walked back to Eloise’s side to watch her while he called Jeremy.Elois
“Lillian, don’t be scared. I’ll take you home right now.”“Boo-hoo…”Lillian was sobbing, and Madeline thought she was scared, but when she sensed the shadow approaching behind her, she understood what Lillian meant.The man who had gone out came back again!When Madeline turned around, she saw the man holding a bat and was about to swing it down toward her neck.She dodged it quickly and hid to one side while holding Lillian.“Who are you? Why did you abduct this child? What do you want?” Madeline protected Lillian. Even if she was extremely nervous, she could not show her anxiety on her face. On the other hand, she started questioning the man ferociously.The hooligan-looking man had a cigarette dangling from his lips, and he snorted. Then, he lifted his bat to swing it down on Madeline again without a second thought.Madeline held Lillian tightly. While she was dodging from the bat, she ran quickly to the door.“Lily, don’t be scared. I won’t let anything happen to you.” Ma
The thug who was holding Madeline’s neck heard footsteps coming from behind him.However, before he could turn around to look, he received a heavy punch on his left cheek.“Ow!”The man yelled out in pain, and he was forced to let go of the hand that was holding Madeline’s neck.He wanted to start cursing and yelling, but suddenly, a leg kicked him on his right side and he fell into the mud. He was now in so much pain that he could not even get up.“Cough, cough, cough…”Madeline touched her neck and coughed in pain.Jeremy quickly ran to Madeline and held her shoulder frantically.“How are you? Are you okay? What else did he do to you?”Madeline coughed strenuously. When she heard Jeremy’s concerned questions, she shook her head. “Lily. Lily ran ahead. Go look for that child.”She lifted her arm challengingly and pointed forward. Then, she lifted her head to see Carter walking toward her as well.Jeremy spotted Carter who was walking over. His hand on Madeline’s shoulder ti
Jeremy stopped abruptly in his tracks. He heard Lillian calling out to Madeline non-stop, “Mommy, Mommy.”Jeremy was shocked. Lillian could finally call ‘Mommy’.However, he did not say anything. He caressed Lillian’s head and continued walking to the car that was parked on the side of the road.When Madeline saw Jeremy walking away, she asked Carter, “How did you appear so coincidentally? Are you protecting your so-called fiancée from the dark?”Madeline wanted to say he was watching her, but she could only tactfully say it was protecting.Carter’s long and black eyes looked into Madeline’s eyes indifferently before he walked forward.“Follow me if you don’t want to hinder the treatment of your face.”Madeline knew she needed to redress her face every day at a certain time. However, she did not think that this man came all the way here to take her to do her redressing.After they got back to the manor, the doctor took care of Madeline’s wounds according to Carter’s instruction
Madeline looked at the woman who was talking to her and saw the face that was almost the same as hers. She calmly walked forward.Under the dim street light, Naomi was smirking ominously while raising her face that looked like Madeline’s as she stared Madeline up and down with a calm and wise expression.“Eveline, I know it’s you!” Naomi concluded with certainty.Madeline walked in front of Naomi calmly and parted her lips profoundly. “Mrs. Whitman, I think Eveline is your name. What are you trying to say? Are you going crazy again like you did last night?”“Hmph.” Naomi chuckled coldly. She crossed her arms across her chest arrogantly and looked closely at Madeline. “If you’re not Eveline, why did you risk your life to save that little thing?”It seemed that Naomi did not have the intention to keep pretending. She continued to provoke, saying, “Eveline, let me tell you. I hired the man who abducted your daughter. I wanted to test whether you’re Eveline and you gave me such a sati