“Shut up!” Naomi roared and lost control of her emotions immediately. “Eveline, tell me how Rye died? It must be you. You’re the reason Rye died, right? Tell me!”She reached out her hand to grab Madeline again like a crazy person who had lost control. She was trying to grab Madeline’s neck barbarously.Instead, Madeline grabbed Naomi’s hand and controlled her.“Naomi, listen here. Rye’s death was an accident and it had nothing to do with anyone. He was the one who chose this path.”“Nonsense! You killed Rye! Eveline, you b*tch!” Naomi was feeling so pressed that she was stomping her foot and waving her other hand to slap Madeline.Madeline was aggressive when she lifted her hand and slapped Naomi loudly. At the same time, she pushed Naomi’s hand away.Naomi stumbled backward and looked at Madeline’s imposing manner in disbelief.She gritted her teeth and touched her painful face. Suddenly, she cackled coldly and sinisterly.“Eveline, since we’ve shed all pretense of cordiality
“...”Almost immediately, Madeline sensed that perhaps Jeremy was back after seeing Naomi’s sudden performance.At the same time, Madeline also understood what Naomi meant by ‘experiment’.Naomi pushed her away exaggeratedly and sat on the ground to pretend she had just fallen. She yelped in pain, “Ah!”“What happened?” Karen’s surprised and curious voice sounded from afar.Madeline quietly watched as Naomi looked provokingly at her from the ground. For some reason, her heart started beating anxiously.She remembered back when Meredith had impersonated her.The man she loved the most and her family she was closest to decided to believe Meredith’s lies, abandoning her instead.When Madeline was stuck in a daze, she sensed the familiar footsteps and air behind her.Madeline thought the first thing Jeremy would do was to help Naomi up, but instead, he stopped next to her and handed her a mask.“Put this on.”Jeremy said those three words gently to Madeline.This action shocked
She turned around. There was a door between them, so she did not know who was out there.“It’s me.” Jeremy’s voice sounded softly from the other side of the food.Madeline quickly put on her mask before opening the door. When she saw the tall man in front of her, she tried her best to keep calm.“Can I help you, Mr. Whitman?”“Don’t take what happened just now to heart. You risked your life to save Lily, so it means you’re kind-hearted. I believe that you won’t push someone for no reason.”Madeline was surprised when she heard this.She did not expect the man to deliberately come and comfort her.Madeline stayed quiet for two seconds when suddenly, she looked into Jeremy’s eyes.“Are you saying that you believe me but not Mrs. Whitman whom you love the most, Mr. Whitman?”“I do,” Jeremy answered without hesitating. His eyes were staring straight into Madeline’s eyes when he added, “I’ll always believe my wife.”“...”“Rest earlier. I’ll be in the study if you need anything.
Madeline stopped abruptly in her tracks.Initially, she was doubting whether she had misheard, but she could clearly feel someone tugging on her clothes.“Mommy.”She heard the cute and childish voice drifting into her ears, and immediately, she felt her heartstrings tightening.The surge of excitement enveloped her chest again. She controlled herself from breaking down and slowly turned around.When she was about to say something, Naomi quickly walked over.“Lily, Mommy’s here.”Naomi grabbed Lily’s hand with a fake soft smile on her face.“I’m so sorry, Quinny. It must be because your eyes look so similar to mine, so that’s why my daughter mistook you as her mother. You should know that she’s still young and doesn’t know a lot of things.”Madeline looked into Naomi’s malicious eyes and said with hidden meaning, “No, I think Lily knows a lot of things and she’s also very smart.”Madeline’s words carried a hidden meaning, and at the same time, she knew Naomi understood what s
“Hmph, Eveline, why haven’t you exposed me yet if you’re not concerned about this?”She said, suddenly reaching out her hand to grab Madeline’s chin to force her to face her.“Tsk, tsk, you’re so ugly that I can’t bear to look at you. I’m curious how your face became disfigured? Do you think it’s karma for killing Rye?”Madeline slowly removed Naomi’s hand from her face, and there was an ominous glint in her cold eyes.“If there’s karma in this world, then you best be prepared because evil people won’t have a good ending.”“Eveline—”“Naomi, Lana wasn’t even my rival and you think you are?”“...”Madeline did not want to waste her breath on Naomi. She picked up her mask to put it on before going upstairs to look for Eloise.Naomi gritted her teeth in dissatisfaction. However, Madeline’s words served as a reminder.Jeremy and the two children felt something for Madeline, and if this continued, then it would be detrimental to her.Naomi pondered secretly. The more she thought
Madeline smiled and bent down next to Eloise to ask patiently.Eloise peered at Naomi who was putting on a fake smile and grabbed Madeline’s hand. “L-Let me tell you a secret.”“Secret?” Madeline was curious. However, she also noticed something amiss with the way Eloise looked at Naomi. “Mrs. Montgomery, what secret do you want to tell me?”Eloise lifted her head and got closer to Madeline’s ear.“That person is not my daughter.”This statement went into Madeline’s ear clearly.She was astonished. She did not expect that despite being delirious and sometimes even failing to recognize her, Eloise could clearly tell that Naomi was a fake.“It’s true. I’m telling you the truth,” Eloise emphasized seriously.Of course, Madeline knew what Eloise said was true. However, she could not do anything to take Naomi down now.She did not know who Carter was yet and there was another matter she needed to take into consideration. Naomi was right. She did not have the courage to face Jeremy n
To be honest, she was indeed Eveline.Madeline felt a pinch in her heart. She did not know whether Eloise felt something too.She slowly squatted in front of Eloise and lifted her hand to grab Eloise’s hand. When she felt the warmth of the touch, she could not help but pour out her grievances to Eloise.“Mom, I’m Eveline,” she said softly. She felt that she could only let down her facade in front of Eloise.Eloise had not fully recovered yet, so she would not know what Madeline was talking about. Therefore, Madeline had a chance to release the weight in her heart this way.When Eloise heard this, there was a glint in her eyes. It seemed as if an abundance of motherly love, gentleness, and benevolence were surging up from within her and enveloping Madeline warmly.Madeline felt the warmth, and she did not think twice before pouring out all of the grievances and truth in her heart.“Mom, the person who looks like me is Ryan’s ex-girlfriend. She took the opportunity on the day I we
When Madeline saw Naomi’s sinister smile, she felt that something was off.Actually, Naomi was good at restricting her because she had too many considerations.Her lover and family whom she cared about were all her weaknesses.As such, Naomi used this point to attack her.Naomi looked around and suddenly lifted her leg to kick the back of Eloise’s wheelchair.The wheels of the wheelchair were locked, but perhaps Naomi was too strong so the wheels slipped and the wheelchair started speeding forward uncontrollably.“Mom!” Madeline ran without hesitation to stop the wheelchair from moving.The wheelchair was heading toward the lake. If Eloise fell, Madeline did not dare to imagine what would happen.She sped ahead and grabbed the handles of the wheelchair to pull it back.Fortunately, Eloise did not fall into the lake. However, Madeline felt a shadow looming behind her suddenly.A second later, Naomi lifted her hand to push Madeline into the lake when Madeline was least expectin