“Jack, be a good boy and watch your sister.”She smiled and urged before striding to the door.Naomi was eating some fruits alone in the living room. She was planning how to get back at Madeline when she saw Madeline bustling downstairs.She was taken aback, and as she was wondering what Madeline was going to do, Madeline had already charged in front of her like a gust of wind.Madeline grabbed Naomi’s collar and did not hesitate before slapping her hard across the face.Slap!“Ah!”Naomi wailed in pain. At the same time, her voice alarmed Karen and Jeremy who just went upstairs.They came out of their rooms at the same time to go downstairs. Then, they saw Madeline holding Naomi’s collar.Karen’s face turned pale from shock. She had no idea what was going on, so she quickly rushed over.Naomi was startled by the sudden slap as well. When she came back to her senses, she glared at Madeline and warned in a low voice.“Eveline, you psychopath! Would you cut it out? How dare yo
Madeline was infuriated and could not endure Naomi’s behavior anymore. She lifted her hand to get ready to pull down her mask to fight head-on with Naomi.When Naomi saw Madeline wanting to remove her mask, she was shocked.Yet, she was not worried at all. She knew Madeline’s face was so horrible it was unbearable for one to look straight at it. As such, no one would believe that a person with that face would be the real Madeline.At this moment, Jeremy appeared behind Madeline.“Quinny,” he called out to Madeline softly.Madeline stopped abruptly after removing one of the straps of her mask.“Quinny, you don’t have to leave. Go back to your room first.” Jeremy walked to Madeline’s side and looked into her eyes with his deep eyes. His gaze was extremely gentle.“How can we do that, Jeremy? She slapped Eveline! She slapped your wife!” Karen emphasized.In Naomi’s heart, she wanted to use Karen to kick Madeline out, but on the surface, she had to pretend to be generous and magnan
Naomi clutched her cheeks that were still hurting from the slaps. She felt that she could not continue this anymore.Madeline was almost fighting head-on with her. What made her uncomfortable and feel strange the most was Jeremy’s attitude.It was obvious that he favored Madeline more now.‘Did he sense something?’Naomi started to panic.…Madeline went back to the children’s room. After she got rid of all her displeasure, she smiled and accompanied Lillian and Jackson with benevolence and gentleness in her eyes. Finally, she left their rooms after she put them to bed.She went to look for Eloise. After seeing that Eloise was sleeping soundly, she went back to her room feeling relieved.After she took a shower, Madeline removed the makeup on her face. The red marks appeared once again in the mirror.Indeed, it was just like Adam said. The red marks would not fade away so easily.The effects of the gel were just like a mask with quick results. The effects after it was absorbe
Madeline thought she was being very gentle, but she still woke Jeremy unexpectedly.She did not want to disturb his rest, but Jeremy was indeed awake now.Madeline was at a loss, so she tried to look for an excuse. “Mr. Whit—”“Linnie.”“...”Jeremy suddenly called out to Madeline with this name.Madeline was stunned and lowered her eyes to look into Jeremy’s eyes. Under the pale moonlight, his bottomless eyes that looked like the night sky appeared a little dazed.“Linnie, it’s great to have you here,” Jeremy lamented. His thin and alluring lips were curled into a happy smile.As he was smiling, he spread his arms to hold Madeline’s waist. Then, he placed his head gently on her body.Madeline was stunned. Was he dreaming? Was he groggy with sleep?She could not understand this. However, she did not want to find out for herself at this moment.Madeline held Jeremy’s head gently, and her fingers glided across his cheek.“I’ll always stay with you and I won’t leave you.”“Li
Immediately, Madeline had a lot of questions in her head. However, she did not have answers to any of them.After sitting on the bed silently for some time, she finally went to change and wash up.When she was washing up, she saw her true face in the mirror. The light in her eyes became slightly duller.She put back her mask and left her room to look for Eloise.Coincidentally when she walked past the corridor, she saw Jeremy walking out of the study.The man’s tall and slender figure was walking over elegantly. His extraordinary aura and temperament touched Madeline’s heart. At this moment, Madeline’s eyes met Jeremy’s.Madeline’s heart started racing for some reason after recalling what happened in the study last night. However, after looking into Jeremy’s eyes, Madeline did not know how to avert her gaze any more.Her heart was beating frantically, but the man seemed unmoved. His lively eyes were looking into hers calmly.Madeline started to feel even more confused about
Madeline walked to the door of the office. When she was about to lift her hand to knock, she could see that there was no one inside through the glass.She pushed the glass door open curiously. After she went in, she placed the document on the desk.She was curious about where Jeremy had gone to when the landline on the desk started ringing.Madeline picked it up since she was there. Then, she heard a man’s voice from the other end of the phone. “Mr. Whitman, the final proposal for ZS has been sent to your inbox this morning. The customer is urging us pretty urgently, so please reply to me as soon as possible. I’ll be waiting here.”After Madeline heard this, she replied naturally, “I’ll tell Mr. Whitman about this. Please hold on.”The person on the other end of the phone was taken aback when he heard the hoarse sound of a woman. After a few seconds, he replied, “Thanks.”“You’re welcome.” After Madeline said that, she hung up the phone.She wanted to call Jeremy, but she notice
“It feels like a waste if I don’t hire you as my secretary,” Jeremy said as if he was feeling rueful. Suddenly, he walked over to Madeline and said, “Do you want to be my secretary? The kind who’s always around me no matter the time and place?”“...”Madeline felt as if she had never seen Jeremy like this before. He was saying this in such a serious manner and yet there was a frivolous smirk on his handsome face.This should not be the expression he should have.Madeline had nothing to say to that. However, Jeremy took one step closer to her.His body towered over hers, and his aura that was like a shadow quickly enveloped Madeline.Madeline sensed that something was amiss with Jeremy. She took a step back, but Jeremy suddenly grabbed her wrist.“Are you declining my invitation?” There was a smile on his lips, and beneath his bottomless eyes, there was an unclear sense of sentiment.Madeline tried to control herself and pretended to be calm. “Mr. Whitman, you’re different from
‘What?’Madeline widened her crystal clear eyes, and for a moment, she could not understand what Jeremy just said.However, while she was feeling confused, Jeremy suddenly lifted her face. Through the thin layer of her mask, he leaned down and pressed his lips against Madeline’s lips.“...”Madeline widened her eyes in shock. She had no words to describe how she was feeling now.‘Jeremy, what’s wrong with you?’Madeline thought she was pretty quick-witted, but at this moment, she could not see through Jeremy at all.When she came back to her senses to push Jeremy away, she could feel his fingers landing on her ear. He wanted to take off her mask.Madeline lifted her hand abruptly and grabbed his hand.“Jeremy Whitman.”She was calling him by his full name.Jeremy lifted his alluring eyes and looked into Madeline’s infuriated ones.“Mr. Whitman, don’t forget that you’re someone with a family,” Madeline reminded him.“Of course, I know that.” Jeremy smirked, his expression s