“Jeremy Whitman.”Madeline pretended to be angry and interrupted him. Her eyes that looked like the stars were staring fixedly at him.“In this life, you only have feelings for me, and it’s the same for me as well.”The melancholy between Jeremy's eyebrows disappeared for a while. “I only pretended to be jealous just to hear you say this, Linnie.”“Uh-huh, were you?” Madeline raised her eyebrows. “If that's the case, I want to tell you one more thing.”“What's up?”“I’m engaged to him.”“What?” Jeremy was shocked, and his expression changed transiently. “What do you mean by that?”“Didn’t you say you’re not jealous?” Madeline's face showed a rare but playful smile.Jeremy was anxious now. “Linnie, tell me what’s going on.”Seeing the man's anxious appearance, Madeline explained in a neither too fast nor too slow manner, “In order to not owe him any favors, I cooperated with him to put on a show.”After Jeremy listened to Madeline's explanation, the sadness on his handsome fa
Madeline felt relieved that Jeremy was able to be so understanding of her.She leaned over and kissed Jeremy's cheek lightly. “Jeremy, wait for me to come home.”“Okay.” Jeremy smiled back.After handing Pudding to the servant's care, Jeremy drove Madeline to the vicinity of Carter's manor.The rain was not so heavy now, and Madeline entered the manor alone holding an umbrella.Carter was sitting on the sofa in the living room while reading a book. He saw that Madeline was back and no longer wearing a mask as she was before. His eyes stayed on her face for a few seconds before speaking.“Didn’t you say that you would stay with me last night and you don't want to go back to Whitman Manor? Why did you go again this morning?”“I left some of my personal items over there, so I went to get them.”Carter nodded. “Have you gotten them?”“Gotten them?”“That means you don't need to go back there anymore, right?”“...” Madeline felt like she had fallen into a trap. As such, she had t
“When did you come in? You almost scared me to death!” Ada complained while feeling pissed at her old lady.Ada’s mother glanced at the chicken that had been tampered with. “You were too careless. You should close the door when you’re doing this sort of thing. You’d be dead if I wasn’t the one who came in.”Ada chuckled disapprovingly. “Even if someone else came in, I would’ve already thought of an explanation for myself.” She had a look of contempt on her face. “Hmph, I want to utterly make a fool of that plastic freak tonight! By the time Camille takes a sip of the soup with peanuts in it, her whole body will definitely get an allergic reaction on the spot, and when that happens, that plastic freak will definitely suffer!”“Do you think this will work?” Ada's mother still had some worries. “Carter might still defend her.”“Let him defend her, then. If this doesn’t work, I have another scheme prepared for her.” Ada narrowed her eyes and looked triumphant. “If I can't be the viscou
Carter looked back at Madeline gently and tenderly. “Eveline, come and sit.”Madeline nodded with a cooperative smile and sat down on the seat pointed out by Carter.Then, Carter also sat down next to her.Ada watched this scene, and she was so angry that her eyes almost started to bleed.Ada’s mother quietly patted Ada's hand and hinted at Ada with her eyes.The mother and daughter quickly exchanged glances.“This plastic freak will know what’s coming for her soon. Don't lose your image in front of so many people.”“Understood. She won’t be able to laugh soon!”Ada glared fiercely at Madeline who had a smile on her face. She took a deep breath before putting on a dignified and decent smile. She pretended to be magnanimous as she blessed them.“Carty and I have been childhood sweethearts for so many years. I’m also happy for Carty now that he has found a fiancée who’s everything he could wish for.”“Carty, Miss Montgomery, I sincerely wish you guys all the best.”She said wh
Camille was very allergic to peanuts. If she was even near them, her entire body would start to itch and red rashes would appear after a while, let alone if she consumed them. Her allergic reaction would be quite severe.She had seen a lot of doctors, but they said it was because of Camille's special physique.As long as Camille drank this bowl of soup with peanuts in it, Madeline would surely be finished.Everyone knew that she was the one solely responsible for the food tonight.Madeline could not escape the blame if something happened to Camille.The more Ada thought about it, the happier she was. The smile at the corner of her mouth started overflowing uncontrollably.When Camille was about to drink the soup, she suddenly put down the spoon.“Did you make this soup too?” Camille asked Madeline suddenly as if she did not believe her.Madeline nodded. “Yeah, I made it. Is there something wrong?”Camille curled the corners of her lips. “There’s nothing wrong with it, and it s
Madeline was even more certain that there was something wrong with this soup now.On the contrary, Camille felt that Madeline was pretending to be mysterious. She picked up the bowl again and lifted the spoon to have a taste.Seeing this, Ada and her mother showed sinister smirks on their faces and widened their eyes to watch Camille drink the soup.When Camille was about to put the soup in her mouth, Madeline suddenly stood up and stretched out her arm to slap the bowl in Camille's hand away.The bowl immediately slipped from Camille's hand and fell on the marble floor with a loud crash.“Ah!” Camille exclaimed. She instinctively avoided the fragments and soup that splashed out. She raised her head, saying angrily, “Eveline Montgomery, what are you doing? Do you not want me to have a good meal? Do you want to go against me?”Madeline's move stunned everyone in the room.Carter's face sank instantly. He was obviously very displeased as he said coldly, “What are you doing?”Ada
Feeling Madeline's gaze on her, Ada was startled and had a guilty conscience.She immediately looked away in a panic and glanced at her mother who was next to her.Ada’s mother understood instantly and immediately targeted Madeline, saying, “Eveline, you were the one who prepared the dinner. Do you want to shirk responsibility now? Do you know what the consequences will be if Camille had drunk this bowl of soup?”Madeline met Ada's questioning eyes magnanimously. “I don't know what the consequences will be, but you two should be very clear about that.”“...” Ada’s mother flushed.“Miss Montgomery, what do you mean by that?” Ada asked, pretending to be wronged and confused.Madeline smiled slightly. “What do I mean? You two should know very well in your hearts.”“You… Eveline, just spit it out!” Ada's mother had an angry expression on her face. “Camille, look at this woman. How can she be so shameless? It’s fine that she has made a mistake and doesn't want to admit it, but she’s
Ada’s mother quickly walked over and started stirring the soup in the pot continuously with the ladle. Then, she used the fork to slice open the stomach of the chicken.The strong smell of peanuts started spreading in the air. Everyone could see a fistful of peanuts hiding in the stomach of the chicken.When Camille saw this, her face was flushed white.She backed away, extremely disgusted and scared of peanuts.“Eveline, you’re so devious. Carter had explicitly told you that I can’t touch peanuts, yet you put so much of them in the soup. You even hid them so secretively. You’re obviously trying to kill me!”When Carter saw this, his expression became cold.“You’re so careless.” His tone was filled with blame and dissatisfaction.“This is not carelessness, she did this on purpose! She must be harboring hard feelings for Camille because she lectured her last time. How evil!” Ada’s mother did not miss out on any chance to add fuel to fire.Ada was very satisfied now. Even though