After Madeline heard that, she looked at the time. She smiled and parted her lips, saying, “I’ll arrive at the place Mr. Carter has arranged on time, so you don’t have to drive me. My husband will go with me.”The driver smiled. “Miss Montgomery, you’ve misunderstood me. Mr. Carter asked me to drive you because he wants you to go alone. Plus, Mr. Carter doesn’t want people to know the place I’ll be bringing you to.”What a mysterious place.Madeline was hesitating. She then heard the driver saying, “Mr. Carter knows that you want to return the favor of him saving you, so it’s best if you go yourself, Miss Montgomery.”Madeline had to admit that she did want to return this favor. This way, she would be able to stop getting involved with this man.However, why was this person investigating Jeremy?While she was wondering about this, Jeremy drove over in his car.When he saw what was happening at the door, he stopped the car, got out, and walked over.“Linnie, who’s this?”“He’s
After the door was opened, Madeline saw a room filled with warm tones that was decorated comfortably.She felt curious. There was even such a feminine room in this manor and it was in the basement.While Madeline was feeling curious, she heard the man’s deep and charming voice from her side.“You’re here.”Madeline froze and turned around to see Carter sitting in front of a desk. There was nothing on it aside from a beautiful, sparkling, and translucent crystal ball.However, Madeline was not in the mood to admire this. She walked in front of the desk and looked at the man who had an unknown expression on his face. She thanked him sincerely, “Mr. Carter, I’m really thankful for you for saving my life and allowing me to go back to my home. I didn’t mean to lie to you back then, but—”“You found out that I’m gathering information on Jeremy Whitman, so as his wife, you were curious but at the same time concerned for him. That’s why you decided to beat me at my own game and stay with
Jeremy looked at the lying butler and did not waste his time questioning him. He followed Carter’s entourage into the living room.Carter was sitting on the sofa of the living room. He was flipping through a book lazily while sipping on his tea. When he saw Jeremy, he put down his book and teacup before getting up to greet him courteously.“Mr. Whitman, welcome to my house. Please sit.”Jeremy looked around the living room but did not see Madeline anywhere. He furrowed his brows and felt an unknown sense of anxiety in his heart.“Mr. Gray, I’m not here as a guest. I’m here to take my wife Eveline home.” Jeremy was feeling agitated, but he was trying his best to control himself and stay cool.Carter looked at the deeply worried look that was showing faintly in Jeremy’s eyes. However, he displayed a confused look instead.“I’ve asked my driver to drive Mrs. Whitman home ten minutes ago. Did she not tell you?”“You asked your driver to send my wife home?” Jeremy was confused. He ha
Carter sat leisurely at the desk and watched Madeline who was lying on the bed silently. His long fingers were fiddling with the recording pen.After he turned the switch on, the recording pen repeated these sentences, “Jeremy, I’m home now. My phone is running out of battery. I’ll see you later.”After listening to it a few times, Carter tossed the recording pen to one side.Then, he took out a book about psychology on the table. When he was about to read it, he noticed signs of Madeline, who was on the bed, waking up from the corners of his eyes.He closed the book, and his round fingertips glided across the book about hypnosis. He walked to the side of the bed.“Eveline.”He called Madeline’s name softly.Madeline furrowed her brows. She wanted to open her eyes, but it seemed as if she was stuck in a deep dream.“Eveline, imagine a gigantic crystal ball in front of you. Now, the crystal ball will bring you to the world that initially belonged to you. Now, open your eyes.”M
After hearing what Camille said, Carter continued to flip through the book in his hand slowly.He understood Camille’s concerns, but he had his own plans.“I know what’s her purpose, so don’t worry. Everything’s in my control.” Carter’s tone was irreverent. However, the assurance in his voice sounded pretty confident.After Madeline went back to her room to wash up, she went downstairs.When she saw Carter and Camille in the living room, she walked toward Carter naturally and smiled before greeting Camille.“Hello, Aunty Cammy.”“...” Camille did not expect Madeline to greet her like this.After that night, she had a pretty good impression of Madeline. However, when she remembered Madeline and Jeremy’s relationship, she felt a headache coming again.She did not ask too much. Instead, she smiled and walked away.Carter placed the book in his hand down and walked over to Madeline. A warm smile appeared on his handsome face. “Do you feel better after the nap? Do you want me to ta
He was happy to see her because he thought something bad had happened to her.However, at the same time, Jeremy felt dissatisfied. “Carter, you lied and said you sent my wife home. If that’s the case, why is she here?”Jeremy questioned Carter. Then, he grabbed her hand to take her home.“Linnie, I’ll take you home.”Jeremy grabbed Madeline and was about to leave but unexpectedly, Madeline removed her hand out of his grip all of a sudden.“What are you doing?” Madeline asked with displeasure on her face.Jeremy heard that and his expression changed immediately as well. He asked, “Linnie, what’s wrong?”“Why are you calling me in such an intimate way? Do I know you?” Madeline asked coldly.In that instant, Jeremy felt a chill surging from the bottom of his feet to his heart.He looked absent-mindedly at Madeline who looked impatient. For a second, he was at a loss.“Linnie?”When Madeline heard Jeremy calling her again, she furrowed her brows and walked over to Carter.“Cart
Madeline’s answer felt like a clap of thunder striking above Jeremy’s head.He felt as if his thoughts were being tugged at violently. He could not believe what he had just heard.However, Jeremy tried his best to control his emotions and make himself calm. He explained patiently, “Linnie, you’ve never married another man aside from me in your life.”Yet, Madeline only peered at Jeremy coldly. “I know my business. You don’t have to spew so much nonsense with me. I don’t want to hear it.”Madeline said while walking to Carter.Carter curled the corners of his lips quietly and pulled Madeline behind him.When Jeremy saw this, he felt his heart growing cold. Back then, she would only stand behind him and they would face everything together fearlessly. However, she was standing behind another man now.The more Jeremy thought about this, the more confused he was. He could not accuse Madeline of anything, so he shifted his questioning and hostile gaze to Carter.“Mr. Gray, aren’t you
However, the way she looked at him was cold and there were no emotions.Jeremy could only watch as Madeline went upstairs.Jeremy did not want to cause any trouble for Madeline, so he only questioned Carter after Madeline went upstairs.“Carter, what did you do to my wife?”Carter remained calm. “She’s staying out of her own will. I didn’t do anything to her.”There was depth behind his words. “Perhaps I have some secrets that she wants to find out so that’s why she’s doing this. What do you think, Mr. Whitman?”After Carter asked this, Jeremy suddenly remembered something.‘Is Linnie doing this because she wants to know why Carter is investigating me?’Jeremy asked himself. This was the only reason that he could think of to explain why Madeline was being so cruel to him.However, no matter how he thought about this, Jeremy could not see through the way Madeline had looked at him and the way she treated him just now. It did not look like she was pretending or acting. It looked