When Camille saw the displeasure on Carter’s face, she sat down on the sofa calmly.“Did you really trick Eveline into signing a marriage certificate with you? From the very beginning, didn’t she put up this pretense with you only to help you shake off Ada?”“When you were signing the marriage certificate during the engagement, she only obliged and signed the certificate because you said it was simply a formality, isn’t that right?”Faced with these questions from Camille, Carter could not offer any rebuttal. His silence thus gave Camille the most direct answer.Camille, however, was a bit vexed. “Carter, you’ve always been straightforward and upright when you act, and you disdained petty maneuvers like this, but this time…”“That’s because at times, to complete a goal and task, certain skills are required.” “I, however, don’t think this is a skill. This is manipulation and entrapment. This might even be destruction. You will ruin Eveline,” Camille rationally corrected him.“
This sentence came from Madeline’s mouth so naturally, but it pierced into Jeremy’s heart.He could not help but remember his inappropriate behavior.She always viewed him as the man she loved the most and her husband. However, he refused to admit her status.When he thought about this, Jeremy did not know if it was a figment of his imagination but suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his heart. Then, a familiar dull pain washed over him. It even began getting harder for him to breathe.Madeline immediately noticed the changes in Jeremy’s expression. She grabbed his arm tightly, asking, “Jeremy, what’s wrong?”Jeremy did not want Madeline to worry. He wanted to hide the fact that he was feeling extremely unwell, but his labored breathing caused him not to have the energy to speak.Looking at Jeremy’s complexion that was getting worse, Madeline started to panic. “What’s wrong, Jeremy? What’s going on? Tell me where the discomfort is coming from.”Madeline asked incoherently. Her eye
Jeremy used all of the energy he had to trap Madeline into a tight hug.Madeline was stunned. She could feel Jeremy’s arms shaking when they were around her. His hands were also shaking and his entire body as well.“Jeremy…”Madeline’s heart started to ache.She did not know if he was shaking because he was in too much pain or whether he was too worried about her.“Jeremy, I have to go. No one and nothing here can help you aside from that anti-toxoid test reagent, so I have to go…”“There’s someone else who can help me…”Jeremy said this sentence weakly.Madeline was stunned when she heard this. “Who?”“Shirley Brown.”That stunning face immediately appeared in Madeline’s brain.“Shirley?” she asked in disbelief.“Yes, her.” Jeremy tightened his arms around her. “Not long ago after I finished buying you the new clothes, I saw her standing outside the door of our room.”“Why is she in St. Piaf? How does she know where we are?” Madeline widened her alluring eyes in surprise.
Madeline did not want to beat around the bush anymore. However, she did not want Jeremy to know that the person standing at the door was Carter.She took a step toward Carter and closed the door.“What’s your purpose in doing this?”“Today at 7 p.m., I’ll be waiting in the study of Gray Manor. I’ll tell you what my purpose is then.” Carter gave her this answer and opened his palm once again. He picked up the anti-toxoid test reagent in his hand and shook it in front of Madeline.“I think you don’t have a reason to reject, right? Once that poison flares up again, it’ll be 100 times worse than what you imagine.”Carter’s words undoubtedly exposed the fact that he knew about Jeremy’s situation well.Madeline had no choice and said, “Okay, tonight at 7 p.m. I’ll go meet you.”“I hope you can avoid Jeremy as best as you can. Don’t let him follow you again. This will be the best for you and him.” Carter seemed to be reminding her out of goodwill.Madeline nodded mechanically and agre
Carter looked at the person who came in and got up slowly.“Can I help you?” he asked courteously, being very respectful toward Camille.“I’m here to tell you that you can stop waiting now. Eveline won’t come,” Camille opened her mouth and told him with an insipid tone.Camille’s answer caused Carter’s expression to freeze for a second. After a moment, he curled the corners of his lips. “You came all the way here to help her tell me this? I got it.”Carter smiled and finished saying that. Then, he sat back down on his seat.Of course, Camille could see Carter’s displeasure. She slowly walked to the desk and said earnestly.“Carter, you’ve been exceptional ever since you were a child. Don’t care too much about what your father thinks and be too stern with yourself to chase after those unattainable things. This will only make you lose yourself in the end.”After Carter heard what Camille said, he kept a small smile on his face. However, there was even more ambition and desire in h
“Jeremy, what’s wrong? What are you looking at?”When Jeremy heard Madeline’s curious voice, Jeremy seemed to come back to his senses suddenly.His long and thin fingers slid across the screen as though he did not want Madeline to see something. He immediately locked his phone and placed it into his pocket. He got up and walked toward Madeline with a gentle smile. Then, he grabbed her shoulder softly.“Linnie, what did Mrs. Gray say to you?”When he mentioned this, Madeline smiled. Her sweet dimples blossomed next to her lips as well.“Guess.” She decided to keep him on tenterhooks.Jeremy looked at Madeline’s smile without blinking. He unconsciously lifted his hand to stroke her cheek. His charming and deep narrow eyes were filled with heartbreak.“It’s been a while since I saw you smile like this.” He sighed with sorrow. That statement carried a lot of complicated emotions.Madeline immediately understood how Jeremy was feeling right now. She placed her palm over the back of
Jeremy turned around, calm and composed. With an indifferent expression, he faced the woman who was walking toward him.“The sudden flaring of the poison in my body wasn’t due to chance, but rather a scheme, correct?” Jeremy asked directly. “You’ve never been helping me from the start, were you, Shirley, or should I call you Ms. Brown?”Shirley, one arm folded while the other held a thin and long cigarette, leisurely took a long drag, and walked toward Jeremy while puffing away.“When you thought you were at death’s door and then decided to leave Eveline willingly before serendipitously meeting me, the ‘doctor’, on the plane–all of this was indeed a scheme”. Shirley, her red lips curled, walked toward Jeremy and stopped in front of him.“I’m quite moved by you, actually, but I enjoy conducting experiments even more. However, I’m not the same as Adam. He likes to save people, while I like to… harm people.”She admitted with a magnanimous look, the smile on her grew more intense.
“Jeremy, did something happen?”“I don’t know how I should say this. In short, after we’ve met Carter tonight, we leave this place immediately.”“Yeah, okay.” Madeline still felt that this was strange, but she did not enquire further.However, she could clearly feel that Jeremy’s palm, which was holding hers, turned slightly cold.‘Jeremy, what are you scared of? Or is this because of the poison?’Madeline pondered anxiously. This feeling persisted until 7 p.m.Camille called. She told Madeline that Carter was already waiting in the hotel restaurant, and Madeline could head over now.However, Camille also added a reminder. “Carter said he’ll only meet with you alone, so do ask your husband to wait for you someplace else and not at the restaurant, lest Carter changes his mind from displeasure.”Madeline too wanted this to go smoothly, so she agreed.Although Jeremy was worried about Madeline, he was an unreasonable person.When Madeline went to the restaurant by herself, he fo