Ada, noticing that Madeline was gazing at her strangely, drew her hand back abruptly."Eveline, don't you f*cking bother me any further! Otherwise, I'll have the bodyguards throw you out!" Ada warned Madeline impatiently and turned around quickly. Afraid that she would be caught up again by Madeline, Ada intentionally quickened her pace. Madeline quietly stood in the same spot. Her forehead creased slightly as she watched the back of Ada's figure as Ada retreated. “She seems very pleased by this fire."As for Jeremy, he too had an inkling from what Ada had unintentionally blurted out earlier. "Linnie, let me first accompany you to see Adam and Cathy for one last time."Jeremy took Madeline's hand. As for the cause of the fire, he had already deduced some theories.Through Jeremy's connections in Glendale, they finally located where Adam and Cathy were placed. It was the coldest place in the hospital, and also a place where no one wished to visit.The door opened, and a c
Ada had initially turned around, about to leave, but when she heard Madeline's words, her obstinate temper flared. She turned around defiantly and when she saw Madeline already sitting on the sofa without being invited to, Ada immediately resumed her appearance as Mrs. Gray and scoffed. "I don't need you to remind me how the Gray family receives their guests. You, though, have a complete lack of manners when visiting people's homes. You came in and sat down straightway. Have you got my permission? I'm the female hostess of this family.""Female hostess of this family?" Madeline smirked as she looked around. "I don't see any hostess around. I do see a pitiful woman here claiming to be the hostess of the family, though." "..."The persistence in Ada's smile crumpled suddenly, and she glared furiously at Madeline. "Eveline, it seems like you're here to cause me trouble, aren't you?" Madeline gave another smirk upon hearing that. "You have utterly no value to this family. Is the
"That was not my intention. Madam Gray and I merely share the same sentiment, that you should keep quiet if you have nothing better to say. Your words would bring your husband Carter trouble."As Madeline spoke, her brow furrowed as she elegantly picked up her teacup and took a sip of black tea. "Furthermore, in terms of people who'd benefit from Adam and Cathy's deaths, Carter won't gain anything at all. On the contrary, their deaths have caused him some significant losses. If he had set the fire, wouldn't he be shooting himself in the foot?""..." Ada had not expected Madeline to analyze the issue from that perspective. Ada felt uneasy as she recalled the words which she had unintentionally blurted out yesterday. She wondered if Madeline was acting this way because of what Ada had said. Regardless of whether that was true or not, Camille, however, was clearly very satisfied with Madeline's remark."Mrs. Whitman is correct. There's no reason for Carter to harm others without
Upon hearing that, Carter burst out laughing, but the smile on his face seemed spine-chilling.“Of course, I believe you.”“Really?” Ada looked expectantly at Carter who had just said he believed her.However, in the next second, Carter’s gaze darkened.“I believe in myself. I believe that someone like you would indeed do something like that.”“...” Ada’s widened as she felt her heartbeat grew more erratic. Presently, Carter’s eyes gaze bore a hint of ruthless murderous intent.He cared about Shirley, and he cared about her very particularly. That was why he now believed what Madeline had said.When Ada saw Carter closing in on her, one step at a time, Ada felt as though her heart would leap out of her mouth.If she admitted to this, she knew what would happen to her.However, if she did not, what other excuses could she find…Just as she was still silently coming up with an excuse in her heart, Carter had already forced her to a dead-end. She could no longer back away.“Car
Her pain was so great that she could not make any other sound. She could only curl up on the floor, coughing fiercely.Carter walked over and stepped on Ada’s fingers.The pain brought tears to the corners of her eyes and made her bones tremble.However, that was not the extent of Carter’s punishment. He bent down. His dark aura enveloped Ada. His long and thin fingers grabbed Ada’s hair. “Do you know how it feels to be disfigured and have your legs broken? Do you know how it feels to be burned alive?”“… Cough cough. Carter, no, don’t…” Ada looked at Carter in terror. “I didn’t s… set the fire… I have nothing to do with Cathy and Adam’s deaths. It’s Eveline. It’s her. She’s slandering me. I really didn’t…”“Heh…” Carter chuckled coldly, and his eyes darkened further. “Guards!”After summoning the bodyguards, Carter pushed Ada away in disgust, then took out a handkerchief and disdainfully wiped his hands.“Throw her into the kennel in the backyard. Beat her if she struggles.”“
Carter was always a confident and proud man. However, at this moment, looking into Madeline’s eyes suddenly, he was at a loss at what to do.Camille, who seemed to have noticed Carter’s discomfort, walked over.“Mrs. Whitman, you can just ask anything you want.”“I don’t think you’d be able to provide me the answer to my question, Mrs. Gray,” Madeline said before she looked into Carter’s eyes again.“Carter, it wasn’t a coincidence when you saved me at sea the other time, right?”Carter had never expected Madeline to ask this question.He did not know if Madeline had caught on to something, but there was an incisiveness and edge in her gaze that Carter could not hide from.“Carter, you hesitated.”Even though it had only been two or three seconds, these seconds were enough for Madeline to confirm her suspicions.At one side, Camille frowned in confusion. “Mrs. Whitman, you had an accident at sea back then and Carter saved you by chance. Why do you think it wasn’t? Could Carter
The first reason was to expose Ada; the second reason was that she wanted to see Shirley.Madeline followed behind them and arrived at Shirley’s room.Although she did not go in, she saw Carter looking worried as he hurried to the side of Shirley’s bed.He did not look as fierce and ruthless as he had been in front of Ada. He went up to Shirley, who seemed terrified, and pulled her into his arms, gently comforting her.“Shirley, don’t be scared. I’m here,” Carter comforted patiently.One would know that Shirley held an important place in his heart upon seeing his worried expression.“Fire! There’s a fire! Carter, I saw a huge fire! Addy was in the fire and he was burned alive!”Shirley grabbed Carter’s collar as she continued to murmur in terror.“Addy can’t die. I promised mom and dad to take care of him. He can’t die, Addy can’t die…”“He’s not dead, Shirley. Adam’s not dead.” Carter patiently comforted Shirley who was increasingly losing control of her emotions.“He’s dead
After Madeline had gone in, she softly closed the door.Aside from Shirley, who was sleeping on the bed, there was no one else in the room.Shirley, likely to have fallen asleep not long ago, was not yet sound asleep. When she heard Madeline’s footsteps, she suddenly opened her eyes.When she saw Madeline walking over to her, Shirley seemed to pause briefly, then a look of surprise showed on her face, but she did not appear to panic.Since she could not feel her legs, she did not get up; instead, she only laid in the bed.She looked very off-colored. It was clear that it was due to the weakness caused by her illness.That led Madeline to recall the time when she had experienced the flare-up of the fourth stage of the poison. She would have probably looked like this as well.She would have been maniacally blabbering nonsense, and she would have been recalling those painful and dark memories in her head.“Shirley, do you still remember me?” Madeline walked to the side of the bed