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
Madeline held Shirley’s gaze for a couple of seconds before turning around silently to leave.Carter was busy reassuring Shirley. When her emotions had finally settled down, he noticed that Madeline had already left.Finding this suspicious, Carter retrieved the footage from the security cameras. It was then that he realized Madeline had entered the closet earlier.She had waited until Carter had stepped out before entering Shirley's room. Regardless, the amount of time she spent inside was not long. It had only been the duration he had taken to cook porridge for Shirley.However, he had no way of finding out what had happened in the room. With Shirley's current condition, it would be impossible to obtain any information from her.After leaving Gray Villa, Madeline had gone directly to Whitman Corporation. Jeremy had not been dealing with the corporation's matters for quite some time. There seemed to have been so many incidents happening consecutively around him for the past t
Madeline thought about the expression in Shirley’s eyes. Shirley had not seemed like someone who was delirious. Her gaze had been firm, and it had been evidently signaling for Madeline to leave Gray Villa as soon as possible.In hindsight, Shirley had pretended to be scared at that moment so she could manipulate Carter, creating a smooth exit for Madeline."Jeremy, is it possible that the effects of AXP69's anti-toxoid test reagent differ between when it's ingested and when it's injected?" The question came from the depths of Madeline's heart because she felt that Shirley's symptoms differed from Madeline's during Madeline's flare-up.Jeremy had a faint guess from Madeline's question. "Have you noticed anything wrong, Linnie?"Madeline nodded. "You told me this before. When I went through the final stage of the flare-up, my memories were stuck at my most painful moments, and I could not even remember that we were in love. But Shirley seemed to be different.""How was she behaving?
As he approached her, the man removed his sunglasses and revealed his striking, gallant features.Felipe stared at Cathy's photo with red eyes, not speaking another word for some time. Madeline was not surprised at all to find that Felipe was still alive. She was merely shocked to see Felipe appear at that exact moment. However, when she noticed Jeremy coming through the door, Madeline slowly began to understand. Jeremy had left the house an hour ago, saying he had an important task to handle. It turned out he had gone to bail Felipe.Felipe reflected on what had happened a few months ago. He had lost all hope and accepted the execution by shooting, giving up any chance to appeal. Later, however, he had been finally persuaded by Madeline and Jeremy, and Felipe finally came around.He had decided to appeal. He chose to live rather than die.After that, the matter had been handled discreetly. Apart from Madeline and Jeremy, nobody else knew that Felipe was sentenced to 20
Felipe's voice trembled. Even his hand, which held the candle, began to shake. He tried to hold back his tears, but he could not stop the grief from flooding his heart. He recalled bits and pieces of his memories. If he had been nice to Cathy in even the slightest, perhaps he would not be so pained to the point of having difficulty breathing.He had, however, mostly brought her tears and heartache over those years."Cath, I'll personally raise our children. "I'll remember what you had told me. I'll teach our children to be righteous and be useful members of society." Felipe promised from the bottom of his heart. His tear-filled gaze remained fixed on the photo of Cathy, who was smiling brightly like a blooming flower. "Cath, let's arrange to meet again in our next lives. When that time comes, let me be the one to court you. Let me be the one to love you." Felipe reached out and gently brushed his cold fingertips across the photo. 'Cath, I actually knew. 'The day we pa
When Old Master Whitman learned about this, he traveled back from his retirement home that very night.As he regarded the pigeon pair in front of him, who was barely 2 years old, his timeworn eyes began to glisten."So many people in this world dream of coming into the upper-class society, but not many of them realize that people within that society actually yearn for a quiet and peaceful life instead."Old Master Whitman expressed in a heartfelt lament; his worn face was filled with melancholy and anxiety. "Money and power can be really harmful at times. If I had not come from this large family, Felipe's thoughts wouldn't have gone awry when his parents died in the car accident, and perhaps his youth and future would've been spared.” "Grandpa, don't imagine such things," Madeline comforted Old Master Whitman as she held his hand gently. "Money and power are not harmful things in themselves. It's the hearts of people that are terrible. The kind of people whose hearts bear mali
Without further questions, Jeremy smiled in apparent agreement and replied, "I'll follow you wherever you go."Madeline's eyes twinkled as a smile tugged at the corners of her mouth. She affectionately leaned back into Jeremy's embrace once again.The stars tonight were not bright, but at this moment, Madeline felt warm in her heart.The following morning, Madeline went to the police station with Jeremy.After leaving the police station, Jeremy drove his car to the main entrance of Gray Villa.Madeline and Jeremy were barred from entry by a bodyguard at the entrance, but Jeremy was not someone that would allow himself to be stopped.Carter and Camille had originally chartered a flight to bring Shirley back to St. Piaf today, but Ada's mother had suddenly shown up in a fit of rage. Presently, she was in the living room demanding an explanation from Carter and Camille. Madeline and Jeremy had just arrived at the door when they heard Ada's mother yelling angrily."Carter, is th