“Eveline, it’s me.”Shirley lifted her hand to pat Madeline’s arm softly.Madeline turned her head to look, and surprise flashed in her eyes. “Shirley?”“It’s me.” Shirley nodded. “Madeline, this is St. Piaf,” Shirley then said.“St. Piaf?” Madeline frowned, gradually recalling all that had happened before falling unconscious.It was clear to her now. She had been Carter’s initial main target in his revenge plan.As Madeline collected her thoughts, she heard Shirley’s kind reminder drifted into her ear.“Eveline, it’s hard for you to leave this place now, but I believe that Jeremy has ways to find you. Though I want to remind you that this is St. Piaf. Carter’s status isn’t ordinary here. In the past, Jeremy could sneak in with a crowd, but he might not be able to this time.”After hearing what Shirley said, Madeline started to feel worried.She was worried not for herself but for Jeremy.“Shirley, do you have a phone? I want to call Jeremy.”Shirley shook her head softly. “
Shirley looked into Madeline’s eyes as she started to become anxious. She was worried that Carter would suddenly return at this moment. If that were the case, she would be unable to help Madeline.Madeline looked around the study vigilantly. She felt that Carter would have installed security cameras in the study.Carter might even be watching her and Shirley’s every move right now.As per Madeline's expectation, Carter, phone in hand, was indeed watching everything that was happening in the study right now.At this moment, he saw Madeline got up, walked to the desk, took a piece of paper from the desk, then picked up a pen and wrote something on the paper.Carter moved the camera to the paper and zoomed in.He could see what Madeline wrote on the paper. “If Carter really performed advanced hypnosis on me, please find a way to hand this paper to Jeremy for me.”Carter furrowed his sharp eyebrows when he saw what was written on the paper. He could not understand why Madeline wrote
“Enough.” Suddenly, Carter interrupted Madeline. His handsome face was filled with indignation. “Eveline, do you think you can shake this off just by saying that? Impossible.”“I’ve never thought of shaking this off. That was why I said that if you want to hypnotize me, you should do it now.”Undaunted, Madeline stared at Carter. She was already prepared for the worst.As Carter eyed Madeline’s indifferent expression, the fire in his heart surged gradually.“Okay, since you insist, I will comply right now.”After speaking, he took out the old-looking pocket watch from his suit pocket.Madeline gave absolutely no attempt in avoiding and stared straight at the pocket watch.When Carter saw how cooperative she was, he immediately started the hypnosis.Upon seeing this, Shirley went up to stop them. “Eveline, are you insane?”She tried to wake Madeline whom she thought had been successfully hypnotized. After that, she glared at Carter.“If you dare hurt her in any way, I’ll kill
Madeline abruptly lifted her head when she heard the voice, and she saw a surprised Camille.Madeline smiled faintly. “Madam Gray, why do you think I’m here? Your son invited me here, of course.”“...” Camille was momentarily silent. She understood what Madeline was saying. Carter had obviously brought her here against her will.Camille did not know what to say to Madeline. At this moment, Shirley reached out and grabbed her hand.“Aunty Cammy, I know you hate me because I left without a word back then, but I hope you can promise me something, for the sake of our past relationship.”Shirley grabbed Camille’s hand tightly.“Let Eveline go.”Camille was stunned when she heard that. She did not reject her directly. It was clear that there was a slight hesitation.She looked at Madeline. Camille was already moved.“Aunty Cammy, Eveline is innocent. Don’t drag her into my relationship with Carter again.”The corners of Shirley’s eyes grew warmed as she spoke.“Our child had ended
Madeline walked onto the balcony. She habitually lifted her hand to touch the wedding ring on her ring finger, but she felt nothing there.How could she have forgotten? She had taken off the ring to leave it on the carpet of the hotel back then.It should be with Jeremy now.She believed Jeremy must have seen the clues she left.“Jeremy, I didn’t think we'd do this again.“But this time, he might completely erase my memory so that he can control my thoughts and memories.“I hope you can understand why I had been so cruel back then. I know you’ll understand.”Madeline murmured as she stared toward the clear sky.Click. The sound of the door opening could be heard from behind her. Madeline could tell who it was from the footsteps alone.“I think you should be ready.” Carter’s nonchalant voice drifted over.Madeline stood her ground, unmoving, ignoring Carter.Carter did not care that Madeline was ignoring him. He merely approached her slowly.“Let me tell you something. Jerem
Carter was a little dazed as he looked at Madeline who had started to enter the state of hypnosis. He had not heard it wrongly. Madeline had just said someone’s name, and that someone was not Jeremy.This deviated from Carter’s hypnosis plan.He looked at Madeline and he tried to pull Madeline’s thoughts together again.“Eveline, I’m asking you again. Who did you see in this crystal ball?”When Madeline heard Carter’s questions, she closed her eyes and, cooperatively and naturally, answered, “Lily. I saw my precious daughter, Lily.”When Carter heard this answer again, he could be sure that the person Madeline missed the most right now was her daughter, Lillian.Lillian was in F Country, and Madeline did not know about her condition and where she was staying. No wonder she missed Lillian so much.Even though Madeline’s reaction altered Carter’s plan at the last minute, he was able to adapt to the situation very quickly.Of course, he had always been confident with his hypnosis
“That’s what happened.” Carter insisted this was what happened, but his eyes were extremely gentle at this moment. “Shirley, you don’t need to bother yourself with any of this. You just need to recuperate properly. Don’t worry, no matter how much effort and money it’ll take, I’ll cure you and make you stand up again.”After promising her, Carter rose to his feet and walked behind Shirley to push her wheelchair slowly.Shirley had nothing to say. There were only silent tears falling from her eyes.She knew that Carter was determined in insisting on his so-called revenge as if he was presently hypnotized by something unseen. Carter, too, did not speak further but merely pushed Shirley forward...After Carter had sent Shirley back to her room, she kept feeling that something was not amiss.She was certain that Carter had already performed the advanced hypnosis on Madeline, but she had no idea how would Madeline act after she was in the advanced hypnosis stage.She wanted to go out
“Eveline…”Shirley looked at Madeline who entered with slow steps. Shirley had a feeling that there was something wrong with the person in front of her, but she could not put a finger on it.Once entered, Madeline glanced at Camille with a slight smile and then shifted her gaze to Shirley.“Are you... a friend of my fiancé?”“...” Shirley was stunned for a moment. When she heard Madeline's words, she was convinced that Madeline had indeed been deeply hypnotized.Madeline’s thoughts were no longer her own. What she said and did was all per Carter's intentions.Shirley merely looked at Madeline without speaking.Upon seeing that Shirley did not respond, Madeline repeated in a friendly manner.“I remember you. You’re Shirley. I seem to have had some unpleasant experiences with you back then, but Carter told me that those are all in the past. Plus, he and I will have a wedding soon. I hope the unhappiness between us can be blown away by this joyous wedding.”The way Madeline spoke