Hannah looked at Madeline who approached her, and after a brief pause, she cried even harder now.Madeline knelt slowly. “Don't cry.”Through Hannah's misty and teary eyes, she saw a clean handkerchief appearing in front of her.“Wipe your tears. Stop crying.” Madeline comforted, “If someone who cares about you knows that you’re crying so hard now, they will definitely feel distressed.”Upon hearing Madeline's words, Hannah laughed self-mockingly and spoke slowly.“I’ve been the apple of my family’s eyes since I was a child, and my parents regarded me as their treasure. Gradually, I became very proud and complacent. I went to Gray Manor to be a maid not because I wanted to be a maid, but to prove myself.”As Hannah said that, she cried even harder.Madeline squatted in front of Hannah, quietly and patiently listening to Hannah talk about the dissatisfaction and depression in her heart.“Soon after that, I was able to prove myself because only exceptional girls could work as mai
Madeline stood up and reached out to Hannah.“Get up.”After hearing Madeline's urging, Hannah lifted her head and she dazedly stared at Madeline's palm outstretched in front of her.How could this be?Was this not her hallucination?“Even if we can’t be friends, we don’t have to be enemies, right?”Madeline asked with a generous smile, and her palm moved closer to Hannah.Hannah felt more ashamed in her heart when she saw Madeline’s warm smile.“I’m sorry.”Finally, those two words came out of Hannah's mouth.She did not have the slightest perfunctory or hypocrisy. This apology was entirely sincere.Madeline curled her lips into a smile. “I accept your apology.”As she said that, she shook her hand lightly.Hannah instantly understood Madeline's meaning, and she finally reached out her hand to gently hold Madeline's hand.At that moment, she felt her palm turning warm in the cold winter wind.This warm touch slowly reached all the way to her heart.“Thank you, Eveline.
This was a pretty good ending.Jeremy smiled and bent down to hug his son. “Jack, don't worry. Your mommy is so smart, how would she allow that nasty woman to bully her?”“Really?” Jackson was still a little uneasy. “Mommy, were you really not being bullied by that nasty woman?”When she saw that her son was so worried about her, Madeline nodded vigorously and affirmatively.“Really, I’m fine.”“That’s good. It’s good that you’re fine, Mommy.” Jackson breathed a silent sigh of relief.“Of course, nothing will happen to her because she expected this to happen a long time ago.” Jeremy carried his son while explaining and walking towards the car parked at the door.Jackson blinked his eyes curiously. “What does this mean?”“It means that your mommy has long known that this nasty woman will find her, so she has long been prepared, and I’ve always been behind Mommy. So, as long as Mommy might get bullied, I’ll show up to protect her,” Jeremy explained patiently.After hearing that,
“Mrs. Whitman, help me!”The person asked Madeline for help. She looked terrified and panicked, and she also looked battered and exhausted.“What happened? I thought you had returned to St. Piaf. Why are you still in Glendale?” Madeline asked patiently.When Hannah was about to answer, there was a sound of overlapping footsteps outside the parking lot, accompanied by the voices of several women talking.“I saw her running in here just now.”“Let's go in and take a look!”“I’ll teach her a painful lesson later!”“Mrs. Whitman, help me!” Hannah quickly asked for help again.Madeline glanced at the source of the sound and then unlocked the car.“Get in the car first.”“Thank you!” Hannah thanked and hurriedly got into the passenger seat.After that, Madeline got into the car and stepped on the accelerator.As she turned the steering wheel, she caught a glimpse of a few young and fashionable girls walking quickly into the parking lot.Hannah, who was sitting in the passenger s
The restaurant staff was busy with their own work, and the customers dining did not care who entered the restaurant.However, Hannah, who seemed very nervous and flustered, remained by Madeline's side. Even when she was eating, she kept her head low and did not utter a word. She only focused on eating.After eating, Madeline asked Hannah to follow her to Whitman Corporation.Madeline asked the head of the clothing department to bring two sets of samples to let Hannah change into. After changing into those clothes, Hannah shrank into the corner of the sofa with a look of alertness and fear.The sight of Hannah’s behavior made Madeline feel that something is strange.In fact, before the clarification, Madeline had expected that the netizens would scold Hannah, but she had not expected that netizens to be so outraged.Madeline did not want to see Hannah being driven to insanity too.Jeremy had just finished lunch by himself when he heard that Madeline was here, so he went to Madeli
Madeline saw that Jeremy still had doubts about Hannah, so that was why he asked her out here to speak to her alone.Sure enough, as soon as they arrived at the next office, Jeremy urged Madeline solemnly.“Linnie, I still find it a bit weird, so you better not get too close to her. In a while, I’ll call Ken to arrange the flight and send her back to St. Piaf.”Madeline nodded silently. “I also think that sending her back is the best arrangement. Even if her friends were boycotting her, I don't think her parents would leave her to fend for herself.”“We don’t need to worry about whether her parents would care for her or not. Linnie, she first came to the company to make trouble. She slandered your reputation and innocence, so she should bear the consequences now that the situation has escalated to this level after the clarification.”“Yeah, Jeremy, you’re right,” Madeline agreed. She then smiled in relief and took Jeremy's hand. “Then, I’ll do this according to your wish, honey.”
Before Madeline and Jeremy approached the crowd, they heard the young men and women swearing at Hannah.Hannah looked like she was in a panic. She did not dare to say anything.When she saw Madeline and Jeremy coming toward her, her eyes suddenly lit up as if she had just seen her savior. Then, she rushed straight toward them.“Mr. Whitman, Mrs. Whitman, help me!” Hannah ran over to ask for help.The servant at the door immediately stopped Hannah.“Madam, this is a private residence. Please leave immediately, all of you.”Hannah was stopped, so she pointed anxiously at Madeline and Jeremy.“I know Mr. and Mrs. Whitman. Please let me in, or they’ll kill me!”She yelled anxiously.With a suspicious look, the servant glanced at Madeline and Jeremy who were walking over.Jeremy nodded lightly, and the servant did not stop Hannah anymore.Hannah ran up to Madeline in a panic as she pleaded sincerely, “Mrs. Whitman, help me. These people want to take photos of me and they said the
Seeing this, Madeline quickly squatted. “Hannah, Hannah.”She called out twice but Hannah did not respond.“Jeremy, she seems to have passed out.”Jeremy's deep gaze stayed on Hannah's face for two seconds. Then, he reached out and helped Madeline up.“I'll call for an ambulance now, Linnie. Don't touch her.”“What’s going on? Who is this? Why is she unconscious?” Karen held her little grandson and walked up suspiciously.Hannah looked very battered right now, so Karen did not recognize that this was the woman who had made a fuss in Whitman Corporation’s lobby before this. When she saw that Hannah was on the ground, she summoned the servants out of sympathy.“It's not appropriate to lie on the ground in this cold weather. Help her up first and let her lie down for a while on the sofa.”The servants understood what Karen was asking them to do and worked together to lift Hannah.“Who were those people? Were they just a bunch of hooligans?” Karen asked.Madeline shook her head.