Meredith was ringing the doorbell.This really surprised Madeline.Three years had passed. Did Meredith not even have the key to the door here?She was puzzled. She saw Jeremy frowning slightly with a deep gaze as if he was thinking about something."Mr. Whitman, aren’t you going to open the door? Miss Crawford is here. She’s your child's mother, after all." Madeline smiled slightly.Jeremy slowly raised his dark eyes when he heard her words. "I’ll only be gone for a bit. Wait for me.""Alright." Madeline smiled and nodded. Looking at Jeremy's turned back, a satirical smile appeared in her bewitching and beautiful eyes.‘Hmph, seems like you’re still not willing to be apart from her, right?’The rain outside was heavy. When the door opened, the late summer breeze poured in. It was quite cooling."Jeremy, you’re finally willing to see me." Meredith rushed to Jeremy with a sense of urgency.She was not holding an umbrella, so she was all soggy as if she had run over in the rain
Meredith had been in such a bad mood these days that she was close to bursting at this moment. She did not expect to see Vera making an appearance in Jeremy's house!That was it.Meredith could neither accept the exquisite candlelight dinner in front of her nor the scene of Jeremy holding Vera's hand nervously whilst trying to deal with her wound."It's just a small wound. There’s no need for you to worry, Mr. Whitman," Madeline said lightly, retracting her hand."Even if it’s a small wound, it can get infected if it’s not treated well. I’ll get the alcohol swabs,” Jeremy said softly and stood up. Seeing that Meredith had also followed him in, he just glanced at her before turning to get the medicine box."Thank you." Madeline thanked him before slowly getting up.She raised her eyes, as if only just seeing Meredith with her gloomy and wet face. "Miss Crawford, we meet again."Meredith's heart burned as she walked over with a strong smile on her face. "Miss Quinn, why are you in
Meredith stared at this stern face, dumbfounded. "Jeremy, what did you say?""Why don’t you leave?" He had lowered his tone, sounding as if he still had feelings for Meredith.Meredith was so angry that she gritted her teeth. When she saw Madeline with her lips curled into a smile as Jeremy protected her behind his back, she felt furious.Just when Madeline thought that Meredith would explode from anger, Meredith instead seemed to have turned into a different person all of a sudden. She let go of her fist and her anger disappeared. Then, she approached Jeremy and spoke slowly..."Jeremy."Meredith's eyes were red as she looked sadly at the man before her who maintained his cold expression."I know I did something wrong and that has disappointed you, but I didn’t betray my conscience. Everything I’ve done is for Jack and you. I’ve never hurt innocent people."While she was speaking, she teared up as well. Her pitiful appearance was really well performed."Jeremy, I know it's useless for
Jeremy locked eyes with Madeline's beautiful ones with guarantee. He then raised his wine glass."This is to apologize for the one who slapped you earlier," Jeremy said before proceeding to finish the red wine in the glass. He then poured another glass. "This is to celebrate my acquaintance with such an excellent woman like Miss Vera."He spoke while he drank several glasses one after another.The night became darker and darker. The rain had gradually weakened as well while Jeremy was done drinking the whole bottle of red wine.His originally fair face was now flushed with slight tipsy redness, and his long, narrow, and alluring eyes were dazed from the alcohol’s effect.“The future Mrs. Whitman, let me send you back." Jeremy stood up, but obviously, he was already drunk."Mr. Whitman, you should rest. I’ll have Felipe come pick me up.""Him?" Jeremy laughed with a low voice. His low magnetic voice was filled with a kind of sexy charm.He smiled and looked at Madeline. The halo of the
Madeline could forget a lot of things in her life. She could forget the best moments of her life and the beautiful feeling she had when she was deeply in love with Jeremy, but she could never be unfamiliar with this thing in front of her for the rest of her life.Dazed, she slowly reached out her hand to pick up the object that had fallen to the ground before placing it in her palm.Looking at it, it was as if she could suddenly hear the sound of waves as well as the smell and the salty taste of the sea breeze. Even a boy's gentle promise sounded in her ears, "Linnie, when I grow up, I’ll make you my bride..."Yet, this promise was blown away by the breeze and ended up sinking to the bottom of the sea in the end. Things could never go back to that time again in this life..."Linnie..."Madeline stopped indulging in her walk down memory lane and looked toward Jeremy who was muttering.He was still calling for Linnie.However, the Linnie he was calling for was not her but Meredith—the vi
Madeline had already turned around carefreely when Meredith steadied herself. Upon seeing the other woman’s back, Meredith became livid!She pointed at Madeline’s back furiously as her wrath poured out from her mouth. “Vera Quinn, you b*tch! I’ll let you see what I can do! Just you wait!”Meredith roared with all of her might. When she recalled what she saw through the window just now, her lungs felt like they were going to explode from anger.No!She had to recompose herself.Meredith reminded herself that Madeline was not her opponent. After all, how could a woman who looked exactly like that woman win against her?“Vera Quinn, I’ll let you see what I can do soon enough!”Meredith narrowed her sinister-looking eyes as if they were covered with a layer of venom.…Madeline waited for Felipe at the junction of the street. Then, he took her home.It was in the dark of the night and Madeline was standing in front of the french window looking at the night view outside. The color
Madeline saw Jeremy hesitating for a while. In those two to three seconds, she did not know what he was thinking about. However, after a while, he looked at her with a complicated look in his eyes before rushing over to Meredith.He knelt and pulled the seemingly unconscious Meredith into his arms.“Mer, Mer, wake up.”He patted Meredith’s cheek lightly with worry in his eyes.Madeline held the breakfast in her hands as she stood at the entrance. When she saw what was happening in front of her, she smirked sarcastically.‘Jeremy, you never disappoint me.‘You’re still so concerned about that woman.‘Despite all those horrible things she did, she’s still the love of your life?’At this moment, Meredith opened her eyes slowly in Jeremy’s arms. They were brimmed with tears as she looked at him pitifully.“Jeremy, I was wrong. I know my mistakes. Please don’t leave me, okay?” Meredith said weakly as tears started falling from her eyes.“Jeremy, did you forget? You promised that y
Since the fish had caught the bait, it was a matter of time before she reeled it in.Sunday.Madeline and Felipe had promised Lillian that they would take her to the amusement park.Even though Lillian was not Felipe’s biological daughter, he still pampered her a lot.He took good care of Madeline when she was pregnant until she gave birth. After Lillian was born, Felipe was even more considerate and caring than before.Felipe was a perfect man that was one in a million.However, Madeline knew that she was not worthy of him. She never thought about having any sort of romantic relationship with him.“Daddy, I want that bunny.” Lillian’s sweet voice pulled Madeline’s wandering thoughts back to reality.She saw Lillian with her arms around Felipe’s neck. Her legs were swinging happily as she nuzzled against Felipe sweetly. Her cute finger was pointing at a rabbit-shaped balloon in the distance.“Please, Daddy?”Felipe looked at Lillian with love in his eyes. “Of course, I’ll gra