Sure, one million dollars was alluring, but what use was money if they were not alive to enjoy it? With that in mind, everyone ran.Felipe was left to kneel painfully on one knee as he stared despairingly at the remnants of Cathy’s ashes. He suddenly felt limp all over. Only after looking down did he realize that his shoulder had been shot and blood was gushing from the wound.He wanted to stand, but his eyelids grew heavy and he fell in the rain with a thud.He raised a bloodied hand to cradle the urn close to himself.“Cathy…” he called out softly. Just as he was about to lose consciousness, a vague figure with an umbrella approached him before his eyes through the rain.His thin lips parted as he stared at the approaching figure. “Cathy…”Rain fell throughout the night.It was bright and sunny when Felipe woke up blearily. The wounds on his body were aching in protest, but he realized that they had been cleaned and dressed.Looking around, he found himself in an unfamili
Jeremy pressed on as his expression darkened. The receptionist stammered, “The man said, every rose for Mrs. Whitman represented his—”“His feelings.” A man’s voice sounded from afar. “Aren’t your hiring qualifications a little too low, Jeremy? How could you have a stuttering receptionist?”Jeremy was already pissed to know that a man had come to send Madeline roses.Yet now when he heard the arrogant voice, the flames of fury within him quelled instead.Madeline turned around to see Fabian walking toward them carefreely with his hands in his pockets. His silver locks were grandiose and eye-catching. “Are you trying to provoke me by sending this to my wife, Fabian?” Jeremy asked teasingly.“Don’t be so quick to get jealous, President Whitman. Roses don’t always have to mean that way,” Fabian replied meaningfully.Madeline glanced at the bouquet and counted there to be a total of 30 flowers.She smiled faintly. “30 roses. Young Master Fabian, is it in remembrance of our encou
Seeing him close to exploding, Madeline accepted the apology and sent the delivery boy away.“I’m alright. Don’t worry, relax.”Madeline comforted the man.However, Jeremy remained staring heavily at Madeline with a solemn look in the corner of his eyes.“Of course, I’ll be worried. I can’t bear to see you hurt at all, not even a scratch.”Fabian third-wheeled by the side.He was about to ask how Lillian was doing when a woman walked over.She had a grey bob and was dressed in clothes that hugged her seductive figure. Walking over, she gave a friendly smile and introduced herself.“Hello, I’m Lana Johnson, Fabian’s elder sister.”It turned out Fabian had an older sister as well.Neither Jeremy nor Madeline wanted to be too close to the Johnson family, so the man wrapped his arms around Madeline and turned.“The Whitman boys are just more alluring than the other.”Lana quirked her red lips with interest as she stared with a joyful smile in the direction Jeremy and Madeline l
Jeremy was no stranger to being admired, but it was his first time meeting someone as open with her affections as Lana.Not to mention that her going on her tiptoes to kiss him was evidently done for Madeline to see.However, Jeremy had not let Lana touch him. Pushing her away, he stated coldly, “Leave me alone.”He warned before turning to walk toward Madeline. Madeline seemed to have knocked into a friend, so she did not see Lana trying to kiss Jeremy.Jeremy let out a breath of relief.He did not want Madeline to misunderstand anything.Madeline’s conversation came to an end, and she turned around to see Jeremy approaching her with her purse and a warm smile. “I’m suddenly craving Spanish food, Linnie. Let’s eat somewhere else.”Madeline found his sudden change in decision weird.Peering subtly at Lana who was not too far away, she reached out to link her arm with Jeremy’s. “Let’s go.”After leaving the restaurant, Madeline asked Jeremy, “Did Lana say something? You could
He picked up the phone and heard Lana’s pretentious voice. “Did you receive the Queen of the Night, Mr. Whitman? I’m sure you understand why I sent them.”“For the last time, Lana Johnson, do not disturb me again. I have no interest, nor will I have any in the future, for women like you.”Lana merely scoffed as her tone grew more smitten. “You’ll never know if you’re interested until you try. I hear that your wife’s four months pregnant, Mr. Whitman.”This woman’s actions and speech were too unbridled. It was sickening.Not wanting to waste his saliva on this woman, he hung up and blocked Lana’s number before he went to prepare for Madeline’s perfume testing that weekend.However, he had not expected Lana to appear again.Dressed seductively, Lana gave off a unique scent—one that Madeline could smell the moment she approached her.The smell itself was good, yet Madeline felt it muddling her mind inexplicably.Although she did not know how Lana got her hands on an invitation, Ma
Jeremy did not want to be affected by this woman in any way, so he entered the banquet hall immediately without turning back.After getting Madeline’s thermos cup from Eloise, Jeremy walked back the same way, though he did not expect Lana to still be waiting at the same place.Jeremy ignored her existence and walked straight ahead.Lana stared at the oncoming Jeremy with ambiguous and powerful eyes. As he walked by, she raised the small, transparent bag in her hand."Mr. Whitman, you should recognize what this is, right? Isn’t this the medicine your wife has been taking recently?"Jeremy was not interested in knowing anything that had to do with Lana, but his sight was drawn to the items in the small, transparent bag.The little pink pill was clearly the medicine Madeline had just consumed.According to Adam, this was a drug newly developed by his team that was highly effective in suppressing tumors. It had clinical trial support and the ingredients were safe.However, this med
He came to the presidential suite of the hotel. The door opened and Lana, wearing a translucent nightdress with garters, appeared in front of Jeremy. The large tattoo on her chest was eye-catching.The man looked away calmly, showing no interest in looking at her body. He took out the pills Lana had given him yesterday from his pocket."Now tell me how you found out that my wife is taking this medicine."Lana leaned against the door. "Should I speak here? Are you not afraid of being photographed? You being with me who’s dressed like this, just chatting here... If your wife sees this, I’m afraid there would be trouble."Although Jeremy was resistant, he went in to find out the truth and for the sake of Madeline’s health.As soon as he entered, he smelled that unique and western fragrance once again. The lights in the room were also dimmed.Jeremy knew Lana's purpose, but he did not want to deal with it, so he opened his mouth and said straightforwardly, “Now you can tell me."Lan
Madeline looked up and saw Jeremy walking in with a trace of fatigue between his pretty eyebrows.Seeing Madeline sitting on the bed, Jeremy relaxed his eyebrows and smiled warmly. "Linnie, did I wake you?"Madeline shook her head and put down her phone. "Why didn't you come back last night?"Although Jeremy did not want to lie to Madeline, he also did not want Madeline to misunderstand anything."The client's case was a bit urgent and I couldn’t leave. I'm sorry I made you worry." Jeremy walked to the bed and kissed Madeline's eyebrows.When he approached her, Madeline noticed a scent on Jeremy's body that did not belong to him.She had a sensitive sense of smile, and if she remembered correctly, this unique fragrance was the same as Lana's perfume.After having gone through so much with Jeremy, Madeline did not think the man would do anything to betray her. Out of trust, Madeline did not question him. She got up and went to make breakfast for the two children as usual.After