After Madeline heard that, she turned her head slightly to look at the man who was approaching her. “Get out.” She kicked him out in a cold voice.Jeremy ignored her and continued to approach her.“Get out! You’re not worthy of standing in front of my parents! Get lost!” Madeline’s voice became stern.However, Jeremy still ignored her and stood behind Madeline. “If you don’t want an even bigger tragedy to happen, apologize to Lana with me right now. Tell her you were wrong for slapping her.”“Heh.” Madeline felt like she had just heard a colossal joke. She stood up slowly and looked at the frigid man. Then, her gaze turned sharp before she lifted her hand to slap him across his face.“Jeremy, listen to me. Not only do I want to slap her, but I want to slap you too!“Do you think you’re all that just because you’ve lost your memories? Do you think you can murder people, commit arson, obliterate your humanity, and kill my parents just because you’ve lost your memories?”She grabbe
“Hahaha…”After Karen said that, a woman’s pleased laughter came from the door.Lana was wearing a sexy red dress as she strutted inside while smoking a cigarette.“Lana!” Karen was infuriated. “You’re just in time, you succubus! You caused my son to lose his memories, my daughter-in-law to deliver her baby prematurely, and killed my in-laws! I’m going to kill you!”Karen grabbed a broom and swung it violently at Lana.“Stop.”Jeremy appeared in time to stop her.“Don’t you dare touch her.”Karen stopped the broom mid-air and looked at the man walking toward her. Then, she put down the broom angrily.“Jeremy, why won’t you wake up? She caused your wife to deliver her baby prematurely and used you to kill your in-laws! How can you still defend her?”Karen berated, only for Jeremy to say nonchalantly, “When did I kill my in-laws? I’m not Jeremy.”“You…” Karen was so angry that she was speechless.Old Master Whitman walked in front of Jeremy with his cane and looked at his fac
Lana’s face fell. “Eveline, is this your son?”Madeline quickly pulled Jackson behind her as she was scared that Lana would take action against him. “Jack, go back and stay with Lily. Don’t come out.”Jackson frowned. “But Mommy…”“Listen to me. Go in now.”“Okay.” Jackson nodded and looked at Jeremy who had his eyes on him. “Daddy, when are you coming home? Lily and I miss you,” the little guy added before looking at Jeremy reluctantly and going back.Jeremy looked blankly at the little boy who left. Suddenly, he felt dispirited for no reason.However, his gaze went back to Madeline almost instantly.It was evident that she had cried before. However, since she was born beautiful, she was still stunning even though she was not in the best state.Lana did not notice Jeremy staring at Madeline and only fixed her hair in agitation.“Eveline, your son is just like you. Both of you just love looking for trouble and asking for death!”Her statement was filled with hints and warning
“Who asked her parents to do a background check on me?” Lana was not bothered. For her, money and power were far more valuable than human life.“Hans, Eveline is pretty good-looking. Could it be that you’re falling for her?” Lana asked while moving closer to Jeremy.“How can a dull woman like her compare to me? She’s only good-looking, but beauty is not everything.”Lana trusted her charm. When she saw Jeremy staying silent, she smiled to flatter him.“Hans, are you blaming me for going too far? You have to understand that we can’t let people find out about the Stygian Johnsons’ background. If not, we’ll get into trouble. You don’t want anything to happen to me, right?”Jeremy smiled superficially after he heard that. “Of course not.”“I knew you wouldn’t.” Lana smiled bashfully as she tried to get close to Jeremy to get a kiss. However, Jeremy asked the driver to stop driving all of a sudden.“Hans, where are you going?”Jeremy’s eyes were cold as he said, “I think I’m going to
Jeremy focused all of his attention on the colorful shell.Suddenly, the same image appeared in his brain again.Under the hot summer sun, he had his back against a little girl as he ran along the beach hurriedly.The little girl circled her arms around his neck and called out to him sweetly…Slap!When Jeremy was immersed in his flashbacks and was about to hear the little girl calling out his name, he received another heavy slap from Madeline.Madeline ripped her necklace away from her neck in front of Jeremy and threw it on the ground.“I should just forget about you. You didn’t kill my parents, I did! I shouldn’t have forgiven you and I shouldn’t have given you a chance to start over!”She pushed him away and started running.Jeremy looked at Madeline’s back before squatting down to pick up the smashed shell necklace.It was such a normal-looking shell, but for some reason, it looked so familiar and special to him.Madeline ran out of the entrance and continued to run aim
Madeline looked at the smiling man in surprise. “Did you just say I saved you, Mr. Jones?”Ryan was taken aback when he heard that. Then, he nodded.“I don’t know if you remember this, though.” Ryan held a coin in between his fingers.Madeline shook her head in confusion. “No.”“So you’ve indeed forgotten about it.” Ryan chuckled in slight disappointment. When he was about to explain, Mrs. Jones walked in.Compared to her aggressive attitude that day, she looked much friendlier and approachable this time.“I heard about what happened to your house, Miss Montgomery. If you don’t have a place to go for the time being, you can stay in our guest room. I’m sorry for what happened before and I hope you don’t take it to heart.”Madeline placed the cup down and got out of bed. “Thank you for your kindness, Mrs. Jones. It was just a misunderstanding, so I won’t take it to heart.”She looked at the time and noticed it was the next morning.“I need to go now. Thank you, Mr. Jones.”“You
The moment Lana heard that, she was taken aback because she thought she misheard her.However, Madeline’s gaze was sharp. She then pulled Lana back forcefully and kicked her on her right knee.Lana was unprepared. With a bend of her right leg, she was now kneeling on one knee in front of Madeline.No one expected Madeline to do this, and Lana was also dumbfounded.However, she soon became agitated. She lifted her head to stand up, but Madeline slapped her heavily across her face out of the blue.Lana was fuming. “Eveline, you—”When she was about to curse and warn her, Eveline grabbed her chin domineeringly. Her cold eyes were filled with flames of revenge that enveloped Lana tightly.“Apologize!” Madeline was glaring straight at her. Then, she took out a polaroid picture from her pocket. It was the photo she took of Eloise and Sean when they were alive. “Apologize to my parents!”When Lana saw the photo, she understood what Madeline was saying. However, she was the second-in-c
However, Madeline broke down after Jeremy did that. “Jeremy, what are you doing? Let go of me! I want this woman to atone for her crimes against my parents!”She struggled, and all of a sudden, the man pulled her domineeringly into his arms. “Linnie, don’t do this. I know you’re sad that Mom and Dad are gone, but this has nothing to do with Miss Johnson.”What?Madeline was taken aback. She looked at the man who was calling her ‘Linnie’ in such a gentle voice in front of her, a look of disbelief flashing across her face.However, Jeremy continued and held her closely, “Linnie, you’re extremely unstable now. I’ll take you home so that you can rest.”Lana and Naomi were suspicious when they saw Jeremy behaving this way.Had his memories come back?No.That was impossible.Lana then noticed Jeremy looking at her. “Miss Johnson, I’m so sorry. My wife only became so unstable because of the death of my in-laws. I hope you can forgive her for what she did just now.”Lana wanted to e