She could not put a finger on what exactly was wrong, but he seemed like he was in pain. He kept asking himself the same question while pacing back and forth. Even his sharp and wise eyes had turned murky.After a while, he picked up the divorce papers on the floor and tore them into pieces in front of Madeline.“Linnie, I don’t want to divorce you. You’ll be my wife forever.“I won’t disturb you and Pudding anymore. I’ll go out and keep watch for you outside.”“...”Madeline sat on the bed dumbfoundedly. She looked at Jeremy’s back and could not register what was going on.After she came back to her senses and cleared her head, she felt heartache spreading all over her body.She did not know if Jeremy would keep watch at the door the entire night, but she did hear some noises at the door.Jeremy was pacing back and forth in front of the door as he clenched and unclenched his hand repeatedly.He wanted to smoke again.I was as if he could only relieve his frustration by smoki
She spotted the man on a corner seat. His fair and clean-looking hands were holding a steaming coffee mug gracefully.She looked up at the man’s face, but under the dim lighting, his face was concealed by the darkness.Lana was unconvinced. She sneaked up to the second floor so that she could find a good position to take a closer look at the man’s face. However, when she was about to look up, she heard her phone ringing.The man was drinking his coffee when he suddenly froze. Then, he glared at Yorick coldly.Yorick went downstairs and spotted Lana who was trying to go upstairs.“Why are you here?” Yorick asked, trying to pull Lana downstairs while she was trying to go up.Lana struggled in dissatisfaction. “It’s him, right? Who is he? How dare he order you around?”“It’s best you don’t speak before you think,” Yorick warned.“Hmph.” Lana scoffed cockily. “Yorick, what’s wrong? You’re the leader of the Stygian Johnsons and you’re taking orders from another person? I have to see
“Lana!” Yorick was infuriated. “You’ll get on the flight back to F Country the first thing tomorrow morning! You’re not allowed to come back to Glendale ever again!”Lana gritted her teeth and kicked the coffee table away before running out of the door.After Lana left, Fabian walked mischievously next to Yorick and asked, “Hey, is that true? There’s seriously a man like that who has the power to make the leader of the Stygian Johnson Gang bend and scrape to curry favor?”Yorick looked at the innocent Fabian with a grim look on his face.“Fab, you should go back to F Country with your sister.”“No, I still have something to do here.” Fabian rejected. Then, he asked, “Why don’t you tell me who that man is? Do I know him?”“It’s best if you don’t know about this,” Yorick said profoundly. Then, he finally noticed Fabian’s brown hair. “You’ve changed your image quite a lot recently. Are you dating someone?”“Dating?” Fabian scoffed. “No way. No girl in this world is worthy of me.” H
Lana looked at the figure that was reflected behind her and felt her heart skip a beat.She turned her head slowly, and immediately, Jeremy’s handsome yet terrifyingly grim face was reflected in her eyes.The man was standing with his back against the light. His very being was exerting a tremendous amount of pressure on them, as if there was an iceberg on their shoulders. At this moment, he was emitting a terrifying aura.Lana felt her heart skip a beat, but she quickly calmed down and remained cocky. “Jeremy, did you kidnap me? Let me go now!”Her tone was as cocky as usual. Of course, she knew she would not be able to fool Jeremy anymore as he had remembered everything.Lana looked at the emotionless man and lifted her head as much as she could.“Jeremy, you’re such a smart man, yet don’t you know who’s more compatible with you? Eveline’s not a match for you. As long as you stay with me and agree to be my man, I’ll let you experience the real joy of being a man—”Slap! Jeremy
Those were the cigarettes she smoked and also the ones she gave Jeremy back then. However, the ones she gave Jeremy was added with something else.When Jeremy smacked the cigarette box on her face suddenly, Lana knew what was going on.“What did you put in the cigarettes?” Jeremy asked coldly.Lana did not dare answer. She could only pretend to cough from shock.Jeremy did not have time to beat around the bush with her, so he walked to the other side coldly.When Lana saw this, she lifted her leg to kick Naomi who was playing dead.“Get up! Bite the ropes off for me!” she ordered in a low voice.However, Naomi continued to play dead. She thought Jeremy was only going to seek revenge on Lana. She only followed Lana into the car groggily after she drank too much. She was a victim here.“Naomi!” Lana shrieked. When she was about to kick her again, she felt cold liquid pouring from her head to her toes.“Ah!” Lana yelled.Naomi bolted up abruptly since Jeremy was also pouring the
“No!”Lana was so terrified that she started blabbering. In the next second, she saw Jeremy throwing the match on a stack of wooden boxes on the side.It was as if the boxes had been doused in gasoline as well. The tiny flame on the match suddenly grew and started spreading all over the place.However, before the fire could approach them, Lana and Naomi were scared frozen. Cold sweat started to form on both of their bodies.Jeremy looked coldly at Lana. At this moment, she was so scared that her face was completely white.“Lana, I won’t let you die just like this.”Even more intense flames were burning behind his sharp eyes.“You used me to kill my in-laws and caused me to never be able to be together with Linnie. So, I want you to slowly walk toward death while you’re in fear. I want you to experience how it feels to be framed and tortured.”“...”After he said that, Lana saw his tall and slender figure walking further and further away without any concerns until he had walked
After arriving at the location before Fabian and the rest, Madeline watched the flames engulf the factory and understood what Jeremy meant by revenge.She quickly ran through the metal doors to take a look at what was happening inside. Upon entering, she was met with Jeremy standing before the factory like an exquisite sculpture, rooted in place as he watched the flames feed aloofly.Madeline felt her heart sink.She quickly called the fire department and ran to stand in front of Jeremy.It was then that the man realized Madeline had arrived. His dim eyes sparkled.“What are you doing here, Linnie? Quick, leave.” Jeremy quickly pulled Madeline away, not wanting her to be scorched by straying flames.Madeline slapped his hand away, her eyes filled with worry and concern.“What do you think you’re doing? Have you any idea at all?”“I know,” Jeremy replied curtly, the flames reflecting in his frosty eyes. “She deserves to die.”“Yes, she deserves to die, but you don’t have to pla
Watching Madeline’s eyes that were red from crying, emotion finally flashed through Jeremy’s gaze.He could not ignore Madeline’s plea, let alone continue to go against her wishes.“It’s under the door,” Jeremy finally said.Madeline quickly shouted for Fabian, “It’s under the door!”Fabian squatted and groped around, surprised to find the key.Opening the door, he and Yorick then ran inside to carry out Lana and Naomi who had passed out.As both Lana and Naomi had been doused in gasoline, embers of flame managed to catch on them while they were carried out.Thank goodness for the firefighters who arrived in time and extinguished the flames.Lana and Naomi were sent to the hospital where both were declared to not be in any life-threatening danger.However, the ends of Lana’s already short hair were burnt and became choppy. The scent of smoke filled the strands of her hair.Knowing that Lana and Naomi were alright, Madeline got into the car anxiously.She could only imagine h