By the time the maids finished setting up the birthday celebration, Madelyn had dressed Dalton in a red cotton jacket and a cute little hat with two fluffy balls hanging from it.One of the maids asked, "Mrs. Jardin, would you like us to call Mr. Jardin to come back?"Madelyn said without even lifting her head, "There's no need to disturb him. If you guys are done with the preparations, you can have a rest. I just need Margaret to stay with me."After the other maids left, Madelyn placed Dalton down on the carpet, where there were various gifts in front of him. She watched as Dalton crawled toward them, but even after a long while, he just would not take any of them. Instead, he crawled back to Madelyn and grabbed her hand, saying, "Mom... mommy..."Madelyn was taken aback.Margaret then said with a smile, "Oh, look at how much this kid loves you."Madelyn's heart immediately melted as she stroked Dalton's nose, "Dalton, do you want to stay with Mommy?""Ah," Dalton drooled as h
Suddenly, Kevin walked into Zach's office. "Mr. Jardin, Felicia Bolton wants to see you. Should I let her in?"Felicia Bolton was the celebrity who had been caught having an intimate relationship with Zach recently.Zach put down his phone as his gaze turned cold. "No," he said flatly.Kevin nodded, "Got it, Mr. Jardin."Felicia waited downstairs at the Jardin Corporation wearing a pair of sunglasses. The receptionist received a call and apologized to Felicia, " I'm sorry, Ms. Bolton, but Mr. Jardin is not in his office right now."With her seductive lips, she said, "He's out, huh? I'll come back later then." Then, she left the office in an MPV. "Any news?" her manager asked nervously.Felicia shook her head in disappointment. "He's not in his office.""This is your last chance. There's no one who can help you besides him. Felicia, you've been really careless this time.""I'll find a way to get through this.""It looks like we have no other option. I know a few people who work
Fred acted as if he had heard a joke. "Remember, you belong to me now."After saying that, he left, not seeming to care about the woman behind him at all.Felicia stayed there for a week after that, like a prisoner. Every day, she was either locked up or humiliated relentlessly.Felicia's manager, Ally Baker, had found out the identity of the person who kidnapped Felicia but chose to hide it from others. Although not many people around her knew about Fred, Ally was confident that she was right about her investigation.Fred had a mysterious network of connections, and even the prominent figures were wary of him, so Ally dared not provoke him.When Ally received a call to pick Felicia up, she was scared senseless.As soon as she saw Felicia, who had been tortured so much that she could hardly be recognized, she immediately took her to the hospital.Without Zach, Madelyn finally got to enjoy some peaceful days alone.Mya started spending more time in the villa too, even staying th
As they stood next to Madelyn, Mya and the maids had not expected that she would speak like that to her husband, as if they were complete strangers to each other.Mya suddenly felt bad for Madelyn.'How could he lock Madelyn up here and go shopping with another woman?' Mya thought to herself.Mya got angry and snatched the phone from Madelyn's hand."Ptui, you suck." She scolded Zach and abruptly hung up the call.Margaret sensed that something was not right and immediately sent the other maids away.Then, Mya grabbed Madelyn's arm and said, "Madelyn, I suddenly feel so sorry for you! You never wanted to stay here, right?"A faint smile appeared on Madelyn's face. "I'm already used to this. Don't worry.""But you don't seem genuinely happy. You always seem a little sad whenever we're together."Madelyn's smile faded as she lowered her gaze, seemingly thinking about something."I'm sorry, but I don't think I can go shopping with you anymore."Madelyn did not cry. Instead, Mya
When Zach came back, he looked down the hallway and noticed that the light was on in the art room.As soon as he pushed open the door to the art room, he saw Madelyn, who had long hair. She was wearing a scarf, sitting with a paintbrush in her hand working on a canvas with an easel. She knew Zach had come back when she heard the room door open. However, she did not turn to look at him and continued with her work.Zach draped a black suit jacket over Madelyn's shoulders. She stopped painting. Zach then kneeled down in front of her, "Why are you still up so late?"He had been out enjoying himself and had just returned after a long time. When Madelyn heard his voice now, she felt both unfamiliar and yet familiar.She casually responded without looking at him, "I woke up and didn't know what to do, so I decided to finish up my work."Zach looked at her painting. It was a forest scene after a rain, with raindrops still clinging to the leaves, creating an enchantingly misty scenery.Za
Zach asked, "Did you miss me while I was away? Hmm?"Madelyn remained indifferent and cold toward him, "Don't you already know?"She did not care about her answer, and neither did Zach.Zach responded, "It's okay, as long as you're by my side."Thinking of what he had just done with another woman, Madelyn felt repulsed and disgusted by the scent of him.Zach reluctantly released his hands. Madelyn wanted to leave, but she could not."Why are you trying to leave?" Zach held her hand and put it on his chest, "Help me unbutton my shirt. I want to shower."His strong smell made her uncomfortable. She responded, "You can do it yourself. I'm going to sleep now."Zach did not let her go easily, "Do you really think you can run away?"She thought, 'Yes, I can't run away.'Madelyn reluctantly used her trembling hands to unbutton his black shirt before removing it. This made the scent of his cologne even stronger.After undressing completely, Zach forcefully took her to the bathroom w
Mya thought, 'Madelyn and Zach?'She had never known that Madelyn had this kind of relationship with Zach. She wondered when they had started sleeping together.'Oh my goodness.' Mya felt very uncomfortable.All the days she had been staying here, she thought Madelyn was still in love with Ethan.She never expected this...She was lost in her thoughts, 'Oh no, this is so confusing. What about Dalton? Is he not Ethan's? Dalton looks so much like Madelyn. I thought...'If this is the case, isn't Madelyn basically becoming a mistress now?'Margaret noticed Mya did not look right, so she asked, "Ms. Harper, what's wrong?"Mya slapped her own face hard, trying to snap herself back to reality, "It's impossible, it's impossible. Madelyn definitely wouldn't be with him. I must be dreaming."However, she did not dare to ask Madelyn about it, so she asked Margaret, "What's the relationship between Madelyn and that jerk?! Didn't she like Ethan all this time? Why's she with this jerk now?
Madelyn continued to ponder, 'The Arnold family and the Young family had all long been in his pocket. Why did he kill Ethan?!'Madelyn did not want to cause any trouble for Mya, so she did not tell her that Ethan was dead.Not only Mya, but even the outside world did not know about the news.Zach had reached the point where he could single-handedly control Ventropolis. No one could stop him from doing whatever he wanted.Madelyn said, "Mya... Can you leave for a while? I'm tired. I want to sleep a little more."Tears streamed down Mya's face when she looked at Madelyn who was in this horrible state. She responded, "Okay. You sleep well. I won't disturb you."After Mya left the room, she wiped her tears and silently resolved to help Madelyn escape...At Jardin Corporation, after Zach ended the meeting, Kevin placed a file folder on Zach's desk, "This is Felicia Bolton's medical condition at the hospital. She was taken away by Fred on the day she came to the company."Here... The