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
The sky quickly darkened, and the night was hazy.At Supreme World, the most expensive entertainment hub in Ventropolis, in the underground fighting arena, at the two highest seats, Fred had a beautiful woman wearing a sexy purple short dress seated on his lap. Her long hair was tied up using a vintage butterfly hairpin. Her face showed reluctance, but she maintained a forced smile. She peeled a grape and fed it to Fred's mouth.Fred said, "My people have found information about the person you're looking for on Truoban border. We should have a lead in about a week. Do you want me to take care of him?"Zach responded, "He's just an illegitimate child. You don't need to deal with him. He can't cause any trouble."After Zach said that, the female companion beside him handed him a glass of wine. He was staring at the fighters fighting below, one in black and the other in red. The one in black was being pinned down on the ground and aggressively attacked by the one in red. The fighter i
Margaret had just fed Dalton some milk. He looked drowsy as he happily leaned on Madelyn's shoulder.Upon noticing that Dalton was sleepy, Madelyn took out a shopping card, that she had not used for a long time, from her wallet and handed it to Mya, "He gave me this shopping card, and I rarely use it."Mya waved her hand to reject it, "No need. Actually, I came out with you this time to relax with you. Moreover, you've already made me very happy by buying all these beautiful clothes for me."At the entrance, Mya tiptoed and hugged Madelyn lightly, "If you miss me, just call me and I'll come to be with you right away."Madelyn responded, "Sure. I've already arranged a car for you. Send me a text when you're home."Mya let go of her and nodded, "Okay."The bodyguards put the stuff in the trunk. Mya then got in the car and left. Just when Madelyn was about to leave too, a luxury Rolls-Royce pulled up next to her.Before Kevin could get out of the car to open the door for Zach, Zach
Margaret took Dalton from Madelyn and said, "I'll take him upstairs for a bath."Madelyn responded, "Sure."She then grabbed a macaron and tasted it. It tasted different from the ones she made herself. It was a little too sweet.She said, "Put these in the refrigerator. I'll make macarons myself tomorrow."The maid responded, "Okay."Zach took off his suit jacket and handed it to a maid to hang it on the coat rack in the hallway. He said, "The macarons the maid made weren't to your liking?"Madelyn replied extremely coldly, "I'm going upstairs now."The maids did not sense anything unusual. They felt Zach had always treated Madelyn very well. They also noticed Zach would buy the best jewelry for Madelyn.The maids felt that way also because some time ago, when Madelyn thought Zach was always spending the whole night away from home, he actually came back in the middle of the night every day to secretly check on Madelyn. He even instructed the maids not to reveal anything to her.
Madelyn thought, 'In the past life, Zach locked me in the villa for eight years. Before I died, I even saw him announce his marriage to Cecilia on television. And now he's telling me that he won't have any other woman in the future?'Madelyn pushed Zach away, "I'm going to take a shower now."She did not believe a single word he said.That night, she had the same nightmare again. She dreamt of Ethan being in an airplane crash...A few days later, Mya was at home eating the pastries that Madelyn had sent over. Blake, who had just come out of the bathroom, had a towel wrapped around her head. Water was still dripping down from the ends of her hair.Blake said, "Mya, stop eating. If you continue eating, you won't be able to lose weight."Mya held different pastries in each hand and took a bite of each one. She then said, "I don't mind getting a little fatter. Whatever Madelyn sent over, I'll finish them all."Blake had to feel around to find her glasses. Not long after putting them