When Madeline heard voices, she turned around slowly. Eloise and Sean were looking at her with smiles on their faces.Despite their smiles, they still could not hide the emotions and uneasiness in their eyes.It had already come to this, so Madeline did not want to beat around the bush anymore.“I’m guessing that you already know about it, right?” Madeline asked calmly.Sean and Eloise were stumped for words. They looked at Madeline in shock after she asked that question.After a few moments of silence, Eloise said cautiously, “Miss Vera—”“Miss Vera,” Madeline repeated this name, interrupting Eloise with a smile. “Shouldn’t you be calling me Eveline Montgomery now?”“...”“...”Eloise and Sean’s breaths hitched when they heard that.They stared blankly at the cute smiling face in front of them. At that moment, tears started pouring out from their eyes.“Eveline!”Eloise was crying heavily as she ran over to Madeline emotionally. Her remorseful and apologetic eyes were fill

When Eloise and Sean heard how Madeline addressed them, they looked at her worriedly and were at a loss. Eloise called out with a broken heart, “Eveline…”Madeline smiled lightly, lifting her beautiful eyes to look around. She walked to the European-styled sofa and ran her fingers across the surface.“That time, you guys invited me for dinner for Meredith’s sake and were willing to be courteous just to entertain an enemy like me. You guys must feel extremely uncomfortable now that the tables have turned, right?”Eloise and Sean felt even more distressed when they heard that.Madeline smiled calmly, saying, “Mrs. Montgomery, you asked me whether I found my parents after so many years.”As she looked into Eloise’s apologetic gaze, she continued, “Mrs. Montgomery, do you remember what my answer was?”“Eveline…”“I said I found them, but we can’t reunite because even though I was standing right in front of them, they wouldn’t want to acknowledge me.”Eloise’s eyes were bright red

After Madeline said that, Eloise was already crying hysterically. On the other hand, Sean could not control his tears anymore.They remembered when they went to see Madeline in the conjugal room the time Brittany was murdered.Madeline’s face had appeared white and haggardly. That image kept on appearing in their heads, as well as their brutal and cruel treatment toward her.They had cursed and slapped Madeline all to defend Meredith. Sean even slapped Madeline who was already weak so hard that she collapsed to the floor. Their hearts were hurting now as they thought back to it.They could not endure the pain in their hearts that was caused by remorse.Eloise and Sean could not imagine how strong Madeline had to be to not cry in that situation.At this moment, Madeline was as tough and strong as she used to be. She smiled lightly when she recalled her miserable past.“It’s all in the past. I don’t want to look into anything anymore.”She smiled lightly as a disappointed glint

Madeline could understand his dissatisfaction. After all, how could reputation mend the pain and ache of a destroyed family?Felipe turned around and looked at Madeline. The ominous glint in his eyes disappeared quickly and there was just gentleness left.“Vera, from now on, everything will belong to us.”Madeline smiled and nodded. “It’s yours. After all, it’s the Whitmans’ property. I never wanted to take over this company. Now that it’s back to you, it’s going back to its rightful owner.”Felipe was shocked. “You don’t want any of this?”“The thing I want the most right now is to see Jeremy dispirited while having nothing,” Madeline said and frowned as if she was in deep thought.“However, I keep feeling like the reason why I could hack into Jeremy’s computer so easily to transfer the stocks and important information is that he’s purposely allowing me to do so.”“You’re saying that he knows you’d do this but he didn’t stop you?” Felipe frowned.Madeline was quiet. What Jerem

Madeline was shocked by Jeremy’s sudden appearance. However, for some reason, she let out a sigh of relief.Felipe was annoyed as his profession of love and proposal was abruptly interrupted. A hint of anger appeared in his gentle black eyes. “Jeremy, why are you here? You no longer have a position here.”Jeremy’s narrow eyes stared straight at Felipe, then his eyes landed on Madeline’s face.When he met her cold stare, his gaze turned soft.“I know you hate me and you want me to die. I accept all kinds of revenge from you, but I won’t allow you to be with him… Let alone get married to him.”Jeremy had no room for negotiation in his tone, and there was a domineering aura in his dark eyes.When Madeline was about to say something, she heard Felipe chuckling behind her.“You won't allow this?” he laughed as he questioned, “Who are you to not allow this? Did you forget how you used to treat Maddie? What were you doing when she was sick and injured? You were having the time of your

“If this will make Madeline feel better, anything is possible.”“W-What? Jeremy, what did you say?” Karen widened her eyes in shock. “You despise that woman so much, so why are you… Did you really fall in love with Madeline?”Jeremy did not answer Karen. However, his softened gaze was the best answer.“I’ll find a suitable place for you to move out soon. Don’t annoy me if there’s nothing urgent.”After he finished saying that, he turned around to leave. However, he stopped when he saw the old master in front of him. Old Master Whitman was holding his cane, and although his shrunken face looked strict, his eyes were still benevolent.“Follow me,” he said to Jeremy before turning around.Jeremy hesitated for two seconds before following after him.Study.Old Master Whitman was facing the grey sky outside the french window. After a long while, he sighed.“What are you going to do now?”“Don’t worry, Grandpa. I’ve lost Whitman Corporation but I’ll definitely get it back.”Jere

Jeremy asked the old master the question that he had been keeping in his heart. The old master looked at the grey sky, and there was a flash of sadness in his eyes. “This story started 23 years ago…”The story went back to more than 20 years ago. When Jeremy was feeling puzzled, he could guess that this might be related to Felipe’s parents.Indeed, after listening to the old master’s story, Jeremy had a concrete answer.At the same time, this also proved that Felipe was a very dangerous person. He could not allow Madeline to get so close to Felipe.The old master stopped Jeremy when he was about to leave. “Maddie might know about this sooner or later. Plus, Felipe helped her through the most difficult moments of her life, so she trusts Felipe a lot. On the other hand, Maddie resents and despises you, so she won’t believe anything you say.”“I don’t long for her to believe me, but I won’t allow Felipe to lie to her or even hurt her.” Jeremy frowned, his gaze intense and determined.

When he was contemplating about that, the lights in the apartment went off.Jeremy felt his breath hitch as his mind started wandering.He tossed the empty wine bottle to the bin and turned around without hesitating.However, when he was about to go into the apartment, he saw Felipe walking out.Some of Jeremy’s pent up frustration disappeared and he stopped walking. When he saw Felipe driving away with a grim expression on his face, he finally went into the building.Jeremy went to Madeline’s unit with ease. He still remembered that she had invited him to her apartment before when she came back to his life as Vera.At that moment, he discovered that she was not actually living with Felipe.Now, Jeremy walked slowly to the door and stood there quietly.The wind and snow fluttered into the building from the window. The bone-chilling coldness pierced through his skin like needles, but Jeremy was not bothered.This was nothing compared to the hurt he had once caused Madeline.He

The man’s voice was soft and certain. However, it also sounded like he was begging her. His eyes were hazy and fazed. Though he looked sober, he also looked intoxicated at the same time.Madeline looked at him indifferently and said, “I don’t want to listen to anything you say. I feel disgusted when I see you.”Her words were a blatant show of her disdain toward him while her resentful eyes caused Jeremy to stand there feeling dumbfounded.He felt as if his heart had plunged into a bottomless abyss where the bone-chilling coldness spread from his heart to his entire body.He missed this so much. Back then, she would look at him with so much admiration and love in her twinkling eyes.Now, she was looking at him with a gaze that was even colder than how one would look at a stranger.When she saw Jeremy looking at her with a dazed look on his face, Madeline’s attitude was more firm than before. “Jeremy, if you don’t leave now, I’ll call the security.”Hearing this, Jeremy quivered

Amidst the silence, Jeremy could hear Madeline chuckling lightly.“Jeremy, everything’s too late. I won’t have any feelings for you no matter what you say now,” Madeline said coldly. She no longer had the same yearning for him any longer.“Because I don’t love you anymore.”Even though he knew that she did not love him, when he heard her saying it out loud, Jeremy finally felt what it was like to have a million arrows to his heart.He felt like invisible knives were raining down on him, slicing away his flesh from his body. What was left of him now was just his bones.Madeline lifted her hand suddenly and pushed away Jeremy’s lifeless arms.She turned around and looked sarcastically at the dispirited man.“Jeremy, I’m done with you. The moment you asked someone to break open my grandpa’s tombstone, I instantly regretted falling in love with a cold-blooded and heartless man like you.”When he heard her saying this, Jeremy felt the cold wind taking over his body. The temperature