She had to stay alive until the day Meredith got her retribution!Madeline did not successfully leave Glendale. Jeremy would bring her back to Whitman Manor occasionally.Old Master Whitman was weirdly fond of Madeline and was oddly kind to her. He even patted her shoulder and said, “This child looks so familiar. Do you think we were grandfather and granddaughter in our previous lives?”To be honest, it was not only the old master who had this feeling, but Madeline also felt the same.The moment she met the old master, she felt like she had seen him before.Whenever Madeline went to Whitman Manor, aside from pretending to be gentle and kind to Jeremy, everyone was treating her as if she was an eyesore—especially Meredith.Initially, she was able to kick her away and get the position of Mrs. Whitman successfully, but now, they could not get past Old Master Whitman. Getting the position of Mrs. Whitman now was as difficult as flying.Monday afternoon, Madeline was looking for a jo

Madeline’s head felt heavy. After she was shaken by Meredith, she felt even dizzier.“Maddie, why are you so cruel? I don’t care how much you hate me and resent me, but my child is innocent. Why’d you do this to Jack?”This sounded so familiar.Madeline did not forget how she almost said the same things to Meredith.However, what was going on now?What was Meredith saying to her?“Maddie, tell me, where did you hide Jack? Tell me!”When Madeline was still confused, Meredith screeched and questioned her hysterically again.“Jack?” Madeline remembered what happened before she fell asleep. Then, she looked at her whereabouts. She was at her current home.She was taking Jackson back to Whitman Manor earlier. Why was she here now?Madeline felt a cold gust of air creeping up from the bottom of her feet. She quivered. She did not dare to imagine what had happened.“Madeline, I didn’t expect you to really do what you claimed you would.” A bone-chilling voice said from above her hea

One minute was up in a blink of an eye.Madeline was woken by Meredith’s cries. Jeremy looked at her coldly and pressed three numbers on his phone. He was about to call the cops!“No!”Madeline’s tightly wound nerve finally snapped.She walked in front of Jeremy with a pale face. “Jeremy, I truly didn’t hide your son! I won’t do that kind of thing even if I despise Meredith!“I experienced the pain of being separated from my own flesh and blood, so I know it feels even worse than death. I’d never—”“So you’ll only be happy if Mer goes through this pain as well, right?” Jeremy interrupted Madeline. His gaze was like sharp knives, stabbing Madeline’s heart mercilessly.“Madeline, a leopard never changes its spots. A woman like you can die 1,000 times and still the resentment in my heart will never be diminished!”Hiss.His furious words penetrated Madeline’s heart like bullets that she was unable to dodge away from.“Don’t even think about coming out after going in now,” Jeremy

Madeline’s vision was blurred by the rain, but she could clearly feel Jeremy’s wrath.He grabbed her collar tightly, making Madeline almost unable to breathe.Looking at her red face that was on the brink of suffocation, he finally let go of his hands as if he was releasing his anger. Then, he pushed her away.Madeline gasped for air as her body was drenched in the rain.She picked up her wet phone and saw her messages on the screen.There was a message from an unknown sender at the top of the list. ‘The kid refuses to listen to me, so I beat him up good. He’s not making a sound now. When can you make the Whitmans pay up to get this kid back?’When she read this message, Madeline’s brain exploded. Then, her mind went blank.It was obviously a message about the kidnapping, but why was this message sent to her?“Madeline, you’re really something else. You even went as far as working with a ruffian to kidnap my son. If my son is hurt in any way, I’ll slice a piece of your flesh of

The man told her his location before hanging up.Madeline called Jeremy instantly, but she noticed that he had probably blocked her number.Then, she looked at her empty contact list. The only number she could dial now was Old Master Whitman’s.However, after thinking about it, Madeline gave up that thought.Time did not wait, and Madeline did not have any other choice. She called a cab and told the driver the address.The driver was a friendly-looking man. When he saw that Madeline was pale and in pain, he wanted to send her to the hospital out of kindness. After Madeline thanked and rejected him, they continued their way to their destination.About half an hour later, she finally reached the location the man gave her.It was somewhere in the countryside that was surrounded by mountains and bodies of water. Trees with yellowing leaves were everywhere.The night wind blew past her, the bone-chilling coldness invading her entire body.Madeline shivered, and the tumor in her sto

After Tanner said that, Madeline’s shirt was ripped open.Madeline was in so much pain that she did not have the energy to struggle. When she thought Tanner was about to get away with this, the door was kicked open with a loud thud.The door tilted to one side before falling on the floor.Madeline turned her head and saw Jeremy’s handsome yet terrifying face that looked similar to that of Satan’s.When her eyes met his sinister and treacherous gaze, she shivered.Jeremy strode over and pulled Tanner, who was pressing on top of Madeline, away.“How dare you kidnap my son? Are you tired of living?”He punched Tanner heavily on the side of his face, making Tanner wail in pain. One of his teeth fell out and blood started pouring from his mouth. Jeremy kicked Tanner to the corner of the wall, and in that instant, Tanner could not get up from the pain.Madeline fell on the floor limply. She tried to cover her naked body with her tattered clothes.Jeremy glanced at her in disgust. “M

‘Really?‘So you only made a promise to Meredith in this lifetime?‘So what you said back then were all just meaningless words? And I was just a scenery that you passed by in your life that’s not worth remembering.’Hehe.Madeline closed her eyes. She could not tell whether it was tears or rain that drenched her eyes.Before she had the energy to stand up, Tanner and she were brought into the cop car.During the 48 hours in detention, Madeline could not escape from being beaten up again.However, she was numb to all this. She was so numb that she did not feel any pain when she started vomiting blood.Only tears escaped her eyes uncontrollably. The tears seared her heart, blurring her vision and drowning her heart.Madeline crawled on the ground and got to the iron bars. She received all kinds of kicks and punches on her back.When she looked at the sunlight outside, she smiled lamentably.While she was living in a world that she had created herself for so many years, that ma

The air in the car plunged into sudden silence. Madeline laughed bitterly in exhaustion.“Jeremy, even if you don’t believe me, what about Grandpa? He’s a wise man with a lot of experience in life. If I’m such a battered person, then why did he agree to let me marry you? Why would he take care of me and give Meredith the cold shoulder?”She thought Jeremy would ponder about this, but the moment she stopped talking, he laughed.“You know clearly why you got to marry me and why Meredith gets the cold shoulder from Grandpa.”He was obviously saying that Madeline was secretly inciting disharmony between Old Master Whitman and Meredith.However, he never thought about how a woman like Meredith who willingly became a mistress was already problematic.“Madeline, stop acting. I’m going to take you to see Grandpa now. I’ll let him see your true self.”Madeline smiled bitterly. She did not want to explain herself anymore.Her existence had become a lie that was wicked beyond redemption.

Meredith stopped putting on her pitiful performance and looked at Old Master Whitman with an awkward expression on her face.The old master’s face was solemn and his manner was imposing. “You’re a woman who meddled into another marriage and you even gave birth to a shameful illegitimate child with so much courage of your convictions. Not only are you not shameful about what you’ve done, but on the contrary, you’re proud of yourself. The Whitmans don’t have a granddaughter-in-law who doesn’t respect and love herself.”“...” The corner of Meredith’s lips twitched as her fake gentle mask was about to crack.Perhaps she had never expected herself to be such a character in the old master’s heart.No wonder the old master did not like her.Madeline saw Meredith clenching her fists. She was finding it difficult to keep up her act, and yet, she still could not drop her kind and gentle facade.“Dad, you can’t say that. Madeline was the one who meddled in their business first. She’s the mi

Everyone in the room did not expect the old master to ask a question like this, let alone Madeline.Madeline’s stabled heart rate went up again instantly. She did not know how to answer that question.Old Master Whitman saw Madeline’s blushing face and he understood.He smiled gently and lifted his head to look at Jeremy. Then, he solemnly looked at Meredith and Jeremy’s mother who had awkward expressions on their faces.“No one is allowed to destroy this marriage as long as I’m here!” The old master announced seriously.Madeline saw that Meredith’s face was as dark as a piece of coal and it was extremely grim. She reckoned she must be cursing the old master with all the swears she could think of.“Miss Montgomery.”The old master addressed Meredith this way as she was the young lady of the Montgomery family now.Meredith forced out a smile on her face. “Yes, Old Master Whitman.”“I trust that my granddaughter-in-law didn’t kidnap your son. If you insist that she’s the one who