Jeremy stopped walking. Then, he looked at the smiling woman with his soft gaze.

He could guess what was going on. His brows started furrowing together as his expression became heavy as well.

“No.” He rejected her.

Madeline smiled mischievously. “I haven’t told you what it is.”

“I know what you want to say.” There was a smart glint in Jeremy’s eyes. “Linnie, I said no.”

He emphasized again, his expression looking even more solemn.

The smile on Madeline’s face started fading away. “Jeremy, let me do something for you. I’m your wife. I can’t bear to watch my husband being framed.”

Jeremy walked in front of Madeline. “It’s because you’re my wife that I can’t let you risk yourself like this.”

“I want to.”

“But I don’t.”

“…”

Madeline did not know what to say. Once again, she felt that the person in the world who was more stubborn than her was Jeremy.

She left the hotel with him with no choice. They wanted to go back to the manor to visit their children, but they knew someone wou