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Meredith had just called her a moment ago, and her tone was quite aggressive. How did she sound even remotely like someone who might do something stupid?However, she saw that Jeremy’s face was solemn. He seemed to have believed it and was now concerned about Meredith’s safety.“If Mr. Whitman is busy, I can just get off right now.”Jeremy looked at Madeline, seemingly hesitating. It took him a while before he stopped the car. Madeline got down from the car quite briskly, waving to Jeremy after. “Mr. Whitman, see you another time.”After that, she turned around and left. Jeremy did not leave immediately and looked at her walking away with his rearview mirror as he replayed the scene earlier in his head.Why did he so frantically reach out for her? That answer was quite clear in his heart.It was only until Madeline heard the car moving did she stop to look back.She immediately hailed a taxi to tail after Jeremy’s car. She did not expect that the car would go all the way to
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Madeline got on a taxi at the side of the road before leaving immediately. As she looked at the signs on the road, the words ‘April Hill’ hurt her eyes.She suddenly felt that the cleanliness in her heart had been polluted.How filthy.When Jeremy finally caught up, he did not see Madeline at all and only saw a car moving along the roads of April Hill in the distance. His mood sank again, sinking into the sea next to April Hill.‘She’s gone.‘She left three years ago.’He reminded himself again, but he had never accepted that fact in the first place.“Jeremy, what’s wrong?” Meredith hurriedly ran after him, not understanding Jeremy’s actions or expression.Jeremy glanced at her, his voice sounding distant. “Get in the car.”Meredith hurriedly got into the car. Her show had concluded, and she planned on cashing in on it.“Jeremy, it’s my birthday the day after tomorrow. I’m actually quite content just being by your side, but Jack is growing up. He’s starting to understand a
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Her mother…No, she was Meredith’s mother.Madeline laughed at herself mockingly, her mind filled with the scenes of Eloise and Sean slapping her in the face for the sake of protecting Meredith.She even remembered that last kick from Sean which caused her to spit out blood.They never looked at her until the end.Madeline’s grip on the door was extremely tight, and at that moment, Eloise took out her phone to give Meredith a call.“Mer, you can come out now. I’ll bring you for a spa session later, then we can look for something to wear. It’s your birthday tomorrow, and Jeremy will propose to you as well. I want to make sure you’ll look the prettiest you can be. I’ll turn you into the most dazzling princess in the world. Dear, you’ll always be my precious daughter.”Princess? Precious daughter?Ah.Madeline wanted to laugh hearing all that. She no longer wanted to continue listening.She turned around, but she did not see that one of her employees was carrying coffee and snac
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Meredith had a shy look on as she waited for Jeremy’s response. Her mood was soaring. She never expected that just as everyone was shouting for Jeremy to propose, an unwelcome voice would be heard.Meredith’s smile froze on her face as she clenched her teeth in dissatisfaction. She said, “Why is she here?!”Jeremy immediately turned around when he heard the voice, and the face he had been dreaming of every night entered his sight. Following that, everyone else looked toward the direction where the voice had come from as well. A graceful and beautiful woman entered their sights, but once they took a clear look at her face, Eloise and Sean widened their eyes in shock!“This… Madeline?! How... How is that possible?” Eloise’s face was pale, obviously scared as she unconsciously took a step backward. If not for Sean supporting her, she might have fainted from shock.A dead person had appeared in front of them, so it was only natural that she was scared.Sean was also taken aback, b
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Madeline’s next words rained on Meredith’s parade very quickly. “Yes, I’m obviously referring to your mother.”“What?” Meredith looked like she had been slapped in the face. “What does this have to do with my mom?”“Yesterday, your mother came to my shop to buy two sets of jewelry for you.” Madeline explained calmly.Meredith finally understood, but she had lost her smile.Looking at the scene, Eloise and Sean exchanged a look. “What did Meredith call Madeline? Miss Quinn?”Sean was also filled with doubt, not knowing what was happening. The moment they saw Madeline face Meredith, the two of them immediately walked over as they were afraid that Madeline would do something to Meredith.Upon walking closer, they heard Jeremy say to Madeline, “Since you’re here, come in and have something to eat.”“No! How can we let that woman into our home?!” Sean hurriedly shouted.Madeline ignored the wave of hurt and continued smiling while looking toward the source of the voice.In front of
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Meredith wanted to reject it, but to keep up her gentle appearance, she accepted Madeline’s gift with a smile. “Thank you.”After that, she pulled on Jeremy’s sleeve. “Jeremy, let’s go in. We shouldn’t keep the other guests waiting.”“Indeed, the two of you head inside first.” Eloise and Sean urged, their expressions full of happiness. “Make use of the happy occasion today and quickly set a date for your marriage.”Meredith smiled shyly at Jeremy. “Jeremy, I can finally marry you and become your bride.”Looking at Meredith’s smiling face, Madeline shot them a gentle smile as well.As they returned to the garden, quite a few gazes fell onto Madeline, all of them trying to guess her status and origin.Sensing all their attention on Madeline, Meredith started to get unhappy.Seeing that Jeremy did not seem to be willing to propose today, Meredith had an unsettled feeling. It would be quite embarrassing if it did not come to pass today.With that in mind, she turned to Eloise and S
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Looking at her attire, she did not seem like a servant of the Montgomeries, and neither did she look like a guest, so who was she?Madeline did not have the chance to think about it. She hurried upstairs when she saw that the woman was wiping away her tears and preparing to leave.Before she could clear the mystery in her head, Madeline heard Meredith’s voice coming from inside one of the rooms.She walked toward the room and stood outside. She did not know how Meredith did it, but she heard her voice shout out in elation, “Jeremy, I’m so happy. Marrying you is my greatest wish in life!”It would seem that Jeremy really was going to propose to Meredith, and they were going to be married quite soon.“I’ll definitely fulfill my promises.” Jeremy’s voice followed, sounding like someone who always kept their promises.Madeline felt like those words were grating against her ears. ‘Jeremy, when have you ever fulfilled your promises to me?‘You destroyed everything that I waited and ho
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Meredith raised her voice. It was probably the first time she had been so hysterical in front of Jeremy.She wildly pulled at Madeline who was in Jeremy’s embrace, shrieking. “Vera Quinn! I knew you didn’t have good intentions. Giving me a present? You’re clearly here to seduce Jeremy!”Madeline was getting quite annoyed with Meredith’s high-pitched voice. If it was not for the fact that she had a plan, she would probably have slapped Meredith.However, Madeline did not do so and instead frowned in mock dizziness. “Miss Crawford, you’re mistaken.”“I’m not mistaken! I saw it with my own eyes! You despicable woman!” As Meredith shouted, she decided to send her palm straight toward Madeline’s face.Smack!Meredith’s palm did not find her target. Instead, it was grabbed firmly by Jeremy.Jeremy’s eyes coldly looked at the hysterical Meredith. “I was just helping her up. Do you have to shout at her like that?” His voice was so cold that Meredith almost cried from hearing it.“Jer