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Chapter 1715
Madeline stood, on her guard, and turned toward her precious daughter who remained ignorant.She did not want to deal with this uninvited guest in front of the young child, but she was extremely uncomfortable with stepping out of the room, leaving this child alone in the room.“What’s wrong? Are you scared to see me, Mrs. Whitman?” Mockery could be heard in the woman’s voice. “Don’t worry. I’ve heard that your daughter has an incurable disease, so I specially came here to express my sympathy,” Shirley said as she strode in, handing a bouquet of powder blue baby breaths to Lillian.Madeline had wanted to stop her, but she did not want to frighten the child with her aggressive actions. She could only watch as Shirley tried to worm her way into being friends with Lillian.“Lillian, these flowers are for you. Do you like them? I’ve heard that powder blue baby’s breaths are your favorite flowers. You ought to admire them properly. You might not necessarily have the chance to receive suc
Chapter 1716
As Shirley was speaking, she looked at Lillian who was leaning against the hospital bed with a confused face.She placed the baby’s breath, which had been in her hand, on the bedstand. A moment ago, Shirley’s eyes had been full of hostility and sarcasm. Her eyes were gentle as they scanned Lillian’s small face, then, with an arrogant and disdainful look, fell back onto Madeline.“Eveline, I know you’re a special woman. You’re so special that you’re unyielding and tenacious. However, she should also know that I’m an evil woman. That is why I had especially concocted the poison in your body.”“What about it?” Madeline asked indifferently.Shirley’s beautiful eyes narrowed. “You already had three flare-ups. After these three stages, the poison in your body will slowly reach the final stage.”As she spoke, she stopped for two seconds, taking two steps toward Madeline.As Shirley confronted Madeline’s naturally stunning face which wore no makeup, Shirley’s eyes were tinged with a hint
Chapter 1717
Madeline could not deny it now that Jeremey had asked.“Yes, I guess so.”“You guess so?”“I… I was at the nursing station. The bouquet was already on Lillian’s bed when came back.”Madeline avoided Jeremy’s gaze when she spoke. She knew that she was being untruthful, but she had to lie to him.It was because she truly could not make someone up out of thin air.If she had told him that Shirley was here, Jeremy would certainly be angry.“Could it have been Fabian?” Jeremy guessed.Madeline immediately followed along. “Fabian? It’s possible.”“We’re the only people who know that Lily likes powder blue baby’s breaths. Apart from Fabian, I can’t think of anyone else,” Jeremy said, giving his analysis.Madeline very much agreed.Indeed. Besides their parents, who else would understand their children’s preferences?This shows how thorough Shirley had been in researching them.On this day, Shirley’s words Madeline kept appearing on her mind from time to time.This poison was mad
Chapter 1718
Shirley always answered his call.Carter opened a location application on his phone and quickly found the location of Shirley’s phone.He noticed that the location of Shirley’s phone was near the villa, but it remained stationary on the spot, unmoving.Without hesitation, Carter rose and walked to the garage. He then got into his car and went to the street near the manor following the location indicated on his phone.Before he had arrived, Carter could see from afar that Shirley’s car had crashed into the railing, white fumes still rising out of her car hood.Carter’s eyes darkened. He quickly got out of the car and strode toward the door of the driver’s seat.In that second, he had no idea how much fear and anxiety he had in his heart.“Shirley!”Carter yelled at the driver’s seat, his voice trembling. When there was no response, Carter felt his heart and body went cold.He got a closer look and realized that there was no one in the car; only Shirley’s phone glowed on the p
Chapter 1719
In the silence that followed, Shirley turned her gaze toward Jeremy's hand.When she saw the object in Jeremy’s hand, her expression evidently changed.Jeremy stood, his tall and straight figure casting a dark shadow over Shirley who laid on the ground, unable to get up.“I’m guessing that you know exactly what this is?” Jeremy slowly squatted and gently opened the syringe in his hand.“Give someone a dose of their own medicine,” Jeremy said as he grabbed Shirley's arm, not giving Shirley any chance to resist, then injected the anti-toxoid test reagent directly into Shirley's vein.Shirley frowned in pain, her eyes widening at the same time.She could only watch as Jeremy proficiently injected the cold liquid into her veins. At that moment, she felt as if all the cells in her body were frozen.“Hiss.”This was the new type of poison that she developed. The AXT69. She had developed this to deal with Madeline.However, she had not expected that the extra samples would be used on
Chapter 1720
“Shirley, if you’re able to, you could keep on enduring it and suffer. If you can’t stand it anymore, get me the anti-toxoid test reagent. Otherwise, don’t even think about seeing the sun again in this lifetime.”As he was about to leave after speaking, he happened to hear a customized ringtone.He looked askance at Shirley, who could not speak at all, then walked to a side, answering the phone.“Linnie.”He spoke first, gently calling out to Madeline.Madeline’s gentle and pleasant voice responded from the other end. “Jeremy, won’t you be coming to the hospital tonight? Is there still work at the company?”Jeremy turned to glance at Shirley, then walked toward the basement door. “I’ll be done soon. I’ll head over in a moment. You should lie down and rest if you’re tired. Where’s Lily?”“I’m not tired yet. Lily’s already asleep.”“I’ll head over now.”“Take your time. Drive carefully,” Madeline reminded him.Jeremy felt a warmth in his heart, but he started to feel uneasy aga
Chapter 1721
“Jeremy, why do you have this in your pocket?”Madeline brought the earring in front of Jeremy. Of course, she was not suspicious nor was she questioning him. She just felt that this was a little strange.When Jeremy saw the earring, his mind went straight to Shirley.He figured that it had fallen into his pocket when he brought Shirley into the car.Jeremy did not know how he should dodge the question. He figured Madeline would not believe any excuses as to why he had a piece of woman’s jewelry in his pocket.Upon seeing Jeremy hesitating as though he did not know how to answer her, Madeline felt a little worried. “Jeremy, what's the matter with you? Who does this earring belong to?”Jeremy knew he could not hide this anymore, and he really did not want to lie to Madeline either.“It probably belongs to Shirley.” Jeremy did not hide it anymore.“Why is Shirley's earring in your pocket? Did you go to find her?” Madeline's expression became anxious as her heart started beating f
Chapter 1722
However, this time, Jeremy remained very calm. He chuckled softly and carefreely, saying, “Shirley has already told me that the anti-toxoid test reagent hasn’t been made. So even if she’s standing here, it won’t be of use.”“So you won’t let her go, huh?” Carter was slowly losing his patience.“You can go now. Don’t disturb my daughter’s rest.” Jeremy chased Carter away coldly.Carter pressed his lips together tightly. He looked at Lillian who was blinking her clear wide eyes and then looked at Madeline while saying, “Jeremy, don’t regret this.”“The thing I regret the most is that I only waited till now to teach that vile woman a lesson.”‘Vile woman.’Those two words pierced Carter’s eardrums. He felt that they sounded abnormally ear-piercing.Carter did not continue questioning Jeremy and turned around to leave with a cold expression on his face.After Carter left, Madeline immediately comforted the little princess and put her back to sleep. After Lillian was asleep, she loo
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