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Meredith’s voice shook as she said, “Jeremy, don’t go. Where are you going? Our marriage—”“I don’t have the mood today,” Jeremy replied coolly, pulling his hand away from Meredith’s grip.“Jeremy!” Meredith continued to shout, but Jeremy had already left.The Montgomeries and the guests did not understand what they just saw.However, they could clearly see Jeremy’s attitude. He was very obviously frustrated with something.The crowd was suddenly suspicious. Jeremy did not seem to love Meredith as much as the rumors seemed to claim. Otherwise, why did their marriage keep getting delayed? Even today, Jeremy left Meredith just for the simple reason that he was not in the mood.Meredith lifted her dress as she chased after him. She saw that Madeline was walking in front and Jeremy had driven his car next to her, opening the door for Madeline like a gentleman as he invited her in before leaving.Meredith tightly grabbed onto her dress at the sight of the scene, and in her eyes was a
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She smiled coldly. “If that’s the case, then why did you befriend a woman who looks exactly like her? Wouldn’t you be disgusted looking at my face?”Jeremy turned around, looking at Madeline with an alluring gaze. “Miss Vera, your face is beautiful.” Yes, that face was beautiful.Just as beautiful as she was.No, she was just a little bit more beautiful.Her face had a simple and genuine quality, perfect in its serenity.Jeremy looked at the face in front of him as if he was only able to fill his empty heart that way.Suddenly, the phone rang, stopping his admiration. He looked at the screen and wanted to reject it, but he still answered in the end. “What is it?”The breeze was too strong, so Madeline could not hear what was being said on the other end, but she heard Jeremy’s unwilling reply. “I’ll return right now.”Madeline had thought that Jeremy would drop her off on the way, but he did not stop until he reached a familiar street. In the end, the car stopped in front of t
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Jeremy whispered a few words to Madeline before bringing her to Old Master Whitman.Old Master Whitman was already quite old, so his eyesight was not too good. All he could see was Jeremy pulling a long-haired woman over. However, the moment Madeline was in front of him, his eyes widened in disbelief as he gripped his cane and stood up from the sofa.“You… You are… Maddie?” the old man asked in disbelief as his trembling right hand reached out to her, seemingly trying to test if it was an actual ‘human’ in front of him.Madeline looked at his hopeful gaze and could not help but feel sad. However, there was a hint of sweetness within that sadness.There was still someone who cared about her here!She smiled as she reached out to hold the old man’s hands. “Grandpa.”“Are you really Maddie?” the old man asked excitedly.Mrs. Whitman watched by the side with a suspicious gaze.“Grandpa, of course she is,” Jeremy said, helping Madeline answer.Seeing that, Mrs. Whitman’s expression
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Old Master Whitman nodded, casting a meaningful look at Madeline as if he had seen through something.In the car, Jeremy spoke first, “Miss Vera, thank you for fulfilling my unreasonable request.”“Since it’s an unreasonable request, I hope there won’t be a second time,” Madeline said calmly, “Mr. Whitman, you’ve taken up a lot of my time. Could you please send me back immediately? You should also go back and console your fiancé.”Jeremy looked at Madeline and saw that her expression was cold and impatient. He said, “I’m really sorry for taking up your time with your boyfriend. I’ll treat the two of you to a meal next time.” “That’s not necessary. I’m afraid my boyfriend will get jealous.” Madeline rejected.Jeremy did not say anything else and headed back right after sending Madeline to the designated location.Madeline stood next to the busy streets, looking down at her palms.It felt like there was still some warmth in her hands.Grandpa.He actually still remembered her.
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Although Lily was not even three years old, she was very nimble.Seeing that Meredith was about to hit her so maliciously, she immediately avoided her.Meredith stretched her hand out, hitting the air. She became even more annoyed and stretched out her fingers to pinch Lily's face.Lily opened her cute little mouth and unceremoniously bit the back of Meredith's hand."Ah!" Meredith screamed.Lily loosened her mouth and blinked her big, beautiful eyes. "Aunty, my mommy said that those who like hitting children are bad people. Since you’re a bad person, I can shout and hit you."What? What did you say?" Meredith had never expected that there would be such a day when she was actually lectured by a little girl who was not even three!She was furious. Seeing Lily having turned and was walking toward the shop, Meredith hurriedly chased after her, forgetting at that moment that she was still stepping on the glazed bead under her feet. The glazed bead immediately rolled. Unable to hold
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"Thank you, Big Brother. You’ve saved Lily again." Lily blinked at Jeremy with her pure-looking glass-like eyes. "My mommy is here, so you can put me down, Big Brother."Jeremy looked at the little girl in his arms as a gentle smile appeared on his cold face. "Your name is Lily?""Yeah..." Lily nodded obediently but soon furrowed her cute, little eyebrows before shaking her head. "Only Mommy calls me Lily, but Dad doesn't call me that."Dad.Jeremy never felt these two words to be so harsh before.Harsh and unfamiliar.He thought of Jackson. In the past three years, he had hardly heard Jackson call him ‘Dad’.His heart was beating uneasily all of a sudden for some reason.He put Lily down and she ran straight to Madeline's side. "Mommy, this aunty wanted to hit me just now, but she fell down. Luckily, this big brother saved me."Lily raised her eyes in a serious manner before explaining the situation earlier to Madeline.Madeline smiled gently and hugged Lily. "Mr. Whitman,
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Madeline could not help but halt her steps. She looked at Meredith who said these words as a layer of doubt gradually appeared in her heart.Why was Meredith and Jeremy’s past so similar to her own experience with Jeremy back then?Moreover, was April Hill the place where they first met as well?"Jeremy, I don't need anything, but I really can't lose you. Please don't leave me, okay?" Meredith's soft voice pulled Madeline's thoughts back.She saw Meredith's eyes that were filled with tears while she looked at Jeremy with an expectant gaze.Although Jeremy had not responded, he took out a handkerchief to bandage Meredith's wound. He still cared for Meredith so much."Jeremy...""Stop talking. I'll take you to the hospital."Meredith looked at Jeremy affectionately "Jeremy, with you accompanying me, I won't be in as much pain. I know that you’ll protect me forever."Madeline could hear these words from where she was standing.While watching Jeremy help Meredith up, Meredith h
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Never.Seeing that Madeline was turning around to leave, Jeremy pulled the corners of his lips into a smile. "Miss Vera, you seem to want to draw a clear line with me?"Madeline turned her head and chuckled. "Mr. Whitman, you and I have always been just passersby. There’s no need to draw a clear line."She quickly brought Lily into the car and returned to the apartment.Right after taking a shower, she prepared to put Lily to sleep when the phone rang again.After looking at it, it turned out to be Meredith.Madeline walked to the balcony to answer the phone, and Meredith's questioning voice came from the other end, "Vera Quinn, where is Jeremy now? Are you with him?"Madeline laughed in a low voice. "Miss Crawford, why would you come to me to ask if your fiancé is missing? You’re really interesting.""Vera Quinn, you don't have to pretend! Isn't your plastic surgery meant to look like Jeremy's ex-wife just so you can attract his attention?" Meredith's tone was full of resentme