Tanner was positively terrified, the color draining from his face as his pupils dilated from the fear.

“Go away, Madeline! Stop bothering me! I… I was just doing what I was paid to do!”

“Tanner Long!” Meredith immediately interrupted him and nervously called for the bodyguards. “Quickly, take this man away!”

Tanner pointed a trembling finger at Meredith, paying her words no heed.

“Madeline Crawford! If… If you want to haunt someone for revenge, then haunt her! It was all Meredith’s orders!”

With Tanner’s words, Meredith felt her body growing cold. Feeling a tyrannical storm of frost swirling around her, she could not imagine the expression Jeremy was wearing on his face.

“What’s happening? Who is this man? What does he mean?” Mrs. Whitman quickly rushed over to ask.

Meredith frantically tried to change the subject. “Mrs. Whitman! This is Tanner Long. He and Madeline used to be involved illicitly. They also planned Jack’s kidnapping together!”

“So it’s you!” Eloise glare