Meredith widened her eyes as she looked at the woman in front of her while at a loss. She was beyond shocked when she saw the piercing and proud gaze staring back at her.

“You… Vera, what do you mean? What does my past have to do with you?”

“Does it not?” Madeline put her face closer to hers. “Look at my face. Without going against your conscience, can you say that what you’ve done in the past has nothing to do with me?”

“...”

Meredith’s heart was racing.

The face in front of Meredith reminded her of Madeline, the woman she had forced to her death.

Her eyes widened, and she was petrified.

“Y-You… Madeline…”

Madeline smirked when she saw Meredith’s horrified expression.

“Why? Do you finally remember what you did? Do you remember how you shamelessly stuck your foot into Madeline and Jeremy’s marriage? Do you remember how you harmed Madeline with all your ruses and caused her to carry all those burdens even until the day she died?”

Madeline’s spirited eyes were filled with icy r