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Chapter 68
The air in the car plunged into sudden silence. Madeline laughed bitterly in exhaustion.“Jeremy, even if you don’t believe me, what about Grandpa? He’s a wise man with a lot of experience in life. If I’m such a battered person, then why did he agree to let me marry you? Why would he take care of me and give Meredith the cold shoulder?”She thought Jeremy would ponder about this, but the moment she stopped talking, he laughed.“You know clearly why you got to marry me and why Meredith gets the cold shoulder from Grandpa.”He was obviously saying that Madeline was secretly inciting disharmony between Old Master Whitman and Meredith.However, he never thought about how a woman like Meredith who willingly became a mistress was already problematic.“Madeline, stop acting. I’m going to take you to see Grandpa now. I’ll let him see your true self.”Madeline smiled bitterly. She did not want to explain herself anymore.Her existence had become a lie that was wicked beyond redemption.
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Meredith stopped putting on her pitiful performance and looked at Old Master Whitman with an awkward expression on her face.The old master’s face was solemn and his manner was imposing. “You’re a woman who meddled into another marriage and you even gave birth to a shameful illegitimate child with so much courage of your convictions. Not only are you not shameful about what you’ve done, but on the contrary, you’re proud of yourself. The Whitmans don’t have a granddaughter-in-law who doesn’t respect and love herself.”“...” The corner of Meredith’s lips twitched as her fake gentle mask was about to crack.Perhaps she had never expected herself to be such a character in the old master’s heart.No wonder the old master did not like her.Madeline saw Meredith clenching her fists. She was finding it difficult to keep up her act, and yet, she still could not drop her kind and gentle facade.“Dad, you can’t say that. Madeline was the one who meddled in their business first. She’s the mi
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Everyone in the room did not expect the old master to ask a question like this, let alone Madeline.Madeline’s stabled heart rate went up again instantly. She did not know how to answer that question.Old Master Whitman saw Madeline’s blushing face and he understood.He smiled gently and lifted his head to look at Jeremy. Then, he solemnly looked at Meredith and Jeremy’s mother who had awkward expressions on their faces.“No one is allowed to destroy this marriage as long as I’m here!” The old master announced seriously.Madeline saw that Meredith’s face was as dark as a piece of coal and it was extremely grim. She reckoned she must be cursing the old master with all the swears she could think of.“Miss Montgomery.”The old master addressed Meredith this way as she was the young lady of the Montgomery family now.Meredith forced out a smile on her face. “Yes, Old Master Whitman.”“I trust that my granddaughter-in-law didn’t kidnap your son. If you insist that she’s the one who
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Due to the inertia, Madeline’s body flew forward. A sharp pain came from her stomach. Madeline curled up her body to try to relieve this pain, but before she could do that, Jeremy yanked her over to him.His handsome face was not affected by his anger, and it was magnified in front of her.Jeremy looked at Madeline with an icy glare. “So you’re admitting that you drugged me and climbed into my bed back then?”Madeline looked at the face that she had loved for so many years and grinned.“If you think I did it, then I did, Mr. Whitman.” She did not want to make too many unnecessary explanations.However, Jeremy stopped in his tracks and looked at the grinning face that was before him. A similar grin appeared in his head, and the hand that was holding Madeline’s collar loosened. Then, after a while, there was a strong disgust in his eyes.“How cheap.” He spat out the insulting words from his lips and pushed Madeline away.Madeline felt a pang in her stomach and she frowned as she e
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Madeline saw a pair of expensive black leather shoes and a pair of long, lean legs. She lifted her head, and in her dazed state, she vaguely saw a familiar face before she passed out.When Madeline regained consciousness, she realized that she was in the hospital. Ava was staying next to her.Ava saw that she was awake but she still was not relieved. “Maddie, don’t you know the condition of your body? Why did you go out in the rain and got yourself into this situation?”Madeline saw that Ava was on the brink of tears. Her eyes were red and the corner of her lips was twitching.“I’m awake now, aren’t I?” Madeline smiled. However, she subconsciously felt that her body might have worsened. She did not want to think about it anymore.She recalled how she had used her life to swear to Jeremy earlier. Perhaps her life was going to end soon, so that promise of dying a horrible death felt extremely hilarious and amusing to her now.“Who sent me here?”Madeline remembered what happened b
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When Madeline thought that she would be unable to dodge away, a tall and slender figure appeared in front of her.Madeline’s coffee was splashed onto that man’s neatly ironed suit and shirt.It happened so quickly that Madeline and Meredith were both shocked.“Miss, I can sue you for assault just by your action of splashing hot coffee on someone else,” the man said. His voice was deep and mellow, like red wine to the ears. His demeanor was not like anyone else.Meredith looked at the man’s face before saying arrogantly after she came back to her senses, “Tch! Are you trying to scare me? So what if I assaulted her? I was going to assault this b*tch. Why did you step in all of a sudden?”“Miss Crawford is my official employee. As her superior, I have the responsibility to protect my staff.”When Madeline heard this, she was beyond shocked.When she was about to say something, her eyes met the man’s bottomless eyes. She was taken aback as she felt that he looked very familiar.“Ha
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What?Madeline could not believe what she had just heard.Jeremy calling her his wife was already a fantasy, but what astonished her the most was how Jeremy addressed her boss.Uncle?She did not know the name of the man who had helped her twice. She only knew that the staff would call him Mr. Whitman.However, Madeline did not think too much of it at that time. After all, there were so many people with the same last name in this world. Hence, she did not expect him to be Jeremy’s uncle.Felipe Whitman got out of the car slowly, looking at Madeline in puzzlement. “So, you’re Jeremy’s wife?”Madeline opened her mouth after being stuck in a daze. “For now.”Jeremy’s face fell when he heard Madeline’s answer.“For now?” Felipe’s interest was piqued by her answer. He looked at Jeremy with a small smile on his face. “If that’s the case, then I won’t stop you from taking your wife home.”Felipe got into his car again before looking at Madeline. “Remember to come to work tomorrow. I
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It was already dark, and Madeline helped the drunk Ava into the cab.When she turned around, she was surprised to see Jeremy standing at the front door.He leaned against his car lazily. One of his hands was in his pocket while the other was holding a cigarette. The end of the cigarette was lit up before it gradually dimmed in the night. He looked pretty lonesome.Madeline’s heart skipped a beat. She did not know whether she was nervous. She wanted to stay away from Jeremy, but the man had already seen her.His cold gaze landed on Madeline. “Get in.”He was always commanding her, never giving Madeline the chance to choose.Madeline calmly averted her gaze from him. “I’m sorry, Mr. Whitman. We should talk tomorrow. It’s late now.”Jeremy frowned. He stood in front of Madeline in frustration. “I asked you to get in.”“Who’s that? Why is it so noisy?” Something was blocking her way, so Ava lifted her head while in a drunken state. She looked at Jeremy for a while and suddenly, she