Ch. 1971..1980

Married by Mistake: Mr. Whitman's Sinner Wife chapter 1971

It was none other than the maid who was with Jeremy before the wedding.

Madeline was about to look for Jeremy, and she had a feeling in her heart that this maid might know where Jeremy was, so Madeline walked hurriedly over to her.

Since Madeline did not know the maid's name, she could not call out to her, so she could only walk faster to chase up to the maid.

However, when Madeline was halfway there, the maid suddenly turned around.

The maid, who did seem to have seen Madeline, walked straight up to the entrance to a room, pushed the door open, and walked in.

Madeline intuitively knew something was wrong, so she quickly ran after her.

The moment the door was about to close, Madeline lifted her hand to hold the door, then she pushed the door open and walked in.

Just as she arrived at the entrance, she heard the maid's soft voice coming from the room.

“I had wanted to leave just like that, but after I thought about it, I was still reluctant to leave you. I didn't think that you'll be awake the moment  I come back, Mr. Whitman.”

Madeline could clearly hear those words floating into her ears. She was stunned for two seconds and then she strode over.

The moment Madeline saw a half-naked Jeremy sitting in bed, she heard an explosion in her brain, and she lost all her senses.

Jeremy sat up groggily, and his long finger was pressed against his temple.

His thick eyebrows were furrowed tightly, and he looked off-colored.

Madeline took a deep breath to control her emotions.

“Jeremy.”

Jeremy froze when he heard her voice. The maid who was standing on the side of the bed turned her head to look over.

When she saw Madeline, she displayed a surprised expression.

“Miss Montgomery, why are you here?”

The maid looked at Madeline up and down. “ Shouldn't you be at the wedding with Mr. Carter? Why are you here?”

Madeline looked at the maid insipidly after hearing her surprised and curious words. Madeline then walked toward Jeremy.

While she was at it, she picked up the clothes that were thrown on the floor. After shaking the dust off the clothes, she helped Jeremy put them on.

“Miss Montgomery, what are you doing?” exclaimed the stunned maid as she hurried over to try and stop Madeline.

Madeline lifted her cold and beautiful eyes and looked at her with an icy look. “Don't come any closer. Stand there. Don't move.”

The maid wanted to stop Madeline, but she was so frightened by Madeline's aura that she stood motionlessly on the spot.

Madeline quickly helped Jeremy put on his shirt then bent down and buttoned his shirt for him.

Jeremy sat on the bed, looking out of sorts, as he merely allowed Madeline to put on his clothes for him.

Madeline sensed that something was wrong with Jeremy's current state, but she did not know what was wrong. However, there was a horrible idea in her head that she did not want to consider.

“Miss Montgomery, isn't this a little inappropriate? You're Mr. Carter's wife. How can you be so intimate with Mr. Whitman? How can you put on his clothes for him?”

Madeline stopped what she was doing and asked coldly, “I can't put on his clothes for him and you can?”

The maid was not frightened by Madeline's identity at all. When she thought about how Carter wanted to bring her and Jeremy together, the maid was more confident. “I should be the one dressing him, and no matter what, it shouldn't be you, Eveline.”

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Eveline.

She was calling her by Madeline's first name now.

Madeline now knew how arrogant and proud this maid was.

“Also, I just had an intimate relationship with Mr. Whitman, so I'm the one who's the most qualified to take care of him.”

When Madeline heard what the maid said, she could hear a buzz in her brain again.

She felt as if something was stuck in her throat, preventing her from speaking.

However, Madeline did not allow herself to space out for long. When she was about to turn around, Jeremy suddenly reached out his hand and grabbed her wrist.

Madeline suddenly lifted her clear and alluring eyes. In the next second, her eyes met Jeremy's soft and tender gaze.

However, his tender gaze only lasted for a few seconds before it turned abnormally sharp to look at the maid who was a short distance away from the bed.

“No one is more qualified than Linnie to come near me. Since you've been taking care of me for the past two days, I've been showing you enough respect. But if you come at my Linnie, I will fight you to death.”

“L-Linnie?” The maid widened her eyes in shock. “ Mr. Whitman, did you just call her Linnie?”

Jeremy did not even want to look at the maid. He grabbed the bedsheet, wrapped it around his lower body, grabbed his pants, and walked slowly to the bathroom.

Inside the room, Madeline calmly got out of the bed and, with a dark expression on her face, elegantly turned around to face the maid.

“I  told you Mr. Whitman has a woman that he loves. I told you,” Madeline said as she looked at the disheveled maid. “Now that you've suffered a loss, you can't blame anyone else.”

The maid blushed and craned her neck awkwardly to argue.

“Eveline, what is the meaning of this? Who are you to Mr. Whitman? What right do you have to say that?

Also, you're Mr. Carter's wife, so why are you so close with Mr. Whitman? And why is he calling you Linnie?”

“I think it's already very obvious why Jeremy is calling me Linnie, ” Madeline answered calmly.

The maid's expression looked very unpleasant. She pointed at Madeline angrily and was about to scold her when she noticed Jeremy walking out.

He was dressed tidily, and he walked over elegantly. Even though his calf was hurt, and he walked with some difficulty, his temperament and the aura around him were not reduced in the slightest.

Aggrieved, the maid's face fell, and she walked over to Jeremy.

“Mr. Whitman...”

She called out to him softly, but Jeremy did not look at her and walked straight to Madeline instead.

“Linnie, you remember me now, don't you?” Jeremy's eyes were filled with fervent longing.

Madeline looked into his eyes and nodded without hesitation. “How would I forget the man I love the most in my life?”

The corners of her lips lifted, and a sweet smile blossomed on her lips.

Jeremy's eyes immediately sparkled with delight.

However, when the maid heard this, she was stunned. “W-What? Mr. Whitman is the man you love the most in your life? How can you say something so shameless, Eveline? Have you forgotten that you're Mr. Carter's...”

“Shut up, ” Jeremy interrupted her coldly.

The maid's body shook violently. Aggrieved and astonished, she looked at the man whose eyes were filled with anger.

“Mr. Whitman...” “My Linnie has always belonged to me, and only me. She has nothing to do with other men.”

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The maid was stunned. She could not believe it and did not want to accept what she heard. As the turn of events kept replaying in her mind, a pained and conflicted expression danced on her face.

“What do you mean? What does this all mean?”

The maid looked at Madeline and Jeremy in confusion.

They were a couple?

If that was the case, why did Madeline marry Mr. Carter?

She could not wrap her head around this.

What confused her the most was why did Carter want to bring her and Jeremy together.

“Linnie, there's something I need to tell you.” Jeremy's eyes were filled with apology.

Madeline nodded. “I know what you want to tell me. This isn't the place to talk. We should go now. I've booked tomorrow morning's flight for us, so we'll go home tomorrow.”

Jeremy furrowed his brows in suspicion. “Won't Carter cause trouble to you?”

Madeline smiled. “He's helpless now.”

After Jeremy heard that, a flabbergasted look appeared on his face, and then he smiled softly and held Madeline's hand.

The maid looked at the backs of those two who had just turned around, and the maid, unconvinced, ran to them.

“Mr. Whitman, are you going to leave like that? That was my first time. Are you going to be so irresponsible?”

Madeline and Jeremy stopped in their tracks. When Jeremy heard what the maid said, a look of annoyance crept onto his face.

He was not in a hurry to explain anything. He looked at Madeline apologetically instead.

The maid, who was feeling even more helpless now, looked at Jeremy with tears in her unconvinced and devastated eyes.

“Mr. Whitman, I really like you. I consented to what happened just now, and I was also happy. So please let me go with you. I will take care of you properly in the future.”

“That's impossible, ” Jeremy said suddenly. The way he denied her was abnormally decisive and cold.

The maid's face froze, and suddenly, her initial grievance and despair disappeared, and her expression was replaced by an aggressive look.

“Jeremy Whitman, are you really going to be that heartless?”

The maid's tone was provoking. She was starting to threaten him.

“Alright, if you're going to be so heartless, don't blame me for being immoral! Don't even think about leaving St. Piaf tomorrow. I'll call the police now and I'll tell them that you forced me to engage in sexual activities with you. When that happens, none of you can leave! ”

After the maid said that, she was about to call the police.

“You're calling the police, right? Here, I'll let you use my phone.”

“..” The maid was at a loss when she heard what Madeline said. She looked blankly at Madeline who just handed her the phone.

Madeline smiled instead. “Aren't you calling the police? Call them now. But when they do get here, it might be detrimental to you.”

“..” The maid was confused. She asked angrily, “

What do you mean by that, Eveline?”

“Nothing. I just hope that you remember what you said just now. You said that you consented to this and that you're happy, didn't you?”

“…” The maid stopped to recall what she just said. She did say something like that, but so what?

Madeline saw through what the maid was thinking at the present, and Madeline continued, “Since people around me are always framing me, I have a habit of making voice and video recordings whenever I go to a foreign place. Coincidentally,

I've recorded everything you said just now."

“..” The maid's face went pale. When she saw the confidence on Madeline's charming face, the maid suddenly lost all confidence.

Madeline had recorded her!

This meant that even if the maid were to call the police, it would be useless because she had said that she gave her consent.

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The maid, feeling extremely unconvinced, clenched her fists, gritted her teeth, and turned her attention to Madeline.

“Eveline, you're a sick woman!”

She cursed, completely consumed by rage.

“The man you love just had sex with another woman, and you're still able to smile so calmly. You're insane! ”

Madeline chuckled nonchalantly after she heard that. “This is nothing. It's normal for a man to play along. Besides, aren't you happy? Since there was mutual consent, you can't blame others.”

“..” The maid's jaw dropped; she was speechless. Not knowing what to say to retort Madeline, she could only glare at Madeline.

However, Madeline was unbothered by how the maid thought of her. She put away her phone, reached out her hand to grab Jeremy's arm, and then smiled.

“Jeremy, let's go. I've called a ride. We'll go back to the hotel first.”

Jeremy remained silent the whole time. Presently, he merely nodded obediently, and then with Madeline's help, they left the Royal Palace of St. Piaf step by step.

On the taxi, Madeline held Jeremy's arm and leaned her head against Jeremy's shoulder in a cute and helpless-looking manner.

She closed her eyes lightly and felt a sense of boundless security rushing into her heart.

Jeremy held Madeline and pulled her into his broad embrace. He lowered his eyes and saw her smiling face that looked at ease, and he felt apologetic from the bottom of his heart.

“When did you recover, Linnie?” Jeremy asked softly.

“Yesterday. Shirley was the one who broke the hypnosis. She's a very smart person, but unfortunately, she used her smartness in the wrong place most of the time,” Madeline explained.

She sighed in regret, and then she smiled and lifted her beautiful big eyes to look into Jeremy's eyes that were as gentle as water.

“That maid really likes you. But I was just scaring her. I didn't record anything. Who asked her to scare me first? She even said she was intimate with you. I know that aside from me, you'll never touch other women.”

Madeline's eyes were filled with confidence, and her smile became brighter.

After hearing that, Jeremy lifted the corners of his lips into a smile, then he lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead. “Linnie, I'm sorry for making you worry.”

“I was the one making you worry. I've even gotten you hurt.”

As Madeline looked at Jeremy's injured calf, her heart broke into pieces.

“Carter would really do anything, but now, he should have gotten the karma and punishment he deserves.”

“What happened?” Jeremy asked for the details of what happened at the wedding, and Madeline told him everything.

After listening to that, Jeremy understood why Madeline continued to play dumb after her hypnosis was broken.

He was glad, but at the same time, he was heartbroken. He then tightened his arms.

However, when he recalled what happened with the maid just now, Jeremy's eyes were filled with intense conflict and helplessness.

Carter lost, but at the same time, he also won.

Carter created a taint that could never be erased between Jeremy and Madeline.

That man was so devious. Two days later.

The Royal Palace of St. Piaf put out a notice that

they were revoking Carter's status as the viscount. Additionally, they were going to punish and question him accordingly.

However, when someone was sent to bring Carter, Carter was nowhere to be found.

The Gray family was in chaos, and Camille did not know what to do.

In the drizzle of December, Shirley, with her simple luggage, steered her wheelchair to the road junction to hail a ride.

She decided to leave, but reluctantly, she turned her head to look at the familiar manor.

As her thoughts wandered, the ride she had called stopped in front of her...

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Shirley quickly collected her wandering thoughts. The sky was gray, and it was drizzling.

Shirley was having an unquiet state of mind. She looked at the driver who came over to help her and thanked him.

The driver wore a cap and a face mask. He did not speak. He merely kindly helped her into the car and put away the wheelchair.

Shirley sat in the car and looked at the scenery outside the window. Her expression looked abnormally dispirited.

During the drive, the driver would occasionally lift his eyes to look at Shirley from the rearview mirror.

Shirley, who was looking out of the window the whole time, did not know that the driver was observing her.

Although it was only drizzling, Shirley felt that it was raining cats and dogs in her heart.

Her only family member had died, and the friend who took care of her this whole time was dead as well.

She had even personally gone to destroy the future o f the man she loved the most.

Heh.

Shirley chuckled at herself. She felt that her life was a failure.

It was true. She was such a failure.

She thought self-deprecatingly. Unbeknownst to her, the car had driven very far.

Shirley had not been paying attention to their whereabouts, but after a long time, she realized the car was not driving toward the airport.

She was going to go back to Glendale and back to her old home, but this was obviously not the way back home.

Even though Shirley's hometown was in Glendale, she had been living in St. Piaf for so many years that she was very familiar with this entire place.

“Excuse me, this isn't the way to the airport. You're going in the wrong direction,  “Shirley reminded him.

The driver, however, did not heed her and only continued to drive.

Shirley thought the driver was driving the wrong way, but when she realized that the driver was ignoring her, she felt that something was not right.

“Excuse me, ” Shirley called out again, but the driver was still ignoring her.

Shirley was agitated. She could not move the lower half of her body, but she could still move her upper body.

She moved forward and saw the side of the driver's face. Despite the face mask and cap, she would never forget that familiar jawline.

Shirley's eyes widened in shock, and she suddenly reached out her hand and removed the driver's cap and face mask.

“Carter, it's you!”

Carter turned a deaf ear and remained silent. His expression was cold, devoid of emotion.

“Carter, stop the car, ” Shirley insisted in a firm tone. “You're basically a wanted criminal now, do you know that?”

Wanted criminal.

Carter laughed when he heard those two words.

One day ago, Carter Gray was the noble Viscount of St. Piaf, yet one day later, he had become a down and out wanted criminal. Every dog had its day.

Initially, he thought he could use Madeline to obtain the right to rule, but in the end, he shot himself in the foot.

“Carter, you're not deaf. I know you can hear me. I'm telling you one more time to stop the car!”

Shirley was agitated, and her tone became deeply worried too.

However, Carter not only continued to mind his own business, he suddenly increased the speed.

Shirley could not stop him, so she could only allow Carter to take her from one road to another.

After some time, Carter finally stopped the car.

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Shirley looked out of the car window and saw that the house before her looked familiar.

At this moment, Carter had already gotten out of the car and was at the side of the car in the rain opening the car door. He then bent down and carried Shirley out of the car, ignoring her protests.

“Carter, do you still intend to keep making mistakes now, even at this stage?”

As if mute, Carter remained silent as in the face of Shirley's accusations.

“Carter!'

“Stop talking.”

Carter finally spoke, but he did not stop walking.

He carried Shirley to the sofa in the house, then he brought in Shirley's luggage and wheelchair before closing the door.

The rain and wind were rustling outside beneath the gloomy sky.

Inside the house, Carter turned on the heating lamp and heater, and no one could feel the cold wind and haze of December in the house.

Carter removed his coat and slowly sat down in front of Shirley. He then picked up a red apple and started peeling it.

Shirley looked at Carter's every move coldly, and then she also stopped speaking.

She wanted to see what Carter would do.

Carter slowly peeled the apple and did not look at Shirley. He only stopped when he had peeled the entire apple to its core.

“Are you satisfied with the outcome?” Carter asked, breaking the tense and silent atmosphere.

He lifted his bottomless black eyes and looked faintly at Shirley who remained calm.

“I really didn't expect that, when I was questioned, you'd stand up and help everyone drive me away. ”

Carter chuckled at himself, then he simultaneously tossed the fruit knife onto the table and threw the apple's core in his hand into the bin.

He stood up, and his tall and lean body slowly walked up to Shirley. With his back to the light, his shadow enveloped Shirley like darkness.

However, Shirley was no longer scared of him. She sat there calmly with her resolute and leveled gaze.

“ So? Did you kidnap me and bring me here to vent your frustrations? No matter. I'm already in this state, so you can do whatever you want. I won't be able to fight back anyway.”

When Carter heard what Shirley said, he furrowed his brows.

“ Is that how you see me now?” Carter asked as he chuckled coldly. “I wouldn't have wasted so much effort to do something to you.”

“What do you want then?” Shirley asked directly.

After she said that, Shirley saw Carter bending down at his waist slowly and approached her.

She leaned back slightly in disgust, but she eventually could not stop him from getting close to her entirely.

Her heart skipped a few beats, and the rhythm of her heart told her that she still had feelings for Carter.

However, she suppressed those feelings deep in her heart.

That was because they could no longer return to how it had been.

“You've conspired with Eveline to completely destroy my reputation in front of everyone. Now that I'm a 'wanted criminal', I ought to do something, don't you think?”

Shirley frowned. “What do you mean by that?”

Carter curled the corners of his lips and lifted his hand. As his cold fingertips landed on Shirley's cheek, his smile seemed extremely sly.

“Shirley, don't be scared. I won't do anything to you. Now, I have nothing except you. I will protect you. I won't let you get hurt.”

“But  it's a different  matter for Eveline and Jeremy."

As Carter changed the subject, his eyes suddenly became sinister and dark. “Thanks to that test reagent you developed back then, it's now finally time for it to shine.”

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That test reagent?

Shirley's expression  changed.  Her eyes moved about as she thought, but she could not figure out which test reagent Carter was talking about.

That was because she had developed too many kinds of test reagents back when Carter ordered her to do so.

The sight of Carter's sly smile sent a chill down Shirley's spine. A terrifying feeling crept into her heart.

“What did you do to Eveline and Jeremy?”

“Are you worried about Jeremy or the partner with whom you fooled me?”

Shirley looked blankly at the man. She could tell from Carter's expression that something was not right. He looked as if possessed, and there was only hatred burning in his eyes.

Did he hate Eveline and Jeremy?

Shirley's heart trembled. She still could not figure out what test reagent Carter was talking about.

However, he already saw the uneasiness and apprehension on Shirley's face.

He smiled and spoke no further.

Elsewhere, it had been a few days since Madeline and Jeremy went back to Glendale.

However, in these few days, Madeline kept feeling as if something was troubling Jeremy.

She thought he was worried that the injury on his leg would affect his walking in the future, but she felt that Jeremy was not someone who would be worried about trivial matters like this. Moreover, they had had a doctor look at his injury again and there won't be anything wrong with it.

Today, after Madeline had ended her call with her precious little princess in F Country, she went to look for Jeremy in the study.

When she got to the door, however, she saw an annoyed Jeremy crumpling a piece of paper into a ball and throwing it on the floor.

He was in a bad mood.

Madeline felt that it was strange. Ever since they came back from St. Piaf, Jeremy was not his usual self.

She wanted to ask him, but she felt that Jeremy should have his reasons for not wanting to tell her.

The biggest reason might be because he did not want her to worry about him.

After thinking about it, Madeline turned around to make a cup of black tea for Jeremy. She then walked into the study with a smile.

“Jeremy.” Madeline smiled softly and gently as she walked slowly toward Jeremy.

When Jeremy saw Madeline, he quickly hid his emotions and gave the woman in front of him his usual gentle smile.

“Linnie.”

“Are you looking through your documents? Drink some black tea to warm your stomach. I just made this.” Madeline smiled and handed him the teacup.

Jeremy got up to take it, but for some reason, he seemed distracted. He had the teacup in his hand, but when Madeline let go of her hand, the teacup fell from his hand.

With a thud, the teacup fell on the floor.

While the teacup did not break into pieces, most of the black tea splashed on the back of Madeline's leg. The freshly brewed black tea was very hot.

Madeline retracted her leg reflexively and let out a low groan.

Jeremy, who seemed to finally come back to his senses, grabbed Madeline's hand and said, “Linnie, is it hot? Sit down first.”

He quickly helped Madeline to sit on the sofa.

He held Madeline's leg and placed it on his lap, and then he took off her cotton shoe and sock.

However, even though she wore thick winter socks, the back of her leg still burned red.

Jeremy's heart broke at the sight of that. He quickly found the ointment for burns and carefully applied it for Madeline.

The cold sensation and Jeremy's gentle application gradually quelled the pain from the burn.

Madeline looked at the frowning man in front of her and lifted her hand to place it on his forehead.

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Madeline's sudden gesture caused Jeremy to stop abruptly.

He felt his heart beating faster, but it was not a joyous rhythm.

“Jeremy, do you have something on your mind?”

Madeline finally asked. She did feel that Jeremy looked perturbed.

Upon hearing that, Jeremy lifted his eyes and shook his head.

“The biggest thing on my mind is you.” “Really?” Madeline giggled.

“I'm sorry, Linnie. I was thinking about something just now so I didn't catch the teacup. I've caused you pain.” Jeremy caressed the back of Madeline's leg which had been burned as his heart ached, even though the burn was not too serious.

Madeline smiled softly. “I know you didn't do it on purpose. I can endure such pain, but I can't endure you having something on your mind which you aren't telling me.”

After Madeline said this, Jeremy's expression looked solemn.

Madeline recomposed herself and asked, “Is it about the maid?”

When Jeremy heard this, a look of loss evidently flashed across his face.

Madeline furrowed her eyebrows as well. “That day... Did something really happen between you and her?”

After she said that, Madeline could see that Jeremy's expression froze.

That was not a good sign.

Madeline's heart skipped a beat, and she started to look as if she was at a loss.

She did not want to think too much at this moment, but the air around her started to become heavy.

After a while, Jeremy lifted his eyes and looked into Madeline's eyes who looked as if they were at a complete loss.

“Linnie, I was framed by Carter.”

Carter's helpless statement passed through Madeline's ears.

He was framed.

Madeline's heart sank. She understood the meaning behind this sentence.

She looked at Jeremy. After a while, she came back to her senses and blinked before speaking.

“I know you didn't mean it.”

Madeline turned her face to recompose herself, but the moment she stood up and her burned leg touched the ground, she felt a pang of pain.

“Hiss.” Madeline could not help but let out a groan of pain.

Jeremy reflexively grabbed Madeline's shoulder. “ Linnie.”

He felt a pain in his heart. When he saw Madeline's dazed expression, he felt even worse.

“Linnie, I ate a small piece of cake, and after I ate it, I felt dizzy. I don't remember  how I  got  to the room, and I don't know how I ended up with the maid...”

“Wait,” Madeline interrupted Jeremy.

There was longing in her eyes. “You don't know how you got to the room? Did you only wake up after? Do you think that nothing happened between

you  two and  that was just a ruse?"

Madeline analyzed it this way because something like this had indeed happened before.

Moreover, she felt that while the man was muddleheaded, it would be hard for him to do anything to a woman.

However, Madeline did not get the answer she wanted to hear.

She saw Jeremy furrowing his brows in annoyance. This meant that her analysis and imagination were wrong.

The light in Madeline's eyes dimmed, but she did not want to blame Jeremy.

“Carter really knows how to exact his vengeance on us, ” Madeline lamented and chuckled softly. She lifted her eyes to look at the apologetic man. “ Jeremy, I want to be alone for a while.”

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When Madeline said that, Jeremy suddenly felt like he was at a loss.

However, it was understandable that she wanted to be by herself.

“Linnie, I'll be outside the study. Call me if you need me, ” Jeremy said and was about to turn around and go out.

However, Madeline grabbed his hand. “Jeremy, your injury isn't healed yet, so move as little as possible. I'll wait in the room for a bit.”

After she said that, Madeline let go of Jeremy's hand and walked toward the door to the study.

Jeremy's heart suddenly became empty.

If his leg hurt, so, too, did her scalded foot. However, at this moment, nothing hurt more than her heart.

Jeremy was truly irritated. He really had been careless back then. He had not kept his guard up against the maid, so he did not think that there was a problem with the cake.

He recalled the situation in detail, and there was still a particular scene in his mind that he did not want to remember. How could he touch a woman other than his Linnie?

He could not accept this matter no matter what, let alone Madeline.

Once Madeline returned to the room, she sat quietly on the bed and flipped through the wedding photos of her and Jeremy.

After a while, Karen brought her toddler son into the room and said that the little guy wanted his mother to hold him.

Madeline picked up her son. Upon seeing the little guy's innocent and cute face, the sadness on her face gradually dissipated.

Knock, knock, knock.

There came soft and gentle knocks on the door.

Madeline, who already knew who was knocking, lifted her eyes and looked toward the entrance.

“Come in.”

She said, and the door was pushed open the next second. Jeremy then walked in through the entrance with light footsteps.

When he saw Madeline playing with Pudding, a look of love and tenderness naturally appeared in his eyes.

Jeremy walked up to the side of the bed and sat down. When the little guy saw him, he childishly parted his lips and called out, “Daddy.”

The clearly enunciated word warmed Jeremy's heart when he heard that.

He lifted his hand and caressed the adorable little head. “Pudding is becoming such a good boy.”

He praised the naive little boy, and the little boy, who certainly had no idea that Jeremy was praising him, had a silly grin on him, giving him a naive and pure look.

Jeremy's gaze quickly shifted from the little boy to Madeline's face.

When he saw a slight smile on Madeline's petite face as she looked at their precious son tenderly, he felt a pain in his heart instead.

“Linnie.”

Jeremy called out to Madeline. "I know apologies are useless...”

“Then don't, ” Madeline interrupted him, and her tone sounded so carefree.

Jeremy's heart sank. He felt that this matter was so serious that he might not get Madeline's forgiveness.

During Jeremy's moment of worry, however, Madeline gave him a gentle and soft smile.

“You're not the one to blame for that, so you don't have to apologize to me.”

Jeremy was surprised by what Madeline was saying right now.

“Linnie?”

'Is Linnie not mad at me? 'How can she not be mad?

'This is so serious, yet Linnie isn't blaming me?'

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'Are you so disappointed in me that you don't want to care about this?'

Countless questions appeared in Jeremy's heart. He was so conflicted that it hurt.

Madeline, who seemed to see through what Jeremy was thinking,  smiled and held Jeremy's slightly stiff hand.

“I'll be lying if I say  I  don't  mind,  but  this isn't your fault. Carter was the one who had deliberately

done this. His goal was to cause a misunderstanding between us, but I won't let him get what he wants. ”

Madeline's heart was clear.

“Jeremy, we've been through far too much throughout this journey, and it's been very challenging. It's impossible for me to not feel the feelings you have for me up to this day. And that's why I don't want to let other people influence us. Just let time wash away those unhappy memories, okay?”

After listening to what Madeline had said, Jeremy was slightly moved.

His Linnie understood him, and instead of blaming him in any way, she still comforted him.

Jeremy, however, blamed himself even more after that. At the same time, his heart ached on Madeline's behalf too.

Regardless, he also knew that they had to let this thing pass. Although he could not be that optimistic, he did not want to let this affect his relationship with Madeline.

It was extremely difficult and challenging for them to get to where they were today after all this time.

After a long while, Jeremy looked into Madeline's eyes and nodded.

“Okay."

“Okay.” Madeline patted Jeremy's hand. “Alright, you should go play with your son. I need to go to the office.”

“I've wasted a lot of time in St. Piaf. I still haven't finished the client's customized perfume from the other day. I'll be breaching the contract if I still don't get it done.”

Madeline smiled. Before she turned around, she bent down and planted a soft kiss on Jeremy's cheek. “Take good care of our son, and wait for me to come home.”

Jeremy's heart started racing when he saw Madeline's charming smile.

When he saw her back after she turned around and left, he felt as if his heart was leaving with Madeline too.

Madeline had not been to Whitman Corporation for a while, but the employees were still respectful and polite when they saw her.

Madeline changed into another set of clothes and put on the white robe she would wear when she did the fragrance blending. She then started working seriously.

However, after a while, her train of thought was disturbed. The scene she saw in the Royal Palace of St. Piaf kept appearing in her mind without warning.

Her mind was occupied with the maid's pitiful and domineering look. The words the maid had said about wanting Jeremy to take responsibility also repeated in her mind.

However, it had already happened, so they could not go back anymore.

She knew Jeremy must feel even worse than her right now, but there was no choice.

The more Madeline thought about it, the more conflicted she felt. She put down the work she had in her hands and was about to go to the pantry to take a break when her secretary, Coco, knocked on the door and entered.

“Ms. Montgomery, there's a woman here looking for Mr. Whitman. Since Mr. Whitman is not here, I came to you instead.”

Madeline walked over slowly. “A woman? Is she a client?”

Coco shook her head. “She's not. It sounded like she has some important things to tell Mr. Whitman.”

“I got it. I'll go take a look now.” Madeline did not have time to take off her coat as she walked to the reception room.

On the way to the reception room, Madeline felt very anxious. It sounded as if there was a voice in her subconscious telling her that something was about to happen.

The moment Madeline entered the room and saw the woman waiting on the soda, she finally knew what her anxious and frightened intuition was trying to tell her.

When the woman on the sofa saw Madeline, she stood up abruptly. “Eveline? It's you.”

Madeline looked at the dissatisfied look on the woman's face and curled the corners of her lips into a calm smile. “It's me. I heard that you're here looking for my husband. I'm sorry, my husband is taking care of the kids at home. You can tell me if you have anything to say.”

Madeline said and looked at Coco.

“Coco, please make a cup of coffee for her. I have something to discuss with her.” 'Wait!”