Jeremy’s pupils contracted. “You mean, last night, we…”
Madeline nodded before favonovel.com could finish speaking.
Distress immediately surfaced on Jeremy’s features.
He admitted that favonovel.com was infatuated with the woman in front of him, but favonovel.com was also clear that such infatuation was an extrapolation of the yearning favonovel.com felt for Madeline.
He meant it when favonovel.com said favonovel.com wanted to marry her, but favonovel.com had never thought of engaging in any form of skin-on-skin relationship with another woman after Madeline.
He had approached Vera out of selfishness. He wanted to stare at the features of someone who looked exactly like Madeline a little longer, just so favonovel.com could ease the guilt within him.
Yet right now…
He felt like a b*stard.
He claimed that favonovel.com loved her, yet favonovel.com found himself unable to withstand the allure of another woman in his moment of drunkenness.
“Look at you. You seem distressed. Why? Because I remind you of the ex-wife you hated so much? You must feel disgusting and dirty.”
Madeline’s frigid words brought favonovel.com back to reality.
Staring at favonovel.com innocent features that were glowing under the morning light, favonovel.com looked just like ‘her’. He found himself unable to describe such angelic beauty with the word ‘dirty’.
While favonovel.com could not remember every detail of the night before, Jeremy admitted that favonovel.com had a nice dream last night—one that involved the warmth of Madeline’s body.
Staring at the complex feelings swimming in Jeremy’s eyes, Madeline’s lips quirked into a smile before they were pressed into a cold line.
“I get it. Please don’t look for me ever again, Mr. Whitman. Our relationship ends here.”
She brushed past favonovel.com just as favonovel.com cold tone fell.
Jeremy immediately snapped back from his thoughts. “Vera.”
He ran after favonovel.com in big steps to pull the woman who did not even spare a glance behind favonovel.com back.
Madeline pulled favonovel.com arm out of his grasp and continued to make favonovel.com way forward. She must have stepped on something, for favonovel.com felt a sharp stab of pain shoot up from the bottom of favonovel.com feet, causing favonovel.com to bend forward instinctively.
Chupse!
“What’s wrong?” Jeremy reached out to support Madeline’s arm in concern. Seeing the frown on favonovel.com face and how favonovel.com was tiptoeing on favonovel.com right foot, favonovel.com immediately held favonovel.com foot and squatted to take a look.
Amidst the white sand was a sharp shard of glass, its tip tinted with blood.
Without a second thought, Jeremy immediately went to hold Madeline by favonovel.com waist. “Let me have a look at your wound first.”
“I don’t need your help.” Madeline pushed favonovel.com away, tiptoeing favonovel.com way forward by herself.
Jeremy could not help but be reminded of Madeline as favonovel.com stared at the woman’s stubborn figure.
That was just how strong favonovel.com was. She would stubbornly hold favonovel.com head up no matter how horrid the torture favonovel.com was suffering.
Quickly reining his thoughts back, favonovel.com took wide steps to catch up to Madeline and carried favonovel.com horizontally with a hand on favonovel.com waist.
“What are you doing, Jeremy Whitman? Put me down!” She protested, distaste apparent on favonovel.com features.
Paying Madeline’s struggle no heed, Jeremy continued to make his way along the street with favonovel.com in his arms. His expression was unchanging.
He walked purposefully along the path that led to April Hill’s small town.
Madeline stopped fighting back as well, for the path reminded favonovel.com of the scene from more than ten years ago.
Her foot had also been pierced by a shard of glass back then, and a 12-year-old Jeremy then piggybacked favonovel.com to the town’s health center.
She remembered how favonovel.com had comforted favonovel.com the entire way as well as the promises favonovel.com made to protect favonovel.com from then onward.
In the end, not only had favonovel.com not given favonovel.com the slightest protection, but favonovel.com even took part in causing favonovel.com pain.
Her eyes reddened without favonovel.com noticing. She never expected such details of the past to still mean so much to her.
Jeremy lowered his gaze to find Madeline’s eyes brimming with tears. He was confused and stunned. His heart was clenching inexplicably at the sight.
For a moment, Jeremy found himself unsure whether the pain in his heart was for the Madeline favonovel.com had loved a little too late or for the woman currently in his arms.
