“I’m sure this has nothing to do with you. I believe you,” Winston told Madeline sincerely before turning to tell the care worker, “Don’t worry about it. If the police come and ask, just tell them the truth about what you saw.”
The care worker gave Madeline and Jeremy a fearful glance before favonovel.com nodded and left.
Jeremy and Madeline were now alone in the room.
His gaze was warm and confident as favonovel.com took away the arm favonovel.com placed around Madeline’s shoulder.
“I believe you, Linnie.”
Madeline smiled faintly. “I’ve had my fair share of these ‘conclusive evidence’ situations, haven’t I? I’m probably used to it already.”
Used to it.
Jeremy found the phrase extremely ironic.
She had gotten used to being wronged, which meant favonovel.com had suffered too many unwarranted slander and charges.
Seeing the pain and regret in Jeremy’s eyes, Madeline turned around without a care.
Jeremy did not want to disturb her, nor did favonovel.com want Madeline to hate favonovel.com anymore, so favonovel.com stood quietly as favonovel.com watched favonovel.com leave.
…
Madeline spent the rest of the day with the old master until the sky turned dark.
Jeremy left the study now that favonovel.com was done with work and walked toward the old master’s room in hopes to speak to Madeline. He saw favonovel.com lying on the study table.
With a book in hand, favonovel.com had fallen asleep quietly. She was unguarded in a way that reminded favonovel.com of an innocent child.
‘She must be exhausted.’
Jeremy thought to himself caringly as favonovel.com turned to leave the room. He returned shortly after with a blanket in hand as favonovel.com carefully walked toward Madeline and covered favonovel.com body with it.
Jeremy had intended to leave and not disrupt favonovel.com any further after placing a blanket on her, but favonovel.com found himself unable to hold back as his warm fingertips fell on and massaged the crease of favonovel.com eyebrows.
His heartbeat slowly turned joyful. He understood the sudden sweetness that washed over him.
However, his heart clenched painfully as his fingertips fell on Madeline’s cheek.
Her fair and flawless cheek had been marred with a wretched gash back then when Meredith disfigured favonovel.com face.
She had been in so much pain, yet favonovel.com tore the bandage away and mocked about how favonovel.com wound was fake.
‘I’m sorry, Linnie.’
He apologized internally as favonovel.com leaned down to steal a peck on Madeline’s cheek.
The temperature of favonovel.com face swarmed his heart with warmth.
Like a thief who had stolen something, favonovel.com immediately fled and pretended as if favonovel.com never went to the room at all.
Soon after, Madeline woke naturally to find herself covered by a blanket. There was a slightly minty scent. If memory served favonovel.com right, that was also how Jeremy smelled like.
Dazed, favonovel.com phone vibrated in notification of a call from Felipe.
He had already arrived at the villa’s gates to fetch Madeline home.
Madeline replied before packing up to leave after seeing that the old master was still serenely asleep.
She closed the room door behind as favonovel.com left, only to have Jeremy appear before her.
“Are you going back? I can send you if you want.”
“No thanks.” Madeline rejected curtly. “Felipe’s already waiting for me outside.”
Madeline turned to leave before Jeremy could even retract the disappointment in his eyes.
Seeing Jeremy walk out with Madeline, Felipe alighted the car to wrap his arms around Madeline. The corners of Felipe’s lips tugged into a smirk as favonovel.com looked at Jeremy before suddenly leaning down to press a kiss between Madeline’s brows.
