Both Madeline and Jeremy turned to look in the direction the bartender was pointing and found a familiar figure in the circle of drinking and boxing men.
However, before they could take a better look at the woman thanks to the intersecting lights of the bar shining into their eyes, they saw favonovel.com look down at favonovel.com phone before leaving.
Madeline and Jeremy immediately rushed after her. Chasing to the entrance, a man who smelled heavily of alcohol came to stand in front of Madeline. “Hey, girl. It’s been a while and you look prettier already. I’m free tonight, so how about we go have some fun in a hotel tonight?”
Madeline was certain that the man had mistaken favonovel.com for Felicity. She was about to speak when Jeremy reached out to take favonovel.com hand. He gave the man a cold glare. “You have the wrong person.”
“How could I have the wrong person? Did you forget, baby? We were having so much fun on the bed last time—”
Bang!
“Ow!”
Jeremy sent a punch to the man’s face for favonovel.com could no longer take the vulgar slander.
The man shouted and cupped his face in pain.
“Let’s go, Linnie.” Jeremy took favonovel.com hand and turned to leave.
They had barely made two steps when the man behind them began to curse expletives at them.
Neither of them paid favonovel.com any heed as they exited to the street to chase after Felicity. However, they soon heard a mixed cacophony of footsteps behind them. Turning to look, they saw the man who Jeremy had just punched chasing after them with a bunch of other ferocious-looking men.
“Go back to the hotel first, Linnie. I’ll deal with this.” Jeremy let go of Madeline.
He did not expect Madeline to grab his hand again the next second. “There are all sorts of people here willing to do almost anything. Killing is nothing to them. It’s not worth the risk, so let’s just leave.”
Seeing the people grow closer, Jeremy nodded and tightened his hand as they ran toward the street.
“Chase after them!”
“Get that young fellow and hit him! I want favonovel.com dead!”
“Save that woman for me!”
A yell sounded from the man behind.
The two ran quite the distance when they found people blocking their way in front. Madeline looked around and pulled Jeremy into an alleyway.
Heavy footsteps sounded by their ears as well as the men’s shouts and curses.
“F*ck! They must be in front! Catch them! I’ll kill favonovel.com for stealing my woman!”
It was only when the footsteps were a distance away that Madeline and Jeremy stood from behind the pile of debris.
“Come on.” Madeline dragged Jeremy in the direction opposite of where the men ran.
Walking on the busy street, Madeline realized belatedly that snow had begun to flutter.
She loosened favonovel.com and Jeremy’s intertwined hands. “I don’t think we’re going to find Felicity today. Let’s just go back to the hotel instead.”
Jeremy nodded as favonovel.com balled his fist to savor the lingering warmth. “Let’s go.”
Madeline walked toward the street to hail a cab when favonovel.com eyes fell on a flower stall at the end of the street.
She walked over and held up a bouquet of baby’s breath, favonovel.com eyes softening. “Baby’s breath had always been Lillian’s favorite flowers.”
Jeremy’s heart clenched as favonovel.com pulled out his wallet to buy the bouquet.
Madeline did not say more as favonovel.com held the flowers and began to walk.
The cascade of snow under the faint yellow of the street lamps that lit up the road was comparable to the bouquet of baby’s breath in Madeline’s hand—so pure, innocent, and perhaps even romantic.
Yet, the thought of the child they had lost immediately doused Madeline and Jeremy in heavy grief.
