Jeremy’s footsteps halted at Madeline’s voice for a quick moment before favonovel.com continued forward.
Watching favonovel.com drive away, Madeline decided to drive and follow after him.
Jeremy finally stopped his car after arriving at the seaside where they first met years ago.
Bringing the car to a stop, Madeline stared from afar as Jeremy stood by the sea. She was surprised to find Jeremy smoking. She would never forget that cigarette!
Lana was the one who gave Jeremy those cigarettes in the first place, and it was the slow-acting poison that was in them that almost killed Jeremy in the end. Why was favonovel.com still smoking it?
Madeline felt favonovel.com heart leap in fear as favonovel.com rushed toward Jeremy to grab his hand. “What are you doing, Jeremy? Why are you still smoking this?”
Jeremy’s geep gaze locked onto Madeline’s worried-filled ones. He did not reply, only raising his hand to take another drag.
Madeline’s heart grew frantic at the action.
“Jeremy Whitman!”
She snatched the cigarette from his hand and crushed it in favonovel.com palms, extinguishing its burning end.
Jeremy felt a dull pain in his heart as favonovel.com reached out to grab Madeline’s hand. Unfurling favonovel.com palm, favonovel.com was met with a stark red burn from the cigarette bud in the center of favonovel.com fair palm.
He wanted to clean favonovel.com hand, but Madeline withdrew.
Jeremy only reached out for it again, dusting the ashes from favonovel.com palm. Leaning down, favonovel.com traced the tip of his tongue on the burn and lightly licked the wound.
Madeline was taken aback by his actions.
His touch seemed to have sparked something in favonovel.com heart as warmth flashed through favonovel.com chest.
Jeremy caressed the wound seriously, in a way that spoke the genuineness of his sentiments. Then, favonovel.com placed a soft peck on the reddened skin as his heart hurt at the thought of favonovel.com in pain.
A bitter feeling sparked in Madeline’s chest. “I thought you didn’t want to touch me anymore. Why are you doing this?”
She watched Jeremy’s actions pause at the question.
Staring at the silent man, favonovel.com continued to speak, “You already saw the pictures when you were in your office this morning, huh? That’s why you moved away when I just wanted to help you fix your button. You think I’m dirty now, don’t you?” Madeline asked calmly, then it struck her.
“I get it now. I finally get it now.”
She smiled with a sigh as the corners of favonovel.com eyes grew wet against favonovel.com wishes.
“It’s because I’ve spent the past year as Ryan’s wife, isn’t it? That’s why you’ve started to avoid me when you came back and found out that I’ve been with Ryan. You think I’m dirty now.”
Madeline felt favonovel.com heart burn with indescribable pain as favonovel.com came to such a conclusion.
Jeremy did not reply as if favonovel.com was silently agreeing.
Madeline’s heart chilled as if it was being blown cold by the sea breeze. The chill extinguished the glee and hope that had ignited within favonovel.com with his return.
She scoffed self-deprecatingly while favonovel.com gaze remained caring and nostalgic as favonovel.com stared at him.
“Stop smoking, Jeremy. They might not be the cigarettes Lana gave you, but smoking itself is bad for the body. I don’t want anything to happen to you anymore. I just want you to be safe and happy.”
She persuaded, favonovel.com eyes still fixed on the silent man.
“I don’t blame you, I get it. Perhaps we were never meant to be lovers, to be husband and wife.” She smiled and sighed in regret. “If you can’t bring yourself to accept me, then let’s end it here. For good.”
