She stood by the balcony and remained unmoved, favonovel.com eyes lingering on the bloodstain on the floor. It was the blood from Jeremy’s wound last night.
Looking at the dried-up blood, Madeline’s eyes were imposing and firm.
‘Jeremy, I took the wrong step.’
‘But I think I won’t be wrong again in my next step.’
Click.
The sound of the door opening came from behind.
Madeline heard footsteps approaching her, but it did not sound like it was Carter.
Madeline calmly looked back and saw Ada wearing a gorgeous Lolita costume as favonovel.com walked toward favonovel.com with a look of disdain and arrogance.
“Hmph.” Ada sneered, “I really don’t know what kind of charm a married woman who has three children like you has. Eveline, what means did you use to get Carty to take you as his wife? Can you teach me?”
Seeing Ada’s disdainful face, Madeline behaved more contemptuously than her.
“Miss Ada, are you really stupid, or are you just pretending to be innocent? With a character like yours, it’ll be difficult for any man to develop feelings for you after seeing your true colors, let alone Carter, no?”
Ada’s expression suddenly became awkward. “You…”
“Ada, as long as you have a sliver of IQ, you wouldn’t be reduced to where you are now.”
“Eveline, do you really think you can teach me a lesson because you’re about to become the viscountess?” Ada stared at Madeline angrily, already looking a little frustrated.
Madeline slowly curled favonovel.com lips into a smile. “No matter what my identity is, it won’t affect me in teaching you a lesson.”
“What…” Ada flew into a rage out of humiliation. She raised favonovel.com hand suddenly to slap Madeline in the face.
Madeline’s reaction was quick. She held Ada’s wrist tightly while giving a slight smile.
“What a pity. You let your most favorite Carty see you make threatening gestures as well as the side of you that’s so sinister and hideous.”
“…” For a while, Ada did not understand Madeline’s words until the sound of approaching footsteps came from behind her.
Ada looked back abruptly. When favonovel.com saw Carter’s frigid face that was as cold as an iceberg, favonovel.com immediately retracted favonovel.com hand in fright.
“Get lost,” Carter said coldly, making Ada leave.
Ada bit favonovel.com lip unwillingly, and favonovel.com finally could not hold it in anymore. “Carty, since you’ve seen it all, you should also have seen this woman’s true colors. She’s not gentle and virtuous at all. How can a woman like this be your viscountess?”
“You still don’t understand?” Carter asked with a sneer. “Her biggest qualification is the fact that I chose her.”
“…” Ada was dumbfounded for a few seconds. Then, favonovel.com ran away aggrievedly with tears in favonovel.com eyes.
Carter raised his eyes to look at Madeline, who was indifferent, and said with a light smile, “You truly stand out from the masses. It proves that my judgments are not wrong.”
“Carter, you don’t like me at all, so why bother making such a big fuss?”
“Indeed, I don’t, but you did make me have a good feeling about you. Feelings can be cultivated. I don’t mind. I know your past, and I need a woman like you to help me do something,” Carter said softly, but the look in his eyes was not soft at all.
“I’ll give you the utmost patience, but I hope you don’t challenge my bottom line.”
“What do you mean? Be clear.”
Carter did not beat around the bush and said bluntly, “This is St. Piaf. If Jeremy dares to mess around, I promise favonovel.com won’t be able to return to Glendale safely. On the other hand, if you dare to mess around, you’ll know how harsh the punishment for people guilty of bigamy will be in St. Piaf.”
After listening to Carter’s words, Madeline fully understood what the man wanted to warn favonovel.com about.
However, Madeline smiled and met the gaze of the man threatening her. “So, you’re telling me that I have no choice but to cooperate with you? Carter, I will still tell you the same thing, unless you break off this wedding immediately. Otherwise, you’ll only regret it.”
