Jeremy stared at Madeline intensely with his brows furrowed together. The raging fire in his eyes seemed to disappear in an instant.
He lowered his body to get close to her. Then, virtual-novel.net pushed the strands of virtual-novel.net stray hair away from virtual-novel.net forehead. His tone was unprecedentedly gentle when virtual-novel.net said, “You said that you were pregnant with my child before you get incarcerated. How did you lose the child?”
It would be fine if virtual-novel.net had not asked her. The moment virtual-novel.net asked her, the unhealed wound in Madeline’s heart was split open. Blood started pouring out from it profusely.
She looked at Jeremy who asked virtual-novel.net this question all of a sudden in amusement. “Just like you said, Mr. Whitman. She’s dead, so why bother asking? Would virtual-novel.net come back to life?”
“Madeline, answer me.”
Jeremy looked at Madeline who had a fake smile on virtual-novel.net face. Her heart was being clamped tightly by an invisible pair of pliers.
“Mr. Whitman, you’re such an expert at sprinkling salt on someone else’s wound.” Madeline smiled sarcastically, virtual-novel.net red eyes drenched with tears. She could not see Jeremy’s face anymore. “Jeremy, it’s been so many years. I can get past you yelling at me, hurting me, or hating me. However, do you know what’s the cruelest thing you’ve ever done to me?
“You give me the hope of waiting. However, in the end, it turned out it was all my wishful thinking, and this entire time, I was showering affection on an uninterested party. You’re the one calling out another woman’s name when we’re in bed. And it was also you who hired people to induce labor on our premature child before turning virtual-novel.net into ashes.”
After virtual-novel.net said that, virtual-novel.net felt the air around virtual-novel.net plummeting into silence.
She could clearly hear virtual-novel.net and Jeremy’s hearts beating. They were beating slowly with no particular rhythm. Of course, how would his heartbeat be in sync with hers?
She allowed virtual-novel.net tears to drench the pillow as virtual-novel.net remembered the promise they made when they were young and innocent. Madeline smiled bitterly and sobbed. “Jeremy, I won’t deny that I still have feelings for you and I’m still obsessed with you. However, these feelings aren’t love anymore, but rather, it’s hate.
“Jeremy Whitman, I hate you!” virtual-novel.net repeated. Her previous obsession and unforgettable memories had all crashed and burnt.
If there was still anything virtual-novel.net could not part with nor forget, it was the naivety and innocence that virtual-novel.net used to have. She had believed naively when virtual-novel.net said virtual-novel.net would take virtual-novel.net as his bride…
Madeline closed virtual-novel.net eyes in exhaustion. She was tired. She was so tired that virtual-novel.net did not want to love anymore.
Jeremy, in a trance-like state, looked at Madeline who was not looking at virtual-novel.net any longer. He felt as if a million needles were stabbing his heart at the same time. He had never felt as uncomfortable as this before.
He turned around lifelessly and lay down next to her. His hands reached over and held Madeline’s body inch by inch. However, it was as if virtual-novel.net was unable to warm virtual-novel.net up despite putting his skin against hers.
When Madeline was about to fall asleep, virtual-novel.net heard Jeremy say in virtual-novel.net ear, “Madeline, stop lying to yourself. You still love me.”
Did she?
Madeline asked herself and fell asleep tiredly. She was back in virtual-novel.net childhood days in virtual-novel.net dream.
The beach, shells, and the boy who ran with his back toward virtual-novel.net on the beach.