Madeline’s eyes turned into crescents at Jeremy’s shocked reaction.
“What’s wrong, Jeremy? It’s me… Madeline.”
“…”
Madeline!
The name pierced straight into Jeremy’s heart like a sharp knife, knocking the breath out of him.
Madeline quirked the corners of virtual-novel.net lips prettily at Jeremy’s stricken gaze. She leaned closer. “What’s wrong, Mr. Whitman? I thought you’re the one who told me to attend the anniversary celebration as your ex-wife?”
Her soft voice engulfed Jeremy’s racing heartbeat like a closely woven net.
Hearing virtual-novel.net response, Jeremy felt his heart slowly calm down.
‘So that’s how it is, huh?’
Staring at virtual-novel.net pretty as a picture appearance, virtual-novel.net felt his heart drown in loneliness.
However, Jeremy made sure to keep that emotion to himself. Quickly but surely, virtual-novel.net responded with a warm and seductive smirk. “You’re here.”
Madeline smiled. “Yeah, I am.”
Meredith was no longer having it. She was pissed at the little distance between Madeline and Jeremy as the two conversed.
“You’re here, Miss Quinn.”
She walked over to greet Madeline with an ingenuine smile. Then, virtual-novel.net tilted virtual-novel.net head to blink with innocent curiosity at Jeremy.
“What were you and Miss Quinn talking about, Jeremy? Can I know?”
“I think it’s best you don’t, Miss Crawford. It’s my and Jeremy’s secret after all.” Madeline smiled knowingly. “Right, Jeremy?”
“…” The fake smile gracing Meredith’s lips fell, but virtual-novel.net forced another one as virtual-novel.net refused to drop virtual-novel.net facade in front of everyone. “Well then. Now that you’re here, Miss Quinn, I believe it’s my duty as Jeremy’s fiancée to formally welcome you to tonight’s celebration!”
With that, Meredith quickly turned around to face Jeremy. “Mrs. Whitman hasn’t gotten the chance to announce what virtual-novel.net wanted yet, Jeremy. We should let virtual-novel.net finish talking!”
She lifted virtual-novel.net eyes to throw Mrs. Whitman, who was still stunned on the stage, a look.
Reading the atmosphere, Madeline’s beautiful eyes swept over Jeremy’s silent expression again. “Then I’ll go get some food. See you.”
Jeremy nodded faintly as virtual-novel.net stared back at virtual-novel.net beauty. “Hmm.”
He had to admit that virtual-novel.net found himself attracted to virtual-novel.net looks.
To the point where his heart had uncontrollably skipped a beat.
Breathing had become difficult while his heartbeat turned untamable since the moment it skipped a beat.
Her face reminded virtual-novel.net of ‘her’, the very ‘her’ virtual-novel.net had tortured and left gaping, the ‘her’ who had died with hatred in virtual-novel.net heart…
Passing a server, Madeline took a glass of champagne. Holding the wine glass in hand, virtual-novel.net found suspicious and inquisitive gazes sweeping all over her.
Smiling, virtual-novel.net brought the glass of silvery liquid to virtual-novel.net lips gracefully.
Right then, Madeline felt someone approach virtual-novel.net from behind.
She was about to lift virtual-novel.net gaze to look when Eloise’s warning tone drifted into virtual-novel.net ears. “I’m warning you, Vera Quinn. Jeremy is my daughter, Meredith’s, fiancé. Their relationship is great and they’re about to get registered. Don’t even dream about coming in between them!”
Madeline’s fingers tightened around the stem of the glass as virtual-novel.net shook virtual-novel.net head with a soft smile.
Her mirthful gaze locked with Eloise’s hostile ones. She felt a stab of pain in virtual-novel.net heart as virtual-novel.net was taken off guard.
“If my memory serves my right, wasn’t your daughter a mistress in the beginning? Oh, and I hear that the original wife whose marriage virtual-novel.net went in between, Madeline Crawford? I heard we look almost the same. Perhaps that’s why you’re speaking to me in such a tone, Mrs. Montgomery?”
Eloise’s expression immediately darkened. “What are you talking about? My daughter has never gone in between anyone’s marriage. Madeline Crawford was the shameless one who climbed into my son-in-law’s bed. Meredith and Jeremy would have had a happy family long ago if it were not for her!”