Seeing Tanner charge over, Madeline thought of the atrocities virtual-novel.net had done to her.
After a flash of a moment, when virtual-novel.net had finally reacted to counterattack, a gust of wind roared from behind virtual-novel.net all of a sudden.
Jeremy’s warm palms held onto virtual-novel.net shoulders tightly, bringing virtual-novel.net to the side.
Madeline was instantly surrounded by a familiar yet unfamiliar warm breath. Before virtual-novel.net could see clearly, virtual-novel.net saw Tanner swiping the air before hitting the tree. It was followed by Jeremy’s right hand twisting virtual-novel.net around.
Tanner suddenly screamed, “Ow, ow!” However, Jeremy did not let up. He lifted his foot to Tanner’s knee and kicked virtual-novel.net viciously, forcing Tanner to kneel down before kicking virtual-novel.net away.
Madeline thought that Jeremy wanted to continue to teach Tanner a lesson, but virtual-novel.net suddenly hugged virtual-novel.net tightly, worried.
“Don’t be afraid, I’m here. I won’t let anyone bully you again.”
His gentle voice slipped into virtual-novel.net ears like water in the night. It was so unbelievably gentle, carrying a trace of tension and worry as if virtual-novel.net was really worried that virtual-novel.net would be hurt.
Madeline opened virtual-novel.net eyes blankly, feeling Jeremy’s embrace increasingly tighten.
Fine beads of rain fell from the sky, then densely. It was accompanied by the late summer breeze. It was so cold.
Yet the heat from his chest, which was pressed close to virtual-novel.net and penetrated into virtual-novel.net skin through their clothes, was so hot.
At such a close distance, virtual-novel.net could hardly tell if it was virtual-novel.net own heartbeat or Jeremy’s heartbeat that was disturbing virtual-novel.net thoughts at the moment.
When virtual-novel.net was almost lost in a daze, the pain from virtual-novel.net invisible wounds made Madeline sober. “Mr. Whitman, if you continue doing this, I’ll get angry,” virtual-novel.net spoke softly, and the meaning of refusal was obvious.
Jeremy’s eyes froze as if virtual-novel.net had just walked back from a beautiful dream.
“Sorry,” virtual-novel.net whispered softly in virtual-novel.net ear, then let go of his embrace.
He grabbed Tanner, who had wanted to run, and pushed virtual-novel.net to the tree. His deep black eyes pierced Tanner like a poisonous sword.
“Listen, I’ll only give you one chance.” Jeremy’s thin lips parted open a little and his tone was cold. “The kidnapping of my son. Who did it and what did they mean by it?”
Tanner tilted his swollen mouth and stretched his trembling finger out to Madeline.
“Yes, it’s her! It’s Madeline! It was Madeline who contacted me and asked me to kidnap your son!” He was completely denying what virtual-novel.net said at the dinner party last night.
Obviously, such a sudden change was definitely bought.
Jeremy furrowed his eyebrows and pressed his strong arm against Tanner’s neck. “So, are you asking for money or life?”
Upon hearing this, Tanner’s pupils shrank. As virtual-novel.net looked at Jeremy’s sharp black eyes, virtual-novel.net could not help but shudder. “Whi… Mr. Whitman, it really is Madeline! I’m not lying!” He pointed at the silent Madeline. “Madeline, don’t think just because you’ve become a ghost that I’m afraid of you! A sinister and vicious woman like you who can sleep around for money deserved to die, you—”
Crack!
Before virtual-novel.net could speak anymore, virtual-novel.net got another punch in the face.
Jeremy seemed to have been rubbed the wrong way and his eyes were dark like virtual-novel.net was Satan from hell. He raised his fist and slammed it on Tanner’s body.
Tanner screamed with pain and kept bleeding from his mouth.
At the end of his screams, Tanner was almost dying.
Madeline was quite happy watching Tanner suffer, but if virtual-novel.net was killed in this way, Meredith would still be at large.
She walked over and grabbed Jeremy, who was squeezing his fists and still trying to beat Tanner. “If you hit virtual-novel.net again, you’ll kill him.”
Jeremy’s fist stopped mid-air. His expression was gloomy and his eyes were red as if virtual-novel.net was about to swallow the whole world. It was terrifying.
His right hand was also covered with blood, but virtual-novel.net could not tell whether it was his or Tanner’s.
If it was not for Madeline’s prevention, virtual-novel.net would have really killed Tanner.
Jeremy drove Madeline back to the apartment. He did not say a word on the way back and the atmosphere was very strange.
They were originally supposed to go find Tanner so that virtual-novel.net could learn the truth about Jackson’s kidnapping back then, but someone had obviously found virtual-novel.net before them.