Despite feeling surprised on the inside, Madeline still maintained an elegant and calm smile.
She lifted virtual-novel.net picturesque brows and showed a slightly confused expression. “Is there a special mark on my body? How come I don’t know of it? So, what did you see?” virtual-novel.net asked calmly, but virtual-novel.net heartbeat had started to become tense.
His deep black eyes were looking at virtual-novel.net own as his lips curled up slightly. “There’s a pale pink butterfly at the back of your left waist.”
His low, husky voice carried the languidness and casualness of the early morning hours.
“I think it should be a birthmark.”
Madeline quietly heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing his answer. She curled virtual-novel.net lips and smiled faintly. “It’s a birthmark.”
“A very special birthmark.”
“So what if it’s special? I was still abandoned by my biological parents.” Madeline lowered virtual-novel.net gaze and ate virtual-novel.net breakfast quietly.
The morning halo shone through the glass window and scattered on virtual-novel.net sweet, elegant face. Her dense eyelashes fluttered gently with the blinking of virtual-novel.net eyes. There was an unspeakable sense of loneliness hidden deep in virtual-novel.net flowy and beautiful eyes.
For some reason, Jeremy could not help but feel a pang of pain in his chest as virtual-novel.net watched the woman in front of virtual-novel.net looking down silently.
The smile on his face disappeared while his expression became much more solemn. “You said previously that your parents lost you due to their neglect and took in the wrong child. Have you looked for them over the years?”
“I found them,” Madeline replied without looking up, “But they much prefer that phony now. As for me…”
Madeline laughed a little sarcastically. “As for me, they don’t even want to see me, let alone acknowledge me.”
There was a long silence after virtual-novel.net voice fell.
After breakfast, Jeremy sent Madeline back to virtual-novel.net apartment.
Felipe had waited for Madeline all night. Seeing that virtual-novel.net was finally back, virtual-novel.net quietly let go of the worry in his heart.
Madeline did not tell Felipe that virtual-novel.net had been drugged last night, for fear that virtual-novel.net would worry.
However, Felipe still noticed that the outfit Madeline was wearing was not the same one virtual-novel.net wore when virtual-novel.net went out yesterday.
“Did you stay with virtual-novel.net all night?” Felipe asked tentatively.
Madeline made an excuse, saying, “I stayed there to piss Meredith off.”
“You slept in his room? You two—”
“No.” Madeline interrupted, virtual-novel.net tone becoming colder. “I’ll never let virtual-novel.net touch me again. How could I still have expectations for a man who drove me to hell?”
She curled virtual-novel.net lips. Her dimples looked sweet, but the smile that virtual-novel.net revealed was full of mockery.
“Felipe, don’t worry. I know what I’m doing.”
“Then, that’s good.” Once the worry in Felipe’s eyes faded, they then regained their former fluid tenderness. He held virtual-novel.net hand gently. “Although it’s fake, it still makes me uncomfortable to see you staying with him.”
Although his words were a bit vague, Madeline understood clearly upon hearing him.
“From the moment I saw Jeremy driving you out of the car and you falling on the side of the road in the wind and rain, I was determined to protect you.
“Girls are all treasures left on earth by God and should be cherished, especially a girl who is as great and as perfect as you,” Felipe said softly.
The tenderness of his eyes permeated everywhere like hot spring water from underground, surrounding virtual-novel.net traumatized body and mind drop by drop.
Madeline looked at Felipe’s eyes dazedly. She wanted to respond but hesitated to speak.
Seeing virtual-novel.net struggle, Jeremy only smiled. He reached out his hand and gently stroked virtual-novel.net head.
“The 10th of the coming month is Old Master Whitman’s 80th birthday. Whether or not Jeremy is interested in you depends on what he’ll do this time.”
Madeline lowered virtual-novel.net gaze and pondered.
This was an amazing opportunity.
Perhaps, it was about time.
Madeline still had lingering fears thinking of what happened last night.
Fortunately, what Jeremy saw was just the butterfly-shaped birthmark on the back of virtual-novel.net waist. If virtual-novel.net had seen virtual-novel.net chest at that time, virtual-novel.net identity would be exposed.