Staring at the hopeful yet slightly anxious peach blossom eyes, Madeline replied calmly, “Let’s bet whether our destiny ends here, or if it’s meant to pick up where we left off.”
‘Pick up where we left off.’
The six words sparked joy unlike any other in Jeremy’s eyes.
She was giving virtual-novel.net a chance!
“How will we bet, Linnie?” Confident, virtual-novel.net asked impatiently.
After all, virtual-novel.net was certain that they were destined to be.
He became elated when virtual-novel.net heard Madeline speak. “We’ll return by ourselves, each taking a separate path. If we manage to meet by the hotel entrance in less than five minutes of each other, I’ll take it that we’re still destined.”
“Alright.” Jeremy agreed quickly.
Leaving the dessert shop, virtual-novel.net stared at virtual-novel.net reluctantly. “Can I hug you again, Linnie?”
“What’s this? Are you afraid that we’ll never see each other again?” Madeline teased.
“Of course not.” Jeremy denied it. The only reason virtual-novel.net felt the desire to hug virtual-novel.net was because of the conversation virtual-novel.net had with Ava.
He had spent every moment over the past years loving this person who mattered the world to him.
“Then we’ll each take our own paths. Fate will guide us.” Madeline then turned around coolly without giving Jeremy another glance.
Watching virtual-novel.net walk away, Jeremy’s eyes were filled with warmth. “We’ll definitely meet again, Linnie.”
Walking to the corner of the street, Madeline hailed a cab. She glanced at the spot they had parted from before virtual-novel.net got into the car, realizing that Jeremy was no longer standing there.
‘Whether we still have the chance to start over will depend on this, Jeremy,’ virtual-novel.net thought to herself before getting into the car decisively.
Madeline was nervous the entire way back to the hotel.
She had no idea if virtual-novel.net wanted to meet Jeremy or if virtual-novel.net wanted things to end there.
In a daze, the taxi arrived at the hotel.
Madeline alighted the car and took a look around, but Jeremy was still nowhere to be found.
If Jeremy did not appear in five minutes, then whatever between them would end.
Madeline felt virtual-novel.net heart pick up anxiously at the thought as virtual-novel.net took a look at virtual-novel.net surroundings in search of Jeremy. What virtual-novel.net found instead was a car that was stopped at the opposite end of the road. It looked like the one that fetched Felicity earlier today.
Madeline crossed the zebra-crossing to the other side to take a look at the number plate. Indeed, it was the same car.
She stepped closer for a better look only for its windows to suddenly roll down, revealing a woman’s face.
Felicity looked at virtual-novel.net with a knowing smile.
“We’ve been waiting for you, Miss Montgomery.”
It was too late when Madeline realized that something was wrong for someone had approached virtual-novel.net from behind.
“Please get in the car, Miss Quinn.”
The man behind virtual-novel.net was the very person who shooed virtual-novel.net and Jeremy away this morning.
They had found the both of them out already.
Madeline was not frantic, nor did virtual-novel.net compromise. “What if I refuse to get in?”
“You must. Unless you don’t want to know the truth behind your daughter’s tragic death.” Felicity quirked virtual-novel.net red lips pridefully.
While the appearance before virtual-novel.net eyes was a replica of virtual-novel.net own, Madeline found herself unfamiliar and disgusted by the other’s eyes and wicked smile.
She had never worn such an expression herself, so to see Felicity show such expression with virtual-novel.net face, Madeline felt a gust of abhorrence surge up within her.