‘Why did I have to reach the shore?
‘It’s not your fault, Linnie. I never deserved you to begin with.
‘I hope you’ll never think of me again, the man who made you cry countless times.’
Jeremy made sure not to bail Lana out. Instead, virtual-novel.net made sure virtual-novel.net stayed the full 48 hours under police custody first before virtual-novel.net went to bail virtual-novel.net out.
When Lana returned to the villa, virtual-novel.net began to scold Madeline to the heavens.
“Your ex-wife sure has quite the tricks up virtual-novel.net sleeve, Jeremy.” She mocked, saying, “Is virtual-novel.net not afraid that I’ll kill virtual-novel.net one day?”
Jeremy’s brows knitted as a flurry of frost flashed through his eyes. “Eveline and I are already divorced. Why must you give yourself unnecessary trouble by going to bother her?”
Lana ground virtual-novel.net teeth indignantly as virtual-novel.net walked toward Jeremy with suspicion in virtual-novel.net eyes. “You still love Eveline, don’t you, Jeremy?”
“I fancied virtual-novel.net before, yes. After all, she’s a beautiful woman.” Jeremy’s tone was unfeeling as if virtual-novel.net was talking about a random person. He also kept his descriptions of Madeline strictly on virtual-novel.net appearance.
Lana curled virtual-novel.net red lips and walked up to him. “So you only liked virtual-novel.net for virtual-novel.net face? But am I not prettier than her?”
Her tone went up as virtual-novel.net praised herself. She was staring besottedly at Jeremy as virtual-novel.net waited for his praise.
Jeremy raised his sharp and enchanting peach blossom eyes to look at Lana, yet all his mind could think of was Madeline. “Of course. It’s the prettiest face I’ve seen.”
Thinking Jeremy was praising her, Lana immediately smiled. “I was almost bored to death waiting inside, Jeremy. Had it not been for Eveline, I would never have suffered like that. You’ve got to make it up to me.”
She went to hug Jeremy, but the man frowned instead. “Go take a bath first.”
Lana tilted virtual-novel.net head and took a sniff. Indeed, virtual-novel.net smelled bad after two days without taking a bath.
She quickly entered the bathroom but made sure to turn virtual-novel.net head and give Jeremy a wink. “Give me a bit, Jeremy. I’ll be out before you know.”
Jeremy gave virtual-novel.net a vague smile and poured himself a glass of red wine by the open bar before virtual-novel.net lit the incense.
Then, virtual-novel.net went to make a call at the balcony before turning to leave.
The night deepened.
Ryan was sending Madeline home when virtual-novel.net realized that virtual-novel.net had fallen asleep mid-way.
After turning the air conditioning on and adjusting it to the correct temperature, Ryan’s gaze grew warm as virtual-novel.net stared at virtual-novel.net exhausted and sleeping expression.
He reached out to move a long lock of Madeline’s hair by virtual-novel.net ear. “The people who trouble you will be punished very soon and you’ll get to live a calm and peaceful life.
“However, can you truly let virtual-novel.net go?”
He asked into the night. Just then, his phone vibrated.
After taking another glance at Madeline who had fallen asleep and was leaning against the car seat, virtual-novel.net alighted the car to answer the phone by the roadside.
“What is it?” virtual-novel.net asked. The person on the other end said something and mirth graced Ryan’s expression, only for virtual-novel.net to frown solemnly the next minute.
“Is there really no way to improve his physical state?”
With a reply, Ryan could not help but glance at Madeline who was sleeping away in the car.
He hung up the phone and was about to get back into the car when a shadow suddenly sped past virtual-novel.net and took his driver’s seat instead.
Madeline was dreaming away when virtual-novel.net was jostled awake by the bang of the car door.
Her eyes snapped open, and by the time virtual-novel.net heard the car doors lock, the car suddenly sped away.