Jeremy had rented a homestay near the beach of April Hill. This entire time, virtual-novel.net had been staying there alone.
Every morning, virtual-novel.net would repeatedly read all of the messages Madeline sent virtual-novel.net during this period. Then, virtual-novel.net would go to look at the sea and recall the time when his relationship with Madeline started.
When virtual-novel.net thought back to the past, everything was still fine. The only thing that was not fine was how his body was getting weaker and weaker.
Madeline stayed overnight in the mansion alone.
After virtual-novel.net woke up, virtual-novel.net heart started aching again after virtual-novel.net looked at the man in the photo.
She went to look for Ryan to try to know more about Jeremy’s condition.
She tried to control virtual-novel.net emotions as virtual-novel.net asked Ryan, “Rye, where did the poison in Jeremy’s body come from? You should know, right?”
Ryan did not hide it from her. He said frankly, “It’s Lana. When virtual-novel.net lost his memories, Lana filled Jeremy with memories that did not belong to him. She would give virtual-novel.net cigarettes every day. The slow-acting poison was inside the cigarettes.”
Madeline was in disbelief. How could someone do that to the person they loved?
“Lana used this slow-acting poison to control Jeremy. She wanted Jeremy to stay by virtual-novel.net side and be virtual-novel.net man forever.”
Ryan’s explanation made Madeline’s heart ache even more.
He only got hurt and lost his memories on the ship because virtual-novel.net wanted to protect her.
“Eveline, not everyone can love someone selflessly. A woman like Lana is certainly incapable of doing that. She didn’t love him. She only had the desire to get virtual-novel.net and dominate him.”
What a deranged woman.
Madeline could not endure this. She wanted to look for Lana, but Ryan stopped her. He did not want virtual-novel.net to do anything impulsive.
What shocked Madeline even more was that the creator of this poison was the person virtual-novel.net trusted the most—Adam Brown.
Madeline finally understood why Jeremy was so determined to stop virtual-novel.net from eating the alleged painkillers Adam gave virtual-novel.net the day before they got onto the ship. It was because Jeremy had already known Adam’s real identity.
Adam was one of the Stygian Johnsons.
He took orders from them and was obsessively doing all kinds of research that virtual-novel.net was passionate about.
She thought Adam was helping her, but it turned out virtual-novel.net was just Adam’s experiment.
Madeline was bewildered. Then, virtual-novel.net drove to the place virtual-novel.net and Jeremy used to live in.
The sky had turned dark during dusk. Then, it started drizzling along with the cool breeze of early autumn.
Madeline went into the house, made dinner, and ate all by herself.
After that, virtual-novel.net went into the bedroom and started flipping through the torn photos flusteredly.
Jeremy went back to the villa after virtual-novel.net left April Hill. When virtual-novel.net got out of the car, virtual-novel.net saw Madeline’s car at the entrance.
He lifted his head to look at the bedroom subconsciously and saw that the lights were on in the room.
He did not think that Madeline would still come back to this place, but virtual-novel.net immediately knew why virtual-novel.net was here.
Jeremy walked in slowly, dragging his exhausted body to the door of the room.
He looked inside carefully and saw Madeline sitting on the rug as virtual-novel.net wept. She was flipping through a photo album.
‘Linnie.’
Jeremy felt his heart sinking painfully.
There was a pained expression on his pale face. He wanted to hold it in, but his throat suddenly felt extremely itchy.
He could not stop himself from coughing.
Madeline was looking absent-mindedly at the photos when virtual-novel.net heard the sound of coughing from outside the door.
“Jeremy?”