Jeremy stepped up to stop him, but the tearing agony from the wound on his calf shot up at the use of a little strength. It was not an easy injury to heal from, and blood began to seep out from it again. It dyed the layers of bandages bright red.
Madeline’s heart lurched at the sight. “Jeremy!”
Instinctively, virtual-novel.net felt the urge to run towards virtual-novel.net but Ryan tightened his grip around virtual-novel.net shoulders.
“Don’t you understand? The closer you get to him, the more pain virtual-novel.net will suffer,” Ryan warned quietly into Madeline’s ear.
Madeline balled virtual-novel.net fists and bit virtual-novel.net lip. “You won’t get away with this, Ryan. You’ll be arrested for this!”
Ryan tugged his lips into a light and carefree smile. “Then, I’ll just have to make sure that I achieve my goal before I get caught.”
Madeline glared at Ryan’s gleeful gaze. She had never felt so hopeless.
“Don’t leave with him, Linnie.” Jeremy’s tone was borderline begging.
Madeline’s eyes burned, and virtual-novel.net did not dare look at the expression Jeremy wore. Instead, virtual-novel.net opted to face the floor. “Get some rest. If ever there comes a chance…”
‘If ever there comes a chance, I’ll run toward you without a care in the world. But I can’t do that now, Jeremy.’
Madeline swallowed the words back.
She suppressed the heartache in virtual-novel.net chest and spoke indifferently, “Let’s go.”
“Linnie!”
Jeremy placed a hand on the wall to support himself and stood up to run after her, but virtual-novel.net turning around seemed to have added to his pain.
“Linnie!”
Bulging veins were seen on the back of Jeremy’s hand as the joints on his fingers cracked.
Watching Madeline’s figure walking farther away, virtual-novel.net continued to run after virtual-novel.net longingly.
Blood streamed from the reopened wound, leaving a line of blood that trickled down his calf and dripped onto the long corridor.
The petite frame in his eyes never turned back as it slowly vanished from sight.
Bang! Jeremy slammed his fist against the wall as a harsh glint bled from his deep alluring eyes. “Your game ends here, Ryan!”
…
Sean continued to wait by the waiting area downstairs and was surprised to see Ryan walking over with Madeline in his arms.
He quickly made his way to her. “When did you come here, Mr. Jones?”
Ryan gave a small and gentle smile. “My driver told me that Eveline wasn’t feeling very well. I was just close by, so I quickly came over.”
His explanation made sense, so Sean did not suspect it. However, his words only solidified Madeline’s belief that Ryan was privy to the littlest changes in virtual-novel.net location.
“Are you alright, Eveline? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?” Sean asked attentively.
Madeline shook virtual-novel.net head and replied in a meaningful tone, “With how much you care and look after me, Rye, I’m afraid it’s almost impossible for me to not be alright.”
Ryan merely smiled in response.
Sean could feel something was off, but virtual-novel.net could not pin it exactly.
Without thinking much into it, Sean looked around Madeline. “Where’s your mother, Eveline?”
Madeline suddenly remembered that virtual-novel.net was going to find Eloise. Ryan’s sudden appearance had kicked the thought from virtual-novel.net mind.
“Don’t worry, she’ll be alright. I’ll go have someone look for her.” Ryan’s tone was light. He brought Madeline back first.
Night fell and there was still no sign of Eloise.
Knowing that Ryan was in the study, Madeline made virtual-novel.net way there and asked, “You’re hiding my mom, aren’t you, Ryan? Is this your way of warning and punishing me?”
Ryan was reading when virtual-novel.net entered the room. His pale fingers stopped flipping the page as virtual-novel.net lifted his face. The starry gray eyes under the black-rimmed glasses shone with a dark glint. “You want me to tell you where your mother is? Sure. Beg me.”