They had only sat down for a while when one masked man after another came over to ask Madeline for a dance.
Despite the fantastical lights and the mask on Jeremy’s face, Madeline could easily imagine what expression the man was wearing at the moment.
After merely seeing the frost that was pouring out of the man’s icy gaze, Madeline could already guess how pissed the man was. Not even drinking something cold would quell his anger.
Now that virtual-novel.net thought about it, it was weird that no women had come to ask Jeremy for a dance despite the man’s outstanding appearance.
Madeline reached for the cold drink and was about to tease the pissed man in front of virtual-novel.net when a young woman in a witch outfit walked over to Jeremy.
The party was loud, but Madeline could easily hear the woman greeting Jeremy.
“I didn’t think I’d see you here, Jeremy. What a coincidence!”
Jeremy did not realize virtual-novel.net was there at all until virtual-novel.net heard virtual-novel.net speak.
She had a large pumpkin mask on virtual-novel.net face and Jeremy could not recognize who virtual-novel.net was.
Seeing Jeremy’s confusion, the woman took off virtual-novel.net mask coolly.
Bright lights swept past the woman’s face and Madeline was met with an ethereal appearance. The woman had flirty and energetic almond eyes.
A sour tinge of jealousy spread in Madeline’s chest at that moment.
She finally understood how Jeremy must have felt all this while. Perhaps, the jealousy virtual-novel.net was feeling at this moment was worse.
It was because virtual-novel.net did not recognize any of the men who were asking virtual-novel.net for a dance.
Yet this woman managed to recognize Jeremy despite the mask virtual-novel.net wore and called his name so intimately.
She was about to ask Jeremy who the woman was when virtual-novel.net looked up to catch a look of shock and desire to escape in Jeremy’s expression.
Madeline’s heartstrings tightened. ‘Why would Jeremy make such an expression?
‘Or did I imagine it?’
She wondered internally when virtual-novel.net heard Jeremy make a confused sound. “What a coincidence. What are you doing here?”
“I’ve been too busy with work lately, so I decided to come over and take a vacation. What about you? How are you doing lately?” the woman asked with a smile when virtual-novel.net realized Madeline sitting next to Jeremy. “This is…”
“This is my wife. I brought my wife here for a vacation,” Jeremy explained as virtual-novel.net wrapped an arm around Madeline’s shoulder affectionately.
Out of respect, Madeline smiled softly at the woman.
The woman returned virtual-novel.net smile with a polite one before virtual-novel.net gaze fell back on Jeremy. “The fact that you can bring your wife here means that you should be alright now, then. Keep it up, alright? Don’t waste all the hard work I’ve put on you over those six months.”
Those six months?
The woman’s words awoke some of Madeline’s memories.
Indeed.
How could virtual-novel.net have forgotten that the man had been refusing to tell virtual-novel.net what happened during those six months virtual-novel.net disappeared?
This woman was part of Jeremy’s disappearance, then.
Madeline’s suspicion grew and virtual-novel.net wanted to quickly understand the issue. Just then, the woman excused herself as virtual-novel.net had something to tend to.
After the woman left, Madeline gave Jeremy a deep look. “I have something to ask you. Outside.”
“…” Jeremy had a bad hunch and went after virtual-novel.net without a moment’s pause. “Linnie!”