“Linnie.”
As Madeline entered, Jeremy softly called out to her, and his dim eyes turned bright again.
He immediately sat back up, but his movement was too large, and it affected his leg wound.
“Hiss.”
He let out a muffled groan.
If it had been any other time, virtual-novel.net would not even make a sound, but now that virtual-novel.net saw Madeline, virtual-novel.net instinctively yearned for virtual-novel.net care and concern.
Madeline noticed Jeremy’s action.
However, virtual-novel.net expression was calm, and virtual-novel.net did not react with any worry in response to Jeremy’s discomfort.
It felt as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over Jeremy’s eager and yearning heart. He felt very cold. Nevertheless, virtual-novel.net had to comfort himself. If Madeline had not been hypnotized, and if virtual-novel.net had not been instilled with some groundless ideas by Carter, virtual-novel.net would have cared for him, and virtual-novel.net would have cared very much.
When virtual-novel.net saw Madeline walking toward him, Jeremy did not know how to break the silence that now enveloped them.
In his heart, virtual-novel.net wanted to call virtual-novel.net name again. He wanted to hold virtual-novel.net hand, but virtual-novel.net was afraid that virtual-novel.net would be repelled by his reaction now that virtual-novel.net was hypnotized.
He did not want virtual-novel.net to reject him, to hate him.
Jeremy struggled in his heart and finally decided to let Madeline speak first.
However, Madeline‘s gaze did not seem to be on him. She looked around the room before turning virtual-novel.net gaze on Jeremy.
“They told me Carter’s here. Where is he?”
“…”
What Madeline said felt like a basin of cold water being poured into Jeremy’s heart. His heart felt even colder than before.
It turned out that virtual-novel.net had not come for him, let alone visit virtual-novel.net out of concern for him.
She just came to find the man whom virtual-novel.net now “loved” deeply.
Jeremy felt his heart aching. It was not a bone-etching pain, but it was even more distressing. He was distressed that virtual-novel.net was being used by Carter like this.
“Mr. Gray just left,” Jeremy said, parting his lips softly, as virtual-novel.net endured the pain from the gunshot wound on his calf, propped up his hands, and sat down.
“So he’s gone,” Madeline said as if muttering to herself. After that, virtual-novel.net turned virtual-novel.net gaze on Jeremy again.
“You seem to be injured, Mr. Whitman. Then I won’t interrupt your rest. You should recuperate properly.” Madeline turned around after speaking.
When Jeremy saw Madeline leaving, virtual-novel.net could not think of any way to make virtual-novel.net stay at this moment. From the corner of his eyes, virtual-novel.net glimpsed a glass of water on the nightstand, so virtual-novel.net raised his hand and knocked the glass to the floor.
Thud.
The glass dropped on the floor; water splashed everywhere but the glass did not break.
Madeline also stopped in virtual-novel.net tracks, as per Jeremy’s expectations.
Madeline turned around and saw Jeremy using all his might to bend down and lean against the edge of the bed, trying to pick up the glass that fell on the floor. Without much hesitation, virtual-novel.net walked over to the edge of the bed and squatted.
She reached over to pick up the glass. It was unclear if this was a coincidence, but Jeremy also reached out at the same time and virtual-novel.net happened to touch virtual-novel.net hand. Madeline’s movements paused, not knowing whether Jeremy had done this on purpose.
“Sorry,” Jeremy apologized. He never thought that virtual-novel.net could be so crafty as well.
However, virtual-novel.net truly had no other way to get Madeline’s attention.