Madeline nodded. From the corner of her eyes, she looked at the baffled Hannah before following Jeremy to the door.
“Mr. Whitman!” Hannah yelled at Jeremy’s back.
“Mr. Whitman! I came all the way from St. Piaf for you. Please don’t ignore me so heartlessly! Mr. Whitman!”
Hannah’s ear-piercing voice came over repeatedly.
Jeremy turned a deaf ear. He only wanted to take Madeline to tend to her wounds as soon as possible.
However, at this moment, the reporters who had been chased away came back out of nowhere.
They swarmed forward to interview Jeremy. They wanted to know more about his relationship with Hannah, but before they could get close, they were frightened back by Jeremy’s austere eyes.
In Glendale, Jeremy was someone they dared not offend.
Jeremy quickly brought Madeline to the outpatient services where a doctor quickly tended to the wounds on their hands.
The sight of the gauze on their hands broke Madeline’s heart, but at the same time, she did not know if she should laugh or cry.
“I wanted to take care of this myself, yet I still implicated you in this.” Madeline sighed softly, gently caressing Jeremy’s hand. “Does it hurt?”
“Don’t say nonsense like that. We’re husband and wife. Even if we’re talking about implications, I’m the one who has implicated you.”
Jeremy held Madeline’s hand to his lips and kissed it.
“Linnie, I was the cause of this, so let me take care of it.”
Madeline knew that Jeremy was scared that she would get hurt again because of this, but if she allowed Jeremy to get in contact with Hannah, Madeline felt that this would become even more serious.
However, she saw determination in Jeremy’s eyes.
“Linnie, you should go home. I’ll go find her now and explain this to her.”
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