Chapter 419
When Madeline turned around and saw the man standing not far away, she realized she had unconsciously responded to him calling her ‘Maddie’ just now.
Meeting Jeremy’s unfathomable eyes, Madeline very calmly put on a smile.
“Maddie? Don’t tell me you’re just like Mrs. Montgomery, unable to disengage from the show earlier and are still treating me as Madeline?”
Her tone made it sound as if she was joking. She then stepped toward Jeremy with a deep smile.
“But I didn’t think you would call Madeline so intimately. She is, after all, the woman you abhor, no?”
Madeline smiled slightly. She passed by Jeremy and picked up a magazine. Then, she sat on the bed and spoke casually, “It was quite unexpected. As it turns out, Madeline was really Mrs. Montgomery’s biological daughter. Moreover, she was swapped by a servant in the family right after she was born.
“What a shame that Madeline is already dead. The truth came too late.”
Jeremy listened to Madeline quietly. He turned around and sat on the other side of the bed, his charming eyes falling onto Madeline’s beautiful side profile.
He parted his thin lips slightly and said, “Although the truth came late, it did come in the end.”
Madeline paused a little in the middle of turning the book, a hint of mockery in her beautiful eyes. “If so, while on this road that leads to the truth, who can make up for the harm caused to the person involved?”
She lifted up her palm-sized face and looked at the thoughtful man. Her gaze gradually cooled as her tone also became colder.
“Just look at Madeline. She was vilified at first, slandered and framed. Everyone had accused her, including you, the man she loved most. Now that the truth has surfaced, but so what? She’s already dead.”
The word ‘dead’ fell in Jeremy’s ears, feeling as though it had hit his heart directly.
He looked fixedly at the pair of star-like bright, beautiful eyes in front of him.
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