Betrayed by the Father Reborn in His Rival's Arms novel Chapter 307

"Drink slower," Madeline instantly leaned in, handing him a tissue, her brow furrowed in genuine concern.

Quentin nodded. Looking at the raw, undisguised care written all over her face, he suddenly felt an overwhelming wave of sweetness rushing up from the sugar-free drink.

Suddenly, before Madeline could even react, a thrilling sense of danger swept over her.

Quentin closed the distance, giving her absolutely no room to retreat.

The next second, his devastatingly handsome face was inches from her lips.

He wanted to kiss her so desperately.

But upon seeing the shock dilating Madeline's pupils, Quentin shifted his trajectory to her neck, burying his face in the crook of her shoulder. He pressed a few deep, lingering kisses against her skin before finally letting her go.

Quentin was terrified of losing his own self-control.

The two returned to the dining table, where he watched Madeline devour everything he had cooked, simply because it tasted that good.

Madeline polished off two bowls of rice and every last bite of the meat, finding the portions absolutely perfect. Quentin, meanwhile, only took symbolic bites. He had already eaten while working, but watching Madeline enjoy his food so much brought an unprecedented warmth to his eyes.

Madeline suddenly realized that when he looked like this, he was incredibly gentle.

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Lucius Whitman returned to the Whitman Group headquarters. Liliana Lansbury had shown up uninvited, sitting inside the CEO's office with the full entitlement of Mrs. Whitman.

Lucius had a mountain of work to deal with anyway, so he simply ignored her.

Once he finally finished his tasks, Liliana seized the opening, marching up to demand he give her the position of Executive Assistant.

Though she held the title of The Prescott Heiress, Eleanor Prescott refused to give her the time of day, leaving Liliana with nowhere else to go.

She couldn't just sit around doing nothing forever.

So, Liliana set her sights on the seat right next to Lucius.

She didn't want to be a regular secretary. She wanted the Executive Assistant role.

Lucius had plenty of secretaries to pour tea and organize files—that was useless to her.

It was beneath her status, which was exactly why she demanded the top assistant job.

He had constantly elevated her.

But now, even when she just wanted an assistant role, Lucius rejected her with outright contempt.

Liliana's heart burned with pure hatred.

She hated how drastically his attitude toward her had shifted.

She hated his ruthless, unfiltered criticism and degradation.

She wouldn't have tolerated this in the past, let alone now that she was The Prescott Heiress with massive powers backing her.

She absolutely refused to swallow this humiliation.

The moment those words left Lucius's mouth, Liliana completely lost her mind.

She stormed over to Gavin's desk and violently shredded all the meticulously prepared documents sitting on top of it.

Before the torn paper could even hit the floor, Liliana grabbed the crystal pen holder from Gavin's desk and hurled it directly at the LCD monitor mounted on the opposite wall.