Waking up with my nemesis baby novel Chapter 105

His Adam’s apple bobbed, but he just reached out to tuck her in,

his tone calm. “It’s late, you should be sleeping.”

But Madeleine wouldn’t have it.

“There’s no early meeting tomorrow, we can go in a bit later.

Let’s talk for a while.”

Roderick’s eyebrow arched. He thought the kid was acting a

little strange tonight.

Ever since she dropped Bradley off, she seemed to have gotten

especially clingy.

“You want to talk to me?”

“Mhm.”

Madeleine nodded. “Talk about the past, or the future?

Anything is fine, really.”

Roderick was kneeling on the bed with one leg, propped up by

one hand, an uncomfortable position.

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He looked at his own posture. “Well, I can’t exactly talk to you

like this.”

Without a second thought, Madeleine patted the space beside

her. “Then get in bed.”

After she said that, Madeleine noticed the surprise in Roderick’s

eyes, followed by a flicker of joy.

“You’re the one who said it.”

Roderick said it quickly, giving Madeleine no chance to back

out, and immediately threw back the covers and got into bed.

Madeleine jolted and sat up.

“That’s not what I meant! You, don’t get the wrong idea. We’re

just going to talk under the covers, you get it? Just talking.”

“Yeah, I get it.”

Roderick put his hands behind his head, looking completely at

ease.

“I won’t do anything to you unless you give me the green light.”

With those words, Madeleine’s tense body finally relaxed.

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She didn’t really know what was wrong with her tonight.

Knowing what Roderick had done for her over the past few

years, she felt not only moved, but also a little lost.

She instinctively wanted to get closer to him, but she didn’t

know how to express this overwhelming emotion.

She slowly lay back down, turning on her side to face Roderick.

Only a warm, yellow bedside lamp was on in the bedroom, its

soft light outlining his sharp features.

“Ricki, do you have a membership at a beauty salon or

something?”

Roderick’s mouth twitched.

This was the “talk” she’d lured him into bed for?

“No.”

He spat out the word through gritted teeth, glancing at her

small face, completely speechless.

Madeleine rested her head on her arm. “Hey, then how come

you’re better looking than when you were a kid? You really

haven’t had any work done?”

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“No. It’s just beauty in the eye of the beholder.”

Roderick said smugly, and lay down too.

He was very close to Madeleine, but he didn’t turn to look at

her. He stared straight at the ceiling, suppressing his body’s

most primal desires and impulses.

“Tch, you’re not my lover.”

“Mhm, I’m your husband.”

Madeleine: …

She couldn’t be bothered to argue with him; he’d always been a

smooth talker, and Madeleine knew she probably couldn’t win.

She sighed and said quietly, “For a few days after I lost my

memory, I thought you’d really grown up and changed. But you

haven’t changed much, Ricki. You’re just like you were when we

were kids.”

“How am I the same?”

“Just as childish, and just as annoying.”

Roderick chuckled. “But it doesn’t seem like you hate me that

much anymore.”

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“Really?”

Madeleine’s “Really?” lacked conviction. Roderick was right; she

didn’t really hate him that much anymore.

In fact, whenever she was with him, a strange sense of security

would wash over her.

“Roderick, why did we get married?”

“For love, of course.”

“Were we really in love?”

Roderick stared at the ceiling, his eyes deep and dark, and

answered in a hoarse voice.

“Mm.”

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