Waking up with my nemesis baby novel Chapter 16

Roderick suggested, “Time for dinner.”

Madeleine rolled her eyes at him.

“Ricki, do you begrudge your money? What a miser!”

Roderick fell silent.

With his head bowed, he clicked on his phone screen for a

moment. Then, a notification came on Madeleine’s phone.

“Eh? A transfer from you? Wait. Am I in a dream? 8 million?”

Madeleine’s eyes widened.

Covering her mouth with one hand, she felt like fainting with shock and couldn’t help staggering back.

Was inflation so serious in 2025? Did anyone have 8 million?

As far as she remembered, her family and Roderick’s were both middle–class.

They were only richer than ordinary families, far from the top.

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Right now, however, Madeleine felt she’d underestimated

Roderick.

He’d become much more powerful.

She was a little dejected at the restaurant.

Over the years, Roderick had made progress and succeeded.

On the contrary, she lost everything.

She had no career. Even her ballet, to which she’d devoted over

ten years, was stagnant.

Eight years had passed, but her life was going nowhere.

Things were even worse. At least, her family wasn’t broke eight

years ago.

Sadness–driven, Madeleine bowed her head, her eyes red.

“Mommy.”

Kevin, sitting beside her, looked up at her and asked, “What’s

wrong? Did I upset you?”

Madeleine was surprised. “Kev, why do you think so? I’m blue because of something that happened to me. It has nothing to do with you.”

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“But I was a bad boy before,” Kevin said cautiously. “I often upset you before. Daddy upset you, too.”

Madeleine felt terrible. She stroked Kevin’s cheeks caringly.

“Don’t think that again. You did nothing wrong. You don’t have

to feel bad, OK?”

With gleaming eyes, Kevin nodded hard.

His bright smile swept away the gloom engulfing Madeleine’s

heart. With Kevin in her arms, she flipped through the menu,

ready to order dishes.

Suddenly, a woman’s voice came from outside the door. “Eddie,

let’s eat here. This place looks nice.”

Eddie?

Madeleine’s expression changed, and she stiffened.

You gotta be kidding me!

Madeleine and Roderick almost raised their heads

simultaneously. Only she turned her head toward the door while

he looked at her.

The newcomer was indeed Edward.

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Compared to his picture, he hadn’t changed much, around 1.8 m tall, in a gray suit. A woman with short hair was with him.

Madeleine fixed her eyes on him, trying to connect this man with the poor, timid village boy she remembered.

Wow, how time changed everything.

With Madeleine’s support, Edward had made a fortune and become an overnight millionaire. He strutted around now.

Thinking he was one of the culprits making her family bankrupt,

Madeleine gritted her teeth. Hatred was written all over her

face.

Roderick thought she was jealous.

Sure enough, she was attracted to Edward. She couldn’t stand

seeing him with another woman.

What next?

Was she gonna confront him and make a scene regardless of

the presence of her husband and son?

Roderick tightened his grip on the fork so much that his knuckles turned white.

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“Ricki!” Madeleine withdrew her gaze and called him angrily.

Roderick looked at her, as if waiting for the death penalty.

“Another set meal for me. I’ll eat to my heart’s content.”

Transforming anger into appetite. That made sense.

Roderick’s brows knitted more tightly, as if he didn’t get

Madeleine’s point.

“What’s the matter? You look absent–minded. Hey, why aren’t

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