Waking up with my nemesis baby novel Chapter 166

After a moment, he leaned over again, this time to Madeleine.

“Is your mom really going to set me up with someone?”

“Yeah.”

Madeleine nodded. “My mom has mentioned it a few times. So,

tell me your requirements.”

“Requirements…”

Bradley closed his eyes and thought for a moment. “Someone

younger, simpler, more lively… preferably with a short–fused

personality.”

“What’s a short–fused personality?”

“She blows up at the slightest thing.”

“Isn’t that just a firecracker? You’re a funny guy.”

Madeleine chuckled, but beside her, Roderick’s expression

darkened a bit.

When they got to the restaurant, Roderick told Madeleine to go

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in and order first, then pulled Bradley aside.

“What the hell are you up to?”

Bradley smiled innocently. “What am I doing? I’m the one paying.

to treat you two to dinner.”

“You know that’s not what I’m talking about.”

Roderick frowned.

“When Madeleine just asked for your requirements, wasn’t

every single one you mentioned the opposite of Charlotte?”

The moment Charlotte’s name was mentioned, Bradley’s

expression would change almost imperceptibly.

He leaned against the wall, pulled a pack of cigarettes from his

pants pocket, and offered one to Roderick.

Roderick pushed it away. “I quit a long time ago.”

“I’m jealous.”

Bradley grinned, stuck a cigarette in his mouth, and mumbled, “I

can’t quit.”

“Is it the cigarettes you can’t quit?

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It’s the person you can’t quit.”

Roderick frowned, “So, he realized the whole ‘stand–in‘ thing

wasn’t working, and now he’s trying other ways to get over her?”

Bradley took a drag from his cigarette and grinned again.

“You get me, man.”

“Get you, my ass!”

Roderick looked at him with utter disappointment, “If you like

her, then go after her. What are you doing here, playing the

brooding prince?”

“Chase her? What’s the point? She already has a boyfriend.”

After saying that, Bradley took another drag of his cigarette. As

the white smoke slowly drifted from his mouth, he spoke softly:

“What do you think… if I just stole her from him?”

Roderick pressed his lips together and didn’t say anything.

As his brother, of course he wanted what was best for Bradley.

But this was, after all, morally wrong, and he couldn’t bring himself to say anything supportive.

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A few seconds later, Roderick plucked the cigarette from his

mouth, turned, and stubbed it out in the trash can.

“Let’s go inside and eat. Don’t keep my wife waiting too long.”

After dinner, Bradley said he wanted to be alone for a while and

left early.

In the car, Madeleine texted Clarissa the list of girlfriend requirements Bradley had mentioned, and couldn’t help but

sigh.

“I never would’ve thought he was so deeply in love with Charlotte that he’d even resort to finding stand–ins.”

Roderick said irritably, “He’s just plain sick.”

“Why do you say that?”

“For years, he’s always had girls who look like Charlotte around him. He takes them out everywhere, throws tons of money at them, and wants nothing in return. If that’s not sick, what is?”

Madeleine was stunned. “He really is sick.”

At the end of the month, the bidding conference was

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approaching.

Edward had been busy for days, and returned to his office, his

head spinning.

Seeing the thoughtful lunch on his desk, he raised an eyebrow

and asked his assistant, “Was Fiona here?

Where is she.”

The assistant was taken aback.

“Miss Bell?

She hasn’t been here.”

“She wasn’t here?”

Edward frowned, his gaze falling on the lunchbox.

The assistant quickly explained, “Oh, that. The housekeeper

from your home just dropped it off. She said you’ve been too

busy to eat lately and was worried you’d hurt your stomach…”

Edward’s eyes darkened slightly. He waved his hand, dismissing

the assistant.

Returning to his desk, Edward sat down and stared at the

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