Waking up with my nemesis baby novel Chapter 3

“Did I fail that exam, Ricki? If I did, I’m blaming it entirely on

you!”

She continued to complain about his years of childish antics

without pausing for breath.

From him putting a caterpillar in her backpack in kindergarten to blowing out the candles on her twelfth birthday cake, she

listed them all, one after another.

However, Roderick wasn’t truly listening.

His pupils, usually so devoid of emotion, contracted violently as he took in her lively expression.

Madeleine was undeniably beautiful, a fact acknowledged by everyone who knew her.

She had been a vibrant, pretty teenager, and in her twenties, she had matured into a woman with a magnetic vibrancy. At every stage of her life, she was breathtakingly attractive.

His eyes traced her now–animated features, bit by bit. It had been so long since he had last seen her like this.

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Ever since their marriage, she had only ever looked at him with

detachment and disgust, as if every additional glance at him

was pure torture.

“Hey, hey, hey! I’m talking to you! Are you listening?”

Madeleine waved her hands impatiently in front of Roderick’s face. “I’m telling you, I’ve forgotten everything from the last few

years. I don’t even know who I’m supposedly having an affair

with.”

That last sentence made Roderick’s expression darken all over

again.

Growing tired of speaking, she walked over to the bed, sat

down, leaned back on her hands, and swung her legs.

“Chill, Ricki. We can make this divorce amicable. Infidelity

. doesn’t have to be a factor because there isn’t any.”

Roderick’s gaze darkened to the utmost as he let out an inward

scoff.

After all that rambling, her goal was still the same–a divorce.

Almost… He had almost been fooled by her performance.

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How dare she use their shared memories as a tool to deceive

him? Was there no line she wouldn’t cross?

“Are you finished?”

He suddenly strode forward and pushed her down onto the bed, caging her in with one arm while his other hand clamped around

her wrist.

Madeleine gasped in pain.

His expression was a complex storm, his voice chillingly cold. “Let me make myself clear again, Madeleine. I am not some

simp, nor am I your servant. Why do you think you can always

have your way? We married because you wanted it. Now you

want a divorce, and I’m just supposed to agree? Why should I?”

Frightened by his outburst, Madeleine instinctively shrank back.

Her recoil seemed to pierce him, and his eyes were red–rimmed.

She was about to nod, urging him to get a divorce.

But then she realized something was wrong.

According to him, she was the one who had proposed marriage in the first place?

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Had she lost her mind back then?

Just then, a knock on the door shattered the tense silence.

Kevin’s voice, broken by sobs, filtered through.

“Daddy, Mommy… Could you please … not get a divorce?”

A sharp pain stabbed through Madeleine’s heart, so acute it

was almost suffocating.

She immediately pushed Roderick aside and strode to the door,

swinging it open.

There stood Kevin, his little face stained with tears.

She had no idea how much he had overheard.

All of a sudden, a pang of guilt washed over her. She had failed

as a mother and had become the heartless woman who

abandoned both her husband and her son.

Kevin didn’t deserve this.

She crouched down and pulled him into her arms, coaxing him

in the same gentle tone her parents had once used with her.

“Kev, sweetie, don’t cry. We were just joking, alright?”

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It was likely that her marriage to Roderick was merely a

business alliance. She had never quite understood why he was

so resistant to ending it.

Now, it dawned on her–it was probably for Kevin’s sake.

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