Waking up with my nemesis baby novel Chapter 343

Chapter 343

“Rebecca?

Are you listening?”

“Huh? Yeah, I’m listening.”

Rebecca seemed to snap out of it, but her tone was still a little

distracted.

“Um… Maddie, I think you might be overthinking it. Roderick

cares about you so much, if there was really something wrong

with his health, he would never hide it from you. It’s probably

just that work has been busy lately, and he’s under a lot of

stress.”

Madeleine frowned slightly. Rebecca was acting so strange

today.

“If it’s not his health, then what else could he be hiding from me,

unless…”

“Unless what?”

“Unless he’s cheating on me.”

The moment the words left her mouth, Madeleine herself was

stunned.

Her heart felt like it was being squeezed by an invisible hand,

and her breath caught in her throat.

Cheating?

She had never imagined Roderick would ever do something like

that to her.

His love for her needed no proof.

But…

People make mistakes.

Madeleine suddenly remembered that a few days ago, he’d

gone out for a work function and came back smelling of a

strange perfume.

Once the seed of doubt was planted, it began to sprout all sorts

of terrible possibilities.

Rebecca’s reaction on the other end of the line was extreme,

her voice shooting up. “Impossible! Absolutely not! Madeleine,

what are you even thinking!”

The extreme reaction only made Madeleine more suspicious.

Shouldn’t Rebecca be cursing Roderick out, or at least helping her analyze the possibility?

That kind of absolute denial sounded more like… she was

hiding something.

“Rebecca.”

Madeleine’s voice dropped. “Do you know something?”

“I… what could I possibly know?”

Rebecca’s tone was clearly panicked. “I just don’t think Roderick

is that kind of person. He would die for you, how could he

possibly cheat?

You’re really overthinking this.”

With that, Rebecca made an excuse, saying someone was there

to talk about work, and quickly hung up.

Clutching the warm phone, Madeleine felt her chest tighten.

A heavy sense of impending doom washed over her.

Over here, Rebecca hung up on Madeleine and immediately

called Roderick.

“Roderick!

Something terrible has happened. Madeleine thinks you’re

cheating on her!”

On the other end of the line, Roderick didn’t sound surprised. In

fact, he seemed to be in a good mood.

“What did she say?”

“She said you’ve been acting suspiciously lately. At first, she

was worried something was wrong with your health, but then

she thought about it and said the only other possibility is that

you’re cheating.”

Rebecca was frustrated.

“I’m the worst liar. No, seriously, can you just make sure she

doesn’t ask me about this?”

“What lie?”

Roderick raised an eyebrow. “I’m not cheating. You can just tell

her the truth.”

Rebecca rolled her eyes.

“Then why don’t you tell Madeleine that you’ve been talking

business with the woman who was chasing you relentlessly a few years ago?”

Roderick laughed on the other end of the line, a hint of

amusement in his voice:

“If I told her, what do you think she’d do, with her personality?”

Rebecca thought for a moment.

“She’d demand to know everything.”

“Exactly. If she knew what that woman did to her all those years

ago while chasing me, she’d probably charge over there with a

knife.”

Roderick raised an eyebrow, sounding like he enjoyed the idea

of Madeleine being so protective of him.

“She has a competition with Leona soon. I don’t want her to be

distracted right now.”

Rebecca listened without saying a word.

That woman’s name was Evelyn Cruz, a famous investment

queen in the business world, with countless assets and

resources.

A few years ago, she launched an aggressive pursuit of

Roderick, using every trick in the book. With her powerful family

background, even Roderick had to tread carefully around her

back then.

Back then, Roderick had stumbled quite a bit because of her.

Actually, Madeleine knew about all this back then, but her mind

was on Edward. She didn’t seem to care at all, which made

Roderick give up on himself, even thinking about shutting down

his company.

Then, for some unknown reason, Evelyn suddenly quieted down

and went abroad.

Now she’s made a comeback, appearing as a business partner.

It’s obvious her intentions are not what they seem.

“But.”

Rebecca still felt it was wrong. “If you keep hiding it like this,

wouldn’t it be worse if Madeleine finds out on her own one day?

That Evelyn woman is no pushover. What if she deliberately

does something…”

“That’s why I have to handle it myself.”

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