He continued applying medicine, his fingertips brushing
unintentionally against the sensitive arches of her feet.
“Hey…”
She instinctively pulled her foot back, but he gripped it more
firmly.
“Don’t move,” his voice was low and husky. “I’m not finished
yet.”
Madeleine dared not move again. Her heartbeat sped up. Afraid
he might notice, she shut her eyes, pretending to be sleepy.
Roderick handled it well. Soon, he gently placed her foot back
on the bed and packed up the medicine box.
He stood by her bed for a while. Seeing she hadn’t opened her
eyes, he quietly walked out.
Only after the door closed did Madeleine let out a long breath.
“Phew…”
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She had never been in love, but she knew how it felt to have a
crush on someone.
Why did it feel like that just now?
“No way.”
She shook her head vigorously.
Falling for Roderick? That was absurd.
Sure, he wasn’t as unbearable as before, but that didn’t mean
she could fall in love with him.
From sworn enemies to friends. That could be.
From sworn enemies to lovers?
No way!
***
Perhaps it was the exhaustion from dancing that afternoon. That night, Madeleine slept very well.
In the morning, when Kirsten came to wake her, she was even having a romantic dream, dreaming that she was in love with a
tall, handsome man.
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But before she could see his face clearly, Kirsten shook her
awake.
“Ah!”
Madeleine was frustrated, sitting up with annoyance.
Beside her, Kirsten turned pale from fright.
“My apologies, Mrs. Livingston.”
Madeleine rubbed her head awkwardly and coughed. “Ah, it’s nothing. I just get a little grumpy when I wake up.”
Only then did Kirsten breathe easier.
“Mrs. Livingston, yesterday you asked me to wake you up. You
said you’d take Mr. Kevin to school and then head to work.”
After speaking, she hesitated, hardly believing her own words.
“Are you really going to work?”
“Yes.”
Madeleine nodded, rummaging through her wardrobe for
something suitable.
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“Everyone else goes to work. I can’t just sit idly at home.”
Kirsten was stunned.
Just that morning, she had bet with Meagan, who insisted
Madeleine would never go to work.
Meagan thought perhaps this was just another scheme to
trouble Roderick.
She might just be saying. Yet in reality, she would use his
money to fool around outside.
After all, it had happened before.
Yet Kirsten defended her then.
“That was in the past. Haven’t you noticed she’s changed lately?
Maybe she really intends to work properly this time.”
Meagan only laughed at her naïve thought.
Now, hearing Madeleine chatter on about becoming Roderick’s
assistant, Kirsten was still dazed.
“Kirsten? Kirsten?”
Madeleine waved a hand.
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“What are you thinking about?”
“What is it, Mrs. Livingston?”
“Help me pick an outfit. Which of these two looks better?”
She had never worked before, so her wardrobe lacked proper business clothes. She found only a pencil skirt with a blouse and a more modest long dress.
Kirsten waved her hands, saying she couldn’t give good advice.
In the past, whenever Kirsten had voiced her opinion, Madeleine always mocked her as a country bumpkin with no taste.
Over time, she stopped expressing her views.
“Forget it. I’ll wear this.”
Madeleine chose the blouse with the pencil skirt. In her opinion, that was the standard look of a professional woman.
Oh right! Heels were essential.
Yet she had hurt her feet dancing yesterday, so walking in heels
was quite painful.
“Turns out being a working woman isn’t easy.”
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She sighed.
Meanwhile, Roderick was already in a phone meeting with a
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