Waking up with my nemesis baby novel Chapter 6

The eyes of all three welled up with tears.

Thrilled, Clarissa hugged Madeleine tightly.

“Maddie! You’re my Maddie! Sweetie, you’ve finally … finally

come back to us! You wanted nothing to do with us these past few years… It broke our hearts… Do you have any idea?”

She burst into tears, releasing years of pent–up sorrow and

grievance.

Ten minutes later, Madeleine sat on the sofa, nestled between

her parents.

She looked around. The house wasn’t large, but it was cozy and

inviting. However, there wasn’t a single trace of her presence to

be found.

“Dad, Mom, what happened to our family business? Did it go

bankrupt?”

Harold and Clarissa exchanged another glance. After a heavy silence, they recounted the painful past.

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Madeleine rose to her feet after knowing what had happened.

“What are you doing, Maddie?”

“Where’s the kitchen? I’m gonna find a knife to stab myself.”

It had never occurred to Madeleine that she was the chief

culprit behind the ruin of her family’s business.

Harold and Clarissa explained that she had married Roderick

and had a son with him shortly after graduation.

Not long after, she began acting irrationally, insisting that they

fund Edward’s startup with a massive investment.

When they refused, she funneled a massive amount of the company’s capital to Edward, gutting Harold’s hard–earned

empire.

As it turned out, Edward was a business prodigy. Within six months, he became the Mosley Group’s most fierce competitor

and ultimately acquired it, severely implicating the Livingston

Group in the process.

The Mosley Group went bankrupt and was liquidated. Every

valuable item in their home was sold.

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“Roddy bought this house for us. He offered to buy our villa

back, but we didn’t let him.”

Clarissa lowered her head and wiped her tears.

“We owe him so much.”

Remembering something, she grabbed Madeleine’s hand and asked, “Maddie, now that you’ve lost your memory… Do you still

love Edward?”

“Of course not!” Madeleine answered without hesitation.

Putting everything else aside, Edward wasn’t even as

handsome as Roderick. In her memory, he was just a sullen,

introverted, and perpetually insecure young man. What could

she have possibly loved about him?

What had she been thinking? Had she lost her mind?

“I’m glad to hear that. Maddie, you truly broke Roddy’s heart. I

genuinely don’t know if he can ever forgive you.”

Madeleine knew Roderick–he was a proud and confident man.

He would never accept being cheated on.

But…

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“Mom, I don’t love Roderick either.”

She had loathed Roderick most during her teenage years. Even

if she spotted him on the street, she would take a detour.

After a moment of thought, she said, “Mom, I’ll talk to Roderick

properly about the divorce.”

“No, you will not!” Harold interjected sternly.

“Have you even stopped to think about Kev?”

Kevin…

A sharp pang of pain shot through Madeleine’s heart, leaving a

suffocating ache.

No matter what, Kevin was her son. Though she had no

memory of the past few years, the moment his adorable face

surfaced in her mind, she was flooded with an involuntary

warmth and affection.

“Alright. I’ll think it over,” she conceded, steadying herself.

She would find an opportunity to have a calm discussion with

Roderick. Perhaps they could maintain a marriage in name only,

making further adjustments if he someday met someone he

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truly loved.

“Maddie, you haven’t eaten, have you? Let me make you

something nice,” Clarissa offered.

“Really? Mom, you can cook now?”

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