Waking up with my nemesis baby novel Chapter 87

Chapter 87

Rebecca rolled her eyes, speechless. It was the first time she’d

ever seen Roderick act so cocky.

“Broke your phone?”

Roderick remembered he was the one who’d put Madeleine’s

phone on the crossbeam of the power rack before he left. She

probably dropped it when she tried to get it down.

“Yeah, the screen is totally shattered.”

Madeleine’s voice was full of regret.

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I should have just thrown a cup. Phones are so expensive.

Roderick chuckled. “I’ll have someone send you a new one in a

bit.”

“No, don’t. It can be fixed. It just needs a new screen.”

“Out with the old, in with the new.”

Madeleine paused for two seconds on the other end, then

chuckled.

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“Not so concerned about being thrifty and frugal now, are we?”

Roderick just smiled without saying a word.

Madeleine stuffed something else into her mouth, her words

coming out muffled. “So why’d you call? Did you find anything

out?”

“Yeah, pretty much. I told you I wouldn’t let anyone frame you. Don’t worry.”

“I know.”

Madeleine’s voice was filled with relief.

After a moment, she couldn’t help but pause again and ask in a

low voice, “Ricki, what if I really did do it?”

“It doesn’t matter.”

Roderick’s tone was still gentle. “If you really did make a

mistake, then you just have to make up for it. I’ll be watching

you.”

“Tch~ I guess that gives you something to hold over me.”

Roderick smiled, guessing she was probably muttering about him to herself right now.

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Sitting across from him, Rebecca stared wide–eyed. Watching

the two of them get lost in their own world on the phone, her

heart sank.

It’s over. The money I just got is as good as gone.

Roderick hung up the phone, raised an eyebrow, and looked at

her smugly, mimicking the way Rebecca had held out her hand

earlier.

“Pay up.”

Rebecca shot him a glare and transferred the 1.6 million dollars

back.

“And the rest?”

Roderick beckoned with his finger. “You lost. A bet’s a bet, you

gambling degenerate.”

Rebecca tried to weasel out of it. “I told you to call and tell her

you were in a car accident. You didn’t, so it doesn’t count as a

win.”

“I was afraid of worrying her. I didn’t want to scare her. She…”

“Stop.”

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Rebecca cut Roderick off and, looking down, transferred

another 800 thousand dollars.

“We’ll call it a partial win for you. Happy now?”

She really couldn’t stand him like this, high on his hopeless

romantic buzz.

Roderick saw the 800 thousand dollars arrive and immediately

transferred it to Madeleine.

It wasn’t easy getting a miser like Rebecca to cough up some

cash.

Rebecca crossed her arms. “Looks like Madeleine really has

changed a lot. No wonder you’re always running to her with your

tail wagging these days.”

Roderick shot her a glare.

“Who are you calling a dog?”

“Take a look in the mirror yourself. You can’t even hide your

wagging tail.”

Roderick didn’t say anything. He could only let his guard down around Rebecca. After all, his true nature had been worn down

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over the years, and he rarely had the chance to be himself like

this.

“Well, this only proves Madeleine isn’t the mole. It doesn’t prove

she won’t get ideas like that in the future. What do you think…”

Rebecca raised an eyebrow and asked with a mischievous

smile, “If you were to cause some trouble for Edward, do you

think she’d come after you?”

Roderick looked at her, amused by how much she enjoyed

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