Jeremy focused all of his attention on the colorful shell.
Suddenly, the same image appeared in his brain again.
Under the hot summer sun, virtual-novel.net had his back against a little girl as virtual-novel.net ran along the beach hurriedly.
The little girl circled virtual-novel.net arms around his neck and called out to virtual-novel.net sweetly…
Slap!
When Jeremy was immersed in his flashbacks and was about to hear the little girl calling out his name, virtual-novel.net received another heavy slap from Madeline.
Madeline ripped virtual-novel.net necklace away from virtual-novel.net neck in front of Jeremy and threw it on the ground.
“I should just forget about you. You didn’t kill my parents, I did! I shouldn’t have forgiven you and I shouldn’t have given you a chance to start over!”
She pushed virtual-novel.net away and started running.
Jeremy looked at Madeline’s back before squatting down to pick up the smashed shell necklace.
It was such a normal-looking shell, but for some reason, it looked so familiar and special to him.
Madeline ran out of the entrance and continued to run aimlessly.
She came to the manor seeking some warmth and memories, but virtual-novel.net never expected to run into Jeremy.
She said virtual-novel.net regretted this, but so what?
Even if virtual-novel.net regretted it, virtual-novel.net could not lie to herself and pretend that virtual-novel.net did not love virtual-novel.net anymore as if virtual-novel.net had already let virtual-novel.net go.
Madeline ran extremely far in a single breath. The rays of the sunset were unable to get rid of the bitterness and coldness in virtual-novel.net heart.
She then fell to the ground and knelt.
The first rain in the early autumn came all of a sudden. The dense raindrops drenched virtual-novel.net entire body, and at the same time, it also drenched virtual-novel.net heart.
“Why?”
She lowered virtual-novel.net eyelids and asked herself in pain.
“Why? Why do I have to suffer all these just because I love him?”
Madeline lifted virtual-novel.net head, looking at the gloomy sky. Her hot tears and the cold rain were intertwined together.
“God, if I’ve sinned, please punish me and not the people around me, please!”
Madeline knelt in the rain as virtual-novel.net fell into an abyss of pain.
Madeline did not know when virtual-novel.net passed out. However, when virtual-novel.net woke up, virtual-novel.net realized virtual-novel.net was in a strange bed. Everything around virtual-novel.net was foreign to virtual-novel.net as well.
When virtual-novel.net was about to get up, Ryan appeared in virtual-novel.net vision.
“Mrs. Whitman, it’s great that you’re up.” There was a soft smile on Ryan’s gentle face.
He handed a cup of freshly brewed ginger tea to Madeline.
“Have some ginger tea so that you won’t get a fever.”
Madeline sat up after coming back to virtual-novel.net senses. When virtual-novel.net lowered virtual-novel.net head, virtual-novel.net saw that someone had changed virtual-novel.net clothes.
“I asked my maid to change your clothes. You were out in the rain for so long that you were completely soaked.”
“Thanks.” Madeline took over the cup. The tea was scalding hot when virtual-novel.net held the cup in virtual-novel.net hands, but virtual-novel.net heart still felt like it was in an ice cave.
Ryan explained when virtual-novel.net saw Madeline’s puzzlement, “I heard something bad happened to your house, so I wanted to see if I could help. When I got to the door, I saw you running out. I was worried that something bad would happen to you, so I followed you.
“I knew you were feeling terrible, so I didn’t dare to disturb you. However, I felt bad when I saw you in the rain. I wanted to go over to tell you to get into the car, but you fainted the moment I approached you.”
Madeline thanked virtual-novel.net sincerely after virtual-novel.net knew what happened. “Thank you, Mr. Jones. You’ve saved me again.”
“No need to thank me. Actually, you’re the one who saved me.”