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Roderick walked towards her with an icy expression,
“Madeleine, if you don’t want to see the child next time, just
ignore him. Don’t push him out again. He fell and scraped his
arm, do you even know that!”
Madeleine’s eyes widened in shock.
She pushed Kev?
How could that be? That’s impossible.
She wanted to speak, but her body felt like it was being
controlled by someone else as she uttered even colder words.
“His arm is scraped. What’s that got to do with me?”
Instantly, Kevin’s face turned pale, and Roderick’s eyes filled
with hurt.
“No!”
Madeleine cried out and her eyes flew open. She gasped for air,
dazed for a moment before realizing it was a dream.
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Mathew turned his head and asked her, “Ma’am, are you
alright?”
“I’m fine.”
Madeleine took a tissue and wiped the cold sweat from the
back of her neck. “I just had a nightmare.”
Her heart still pounding, Madeleine recalled the dream blankly.
That seemed…
not like a dream.
It was her memory.
Madeleine reached up to clutch her chest. The feeling of
heartache was still there, so sharp and clear.
Could it be that she had endured this kind of torment every day
for the past few years?
Feeling immense pain while having to hurt the ones she loved?
Madeleine’s heart sank.
If that was the case, her sudden change in personality,
preferences, and even giving up ballet were most likely
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intentional.
She was deliberately tricking her family this way, making them
believe she wasn’t Madeleine anymore.
Because only by doing that could she make them disappointed,
so they wouldn’t be in so much pain!
Compared to the hurt caused by their loved one, maybe letting
herself become an “outsider” would be easier for them to bear.
Just like she initially thought, all the stupid things she did were
done by an intruder, a soul transmigrator, so she could curse
that “her” without restraint.
Madeleine clutched her chest, struggling to breathe.
She couldn’t imagine how she had gotten through those
agonizing days for the past few years…
The car came to a stop, but the pale, awful look on Madeleine’s
face hadn’t faded.
Worried Roderick would notice, she touched up her makeup to
look a bit more vibrant.
Then, she put on a bright smile and got out of the car.
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“A cruise ship restaurant?”
“Yes, Ma’am. The gentleman is waiting for you inside. Please,
go on in.”
Madeleine nodded and slowly walked onto the deck, bathed in
the glow of the setting sun.
An attendant waiting at the door led the way. The moment he
opened it, she saw a restaurant decorated with pale pink roses.
They were her favorite, lychee roses.
Besides those, the restaurant was also playing the songs she
had loved since she was a child.
At the end of a carpet made of petals, only Roderick stood there
in a suit.
There was no one else around.
Music and the scent of flowers swirled around her.
This was all prepared just for her.
In this moment of Madeleine’s greatest turmoil.
She felt the grandest, most generous thing Roderick had given
!
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her.
Love.
(Ahhh, I’m so sorry, my dears, I didn’t want to leave you on a cliffhanger here. I’m begging for forgiveness. I’ll be back early
tomorrow to write a sweet scene for you all!
Roderick watched her, his gaze locked on her, intense and hot.
Seeing Madeleine just standing there, he couldn’t help but
smile.
“Stunned?”
Madeleine didn’t say anything, her eyes sparkling, her pupils
trembling slightly.
Roderick held out a hand to her.
“Come here.”
His voice was impossibly gentle.
Madeleine felt her heart pounding in her chest as she walked
toward him, step by step.
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In a daze, the scene before Madeleine’s eyes overlapped with
another image.
A wedding dress, a red carpet, the wedding march.
It was as if wedding scenes had appeared in her mind.
Shrouded in memory, Madeleine walked resolutely to Roderick
once more.
She looked up, trying to hold back the surge of emotion.
“Is this a surprise for me?”
Roderick raised an eyebrow. “What else would it be?”
Madeleine grinned. “You didn’t give me any hints. If I’d known, I
would have dressed up.”
“You look beautiful just like this.”
As Roderick spoke, his palm unconsciously caressed her cheek,
the warmth of his fingertips making her shiver slightly.
Madeleine didn’t pull away.
Just then, the song ended and was replaced by a classic waltz.
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Roderick’s palm slid down from her face, along her arm, and he
gently took her hand, bringing it to his lips for a kiss.
“My beautiful lady, may I have this dance?”
Madeleine couldn’t help but let out a laugh.
Then she quickly nodded, placing her other hand on Roderick’s
shoulder as he supported her waist.
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