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His Adam’s apple bobbed, but he just reached out to tuck her in,
his tone calm. “It’s late, you should be sleeping.”
But Madeleine wouldn’t have it.
“There’s no early meeting tomorrow, we can go in a bit later.
Let’s talk for a while.”
Roderick’s eyebrow arched. He thought the kid was acting a
little strange tonight.
Ever since she dropped Bradley off, she seemed to have gotten
especially clingy.
“You want to talk to me?”
“Mhm.”
Madeleine nodded. “Talk about the past, or the future?
Anything is fine, really.”
Roderick was kneeling on the bed with one leg, propped up by
one hand, an uncomfortable position.
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He looked at his own posture. “Well, I can’t exactly talk to you
like this.”
Without a second thought, Madeleine patted the space beside
her. “Then get in bed.”
After she said that, Madeleine noticed the surprise in Roderick’s
eyes, followed by a flicker of joy.
“You’re the one who said it.”
Roderick said it quickly, giving Madeleine no chance to back
out, and immediately threw back the covers and got into bed.
Madeleine jolted and sat up.
“That’s not what I meant! You, don’t get the wrong idea. We’re
just going to talk under the covers, you get it? Just talking.”
“Yeah, I get it.”
Roderick put his hands behind his head, looking completely at
ease.
“I won’t do anything to you unless you give me the green light.”
With those words, Madeleine’s tense body finally relaxed.
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She didn’t really know what was wrong with her tonight.
Knowing what Roderick had done for her over the past few
years, she felt not only moved, but also a little lost.
She instinctively wanted to get closer to him, but she didn’t
know how to express this overwhelming emotion.
She slowly lay back down, turning on her side to face Roderick.
Only a warm, yellow bedside lamp was on in the bedroom, its
soft light outlining his sharp features.
“Ricki, do you have a membership at a beauty salon or
something?”
Roderick’s mouth twitched.
This was the “talk” she’d lured him into bed for?
“No.”
He spat out the word through gritted teeth, glancing at her
small face, completely speechless.
Madeleine rested her head on her arm. “Hey, then how come
you’re better looking than when you were a kid? You really
haven’t had any work done?”
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“No. It’s just beauty in the eye of the beholder.”
Roderick said smugly, and lay down too.
He was very close to Madeleine, but he didn’t turn to look at
her. He stared straight at the ceiling, suppressing his body’s
most primal desires and impulses.
“Tch, you’re not my lover.”
“Mhm, I’m your husband.”
Madeleine: …
She couldn’t be bothered to argue with him; he’d always been a
smooth talker, and Madeleine knew she probably couldn’t win.
She sighed and said quietly, “For a few days after I lost my
memory, I thought you’d really grown up and changed. But you
haven’t changed much, Ricki. You’re just like you were when we
were kids.”
“How am I the same?”
“Just as childish, and just as annoying.”
Roderick chuckled. “But it doesn’t seem like you hate me that
much anymore.”
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“Really?”
Madeleine’s “Really?” lacked conviction. Roderick was right; she
didn’t really hate him that much anymore.
In fact, whenever she was with him, a strange sense of security
would wash over her.
“Roderick, why did we get married?”
“For love, of course.”
“Were we really in love?”
Roderick stared at the ceiling, his eyes deep and dark, and
answered in a hoarse voice.
“Mm.”
Madeleine let out a soft “ah” and scratched her head.
“So what now? I’ve forgotten everything. Even if I really did like you, or love you, that’s all in the past.”
Roderick turned his head to look at her. “What are you afraid of?”
He had plenty of ways to make Madeleine fall in love with him
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again.
“It’s not that I’m afraid, I’m just worried. If I never remember our
past, what will you do?”
The air was quiet for a few seconds.
“Then we’ll make new memories.”
His voice was soft, but firm. “Day by day, year by year, until the
new memories outnumber the old.”
The air grew still again.
No, that’s not right.
There seemed to be the sound of a heartbeat.
Madeleine lay on her side, staring at Roderick, her heart feeling
like it was about to leap out of her chest.
She felt like she should take back what she’d said.
Who said Ricki hadn’t changed?
The troublemaking brat who used to love messing with him was
never this smooth.
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His words weren’t overly sentimental or exaggerated, but they
were enough to make her entire heart melt completely.
“Ricki…”
Madeleine murmured, her voice soft and gentle.
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