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And the golden child just screwed it all up!
?
Daniel looked at the golden child now, feeling the urge to
strangle him.
Jason, with his hands on his hips and still fuming, told Daniel
and the others to get the hell out.
“Damn it, I just got back and I already run into her. Talk about
bad luck!”
But even as he cursed, Jason thought about the way
Madeleine’s eyes had glared at him, the sway of her hips as she
walked away, and he couldn’t help but feel a stir inside.
He smirked coldly.
“Ten years ago, you had the guts to slap me. Now, it’s my turn.”
A woman whose family was bankrupt… he could do whatever
he wanted with her.
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Madeleine was still sulking when Roderick got home.
Roderick had a work dinner that night and was a bit tired when
he returned, but seeing Madeleine’s unhappy face, he
immediately perked up.
He put down his jacket and moved closer, reaching out to hug
Madeleine.
“What’s wrong? Who made you unhappy?”
Before he could touch her, Madeleine pushed him away.
Roderick’s eyes looked a little hurt.
Madeleine had to explain, “You don’t smell good.”
Roderick’s expression immediately relaxed.
So that was the reason.
Madeleine had never liked the smell of smoke and alcohol, ever
since she was a child.
She used to push her dad away as a kid, and now she was
pushing him away.
It was actually kind of cute.
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“Go take a shower first.”
Madeleine realized she shouldn’t have taken that attitude with
Roderick, and now she gave him an awkward little push.
Roderick hadn’t actually drunk much or smoked, but in that kind
of environment, the smell just seeped into you.
He looked very wronged, with a pitiful expression on his face.
“So tired.”
“You have to shower even if you’re tired. Don’t you even have
the strength to shower?”
“Mmm.”
Madeleine frowned, and after a moment, she realized he was
doing it on purpose.
She playfully punched his chest in annoyance. “Oh, get out of
here. Can’t you see I’m unhappy? And you’re still teasing me.”
Her hand had just landed when Roderick caught it.
He held it against his chest, not letting her move it at all.
“I can tell. Isn’t this me trying to cheer you up?”
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After speaking, he pulled her wrist, drawing her towards him, his
voice low and husky.
“Be a good girl and help me undress.”
She was still holding in her anger, but hearing this, Madeleine
couldn’t quite hold it in anymore.
“Wait, you said you were cheering me up?”
“I am. Isn’t this cheering you up?”
Madeleine got heated.
So his idea of cheering someone up was to have her help him
undress?
Roderick pressed Madeleine’s hand, moving it to the tie and
buttons in front of him.
Madeleine didn’t know what came over her, but as if by some
strange impulse, she actually moved her fingers to unbutton it
for him.
Her warm fingertips, as they undid the buttons, intentionally or
not, brushed against the skin of Roderick’s chest.
Like a single spark, recklessly setting a prairie ablaze.
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Roderick’s breathing grew heavier.
He really wanted to lean down and kiss her, but the thought that
this girl would definitely find him disgusting made him give al
helpless little laugh.
In those few seconds he was lost in thought, Roderick
discovered all his shirt buttons had been undone.
Madeleine had also pulled out the hem of his shirt.
Her gaze shamelessly sized up Roderick’s pecs and abs.
Although she had snuck glances before and knew Roderick had
a good body.
But this was the first time she’d been this close, seeing it so
clearly.
Madeleine glanced at his abs, then suddenly reached out and
touched them.
They were hard.
Her eyes lit up a bit.
“They’re so hard. I used to have toned abs when I was dancing
intensively, and they were hard too, but not this hard.”
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Roderick’s breath hitched at her sudden action, and his Adam’s
apple bobbed.
Hard?
Mmm, somewhere else was even harder.
He looked down at Madeleine, who was still curiously poking
his abs, and his eyes darkened a few shades.
His voice was low and husky, laced with a smile. “Like what you
feel?”
Only then did Madeleine realize what she was doing. Her ears
burned, and she immediately pulled her hand back.
She looked up, pretending to be calm. “Who likes it? I was just
curious.”
“Oh, you don’t like it…”
Roderick sighed disappointedly, his voice turning strangely
alluring, “If you don’t like it, you can just be curious.”
He smiled, grabbed her wrist, and pressed her palm back.
against his abs.
“If you’re curious, feel all you want. It’s free.”
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