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The countdown finished. Dannie sneered, tilting her head up to\u00a0<\/p>\n
watch Madeleine make a fool of herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine didn\u2019t say a word. She just held Kevin\u2019s shoulders\u00a0<\/p>\n
and turned him around, then walked to a trash can.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On top of the trash can were several unfinished drinks left by\u00a0<\/p>\n
tourists. Madeleine casually grabbed one, turned, and in one\u00a0<\/p>\n
smooth motion, threw it on Dannie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hmm, Bubble Tea. A shame it wasn\u2019t the kind with black\u00a0<\/p>\n
glutinous rice. That would\u2019ve looked even better on her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAh!!!\u00a0<\/p>\n
!!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dannie let out a shriek. The sticky Bubble Tea dripped down\u00a0<\/p>\n
from her hair, and the pearls clung to her designer dress. She\u00a0<\/p>\n
was a complete mess.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The crowd immediately burst into laughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou crazy woman!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Dannie was trembling with rage, reaching out to grab\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s hair.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just then, a tall, slender figure stepped in front of Madeleine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick grabbed Dannie\u2019s wrist with one hand, his grip so\u00a0<\/p>\n
strong it made her cry out in pain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAh, it hurts, it hurts\u2026 Ouch, you, let go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing she was no longer a threat to Madeleine, Roderick\u00a0<\/p>\n
released her, his gaze still dark and gloomy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dannie didn\u2019t recognize Roderick, but seeing his resemblance\u00a0<\/p>\n
to that little bastard, she instantly guessed something.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She sneered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cProtecting the mistress, are we?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The apple doesn\u2019t fall far from the tree. With a father like you, I\u00a0<\/p>\n
bet this little bastard will grow up rotten too!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dannie rubbed her reddened wrist, glaring viciously at the three\u00a0<\/p>\n
of them:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA scumbag and a bitch\u2013what a perfect match!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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She pulled out her phone. \u201cI\u2019m calling the preschool right now to\u00a0<\/p>\n
have the child from a morally corrupt family like yours expelled.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick\u2019s eyes went cold.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Morally corrupt?\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Livingston family, how were they morally corrupt?\u00a0<\/p>\n
The onlookers were now chattering excitedly among\u00a0<\/p>\n
themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHey, is that woman really the mistress?\u00a0<\/p>\n
She doesn\u2019t look like one.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you mean, \u2018doesn\u2019t look like one\u2018? I\u2019m sure she is.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Didn\u2019t you notice that little chubby kid knows their child?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Besides, look at the woman, she\u2019s not even wearing a wedding\u00a0<\/p>\n
ring.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe really is the mistress. So shameless, even wearing\u00a0<\/p>\n
matching outfits.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A lie told often enough becomes the truth; Madeleine was only\u00a0<\/p>\n
just now understanding what that meant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If she didn\u2019t step up and clarify the facts, she\u2019d be buried by the\u00a0<\/p>\n
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rumors.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She took a deep breath, walked over to link her arm with\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick\u2019s, and looked up with a pitiful expression:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHoney, she said I\u2019m your mistress~ Do you think her husband\u00a0<\/p>\n
has so many women on the side that it\u2019s made her paranoid?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Poor thing. She sees a loving couple like us and just assumes it\u2019s an improper relationship.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then she turned and hugged Kevin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSweetheart, I\u2019m sorry Mommy put you through this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As soon as she said this, Dannie was stunned, and the\u00a0<\/p>\n
gossiping crowd of onlookers was dumbfounded too.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What\u2019s going on?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Where did the fierce woman who just threw Bubble Tea on\u00a0<\/p>\n
someone go?\u00a0<\/p>\n
How did she suddenly turn into an adorable little woman!\u00a0<\/p>\n
?\u00a0<\/p>\n
This wasn\u2019t the first time Madeleine had called him \u2018hubby\u2018 today, and Roderick\u2019s expression shifted again at her words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Madeleine sighed and continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t help it. Maybe I just look too young and beautiful to be the mother of a four\u2013year\u2013old.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She looked up at Roderick with pleading eyes:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOr maybe she thinks you, hubby, don\u2019t deserve a wife as pretty\u00a0<\/p>\n
as me?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Oh, hubby, isn\u2019t she insulting you then?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick: \u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
From the start until now, Madeleine\u2019s mouth hadn\u2019t stopped\u00a0<\/p>\n
running.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Two out of every three sentences were praising herself and\u00a0<\/p>\n
putting others down. That was so her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The onlookers weren\u2019t idiots; they figured it out as soon as they\u00a0<\/p>\n
heard that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s the deal? So she\u2019s not the mistress after all.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou guys are just jumping on the bandwagon. Just because\u00a0<\/p>\n
she said \u2018mistress, you believed her? I thought something was\u00a0<\/p>\n
off from the start. Look how much that beautiful woman and\u00a0<\/p>\n
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her son look alike.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cExactly. They clearly look like a family of three. That other woman must be jealous of them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think she\u2019s projecting. Her husband was probably stolen by a mistress, so she\u2019s resentful and taking it out on others.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dannie\u2019s face was a nasty sight. She gritted her teeth in disbelief.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re this child\u2019s mother?\u00a0<\/p>\n
How is that possible? Didn\u2019t you hear what my son just said? He\u2019s never even seen you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine listened, her gaze falling on the little chubby boy with a smile that wasn\u2019t quite a smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Perhaps because Madeleine\u2019s gaze was too intimidating, the little chubby boy\u2019s body trembled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He then quickly hid behind D\u2019annie, peeking up timidly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just because your son has never seen me, you doubt who I am? Ma\u2019am, I really suggest you go to a hospital and get\u00a0<\/p>\n
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yourself checked out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 63\u00a0<\/p>\n
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