Chapter 84\u00a0<\/p>\n
Didn\u2019t we just see each other? He\u2019s pretty quick to call.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing Madeleine\u2019s expression, Roderick immediately guessed\u00a0<\/p>\n
who was calling. He deliberately continued his pull\u2013down\u00a0<\/p>\n
exercise.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnswer it. Put it on speaker.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine did as she was told, answering and putting it on\u00a0<\/p>\n
speaker. She held the phone up in front of Roderick, and\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca\u2019s serious voice immediately came through.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHome.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCome to the office. Something\u2019s happened.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick paused, his gaze instantly turning sharp.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 84\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca seemed to be driving; a couple of annoyed honks\u00a0<\/p>\n
came through the phone. She said irritably, \u201cAsk your wife if\u00a0<\/p>\n
she\u2019s the one who leaked the new product launch plan.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She almost dropped the phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s eyes went wide. She looked at Roderick with an\u00a0<\/p>\n
expression of shock and innocence, which then turned to\u00a0<\/p>\n
indignation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What did that have to do with her!\u00a0<\/p>\n
?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick stood up, took the phone, and said in a low voice, \u201cIt\u00a0<\/p>\n
wasn\u2019t her. Don\u2019t jump to conclusions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTsk, I knew you\u2019d be fiercely protective of one\u2019s own. But\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick, this isn\u2019t the first time this has happened. Having her\u00a0<\/p>\n
at the company is like planting a time bomb. She just started at the office on Friday, and today Edward\u2019s team has already used\u00a0<\/p>\n
our plan ahead of us. Does that seem reasonable to you? I think\u00a0<\/p>\n
it\u2019s just\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEnough!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick\u2019s tone hardened. He looked up and met Madeleine\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 84\u00a0<\/p>\n
eyes, his voice serious.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe it wasn\u2019t her. Let\u2019s meet at the office in half an hour\u00a0<\/p>\n
and talk.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not wanting Madeleine to hear anything more from Rebecca,\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick threw that line out and hung up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to the office. I\u2019ll be back soon. Don\u2019t work out while\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019m gone, you could get hurt.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine nodded blankly, looking a little lost.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick had already started to leave, but he couldn\u2019t help\u00a0<\/p>\n
turning back to stroke her head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t worry. You won\u2019t be wrongly accused.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine stood there in a daze for several minutes after\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick left.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca\u2019s words were still ringing in her head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She seemed to understand why Rebecca was so hostile\u00a0<\/p>\n
towards her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She and the other secretaries in the office all thought\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine had come to the company as a spy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 84\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scheming and plotting every step of the way, all for that bastard\u00a0<\/p>\n
Edward.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine clenched her fists.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Damn it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What the hell is with that Edward guy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With that in mind, Madeleine decided to look up information\u00a0<\/p>\n
about Edward online. After all, you have to know your enemy to\u00a0<\/p>\n
win the battle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her impression of Edward was stuck back when he was just a\u00a0<\/p>\n
poor student.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy phone\u2026 Ah, Ricki, you bastard, why\u2019d you put my phone up\u00a0<\/p>\n
so high?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Annoyed, she moved a stool over, and it took Madeleine a while\u00a0<\/p>\n
to finally free her phone from the power rack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She typed \u201cEdward\u201d into the search bar, and the page\u00a0<\/p>\n
immediately filled with dense, related information.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She clicked on the top result, a Wikipedia page, and a formal\u00a0<\/p>\n
photo of him in a suit was the first thing she saw.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 84\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man in the photo had deep\u2013set eyes, a sharp jawline, and\u00a0<\/p>\n
the faintest hint of a smile on his lips.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine stared at the familiar yet strange face, her fingers\u00a0<\/p>\n
tightening unconsciously.\u00a0<\/p>\n
[Edward, male, 27, current Chairman and CEO of the Carroll\u00a0<\/p>\n
Group.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list in 2023, and\u00a0<\/p>\n
recognized as one of the Top Ten Outstanding Young\u00a0<\/p>\n
Entrepreneurs of the Year in 2024\u2026]\u00a0<\/p>\n
She quickly scrolled down the screen, her eyes stopping on the\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Early Life\u2018 section.\u00a0<\/p>\n
[Edward was born in a remote mountainous area. His parents\u00a0<\/p>\n
passed away, and his family was poor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In high school, due to his excellent grades, he received a\u00a0<\/p>\n
scholarship from Richard Mosley, the chairman of the Mosley\u00a0<\/p>\n
Group, which allowed him to complete his studies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In 2017, he was admitted to the Finance Department of Capital\u00a0<\/p>\n
University as the Top Scorer in the National College Entrance\u00a0<\/p>\n
Exam\u2026^\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 84\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s fingers trembled slightly. She kept scrolling down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
and then saw a jarring piece of text.\u00a0<\/p>\n
[In 2023, a capital acquisition led by Edward caused the Mosley\u00a0<\/p>\n
Group\u2019s capital chain to break, leading to its eventual\u00a0<\/p>\n
bankruptcy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Richard was placed under a high\u2013spending restriction due to\u00a0<\/p>\n
debt issues, and all assets of the Mosley family were\u00a0<\/p>\n
liquidated.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s eyes turned a little red.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She never dared to think too much about her family\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
bankruptcy; on one hand, she couldn\u2019t accept it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On the other hand, she felt completely powerless.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If she really did help the villain and cause her family\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
bankruptcy, what could she do now?\u00a0<\/p>\n
The current Madeleine only has the memories of her eighteen-\u00a0<\/p>\n
year\u2013old self. She couldn\u2019t do anything.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s fingertips trembled on the screen, the cold\u00a0<\/p>\n
electronic light reflecting on her pale face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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