Rebecca crossed her arms, looking at Madeleine with a\u00a0<\/p>\n
speechless expression.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You\u2019re Roderick\u2019s wife, after all. Can\u2019t you show a little of the\u00a0<\/p>\n
CEO\u2019s wife\u2019s presence?\u00a0<\/p>\n
What surprised Madeleine was that Dannie had actually been\u00a0<\/p>\n
brought in by Rebecca.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Did Roderick tell her what happened at the amusement park\u00a0<\/p>\n
that day?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dannie came forward, grabbing Madeleine\u2019s arm with a tear-\u00a0<\/p>\n
streaked face. \u201cIt\u2019s all my fault for being blind to a person of\u00a0<\/p>\n
great importance, for being so clueless as to say those awful things. Mrs. Livingston, please don\u2019t take it to heart.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dannie\u2019s grip was strong, and Madeleine\u2019s arm hurt where she\u00a0<\/p>\n
was being held. She frowned and hissed in pain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca thought she wasn\u2019t taking it seriously, and her tone\u00a0<\/p>\n
was clearly impatient.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m telling you, Madeleine, you\u2019re Roderick\u2019s a formally and\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 89\u00a0<\/p>\n
legitimately wedded wife. You\u2019re not angry that someone\u00a0<\/p>\n
pointed at you and called you the mistress?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Can you show some backbone?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWho says I\u2019m not angry!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine, annoyed, yanked her hand away from Dannie\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She looked at her coldly. \u201cIf you were truly sorry, you would have\u00a0<\/p>\n
said so at the amusement park that day. Why wait until today?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dannie was at a loss for words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How could she have known her husband would be\u00a0<\/p>\n
investigated? How could she have known the whole family\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
plan to go abroad would be ruined because of that incident!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dannie couldn\u2019t hold back her tears and started crying.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, it\u2019s all my fault. I\u2019m begging you, be the bigger person,\u00a0<\/p>\n
please don\u2019t stoop to my level. My Mr. Eleanor has already been\u00a0<\/p>\n
taken away, the Eleanor family is finished. Mrs. Livingston,\u00a0<\/p>\n
please be merciful and let us go\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As Dannie\u2019s tearful voice rang out, the onlookers all turned their\u00a0<\/p>\n
gazes to Madeleine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 89\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now everyone understood what was going on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So she got taught a lesson for offending Daquan!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hey, who was it that spread the rumor about the CEO and his\u00a0<\/p>\n
wife not getting along?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rumors, pure rumors!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine took a step back, putting distance between herself\u00a0<\/p>\n
and Dannie. Her face was expressionless, and her eyes were\u00a0<\/p>\n
calm to the point of being detached.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he was arrested, he must have done something. What\u2019s the\u00a0<\/p>\n
use in begging me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, yes, I know. Mr. Eleanor\u2019s business dealings were\u2026 not\u00a0<\/p>\n
exactly clean. He deserved to be arrested. But my son is\u00a0<\/p>\n
innocent, Mrs. Livingston, please spare him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
That little chubby kid?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine didn\u2019t know what had happened and just turned to\u00a0<\/p>\n
look at Rebecca.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca raised an eyebrow. \u201cDidn\u2019t she say that day she\u2019d make\u00a0<\/p>\n
it so our little Kevin couldn\u2019t go to kindergarten? So I just made\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 89\u00a0<\/p>\n
a call and made it so her son can\u2019t go either.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her tone was casual, as if she had just done a small favor, but a\u00a0<\/p>\n
flash of coldness crossed her eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the little Kevin she watched grow up. How dare she\u00a0<\/p>\n
threaten him?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Did she think his aunt was a nobody?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hearing this, Dannie cried even harder, almost falling to her\u00a0<\/p>\n
knees. \u201cMrs. Livingston, Miss Su, it was my big mouth!\u00a0<\/p>\n
I deserve to die!\u00a0<\/p>\n
My son is only five, he doesn\u2019t know anything!\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019m begging you, don\u2019t drag him into this\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing Dannie about to come forward and grab her again,\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine stopped her approach with an icy glare.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDannie, your husband is being investigated. That\u2019s his problem.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Your son can\u2019t go to school because of your own big mouth.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She paused, her voice turning cool. \u201cThe person you should\u00a0<\/p>\n
apologize to isn\u2019t me, it\u2019s my son.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 89\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dannie froze, then quickly understood and nodded repeatedly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, yes, yes!\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll go apologize to your son right now!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no need.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine cut her off coolly, \u201cMy son doesn\u2019t need your\u00a0<\/p>\n
apology. You just need to remember that words have\u00a0<\/p>\n
consequences.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After speaking, she turned her gaze to Rebecca.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHer son can\u2019t go to kindergarten anymore?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca raised an eyebrow. \u201cAt least no school in the city will\u00a0<\/p>\n
dare to take him now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine looked back at Dannie, mimicking Rebecca\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
eyebrow raise.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you hear that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dannie looked dazed for a moment, taking a while to\u00a0<\/p>\n
understand what Madeleine meant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2026 I heard!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 89\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mrs. Livingston, Rebecca, don\u2019t worry. I\u2019ll take my son to the\u00a0<\/p>\n
Countryside right now and never set foot in the city again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca waved her hand dismissively. \u201cGet lost.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Once Dannie had scrambled away, Rebecca scoffed, \u201cHer\u00a0<\/p>\n
husband\u2019s in trouble. You think she can get away?\u00a0<\/p>\n
It won\u2019t be long before her son becomes an orphan with no one\u00a0<\/p>\n
to care for him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine had no interest in the future of people like that. She\u00a0<\/p>\n
just looked at Rebecca and spoke after a moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWant to get some coffee?\u00a0<\/p>\n
The cafe downstairs, my treat.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca knew she wanted to talk, so she asked playfully,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMadeleine, are you openly skipping work? You\u2019re going to get\u00a0<\/p>\n
your pay docked!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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