Chapter 108\u00a0<\/p>\n
So Kirsten didn\u2019t notice the dark look he hid in his eyes as he\u00a0<\/p>\n
lowered his head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
After replying to Roderick\u2019s message about having dinner\u00a0<\/p>\n
tonight, Madeleine turned her head, ready for some gossip.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRebecca, who are you meeting tonight?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca let out an annoyed \u2018tsk\u2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI told you not to call me that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
It makes me sound old.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, alright then. I\u2019ll just call you by your name. Hehe. So, are\u00a0<\/p>\n
you meeting that guy you mentioned? Need me to pass on\u00a0<\/p>\n
some of my expertise? It\u2019s free, you know.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
On any other topic, the word \u201cfree\u201d would have definitely caught\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca\u2019s attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But on this matter\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 108\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca had a strange look on her face. She thought for a\u00a0<\/p>\n
moment before shaking her head. \u201cNo thanks. I don\u2019t think\u00a0<\/p>\n
you\u2019d be any help.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause that guy isn\u2019t like Roderick.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow is he different?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRoderick\u2019s a hopeless romantic. Is there even a comparison!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
That got Madeleine even more interested.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Looks like my guess was right, Rebecca has something going\u00a0<\/p>\n
But\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
In Madeleine\u2019s mind, Rebecca was a career woman; the\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca she\u2019d gotten to know these past few days was\u00a0<\/p>\n
basically a machine with no emotions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She\u2019s an only child, her family is in the pharma and biotech\u00a0<\/p>\n
industry, and Roderick mentioned that when Rebecca was a\u00a0<\/p>\n
child, the company went bankrupt, and the current Whitman\u00a0<\/p>\n
group was rebuilt after surviving that ordeal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 108\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was originally very interested in aerospace technology; her\u00a0<\/p>\n
childhood dream was always to go into space research.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But after her family\u2019s troubles, she completely changed,\u00a0<\/p>\n
studying everything from biotech to business, going abroad for\u00a0<\/p>\n
several years, and then coming back to take over the family\u00a0<\/p>\n
company.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In Rebecca\u2019s eyes, the company, money, and power were more\u00a0<\/p>\n
important than anything.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So Madeleine felt that for someone like her, forget about\u00a0<\/p>\n
actively pursuing a man, even just dating seemed unlikely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHopeless romantics are made, not born. Why don\u2019t you tell me\u00a0<\/p>\n
what he\u2019s like, and I\u2019ll help you analyze the situation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca gripped the steering wheel, thought for a moment, and\u00a0<\/p>\n
said:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAn old fossil.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine missed the point, only catching the \u201cold\u201d part, and\u00a0<\/p>\n
her eyes immediately widened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow old is he?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 108\u00a0<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t mean to be discriminatory, but I just think, wouldn\u2019t a big\u00a0<\/p>\n
age gap be a problem? What if there\u2019s a generation gap, or if his health starts failing in a few years or something\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMadeleine!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca practically spat out her name through gritted teeth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Did she lose a few years of memory, or a few brain cells?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat? What\u2019s wrong?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Startled by her shouting, Madeleine quickly grabbed the handle\u00a0<\/p>\n
on the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca took a deep breath. \u201cI said an old fossil. Fossil, not old,\u00a0<\/p>\n
okay?\u00a0<\/p>\n
He\u2019s only two years older than me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
MR DAIR\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, you should have just said so. How is he a fossil?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s impossible to flirt with. Totally dense.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine looked at Rebecca for a long moment without saying\u00a0<\/p>\n
anything.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was hard to say who was more dense. With Rebecca\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 108\u00a0<\/p>\n
personality, she knew how to flirt?\u00a0<\/p>\n
If she knew how, Madeleine would eat her hat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No way. I have to send Rebecca a few novels to read when I get\u00a0<\/p>\n
back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca couldn\u2019t be bothered to talk about him anymore and\u00a0<\/p>\n
changed the subject to Madeleine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou still haven\u2019t told me why you\u2019re so set on going to the\u00a0<\/p>\n
psychiatric hospital. That Zoe, have you remembered what your\u00a0<\/p>\n
relationship with her was?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine sighed and leaned back in her seat. \u201cJust curious. I\u00a0<\/p>\n
want to go take a look.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca shot her a sideways glance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTch, fine, don\u2019t tell me then.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Soon, the car stopped in front of the psychiatric hospital. A\u00a0<\/p>\n
security guard told them there were no parking spots inside and\u00a0<\/p>\n
they had to park across the street.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou get out first. Wait for me at the entrance.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 108\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine got out of the car, holding a bouquet of flowers she\u00a0<\/p>\n
had just bought on the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even though she didn\u2019t know what her relationship with Zoe\u00a0<\/p>\n
was, you can\u2019t visit a patient empty\u2013handed, right?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Visiting a psychiatric patient is different from a regular one; the\u00a0<\/p>\n
hospital won\u2019t let you in without a registered appointment,\u00a0<\/p>\n
which Rebecca had arranged, so Madeleine could only wait\u00a0<\/p>\n
obediently for her to park the car and take her inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As she was holding the flowers and peering through the iron\u00a0<\/p>\n
fence to see what the psychiatric hospital looked like inside, a\u00a0<\/p>\n
doubtful voice suddenly came from beside her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re\u2026 Madeleine?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine turned around to see a young man standing before her, with sharp features and a thin frame, looking pale as if he\u2019d\u00a0<\/p>\n
suffered a major blow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She thought for a moment; she didn\u2019t seem to know him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hmm\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 108\u00a0<\/p>\n
At least, not in the past eighteen years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cedella is a passionate storyteller known for her bold romantic and spicy novels that keep readers hooked from the very first chapter. With a flair for crafting emotionally intense plots and unforgettable characters, she blends love, desire, and drama into every story she writes. Cedella\u2019s storytelling style is immersive and addictive\u2014perfect for fans of heated romances and heart-pounding twists.<\/p>\n
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