Chapter 112\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSome went abroad, some moved to other cities. I checked my\u00a0<\/p>\n
old contacts for them, but I\u2019ve lost touch with all of them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
For a moment, Rebecca didn\u2019t know what to say, her heart\u00a0<\/p>\n
aching for her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It made sense. Although she was in her twenties, her mind was\u00a0<\/p>\n
still that of an eighteen\u2013year\u2013old.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Suddenly thrown into an unfamiliar environment, with no close\u00a0<\/p>\n
friends around.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How pitiful.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hmm\u2026 I should buy her something later to cheer her up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And so, the money Rebecca had just received from Madeleine\u00a0<\/p>\n
was spent right back on her, buying her a nice set of jewelry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you, Rebecca. You\u2019re so good to me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca raised an eyebrow. Seeing Madeleine smile so happily\u00a0<\/p>\n
at her felt pretty damn good.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 112\u00a0<\/p>\n
She asked out of nowhere, \u201cHow does he compare to\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEven better than Roderick!\u00a0<\/p>\n
He\u2019s never even bought me any jewelry.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca\u2019s lips twitched when she heard that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Others might not know, but she knew better.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For the past few years, every time she traveled abroad for work and saw a jewelry show, she had to buy something for Roderick\u00a0<\/p>\n
to give to his wife.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Had Madeleine really never been in her own jewelry room?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlright, we\u2019re done with your shopping, now it\u2019s my turn. I need\u00a0<\/p>\n
to buy an outfit for dinner tonight.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA battle outfit!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine got excited, rubbing her hands together and saying, \u201cI\u2019ll definitely help you pick the perfect one, so you can knock\u00a0<\/p>\n
that old\u2013fashioned gentleman of yours dead.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca didn\u2019t say anything, just drove Madeleine to a street\u00a0<\/p>\n
not far from the mall.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 112\u00a0<\/p>\n
A pedestrian street.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The kind that was filled with street vendors.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There were not only various stalls hawking their goods, but also many clothing shops with clothes hanging outside under \u201cHuge\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sale\u201d signs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine asked uncertainly, \u201cWhen you said you were buying\u00a0<\/p>\n
clothes, you don\u2019t mean\u2026 here, do you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo way, how can that be a battle outfit?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca glanced at Madeleine, \u201cYou don\u2019t get it. It\u2019s a strategic\u00a0<\/p>\n
necessity.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
With that, carrying her designer bag worth hundreds of\u00a0<\/p>\n
thousands, she walked into a women\u2019s clothing store where the\u00a0<\/p>\n
average item cost less than twenty dollars.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s jaw dropped in shock.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She knew Rebecca was obsessed with money, but she didn\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
think she was this cheap!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 112\u00a0<\/p>\n
?\u00a0<\/p>\n
A dress was priced at two\u2013eighty, but after three rounds of\u00a0<\/p>\n
intense haggling, Rebecca got it for one\u2013twenty. Madeleine was\u00a0<\/p>\n
stunned just listening from the side.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She thought Rebecca only haggled during business\u00a0<\/p>\n
negotiations!\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Rebecca came out of the fitting room in a gentle, white\u00a0<\/p>\n
long dress, Madeleine frowned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t look good?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, it\u2019s very pretty. It just doesn\u2019t seem like you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca nodded, undid her ponytail, and let her hair cascade\u00a0<\/p>\n
down like a waterfall.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe point is for it to not be like me. My Persona tonight is the\u00a0<\/p>\n
poor but hardworking damsel in distress trope, get it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s mouth fell slightly open.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So this was how Rebecca planned to chase a man.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But she couldn\u2019t hide her natural heiress aura at all. Who would\u00a0<\/p>\n
believe it?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 112\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then again, you never know. The guy is an old fossil. What\u00a0<\/p>\n
could an old fossil possibly figure out? He might actually fall for\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll keep my phone on. Just tell me if you need anything. I\u2019m an\u00a0<\/p>\n
expert at flirting with men.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh? I bet you flirt with Roderick all the time, don\u2019t you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you talking about!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine said with a straight face, then raised her eyebrows\u00a0<\/p>\n
smugly, \u201cHe doesn\u2019t need any flirting.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca rolled her eyes to the heavens.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was going to meet that old fossil, so she couldn\u2019t take\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine home and had her call the family driver to pick her up\u00a0<\/p>\n
ahead of time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Mathew drove over, he found them on the pedestrian\u00a0<\/p>\n
street and asked strangely if they were lost.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNope, we\u2019re shopping here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShopping?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ma\u2019am, you\u2019re really something else.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 112\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mathew chuckled as he turned the car and drove off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a short while, Madeleine noticed they weren\u2019t on the road\u00a0<\/p>\n
home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHuh? Aren\u2019t we going back? Roderick said we were having\u00a0<\/p>\n
dinner together tonight.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSir said you\u2019ll be eating out tonight, and that I should bring you\u00a0<\/p>\n
straight there after picking you up, Ma\u2019am.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine acknowledged with a nod.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tired from all the walking and shopping, Madeleine leaned\u00a0<\/p>\n
against the car window and dozed off for a bit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a daze, she started dreaming again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the dream, she was in the first\u2013person. Around her was the\u00a0<\/p>\n
familiar villa, along with Roderick, Kevin, Kirsten\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
But every one of them looked at her like she was a stranger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before Madeleine could figure out what was happening, a huge wave of heartache washed over her, so painful she couldn\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
breathe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 113\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 113\u00a0<\/p>\n
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