Roderick walked towards her with an icy expression,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMadeleine, if you don\u2019t want to see the child next time, just\u00a0<\/p>\n
ignore him. Don\u2019t push him out again. He fell and scraped his\u00a0<\/p>\n
arm, do you even know that!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s eyes widened in shock.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She pushed Kev?\u00a0<\/p>\n
How could that be? That\u2019s impossible.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She wanted to speak, but her body felt like it was being\u00a0<\/p>\n
controlled by someone else as she uttered even colder words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHis arm is scraped. What\u2019s that got to do with me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Instantly, Kevin\u2019s face turned pale, and Roderick\u2019s eyes filled\u00a0<\/p>\n
with hurt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine cried out and her eyes flew open. She gasped for air,\u00a0<\/p>\n
dazed for a moment before realizing it was a dream.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 113\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mathew turned his head and asked her, \u201cMa\u2019am, are you\u00a0<\/p>\n
alright?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine took a tissue and wiped the cold sweat from the\u00a0<\/p>\n
back of her neck. \u201cI just had a nightmare.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her heart still pounding, Madeleine recalled the dream blankly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That seemed\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
not like a dream.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was her memory.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine reached up to clutch her chest. The feeling of\u00a0<\/p>\n
heartache was still there, so sharp and clear.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Could it be that she had endured this kind of torment every day\u00a0<\/p>\n
for the past few years?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Feeling immense pain while having to hurt the ones she loved?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s heart sank.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If that was the case, her sudden change in personality,\u00a0<\/p>\n
preferences, and even giving up ballet were most likely\u00a0<\/p>\n
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intentional.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was deliberately tricking her family this way, making them\u00a0<\/p>\n
believe she wasn\u2019t Madeleine anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because only by doing that could she make them disappointed,\u00a0<\/p>\n
so they wouldn\u2019t be in so much pain!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Compared to the hurt caused by their loved one, maybe letting\u00a0<\/p>\n
herself become an \u201coutsider\u201d would be easier for them to bear.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just like she initially thought, all the stupid things she did were\u00a0<\/p>\n
done by an intruder, a soul transmigrator, so she could curse\u00a0<\/p>\n
that \u201cher\u201d without restraint.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine clutched her chest, struggling to breathe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She couldn\u2019t imagine how she had gotten through those\u00a0<\/p>\n
agonizing days for the past few years\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
The car came to a stop, but the pale, awful look on Madeleine\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
face hadn\u2019t faded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Worried Roderick would notice, she touched up her makeup to\u00a0<\/p>\n
look a bit more vibrant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then, she put on a bright smile and got out of the car.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 113\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA cruise ship restaurant?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, Ma\u2019am. The gentleman is waiting for you inside. Please,\u00a0<\/p>\n
go on in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine nodded and slowly walked onto the deck, bathed in\u00a0<\/p>\n
the glow of the setting sun.\u00a0<\/p>\n
An attendant waiting at the door led the way. The moment he\u00a0<\/p>\n
opened it, she saw a restaurant decorated with pale pink roses.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They were her favorite, lychee roses.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Besides those, the restaurant was also playing the songs she\u00a0<\/p>\n
had loved since she was a child.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the end of a carpet made of petals, only Roderick stood there\u00a0<\/p>\n
in a suit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was no one else around.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Music and the scent of flowers swirled around her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This was all prepared just for her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In this moment of Madeleine\u2019s greatest turmoil.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She felt the grandest, most generous thing Roderick had given\u00a0<\/p>\n
!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 113\u00a0<\/p>\n
her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Love.\u00a0<\/p>\n
(Ahhh, I\u2019m so sorry, my dears, I didn\u2019t want to leave you on a cliffhanger here. I\u2019m begging for forgiveness. I\u2019ll be back early\u00a0<\/p>\n
tomorrow to write a sweet scene for you all!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick watched her, his gaze locked on her, intense and hot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing Madeleine just standing there, he couldn\u2019t help but\u00a0<\/p>\n
smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStunned?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine didn\u2019t say anything, her eyes sparkling, her pupils\u00a0<\/p>\n
trembling slightly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick held out a hand to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCome here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His voice was impossibly gentle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine felt her heart pounding in her chest as she walked\u00a0<\/p>\n
toward him, step by step.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 113\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a daze, the scene before Madeleine\u2019s eyes overlapped with\u00a0<\/p>\n
another image.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A wedding dress, a red carpet, the wedding march.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was as if wedding scenes had appeared in her mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shrouded in memory, Madeleine walked resolutely to Roderick\u00a0<\/p>\n
once more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She looked up, trying to hold back the surge of emotion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIs this a surprise for me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick raised an eyebrow. \u201cWhat else would it be?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine grinned. \u201cYou didn\u2019t give me any hints. If I\u2019d known, I\u00a0<\/p>\n
would have dressed up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou look beautiful just like this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As Roderick spoke, his palm unconsciously caressed her cheek,\u00a0<\/p>\n
the warmth of his fingertips making her shiver slightly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine didn\u2019t pull away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just then, the song ended and was replaced by a classic waltz.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 113\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick\u2019s palm slid down from her face, along her arm, and he\u00a0<\/p>\n
gently took her hand, bringing it to his lips for a kiss.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy beautiful lady, may I have this dance?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine couldn\u2019t help but let out a laugh.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then she quickly nodded, placing her other hand on Roderick\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
shoulder as he supported her waist.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 114\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 114\u00a0<\/p>\n
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