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he quickly looked away, her long lashes fluttering twice, as if\u00a0<\/p>\n
she\u2019d suddenly been hit by a blinding light.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow did you\u2026 find out?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMariah was looking into Nanette and found out by accident.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On the 12th, you told me you went shopping with Rebecca.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
No wonder.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her reaction to the yacht dinner he\u2019d prepared that day had\u00a0<\/p>\n
been strange.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Something must have happened before she came to see him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick\u2019s heart suddenly clenched with a pang of pain, and he\u00a0<\/p>\n
regretted not asking what was wrong, not being there to face it\u00a0<\/p>\n
with Madeleine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Whatever it was, he wanted to face it with Madeleine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMaddie.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick\u2019s tone softened as he said gently, \u201cTell me what\u00a0<\/p>\n
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happened.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2026\u201d S<\/p>\n
Madeleine opened her mouth, her gaze falling to their clasped\u00a0<\/p>\n
hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The words were on the tip of her tongue, but she swallowed\u00a0<\/p>\n
them back down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was scared.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She remembered how crazy Zoe had looked, and a shiver ran\u00a0<\/p>\n
through her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She took a deep breath, suddenly grabbed Roderick\u2019s arm, her\u00a0<\/p>\n
eyes determined.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRoderick, do you trust me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick nodded without hesitation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are some things I can\u2019t tell you right now, because it\u00a0<\/p>\n
might\u2026 hurt you. But please know that I like you, I love you, and\u00a0<\/p>\n
I would never, ever lie to you or betray you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Afraid Roderick would get the wrong idea, Madeleine said the\u00a0<\/p>\n
words in a rush.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After she finished, Roderick\u2019s eyes seemed to brighten.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSay it again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHuh? Oh, that there are some things\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe last two sentences.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat I could never lie to you\u2018?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe one before that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick smiled, prompting her patiently.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine, momentarily speechless, simply stood on her toes\u00a0<\/p>\n
and answered him with her actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At three in the afternoon, a few managers grabbed their laptops\u00a0<\/p>\n
and were about to head to the conference room for a meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gerry stopped them at the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe meeting\u2019s been canceled. You can all head back for now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Everyone looked at each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Why was it canceled?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gerry had a secretive look on his face, but he knew exactly what\u00a0<\/p>\n
was going on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Half an hour ago, he had gone to the president\u2019s office to drop\u00a0<\/p>\n
off materials for the meeting and found that the president, who\u00a0<\/p>\n
was usually efficient and never procrastinated, had a pile of\u00a0<\/p>\n
work stacked up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When he looked at the man himself, he was sitting at his desk\u00a0<\/p>\n
with a mysterious smile on his face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He called out several times, but the president acted like he\u00a0<\/p>\n
couldn\u2019t hear a thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A situation like this meant he was either seeing things or\u00a0<\/p>\n
possessed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was also another possibility\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gerry turned and his gaze fell on the president\u2019s secretary\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
office, where Madeleine was.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Only Chase could have this kind of power.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At that moment, the culprit, Madeleine, was holding a bottle of\u00a0<\/p>\n
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ice\u2013cold Coke to her lips.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was annoyed as she did it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t right. Didn\u2019t we agree that next time Roderick\u2019s lips\u00a0<\/p>\n
would be the ones to swell up?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Was her technique that bad?\u00a0<\/p>\n
How come she was the one with swollen lips again?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shaking the thoughts from her head, Madeleine rested her chin\u00a0<\/p>\n
in her hand and started reading the news about the North City\u00a0<\/p>\n
Science and Technology Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The bidding conference was about to start, and there had been\u00a0<\/p>\n
a lot of news about the Livingston Group lately.\u00a0<\/p>\n
#Livingston Group Stock Plummets, Cash Flow Shortage May\u00a0<\/p>\n
Force Withdrawal From Bidding#\u00a0<\/p>\n
#Livingston Group Pulls Out of North City Science and\u00a0<\/p>\n
Technology Park Project#\u00a0<\/p>\n
#Livingston Group President Refuses Interviews, Suspected Company Crisis#\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine scrolled through them, unable to help but be\u00a0<\/p>\n
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amazed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If she didn\u2019t know that Roderick had leaked all this news\u00a0<\/p>\n
himself, she would have suspected the company was really in\u00a0<\/p>\n
trouble.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After all, when she pricked up her ears, she could hear a few\u00a0<\/p>\n
secretaries outside discussing it\u2014\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard from Emil Kevin in accounting that there\u2019s really a\u00a0<\/p>\n
problem with the company\u2019s funds\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo way, didn\u2019t we just sign a new project last week?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHaven\u2019t you seen the news?\u00a0<\/p>\n
I heard the banks suddenly tightened their loans, and Mr.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Livingston has been meeting with investors all week\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Chase doesn\u2019t look right either. Didn\u2019t you notice she\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
been covering her face ever since she came back from the\u00a0<\/p>\n
president\u2019s office? She must have been crying.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe president has a pretty bad temper. You don\u2019t think he took\u00a0<\/p>\n
it out on Chase, do you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cChase has such a good personality, she definitely wouldn\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
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fight back. I feel so bad for her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine couldn\u2019t help but let out a snort of laughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was suddenly in a great mood. She stood up and walked\u00a0<\/p>\n
out, and the four secretaries immediately fell silent, their gazes\u00a0<\/p>\n
filled with sympathy and pity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chapter 146\u00a0<\/p>\n
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