Chapter 157\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine bit her lower lip and nodded lightly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her heart was beating so fast it felt like it would burst out of her\u00a0<\/p>\n
chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo\u2026 are you scared?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s heart beat faster.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t say anything, just nodded again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick couldn\u2019t help but laugh, his voice husky and alluring.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He leaned down and reverently kissed Madeleine\u2019s forehead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll take it slow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After he spoke, his kisses traveled down, over her eyes, the tip\u00a0<\/p>\n
of her nose, and finally rested on her lips, light and gentle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His hands weren\u2019t idle either, deftly untying the belt of her\u00a0<\/p>\n
bathrobe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Although the room was warm, it was no match for the heat of\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s body.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 157\u00a0<\/p>\n
When her skin met the air, she still shivered uncontrollably.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Their breaths tangled together, like an inescapable fate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Like the spray of waves, like the tide.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It surged upward, bit by bit, wave after wave, devouring the\u00a0<\/p>\n
reason in her mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine had no strength left. In the end, she didn\u2019t even\u00a0<\/p>\n
know how she managed to whisper the word \u201cscared\u201d to\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick in a breathy, tearful voice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His breathing was heavy as he buried his face in the crook of\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s neck for a long time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finally, he lifted his head, gazing at her for a moment in the dim\u00a0<\/p>\n
light, and then gave a helpless smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay, we\u2019ll stop.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He rolled over to lie beside her, pulling her into his arms. Her\u00a0<\/p>\n
warm breath brushed against his ear.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you have to help me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s mind had already gone blank from his coaxing,\u00a0<\/p>\n
unable to think.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 157\u00a0<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t even wait for Madeleine to respond, decisively taking\u00a0<\/p>\n
her hand and guiding it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s hand instantly turned so red it looked like it would\u00a0<\/p>\n
bleed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She felt like maybe the heat was turned up a little too high.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It seemed a little hot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She felt her back was getting a little sweaty\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mmm, Roderick was sweating too.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She leaned over and licked his Adam\u2019s apple, hearing Roderick\u00a0<\/p>\n
let out a low groan. Only one thought flashed through her mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I have to turn down the heat, or we\u2019ll both just get hotter and\u00a0<\/p>\n
hotter\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine felt her arm getting even more sore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She whined softly, \u201cRoderick, my hand is sore.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He leaned in and coaxed, \u201cGood girl, keep going.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 157\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she opened her eyes again, Madeleine felt like her whole\u00a0<\/p>\n
body had fallen apart. She reached out a hand; Roderick must\u00a0<\/p>\n
have been up for a while.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling as the sensual\u00a0<\/p>\n
scenes from last night began to replay in her mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAh\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She pulled the blanket over her head to hide her burning\u00a0<\/p>\n
cheeks. Madeleine felt so embarrassed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But then she had another thought.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For Roderick, this was nothing. In her past memories, it wasn\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
like the two of them hadn\u2019t done it before.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thinking this way, Madeleine felt less shy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She sat up in bed and noticed her foot was neatly wrapped in a\u00a0<\/p>\n
layer of breathable gauze, and the scent of cooling ointment\u00a0<\/p>\n
hung in the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This is\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 157\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine froze. After last night, she had been so tired she was\u00a0<\/p>\n
about to pass out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was Roderick who had gotten up to clean her hand, and\u00a0<\/p>\n
afterward, she vaguely remembered someone lifting her ankle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It seemed Roderick had put the medicine on for her then.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine wiggled her toes and grinned foolishly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Who would have thought she and her sworn enemy could have\u00a0<\/p>\n
such a loving day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Oh, if only something like the Time Travel genre really existed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then she would definitely travel back to her childhood, run up to\u00a0<\/p>\n
that troublemaking, hell\u2013raising little Ricki, put her hands on her\u00a0<\/p>\n
hips, and tell him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re so annoying now, but you\u2019re going to pay for it later!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just thinking about it made Madeleine chuckle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She got up and stretched, and the soreness from dancing last\u00a0<\/p>\n
night finally felt much better.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine changed and went downstairs, her mind\u00a0<\/p>\n
preoccupied with how to act natural around Roderick, only to\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 157\u00a0<\/p>\n
find him watching Kirsten and Roy clean.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t just them; Kevin and Minerva, the two little ones, were\u00a0<\/p>\n
also being bossed around by Roderick.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine scratched her head, completely baffled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Is it Labor Day today?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re awake?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick noticed her, and as he walked over, his eyes were\u00a0<\/p>\n
fixed on Madeleine\u2019s feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes it hurt?\u00a0<\/p>\n
You\u2019ve got a lot more scrapes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t hurt. This is nothing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Afraid her cousin Minerva would make fun of her, Madeleine\u00a0<\/p>\n
waved her hand dismissively. \u201cBack in the day, I finished a\u00a0<\/p>\n
whole dance routine on a sprained ankle. This is nothing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGood, as long as it doesn\u2019t hurt. Go have some breakfast.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about you guys?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 157\u00a0<\/p>\n
Minerva, who was helping water the plant on the table, looked\u00a0<\/p>\n
over with a helpless expression.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 158\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 158\u00a0<\/p>\n
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