Figuring he\u2019d be taking Madeleine out the next day, Roderick\u00a0<\/p>\n
didn\u2019t wear her out too much that night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After they finished, he carried her limp body to the bathroom\u00a0<\/p>\n
and gently washed her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRicki.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine was tired and sleepy, leaning against Roderick and\u00a0<\/p>\n
mumbling indistinctly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick couldn\u2019t help but laugh, lowering his head to kiss her\u00a0<\/p>\n
forehead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong, Kev?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI just wanted to call your name.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine grinned, rambling on with her eyes closed, \u201cActually,\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been remembering a lot of things from before lately.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick\u2019s fingertips paused, and he listened intently.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry for making you so sad for so long before. I didn\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 188\u00a0<\/p>\n
want to, really. Treating you all like that made me sad too\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cKev, let\u2019s not talk about it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick cupped her cheek with one hand, his thumb stroking her closed eyelid.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the unhappy things are in the past, aren\u2019t they? Let\u2019s not\u00a0<\/p>\n
bring them up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine nodded, but couldn\u2019t help speaking again, \u201cActually,\u00a0<\/p>\n
there\u2019s something I\u2019ve always wanted to ask you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGo ahead and ask.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re so nice to me now, why did you always bully me\u00a0<\/p>\n
before?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick\u2019s movements stopped, a hint of helplessness in his\u00a0<\/p>\n
expression.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWas it just me bullying you?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Didn\u2019t you go against me too?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine thought about it and realized he had a point.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She\u2019d had a competitive streak since she was a kid; if anyone\u00a0<\/p>\n
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ever bullied her, she\u2019d make sure to pay them back double.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She grinned a little awkwardly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve known me for so many years, how could you not know\u00a0<\/p>\n
my personality? Besides, I\u2019m a girl, you should\u2019ve gone easy on\u00a0<\/p>\n
me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick chuckled and clicked his tongue. \u201cIf I had known back\u00a0<\/p>\n
then that you\u2019d be my wife, I would have definitely protected\u00a0<\/p>\n
you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
In fact, that\u2019s what Roderick had thought back then.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s just that young love is always a bit hard to figure out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You clearly want to get closer to someone, but when you\u00a0<\/p>\n
actually meet, you just end up being confrontational to get their\u00a0<\/p>\n
attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fortunately, the final outcome was good.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That\u2019s enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 188\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Roderick woke up, he saw a message from Rebecca.\u00a0<\/p>\n
First, she complained about his terrible behavior of arriving late\u00a0<\/p>\n
and leaving early yesterday, then she sent over the information\u00a0<\/p>\n
about the Klein family.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just as Roderick had guessed, the Klein family had been\u00a0<\/p>\n
expanding recklessly for the past two years, and their finances\u00a0<\/p>\n
were already in trouble.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But now, backed by several banks and investment firms, they\u00a0<\/p>\n
were planning to use the entire second half of the year to stage\u00a0<\/p>\n
a comeback.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A comeback?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not so easy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Daring to bully his wife and thinking they could get away with it\u00a0<\/p>\n
was just a dream.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick casually forwarded the files from Rebecca to Gerry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gerry: [Boss, what are your orders?]\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick: [Contact these banks and investment firms. If they\u00a0<\/p>\n
dare to fund the Klein group, they can expect me to cut ties.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 188\u00a0<\/p>\n
On the other end of the line, Gerry was completely clueless at\u00a0<\/p>\n
that moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How did he not know the company was targeting the Klein\u00a0<\/p>\n
group recently?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Early in the morning, Rebecca showed up outside the lab with\u00a0<\/p>\n
dark circles under her eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She stood by the roadside and yawned, looking utterly\u00a0<\/p>\n
exhausted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRoderick, you\u2019re something else\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca really couldn\u2019t take it anymore, still cursing under her\u00a0<\/p>\n
breath.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If she hadn\u2019t remembered she had things to do today and\u00a0<\/p>\n
couldn\u2019t help him with his research, would she have stayed up\u00a0<\/p>\n
half the night?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just as she let out her fifth yawn, Adrian showed up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He pulled up next to Rebecca in a Land Rover, which was\u00a0<\/p>\n
completely out of character for him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 188\u00a0<\/p>\n
The window rolled down. Adrian\u2019s hair, which he usually wore\u00a0<\/p>\n
down, was slicked back, instantly elevating his look, especially\u00a0<\/p>\n
paired with a crisp black and white dress shirt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca froze for a couple of seconds when she saw him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Is that still the same old fossil?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cProfessor\u2026 Shaw?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t you recognize me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian smiled gently, and his familiar voice instantly snapped\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca out of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She laughed awkwardly and shook her head, \u201cNo, no, how could\u00a0<\/p>\n
I not recognize you, Professor Shaw? I just think you look very\u00a0<\/p>\n
different.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGet in first.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca nodded and walked around to open the passenger\u00a0<\/p>\n
side door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just as she was about to open the door, she remembered how Roderick wouldn\u2019t let her sit in his passenger seat, insisting it\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 188\u00a0<\/p>\n
was reserved for Madeleine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cUh\u2026 Professor Shaw, your girlfriend won\u2019t get mad if I sit in the\u00a0<\/p>\n
passenger seat, will she?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGirlfriend?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian broke into a mysterious smile. \u201cDon\u2019t you know whether I\u00a0<\/p>\n
have a girlfriend?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca suddenly felt that awkward feeling of being seen right\u00a0<\/p>\n
through.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But when she looked again, Adrian was back to his usual, plain\u00a0<\/p>\n
self.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 189\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 189\u00a0<\/p>\n
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