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Just as she was thinking of how to bluff her way out of it, she\u00a0<\/p>\n
frowned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWait a minute, shouldn\u2019t I be the one asking you that?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Why were you in Professor Shaw\u2019s room last night?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca couldn\u2019t keep a straight face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She looked away, avoiding Madeleine\u2019s gaze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLast night\u2026 um\u2026 I just went over to talk to him for a bit.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the whole night?\u00a0<\/p>\n
!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, not exactly.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine followed Rebecca\u2019s gaze, squirming around, trying to read something in her eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She narrowed her eyes, \u201cRebecca, don\u2019t forget we have a best friends forever pact. No secrets allowed, okay?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 260\u00a0<\/p>\n
Being stared at like that by Madeleine made Rebecca a little\u00a0<\/p>\n
uncomfortable.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She threw up her hands in resignation and went to sit on the\u00a0<\/p>\n
sofa.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s what you think it is. What do you want to know, the specific\u00a0<\/p>\n
details?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, am I allowed to know that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you thinking!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca shot her a glare.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You\u2019re a mother already, and still so improper.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After saying that, her cheeks flushed again, and she mumbled,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t go that far.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She spoke so softly that Madeleine thought she\u2019d misheard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She walked over and sat next to Rebecca, putting on an\u00a0<\/p>\n
expression of concern for her bestie\u2019s happiness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo way. Even though we always called him an old fossil,\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Professor Shaw isn\u2019t that old, is he? How could he be\u2026 uh\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
How could he not be able to perform?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine was too embarrassed to say the rest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Rebecca understood instantly, staring at Madeleine with\u00a0<\/p>\n
wide, speechless eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She really wanted to crack open her head and see what kind of\u00a0<\/p>\n
stuff was inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat nonsense are you thinking? It\u2019s not a physical problem,\u00a0<\/p>\n
it\u2019s just\u2026 ahem, we didn\u2019t have that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
That?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Which that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine blinked a couple of times, and it took her a good\u00a0<\/p>\n
moment to realize.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Oh, the no\u2013baby bag.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine slapped her thigh in urgency, \u201cYou should\u2019ve said so\u00a0<\/p>\n
earlier! I have some.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca: \u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cSo, are you two together now?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cUh, well, how should I put this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca considered for a moment, then told Madeleine about\u00a0<\/p>\n
her conversation with Adrian last night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine was dumbfounded after hearing it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRebecca, I\u2019ve seen a lot of female players, but you\u2019re the first\u00a0<\/p>\n
one I\u2019ve seen who\u2019s so blatantly one.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA player?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca didn\u2019t think so.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA one\u2013month trial period is good for me and for him. How is that being a player?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine thought for a moment, then said thoughtfully, \u201cFeelings and business are different. You can\u2019t measure them with simple pros and cons.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca didn\u2019t reply, listening intently.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis one\u2013month trial period you proposed, it seems fair, but it\u2019s really just an excuse to delay your true feelings. The fact that someone like Professor Shaw would agree to that is enough to\u00a0<\/p>\n
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show how he feels about you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca was taken aback.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s words were a perspective she had never\u00a0<\/p>\n
considered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know what you\u2019re afraid of. You\u2019re afraid of investing too\u00a0<\/p>\n
much and getting nothing back, afraid you two are just a whim,\u00a0<\/p>\n
afraid this relationship won\u2019t go anywhere. But Rebecca, love is\u00a0<\/p>\n
always a risk.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine said with a smile, \u201cYou can calculate profit and loss\u00a0<\/p>\n
in business, but how do you calculate it with feelings?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca wanted to argue, but she found that everything\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine said made sense.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was just trying to find a safe approach, but it seemed she\u00a0<\/p>\n
had only made things more complicated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRebecca, you can\u2019t handle feelings the same way you handle\u00a0<\/p>\n
everything else. Sometimes, you have to ask your heart.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a long moment, Rebecca nodded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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She understood what Madeleine was saying.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was just that over the past twenty\u2013some years, she had developed her own way of doing things.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was hard to change just like that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s okay. Take your time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine beamed, dispelling the gloom that had settled over Rebecca, and quickly started to gossip with her about the Gossip between Bradley and Charlotte.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The chaos from last night didn\u2019t last.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After an awkward breakfast at a large table, Charlotte said she and Simon had taken on a last\u2013minute case and needed to get\u00a0<\/p>\n
back to handle it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine personally saw them out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bradley didn\u2019t come, sitting gloomily in the house by himself, lost in thought.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine grew even more curious, and couldn\u2019t help but probe a little while seeing Charlotte off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCharlotte, Roderick mentioned you helped him with a case\u00a0<\/p>\n
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before. Thank you so much. I\u2019m sorry we couldn\u2019t be better\u00a0<\/p>\n
hosts this time. Let\u2019s get together again when we have time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Charlotte smiled and nodded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Although she and Madeleine didn\u2019t know each other well, after\u00a0<\/p>\n
spending time together yesterday, she could tell Madeleine was\u00a0<\/p>\n
a very sweet girl.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The bond between girls is pure and wonderful, and Charlotte\u00a0<\/p>\n
felt happy being with them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chapter 261\u00a0<\/p>\n
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