Married by Mistake: Mr. Whitman's Sinner Wife

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Madeline and Jeremy’s expressions changed at the same time.

Additionally, Madeline saw the confident smile on Carter’s face, and it seemed that he truly knew Lilian’s

whereabouts.

Her heart started to race. She wanted to know Lillia’s whereabouts. She desperately wanted to know, no matter

how insignificant a clue.

However, knowing Carter, how would he reveal to them this information so easily?

Jeremy too shared the same thought.

He looked at Carter, and his seductive lips curved into an intriguing smile.

“I didn’t expect you to have such an understanding of my daughter’s location, Mr. Gray. In that case, I truly want to

seek your counsel. Where is my daughter?”

Carter smiled knowingly in turn. “Mr. Whitman, you’re a businessman. You should understand that to get something

valuable, you’d need to offer

something in exchange.”

“What do you want?” Jeremy asked directly.

“I want 50% of the Whitman Corporation’s share, ” Carter said bluntly.

Jeremy remained calm when he heard that.

He was about to speak, but Madeline was one step ahead of him.

She grinned, seemingly gentle and sweet, but her beautiful eyes shone with a rare edge.

“Mr. Gray, you truly know how to crack a joke. My husband and I would not hesitate to agree even if you had asked

for 1oo%, let alone 50%. My daughter is priceless. Do you understand what I mean, Mr. Gray?”

Upon hearing Madeline’s words, he gave a low chuckle.

“You’re right, Mrs. Whitman. I was indeed joking. How could I measure your precious daughter with physical

objects?”

Carter followed Madeline’s cue and extricated himself from the situation.

“ Since we know each other, I’ll then offer this as a gift. Your precious daughter is in F Country, and

she’s being controlled by a 2o-year-old young man named Fabian Johnson.”

Carter’s information completely matched Fabian. Madeline’s heart skipped a beat.

Lillian was in F Country this whole time?

The chartered plane back then was a ruse. Fabian had wanted to create an illusion of him not returning to F

Country when, in reality, he did return.

Jeremy could sense Madeline’s anxiety right now. He honestly felt the same way, but he knew he could not panic.

He kept calm and smiled softly.

“My daughter was indeed taken away by a young man named Fabian Johnson. My wife and I already know this. Do

you have other more valuable information, Mr. Gray?”

“He has a villa in F Country. While Fabian’s brother Yorick was still alive, Yorick had bought it for Fabian under

Fabian’s name. I’ve heard that Yorick wanted to give this to Fabian as a present for his 18th birthday, and he even

planned to hand the keys of this villa to Fabian personally.”

As Carter spoke, he deliberately slowed down and gave Jeremy a meaningful look.

“It’s just that, before the day arrived, Yorick was arrested, and Fabian’s sister Lana died. On Fabian’s 18th birthday,

he was all alone.”

Madeline and Jeremy could tell what Carter was insinuating as he spoke.

He was implying that Yorick and Lana’s death were all related to Jeremy.

“Alright, that’s all I know. If you’re worried,  Mr. and Mrs. Whitman, you could immediately head over to F Country

and bring your precious daughter back. That young man might do something irreversible if you’re too late.”

Carter’s voice slowly fell away as he finished speaking. He chuckled, then turned around to leave.

After Carter had left, Jeremy took Madeline’s hand and walked toward the office.

“Linnie, I’ll book the tickets now. We’ll go to F Country immediately.”

“Jeremy.” Madeline abruptly stopped walking, and with a solemn expression, looked into Jeremy’s confused eyes.

Jeremy too stopped walking. “Linnie, what’s wrong?”

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“I’ll go alone. You should stay in Glendale.”

“You want to go to F Country alone?” Jeremy was surprised. “Why?”

Madeline looked in the direction where Carter had left. “Do you seriously think he deliberately came just to give us

the invitation and then inform us about Lily?”

“Of course, I don’t believe him, but we can’t afford t o overlook any information.”

“All the more reason you should stay here then.” Madeline had a firm look in her eyes.“ It seemed like he wanted to

send us away. He might be up to something in Glendale.”

“Even so, it wouldn’t be as important as Lily.”

“ I know. I know you’re worried about Lily, but you have to listen to me this time, Jeremy,” Madeline insisted still. “I’ll

go to F Country and find Lily. If Lily truly is with Fabian, I’ll try to convince Fabian.”

“Do you think Fabian can still be rational?”

Jeremy was worried, and he also remembered Carter’s words just now.

“Carter has looked into our past in detail, and he also seemed to know about the matter with Yorick and Lana very

well. He was implying that I had something to do with Yorick and Lana’s death.

Based on this, I think that Fabian would think so too. That is why, Linnie, I can’t let you go find Fabian alone.”

“I won’t be alone.”

Madeline touched the purple crystal necklace on her chest.

It was the DIY present that Lillian and Jackson had made for her.

“I have Lily.” Madeline smiled.

She firmly believed that she would be able to see her little princess by going to F Country.

Jeremy knew he would not be able to change Madeline’s mind no matter what he said.

He spoke no more of this. Additionally, he even drove Madeline to the airport himself.

Jeremy handed Madeline the anti-toxoid test reagent he had gotten from Carter. They had thought that the poison’s

fourth stage would have flared up by now, but it had been a month since the last flare-up, and nothing had yet to

happen.

“Linnie, I’m very concerned that you’ll get a flare-up after going to F Country.”

Worried, Jeremy grabbed Madeline’s hand and pleaded humbly.

“Let me go with you, okay?”

Madeline then smiled and tiptoed to kiss Jeremy on the corner of his lips.

“Okay, I’m heading through the security check now. You should quickly head back now. You must take good care of

Jack and Pudding. Don’t let anything happen to the two of them.”

Madeline’s urging caused Jeremy to feel a heavier weight on his shoulders.

Yes, he had to stay to take good care of his precious sons.

“Call me if there’s anything. We must be in touch at all times.”

“Yes, I will, ” Madeline promised as she nodded obediently, then turned to leave.

However, just as she turned around, Jeremy suddenly held the back of her neck gently and pressed Madeline

toward him, then pressed a deep kiss on her lips when she had least expected it.

“Go on now.”

This happened and ended too fast. Madeline was momentarily dazed before returning to her senses.

“I’ll bring Lily home. Wait for me.” “Okay.”

Jeremy smiled and watched as Madeline went through the security check. Once she had disappeared from his sight,

he turned around, frowning.

He truly was still worried, but he did not have a choice.

He went back to his car, and when he was about to drive away, he glimpsed, out of the corner of his eye, the

wedding invitation that he had thrown into the car not long ago.

Carter was about to get married, but who was his new bride?

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Jeremy took the invitation card and opened it to have a look.

The interesting thing about this invitation was that it only indicated the time and location of the wedding, but not the

names of the groom and bride.

Jeremy intuitively felt that Carter cared not for the woman who was going to marry him, so the bride’s name was

not on the card.

In reality, it was just as Jeremy thought.

On the other side, Cathy had been caring for Shirley, who had lost all feeling in her legs, every day.

Although Cathy despised and looked down on Shirley for everything she had done in the past, Shirley was still

Adam’s sister, and Cathy was sincerely grateful for Adam.

She also knew that, deep down, Adam still cared about his sister too.

Shirley had initially resisted intensely, but now, it seemed that she had grown used to it and started to accept

Cathy’s care.

Presently, as Cathy finished bathing Shirley, there came a shout from the delivery person downstairs.

Cathy went down to receive the delivery, which she noticed was a folder from an anonymous sender to Shirley.

Since it was a private item, Cathy would certainly not open it to look inside without permission.

When she was about to bring it to Shirley, Adam came back from his morning run.

When he learned about Shirley’s delivery, he looked at it, then took it and ripped it open.

Cathy hurriedly intervened. “Adam, isn’t this inappropriate?”

Adam slowly provided his analysis. “Who else would know that she’s here? I don’t  think Jeremy or Eveline would be

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sending her things, so only one person remains.”

Cathy immediately understood.

Carter was the one who sent this to Shirley.

Soon after, Adam opened the package and the document inside. He took out the content and saw that it was a

wedding invitation.

This invitation, however, was completely different from the one Carter had given Jeremy, and it indicated the

names of the bride and groom.

After Adam had read the contents of the invitation, he immediately had a sour look on his face.

“Hmph.” He scoffed.  “What  is he trying  to say? Is  he trying to show off to my brainless sister who lacks

conscience?”

However, Cathy thought differently after reading the card.

“ It seems that Carter has feelings for your sister. ”

“What did you say?” Adam felt as if he had just heard a joke.

“Carter must be displeased with Miss Brown’s cold attitude last time. That’s why he’s retaliating this way. It could be

said that he cared about what Miss Brown had said the other day, so he’s acting this way.”

“He took it to heart?” Adam burst out laughing. “If someone truly cared for another, he wouldn’t have asked her to

commit so many vile acts.”

He threw the invitation card into the rubbish bin, then turned around to urge Cathy.

“Cathy, don’t tell her about this. If she knows, she might do something crazy again.”

Recalling the way Shirley had lost control back then, Cathy nodded repeatedly.

“Don’t worry, she won’t know about it.”

“Thank you,” Adam thanked her, “thank you for your help during this period. Truly.”

“I’m relieved to be able to share your burden.”

When Adam heard this response, he felt a sudden warmth in his heart.

Back then, he had wanted to give Cathy a home, so that she could let go of Felipe one day, and then accept him.

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However, he felt that they were getting along quite well right now too.

Loving someone did not necessarily mean getting them.

The best scenario would be that both sides felt comfortable.

“Adam, are you home?” At this moment, Shirley’s voice drifted from the room upstairs.

Adam and Cathy shared a look. “ I’ll go upstairs and take a look at her.”

“Okay. I’ll prepare some breakfast for her.”

“Okay.” Adam gently nodded and went upstairs after he saw Cathy turning around.

Shirley had basically accepted the fact that she was now disfigured and crippled. She could not be considered to

have fully accepted it, but she had no choice but to face this.

When she saw Adam arriving, her attitude was still cold and disdainful, and it even had a hint of arrogance.

“What were you muttering about with her downstairs? If there’s something to say, why couldn’t you just say it to

my face?” Shirley asked in a questioning tone, and her expression was icy.

Adam replied with the same cold attitude, “The person you’re talking about meticulously cares for your daily needs

every day, so you’d best change your tone.”

“Hmph. It’s not like I asked her to take care of me. She’s the one who’s been sticking to me.”

Shirley said disdainfully, then shot Adam a mocking look.

“Adam, you’re still capable since you’re able to ask a woman to help you. However, you’d best not forget that you

have no place in that woman’s heart. The person she loved is Felipe who was executed.”

Adam was unbothered by Shirley’s deliberate mocking. He did not take it to heart as well.

“You’ve urgently called for me just to tell me this? I’m very busy, and I don’t have time to continue listening to your

nonsense.”

After Adam had finished speaking, he turned and walked away with a cold expression. “Stop!”

Shirley quickly stopped him with a hurried tone as she glared at his back.

“Adam, I’ve heard that this woman had also been disfigured back then, and she even had plastic surgery, restoring

her looks to how it had been before. Is that true?”

When Adam heard this, he knew what Shirley wanted to say.

“Answer me, now! ” Shirley urged impatiently.

Adam did not avoid this topic. He turned around and calmly looked into Shirley’s anxious gaze.

Neither too fast nor too slow, he said, “That’s right, it’s as you’ve said. Cathy had injured her face back then.”

“You’re the one who operated on her?”

“Yes.”

With this affirmative answer, Shirley’s eyes immediately lit up.

“ In that case, you must have a way to fix my face, right? Adam, perform the surgery on me. I want my face to look

how it looked before.”

“Hmph.” Adam coldly scoffed. “Your heart is already black, so it’ll be useless no matter how pretty your face is.”

“You… ” Shirley was momentarily speechless, but she did not give up. Instead, she questioned in a threatening

tone, “Adam, I’m asking you again. Are you going to help perform the surgery on me”

“Why should I help you? Do you think you could return to that man once your face is fixed? Shirley, wake up! The

reason you’re like this now is that you gave everything to that man!”

“Adam Brown, shut up!” Shirley was suddenly worked up emotionally. She did not want to hear anything negative

about Carter. “A relationship is about consent, and the person who’s loved is not at fault! ”

Adam laughed even harder when he heard that. His tone sounded even more sarcastic as he spoke. “ I didn’t

expect my vile and devious sister to also be the type to grow infatuated.”

“Fine, I can help you fix the wound on your face with surgery, but you must give something in return.”

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When she thought about the possibility of the wound on her face recovering one day, Shirley asked impatiently,

“What is it? What do you want in exchange?”

Adam’s eyes lit up. “The anti-toxoid test reagent for AXT6g.”

As he spoke, an evident change came over Shirley’s expression.

The glow and expectation in her eyes disappeared a s well.

“There isn’t any, ” Shirley answered simply.

“There isn’t any? You’re the one who developed the poison, so how is it possible that you don’t have a way to cure

the poison?” Adam found this suspicious. “If you truly want your face to recover, you’d best hand me the anti-

toxoid test reagent now.”

Shirley put on a bitter and miserable smile on her face. “If I don’t have the anti-toxoid test reagent, you won’t

perform the surgery on me, is that

right?”

“Yes.”

“Heh.” Shirley smirked  sarcastically, leaning against the bed. “I guess I’ll be ugly for the rest of my life then.”

“Even if you were to recover, you’ll still be ugly because your heart is black.”

“Yes, my heart is black, ” Shirley said in self- deprecation. “I want to head downstairs to sunbathe now. My good

brother, carry me downstairs.”

Shirley requested knowing that Adam would not reject her request.

Adam indeed did not reject her. He stepped forward and carried her.

Shirley leaned against Adam and quietly lifted her eyes to look at Adam’s face. For some reason, the corners of her

eyes felt warm.

“Do you still remember that time? You had twisted your ankle and cried because you had no way of getting

upstairs. I was the one who carried you upstairs.

“Now, it’s your turn to carry your crippled sister downstairs.

“Adam, do you think every dog has its day?”

Shirley’s self-deprecating words continued to drift into Adam’s ears.

Adam did not respond to her. When they were downstairs, he placed Shirley into a wheelchair.

When Cathy, who was making breakfast, saw Shirley downstairs, she decided to go over to help.

“Cathy, you can go about your business. I’ll just push her into the courtyard to sunbathe.” Adam spoke quickly as he

pushed the wheelchair out to the courtyard.

Cathy did not follow them, thinking of letting the siblings have some time alone. It would be good for them to have

a heart-to-heart talk.

Their history together had burdened them with emotional baggage. If they could unpack all of that one day, their

relationship could return to the way it had been before.

In the courtyard.

Shirley was sitting in the automatic wheelchair as she moved around slowly.

It was a warm spring where the flowers bloomed, yet she felt no warmth.

However, the structure of the courtyard was still the same as it had been back then.

She suddenly looked melancholically at the wall corner by the flower bed. A moment later, she burst out laughing

as if she had remembered something. However, she did not speak. Instead, she continued to stroll around the

garden in the wheelchair before stopping.

“How did they die?” Shirley suddenly asked.

Adam knew Shirley was referring to their parents, but he did not like her attitude.

“Who’s ‘they’?” “…” Shirley briefly paused. “You know who.”

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“I truly have no idea who you’re talking about.”

“…”

Shirley knew that Adam was doing this on purpose. She genuinely wanted to know how both o f her parents died

back then, but she refused to

utter the two words “mom” and “dad”. Feeling displeased, she changed the topic.

“Adam, are you best friends with Jeremy and his wife? Why are you helping them so much? Not only have you been

doing whatever it takes to develop the anti-toxoid test reagent for them, you’d even stayed by Ryan’s side as a

spy.”

“Even if they’re not my friends, I would still save them because I’m a doctor.”

Adam answered, neither humble nor haughty, then questioned.

“Now, it’s my turn to ask you. How did you know Ryan? Why were you developing a poison to harm Jeremy? Lana

got hold of this poison back then, so does it mean you know Lana too? However, Ryan was the one manipulating

Lana and Yorick this

whole time. What on earth is the connection behind all of this?”

Adam’s questions came one after another, momentarily startling Shirley.

She had not expected Adam to make such connections between all these many details and come up with this

conclusion from them.

However, she knew she absolutely could not tell him the truth behind it all.

She deliberately put up a calm smile, which still looked lively and charming if one were to look at her intact left

face.

“Adam, don’t think that you’re so clever. I can’t say what’s the connection between them, but the reason I created

the poison and sold it to Lana under your name was that she’d ordered this through certain channels. I’ve merely

developed them accordingly.”

“ Is that so?” Adam clearly did not believe her. “ In that case, why did you go the extra mile in making Lana think

that I was the one who developed the poison? If you hadn’t done that, why would she find me? She’d even said that

as long as I worked for her, she’ll help me achieve my dream in the medical field.”

“That’s because I want to see a doctor’s downfall.” Shirley displayed a wicked smile. “Adam, I too had the chance to

become a doctor. They were the ones who denied me this chance. They were the ones who gave up on me to fulfill

your dreams!”

Shirley shouted out the dissatisfaction inside her heart at Adam.

However, at this moment, she was only hoping to shift Adam’s attention.

She did not want Adam to continue looking into this.

The truth about Lana, Yorick, and Ryan, including Ryan’s death, could only rot inside her stomach.

“Shirley, from the moment you hesitated and stayed silent just now, I’ve already known your answer.”

Adam’s statement instantly pulled Shirley’s

wandering thoughts back.

She lifted her head to look at the solemn-looking Adam, realizing that the man before her was no longer the little

boy in her memories, the boy who would follow behind her and call her name.

He had grown up to be an exceptionally talented person.

Shirley averted her gaze and chuckled softly. “Push me back. I’m a little tired.”

“You’re not tired. You’re avoiding my questions.”

Adam saw through Shirley. She was worried that Adam would continue questioning her, thereby uncovering some

clues. She then pressed the button on the wheelchair and turned around herself.

“ Shirley, do you think you can just run away? The truth won’t be hidden forever, and just like your heart, I don’t

believe it’ll stay black forever.”

When she heard that, Shirley grabbed the handle of the wheelchair tightly and bit her lip. Although the corners of

her eyes had turned red, she did not let the tears fall from her eyes.

She would not allow herself to cry. She looked down on women who cried easily the most. That was why she

admired Madeline, so Shirley could not tolerate herself crying.

However, tears were now blurring her vision. She sped up as she headed toward the house and entered. Her

thoughts were probably already in a mess as she did not watch where she was going when she got into the living

room, crashing into the coffee table and toppling the rubbish bin next to it. The wedding invitation Adam had

thrown away not long ago coincidentally fell before the wheelchair. Through her blurry and teary vision, Shirley saw

the name that was etched deep inside her heart. She also saw another name that she dared not believe…

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When Cathy, who was in the open kitchen, saw this, she hastily ran to the living room.

“Are you okay?” Cathy examined Shirley with concern.

When Adam heard the sound, he ran back to the house, quickening his pace, then saw Shirley who sat motionlessly

in the wheelchair as if she had lost her mind, and he suddenly felt worried.

As Adam got closer and noticed the wedding invitation that fell out of the rubbish bin, he immediately understood

why Shirley was like this.

Without batting an eyelid, he grabbed a broom and swept the trash on the floor, including the wedding invitation,

into the dustpan.

“Did you throw this away?” Shirley questioned; her voice was extremely cold.

Adam calmly asked, “Should I not have thrown this kind of trash away, and kept  this eyesore instead?”

“Trash? Give it to me,”   Shirley  ordered,  her fists clenched.

Adam ignored her and immediately threw the invitation card into the rubbish bin.

When Shirley saw this, she furiously bit her lip, then, using the only strength left in her upper body, bent down to

grab the rubbish bin.

However, Adam, who was faster than her, kicked the bin behind him. He did not want Shirley to grab hold of the

invitation even if the trash would dirty the house.

Shirley abruptly froze, her hand still outstretched, then returned to her senses and glared at Adam, baring her

teeth. “Adam, I’m giving you one last chance. Give me the invitation card!”

“Shirley, are you still going to be so obstinate even after reaching this stage? This man has been using you this

whole time. Don’t tell me you still can’ t understand that?”

When Shirley heard this, she chuckled, laughing at herself. “He’s willing to do this to me, and I’m willing to endure it,

so it’s none of your business, isn’t it?” she asked sarcastically; her eyes grew sharp and piercing.

“Adam, don’t make me do anything crazy again. I want you to give me the invitation now!”

However, Adam persisted. “Okay, I want to see what other crazy things you can do. How much crazier could it be?

The most you could give is your life. You’re so stubborn when it comes to this man, and I don’t believe you’d be

willing to give up on your life for him.”

“You…”

Anger surged within Shirley’s heart, but she had to admit that Adam’s words were on point.

How could she be willing to die? How could she be willing to never see that man again?

As the air around them grew tense, Cathy picked up the invitation and walked up to Shirley, handing it to her.

“Cathy?” Adam was puzzled at Cathy’s actions. 1

Meanwhile, Shirley too had not expected Cathy to do this; for a moment, she even forgot to grab it.

“Here you go.”

Cathy nudged  Shirley,  then  turned  to smile at Adam.

“I’ve always felt that she has the right to take care of her business. Adam, I know you’re doing this for Miss Brown’s

sake, but your methods of conveying that have been a little extreme. At the end of the

day, this is Miss Brown’s private matter, so we don’t have the right to interfere.”

Adam and Shirley momentarily fell silent as Cathy’s words.

After being momentarily lost in thought, Shirley immediately reached out her hand to grab the invitation Cathy was

holding.

Tears had blurred Shirley’s vision earlier, so she was hoping that she saw it wrongly. However, as she held the

invitation, the gold-pressed words in front of her were as clear as day.

He was going to get married. Two days from now.

At the most luxurious six-star hotel in Glendale. She also knew the bride.

Shirley gripped the corner of the invitation card; her fingers trembled intensely.

The corners of her eyes started to get wet again, but she never let her tears fall.

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Cathy and Adam could not help but sympathize with Shirley as she tried to suppress her pain.

“Two days from now, you’ll accompany me to this hotel.”

Shirley turned to Cathy and requested.

“I’ll give you a handsome reward. On that day, you must stick with me. You’ll do whatever I ask you to do.”

When Adam heard this, he thought it pathetic. “ Shirley, what do you mean? Are you going to attend Carter’s

wedding? You’d even want Cathy as your bodyguard?”

Shirley held back her tears. She then lifted her red but beautiful eyes, displaying a meaningful smile, and looked at

Cathy, then at Adam.

“She said it, didn’t she? I have the right to choose, and I choose to attend the wedding. Don’t tell me that it’s not

allowed?”

“ .” Adam was momentarily speechless. However, he quickly snapped back, “Alright, you want to go, huh? You can

go alone. Cathy will not be your maid.”

“ She can do whatever she likes. If she won’t go, I can hire other people. There are a lot of money- minded people

who are willing to wait on and serve me.” Shirley’s attitude was firm. She then operated her wheelchair to head

toward the stairs.

Seeing Shirley’s figure as Shirley put on a brave front, Cathy felt as if she had seen her old self.

Back then, she had also been this stubborn for Felipe.

However, in the end… Everything went up in smoke.

“Shirley, have you truly thought it through? Are you sure you want to attend his wedding looking like this?”

Adam asked, looking at Shirley’s back. His tone was not as harsh as before, sounding much gentler instead.

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“Are you certain that you’d want to torment yourself by witnessing his wonderful wedding ceremony with his

beautiful wife, while you’re in a wheelchair, wearing a half-disfigured face?”

Shirley pressed the start button on the wheelchair and turned her back at Adam. After a while, she spoke slowly.

“Back then, I loved to fantasize. I’d even longed to wear a wedding dress so much that I’d dreamt about it. I’d

wanted to hold my beloved’s arm and

walk into the hall of holy matrimony. I’d wanted to let him see me in a wedding dress. Would he be so shocked and

moved to tears like those male leads in movies…”

As Shirley spoke, her voice deepened, and suddenly, she burst out laughing, then spoke in a nonchalant tone.

“Now, I won’t be able to see myself in a wedding dress, but I don’t think it’s illegal to go and see him in a suit,

right?”

Her voice gently fell, but when Adam heard that, his heart started to feel extraordinarily heavy.

“Adam, why don’t I make a deal with you?” Shirley turned her wheelchair around.

“As long as you let me attend this wedding without a hitch, I’ll go and surrender myself to the police then. I’ll come

clean and tell the police all the selfish things I’ve done.

“In the future, I’ll no longer be needing you to care for me as well. I’ll be spending the rest of my life in prison.”

Shirley smiled and looked at a dazed Adam.

“If you’re not going to speak, I’ll take your silence as consent. It’s a deal then.”

In F Country.

After Madeline had arrived, she did not find a hotel. She instead got into a car and went straight to the small house

she had lived in for three years in F Country. She tried to use her fingerprint to unlock the door and realized that the

lock had not been changed.

Back then, she had only rented this house, but when she became successful in her career, she bought the place.

She still clearly remembered that she had been pregnant with Lillian here, and she had also lived here for two years

with Lillian.

Madeline took out her phone and looked at the screensaver that was their family photo.

“Lily, I’m coming to find you now.”

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After Madeline had finished cleaning the house and rested, she called all the friends she knew in F Country, asking

them for information about Fabian.

Madeline had thought that this might be difficult because Fabian kept a much lower profile than Yorick and Lana in F

Country.

However, when Madeline mentioned Fabian’s name, not only was everyone familiar with the name, nearly all of

them spoke with lamentation when talking about Fabian.

“Ah, Fabian has been very active in F Country for the past six months. He seems to come from a family with a

powerful background.”

“Fabian Johnson? I know him. His brother Yorick could be considered a person of some status in F Country.

However, Fabian’s not the same as his brother. I like that kid.”

“You mean Mr. Johnson? Back then, I worked with him on a project. He’s very decisive and capable in his conduct.

He doesn’t seem like a twenty-year- old young man at all.”

Madeline held the phone as she heard the people on the other end of the line commenting on Fabian. Suddenly, she

felt as if the Fabian they mentioned was not the man she had known back then.

In the past six months, Fabian seemed to have changed a lot. It could be said that he was now a completely

different person.

If he truly had changed, would Lillian be in danger now?

Madeline suddenly was uncertain about Fabian, but in her memory, Fabian’s radiant and friendly smile was still in

front of her.

Despite all the information Madeline had gathered on Fabian’s current situation, no one knew where Fabian stayed.

However, Madeline still got a piece of an important clue.

Madeline went to bed early that night. The following morning, she followed the address that was given to her and

arrived at a certain office building in the city center.

It was still early, so Madeline sat in the building’s lobby and waited.

Around 8:30 am, staff began streaming through the entrance as they went about their work. Madeline kept her

gaze in the direction of the entrance the whole time, waiting for the familiar figure to appear.

It was nearly 10 am, but the person she wanted to meet had yet to appear, and Madeline could wait no further.

The thought of Lillian’s illness upset Madeline’s steady heartbeat.

She had heard that Fabian started his new company here. That was why she had to come here and wait for the

opportunity to run into him.

Madeline decided to leave, but she was also worried that she might have failed to notice him earlier. It could also be

that she missed him because Fabian had gone straight to his office from the basement, so she planned to go

upstairs for a look.

However, as she was getting up to walk to the elevator, a familiar figure appeared in her line of sight.

“Fabian.”

She shouted at Fabian who came through the entrance.

Upon suddenly hearing this voice here, Fabian,

alarmed, turned toward the source of the voice, not expecting that it was truly Madeline’s voice.

When he saw Madeline, he slowly stopped walking.

He did not intend to run away but gave Madeline, who was striding toward him, a level look instead.

“Fabian, where is my daughter? Where is she?” Madeline asked directly.

Fabian looked at the impatient look on Madeline’s face and calmly said, “She’s fine.”

He responded with two simple words.

“Fine?” Madeline thought  this ridiculous.  “Fabian, I want to see my daughter.”

“You won’t be able to see her,” Fabian rejected, and his expression was abnormally cold. “You should go back now,

Mrs. Whitman. You’re just going to waste your time by staying here. You won’t be able to see your daughter.”

He walked past Madeline when he was finished speaking. However, before even taking two steps, he heard

Madeline’s cold voice from behind.

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“Fabian, are you forcing me to call the cops?” Madeline turned around and looked at him. “Do you want me to

inform the police of your crimes of kidnapping my daughter and threatening her safety?”

As Madeline walked toward Fabian who had his back against her, her sharp eyes betrayed a look of remorse.

“Fabian, could it be that you want to walk the same path that your brother and sister had taken? Are you going to

keep testing the limit that shouldn’t be tested?”

As Madeline’s voice fell, Fabian turned around abruptly.

He stared straight at Madeline, and at this moment, his eyes no longer showed the friendliness and gentleness from

back then. Madeline caught sight of a flash of enmity, rage, and conflict in Fabian’s eyes.

Conflict. He was conflicted.

The look in Fabian’s eyes only calmed down seconds later.

The corners of his lips curled up slightly into a soft smiley.

“Since you have flown all the way here to find me, I couldn’t very well dismiss you, Mrs. Whitman.

There’s a decent cafe nearby, would you do me the honour of having a drink together?”

Fabian was Madeline’s most direct and only way in finding Lillian, so of course, Madeline agreed.

There were not a lot of people in the café during the work hours.

Fabian ordered a cup of black tea latte for Madeline.

“If I recall correctly, you like black tea, Mrs. Whitman.” Fabian addressed Madeline in an unfamiliar and distant

manner.

Back then, he always had a frivolous smile and would Madeline’s name affectionately and intimately.

However, it seemed that there was no returning to those times.

Madeline did not drink the steaming coffee in front of her. She went straight to the point, resuming the original

conversation topic from earlier.

“Fabian, you should know I didn’t come all the way here to F Country to have tea with you. I only want my

daughter.”

Resentment appeared on Madeline’s delicate and small face.

“ If you’re unhappy with me or Jeremy, just say it. Lily is just a child, and ever since you knew her, that kid has

innocently looked to you as her big brother. A good big brother. Please don’ t hurt a five -year- old child’s pure

heart.”

Fabian finished listening to Madeline with a calm expression and picked up his cup of coffee for a sip.

“I can’t hurt a five -year-old’s heart, but you can recklessly hurt my heart, tearing it into pieces? Do I still deserve it

then?”

Madeline’s furrowed slightly. “Why do you say that? Who hurt you?”

“Someone I used to trust. However, in the end, they were just using me this whole time.”

As Fabian spoke, he gazed knowingly at Madeline.

Madeline felt that the person Fabian was referring to was her.

“Are you saying that I used you? That I lied to you?” Madeline was baffled. She was very curious why Fabian would

think that and simultaneously found this pathetic.

“Fabian, I don’t know where you’ve heard this or how you’ve got this weird idea. Could you tell me, when did I,

Eveline, have used you? How could I have benefited from using you?”

Madeline looked steadily into Fabian’s cold, questioning eyes.

After a while, Fabian then spoke.

“It’s not you who are benefitting from this, but it’s your husband, Jeremy Whitman.”