"Linnie must have been somewhere here just now! She saw me!"Jeremy could not be bothered about the red traffic light. Following his instinct and judgment, he ran across the road."Jeremy. Mmm—"Madeline was about to make some noise when Ryan covered her mouth.She saw the man who was slowly inching near her and raised her hand to knock on the car window, attempting to make an effort so that Jeremy could hear her. However, Ryan continued to stop her by grabbing both her hands.He held Madeline tightly in his arms, preventing her from struggling."It's not going to be a good thing if he sees you." Ryan's cold voice was heard coming from behind. "Have you forgotten who we’re going to meet now?"He reminded her. As soon as he was done talking, he could feel that Madeline was no longer trying to struggle and go against him.Her fists that were initially trying to slam the car window gradually loosened up, and finally, she put her hands down helplessly.Madeline's eyes were teary a

"Eveline?" Eloise snapped out of it and widened her big, pretty eyes. She examined Madeline with a critical gaze. Then, she shook her head. "This is not Eveline, no."Madeline felt something within her breaking into pieces when she heard Eloise denying her.She looked over at Eloise, who was behind Sean, with a cautious gaze as tears started flowing.Madeline composed herself and said to Sean, "Why is she this way? Why can't she recognize me? Dad, what's going on?"Sean let out a long sigh and said while feeling heartbroken, "It's all because of Lana.""Lana?"Sean nodded, his eyes gleaming with a deep hatred for Lana."Because of her, our house was burned into ashes. Your mom thought that you were burnt to death when the fire happened. Ever since then, she keeps saying she wants to look for you. Day in day out, she would keep muttering your name hundreds of times, or even thousands of times…"At that point, Sean choked. He grasped Eloise's hand. His eyes were still brewing wit

Sean sighed. "This is for the best, I guess. You and Jeremy had been going round and round for so many years and were never happy with your lives. Mr. Jones is a handsome and talented man who only appears once in a lifetime. He's also mine and your mom's savior. l feel reassured if you're with Mr. Jones.""You've praised me more than you should, Mr. Montgomery. I'm not as good as you’ve made me out to be.""I'm just stating the truth," Sean praised sincerely, then corrected himself. "Since you and Eveline have already received your wedding certificate, we're all considered one family. You don't have to greet me as Mr. Montgomery. You can call me ‘Dad’, just like Eveline.”The smile on Ryan's stunning face grew wider, and he said without being shy, "Dad.""Good, good." Sean was delighted.However, Madeline felt restless when she heard Ryan calling out the word 'Dad'.She forced herself to smile while looking at Ryan. "I have something to talk to you about. Could you please come wi

Those who tagged along with Jeremy were still searching high and low. They were feeling a bit sympathetic for him. "Jeremy, it's getting dark. Let's head back for now.""You guys go ahead." Jeremy had no intention of stopping. He would not feel good if he failed to locate any signs of Madeline having ever appeared at this spot."Continuing the search like this isn't going to lead us anywhere. Why don’t we try contacting some related organizations around here and have them help us out by getting the surveillance footage? Then, we can see whether we'll be able to get a hint from there?"Jeremy came back to his senses after hearing the suggestion.Had he become dull and slow? Had he lost the ability to think straight because he was way too worried about Madeline?Without wasting much time, Jeremy immediately went and got in touch with the local departments. Soon enough, he obtained all of the footage from the nearby road junctions.After scanning through all the footage, Jeremy's ey

She smiled and looked back out the window. What she saw drained her complexion. “Jeremy?” Madeline snapped her head around to look at the figure leaning against a tree by the road a distance away. Moonlight was dim that night, but Jeremy’s silhouette had long been engraved into the deepest part of her heart. She was even more certain that the expression on his face was one of agony. Madeline could not keep her cool. “Stop the car!” She ordered, but the driver did not react. Both Eloise and Sean were confused to see Madeline so upset. “What’s wrong, Eveline?” Sean looked out the window as well but could not see anything. “Stop the car! I said, stop the car!” Madeline was losing control over her emotions. No matter how Ryan’s demand rang in her mind, she could not find it in herself to ignore Jeremy when he was in pain. “Madam, Mr. Jones said…” “Don’t give me that crap. I said stop the car!” Madeline demanded again as she watched the car drive farther away from J