Chapter 127 Favor
âYesâ¦â Madeline didnât want to lie, and she also wasnât scared that Sebastian would misunderstand her if she told the truth. Therefore, she generously told him all about the grudge between her and Katie.
After listening to everything Madeline had to say, Sebastian chuckled. âThe Taylors are really something.â
He was incredibly sarcastic.
Madeline shook her head. âMy Uncle George and my Aunt Holly are decent people; Ethan and Stephen are also righteous gentlemen. As for Katie⦠She looks alright most of the time, so I canât decide if her jewelry had really been stolen, or if she just put on a show to frame meâ¦â
Sebastian cocked his head to one side and looked at her. âDo you want to find out?â
âOf course,â Madeline said. âI want to find out the truth and clear my name⦠However, it has been too long, and itâs not easy to investigateâ¦â
âThat wonât be a problem,â Sebastian said. âItâs quite easy to investigate. Iâll help you.â
He took out his phone and typed out a message before sending it to his subordinate. âIâll get Eternal Daylight to investigate for you. This is just a small matter; itâs just that you couldnât get someone to help you before. If you try hard enough, itâs actually quite easy to find out the truth.â
âItâs okay, I can investigate it on my own.â Madeline hastily reached out to take Sebastianâs phone so that she could stop him from sending the message. âHave you forgotten what I do for a living? I can do that on my own!â
It had been more than ten years since the incident, so she thought it wouldnât be easy to investigate. Nonetheless, she didnât think that it would be impossible.
Those jewelry were too costly, and something worth a million wouldnât just vanish into thin air.
Now, she only had to send people to investigate the jewelry and figure out who had it, as well as also whose hands it passed through. Then, she would be able to know if there had been an actual robbery or if it was the combined efforts of Angie, Isabel, and Katie to frame her.
However, it had been too long, so she didnât know how many people had handled the jewelry or whose house it was in right now. It wasnât easy to investigate, but it wasnât entirely impossible either.
Since she had time, she could carry out the investigation slowly. However, she didnât want Sebastian to help her.
Sebastian had already helped her a lot, so she didnât want to owe him more favors.
âIâm sorry, butâ¦â Sebastian dodged her hand and hid his phone out of her reach. âIf it were up to you or your subordinates in your office, you wonât be able to find evidence before the cocktail party.â
Madeline fell silent, for that was indeed true.
Her people all had missions to do, and they were all working outside right now. She couldnât get them to come back and help her investigate something private.
As for herself, she had to accompany Crystal and take care of her children, so she was even busier.
Howeverâ¦
âIâm not in a hurry,â Madeline said, âWhen Aldo and Buddy go to school, I will have time. I can this matter by then.â
âIn that case, what will happen before you find out the truth?â Sebastian countered. âBefore you find out the truth, the Wendels will treat Katie as an honored guest, and youâll have to welcome her with all smiles. You were the victim, but Katie and the Taylors already think of you as a thief while Katie as the victim. Are you okay with that?â
Madeline was speechless.
Naturally, she wasnât pleased with that, but she didnât want to owe Sebastian any favors anymore.
After all, he had helped her too much.
Moreover, she had gotten used to depending on herself throughout the years. She wasnât used to Sebastian helping her whenever something came up.
After all, relying too much on someone else might make things worse, so she preferred to rely on herself.
Sebastian could guess what she was thinking. He smiled and said, âDonât overthink it. Iâm not helping you, Iâm helping Aldo and Buddyâ¦â
As he spoke, he lowered his head and sent a message to the leader of his team of subordinates. âMy sonsâ mother has to be blameless. I donât want to hear people accusing Aldoâs and Buddyâs mother of being a thief.âThis belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.
Madeline felt a pang in her heart, and it felt as though a poisoned needle had pricked her.
Likewise, she didnât want things to turn out like that.
As such, the incident had remained like a thorn in her heart.
She had dreamed countless times that she would find out the truth and clear her name someday.
However, she was in an awkward position in the past; coupled with the fact that she needed to take care of Aldo and Buddy, she was powerless.
Now that the opportunity had presented itself, she needed to prove her innocence.
Her ability was nothing compared to Sebastianâs. If Sebastian were on the case, he would have a higher rate of success than her at finding out the truth.
It was apparent that she would have to owe Sebastian another favor.
She wasnât sociable, and she wasnât good at talking either. Except for thanking him gratefully, she didnât know what else she could say.
âNo problem.â After sending out his orders in the form of a message, Sebastian put away his phone. âYou are the mother of my sons, so your reputation will greatly affect our sonsâ benefits. Iâm helping myself instead of you, so you donât have to feel burdened by this.â
Madeline smiled and stayed silent, but she was still very grateful in her heart.
This son of the Hart Family might be a little questionable at times, but he was truly nice to Madeline, Aldo, and Buddy.
In fact, he was impeccable.
After a night of discussion, the family finally settled on the guestlist for the cocktail party.
Meanwhile, Michael entrusted the preparations of the cocktail party to Cedric.
Out of the four Wendel brothers, Cedric was the least busy.
He only had the game company he established to attend to. Since he was the boss, he could give himself time off whenever he wanted to.
Out of the four brothers, his relationship with Madeline was the most distant. Hence, Michael and Crystal entrusted the preparations to him on purpose so that he could do something for Madeline and try to be nicer to her.
After more than ten days of getting along with each other, Cedric was convinced of Madelineâs charm.
Madeline could please his parents very well, and the atmosphere at home wasnât any different from when Angie was thereâperhaps, it was even a little more cheerful. Madelineâs personal charm was simply something Angie could never hope to reach.
To Cedric, Angie was a simple and adorable girl in the past.
He had pampered Angie a lot since she was his sister and they grew up together. When he saw Angie, he was biased and thought she was perfect in every way.
After Angie plotted against Nicholas and slept with him, causing the latter to fall into depression and turn to alcohol for comfort, Cedric was disappointed in Angie and began to reflect on his actions.
He had thought hard for a long time; save for her smarts and good looks, he couldnât find any other good qualities about Angie.
However, Madeline was different.
Madeline was knowledgeable and talented. She studied a lot, and she was also a Renaissance woman. She was presentable both inside the home and out, and her cooking was so delicious that his own chef couldnât compare.
If one put Angie and Madeline side by side and compared them, Madeline would definitely win in every aspect.