Chapter 261

Madeline looked at the man who had emerged from the crowd and she could feel her spirit leaving her body.

She had not seen him for three years, but the person in front of her was still bright-eyed and handsome. There was an added sense of maturity that was not there before on his sharp features.

He walked toward her, her face reflecting in his onyx-like eyes. There was an unspeakable joy and surprise in them.

“Maddie, it is you…” Daniel looked at her intensely, his voice still as gentle and warm as the spring breeze.

“I’m sorry. I’m not Madeline Crawford.” Madeline lifted her eyebrow in annoyance. “If you guys are just here to see if I look like Madeline Crawford, then please leave. I have a business to run,” she said coldly before turning around. When her face was out of Daniel and Ava’s sight, she lowered her gaze.

‘Ava, Dan, I’m sorry. Please forgive me for my cruelness.’

“Maddie!” Ava did not give up and grabbed Madeline’s hand. “Maddie, why have you become like this?

You’re my Maddie. Why do you want to pretend to not know me?”

Ava was emotional. After she said that, she pointed at Daniel.

“You say you don’t know me, but what about Dan? Do you not know him as well? Have you forgotten how Dan treated you back then?”

Madeline lifted her head and scanned the handsome and kind Daniel. “If you guys still refuse to leave, I’ll ask someone to kick you out.”

“Maddie.” Daniel walked in front of Madeline. His gentle eyes landed on her face as usual. There was deep emotion in his eyes, but he was suppressing it.

“It’s good to see you again.”

He said that sentence so softly, but it was evident that he was genuinely happy.

Madeline felt an ache in her heart. She could feel tears pricking the corners of her eyes. She forced herself to smile coldly.

“I’m going to tell you one last time, I’m not Madeline! Stop thinking of me as a dead person,” she said in frustration. Then, she turned around to leave.

“Maddie!” Daniel reached out to grab Madeline with worry and franticness in his eyes.

“Is there anything else?” Madeline looked at him impatiently. “If you harass me again, I’ll call the cops.”

“Maddie, why have you become like this?” Ava looked at Madeline with hurt in her eyes. For the first time ever, she felt that the person in front of her was so foreign.

“Dan, stop thinking too much. Let’s just bring her to Dr. Brown. She must’ve been threatened by Jeremy and that’s why she’s acting like this,” Ava said as she grabbed Madeline’s hand. She wanted to take Madeline away forcefully.

Daniel looked at Madeline who was resisting with all her might. Then, he remembered all of the cruel things Jeremy did to her. He made up his mind that instant and grabbed Madeline’s hand as well.

“Let go of her.”

When everyone was looking at this scene with puzzlement, a cold and overbearing voice sounded from the crowd. After they looked in the direction of the voice, they saw that it was Jeremy.

Ava stepped in front of Madeline and protected her behind her back while glaring at Jeremy.

“You piece of trash!” She glared at the man who was walking toward her with no fear. “How long do you want to keep on torturing Maddie?”

Jeremy walked in front of Ava with a cold expression on his face. His cool and intense aura froze the air around them.

He lifted his head to look at Daniel, then in the next second, he walked over and pulled Madeline’s hand away from his.

“Jeremy.” Daniel frowned in agitation. “What did you do to Maddie?”

“You b*stard! You keep torturing Maddie again and again. Now, she’s completely brainwashed by you!

You animal!” Ava yelled angrily.

However, Jeremy only smiled lightly. He glanced at Ava with a cold gaze before saying, “Madeline died three years ago. Don’t forget, you’re the one who cremated her. Do you think a person who has been turned into ashes can still stand here alive and well?”