Chapter 469

The man’s voice was soft and certain. However, it also sounded like he was begging her. His eyes were hazy and fazed. Though he looked sober, he also looked intoxicated at the same time.

Madeline looked at him indifferently and said, “I don’t want to listen to anything you say. I feel disgusted when I see you.”

Her words were a blatant show of her disdain toward him while her resentful eyes caused Jeremy to stand there feeling dumbfounded.

He felt as if his heart had plunged into a bottomless abyss where the bone-chilling coldness spread from his heart to his entire body.

He missed this so much. Back then, she would look at him with so much admiration and love in her twinkling eyes.

Now, she was looking at him with a gaze that was even colder than how one would look at a stranger.

When she saw Jeremy looking at her with a dazed look on his face, Madeline’s attitude was more firm than before. “Jeremy, if you don’t leave now, I’ll call the security.”

Hearing this, Jeremy quivered as he lifted his intoxicated eyes. “I’ll go. I just want to tell you something first.”

After he said that, a bone-chilling wind swept over them.

Madeline looked at Jeremy’s abnormally red face and released her hand that was on the doorknob.

Then, she turned around and entered her house.

When Jeremy saw that Madeline was willing to take a step back, a smile appeared in his deep eyes.

He followed after her and closed the door.

The heat in the unit quickly evaporated the frost on his coat. However, what warmed Jeremy up more was Madeline’s tolerance.

“Spit it out. Don’t waste my time,” Madeline said coldly.

Jeremy looked at Madeline’s frigid face, his intoxicated eyes filled with passion. “Don’t get too close to Felipe. And you can’t marry him. He’s not as simple as you think he is.”

Madeline chuckled after she heard that, a hint of sarcasm appearing in her eyes. “Jeremy, who are you to interfere with my business? Who are you to me?”

Her tone was mocking while her eyes were filled with contempt.

“I don’t care what kind of person Felipe is. I only know that he genuinely likes me and he genuinely wants to make me happy. He won’t humiliate, hurt, and insult me like how you once treated me! At least when I’m with him, I get to keep my most basic dignity as a human and I’m trusted.”

Madeline’s words traveled into his ears as he looked at the figure that was standing in front of him, feeling at a loss. His eyes were filled with remorse and pain.

“Jeremy, if this is what you want to tell me, then you’re done. Please leave. I don’t want to see you again.”

When he saw Madeline walking into her room after giving him the cold shoulder, Jeremy could not help himself and ran up to her before hugging her from behind.

“Don’t go!”

He called out in a low voice. There were fear and terror in his voice. It was as if she would disappear from his world completely if he did not hold her now. Madeline stopped abruptly in her tracks when she was suddenly held from behind.

She was stuck in a daze for a few seconds before she started to reject him. “Jeremy, let me go.”

“No. I can’t let you go again. I can’t…” He tightened his arms, wanting so badly to keep her in his life.

“I’m sorry, Maddie. I’m sorry. I was wrong. I was wrong right from the start…”

He kept on apologizing, his deep mutters spreading warmth to her ear. There was also a hint of panic and shiver in his voice.

Madeline listened to Jeremy’s apologies in amusement. There was only sarcasm in her eyes.

“Maddie, give me another chance. Please?”

His wet and hot breath fanned her face along with the faint smell of wine. The electrifying feeling penetrated her skin and into her heart.

However, it would never be able to strike the broken chord in her heart anymore.

Jeremy held Madeline dispiritedly. Even though he could never get her answer, this hug right now was enough to satisfy him.