Chapter 635

He turned around to meet Madeline’s mirthful gaze with a handsome smile of his own. “I can say the same to you, Linnie.”

“So despite that look of disappointment at the entrance this morning, you already knew that I had said it on purpose?” Madeline asked.

Jeremy nodded, turning around to walk toward Madeline. His gaze seemed softer than the moonlight.

“How could I not believe you? I’ve already made that grave mistake once. I won’t make it again.”

His lips curled, and his gaze was sincere. “I’ve told you before, Linnie. I’ll believe you even if you lie to me. Be it hell or the abyss, as long as you’re there, I’ll jump in without a second thought.”

“Is that so?” Madeline smiled meaningfully. “Then why did you turn and leave when I fell into the water that day?”

Fell into the water that day?

Jeremy was stunned.

He had jumped in without hesitation and pulled her back to shore.

His heart had hurt so much that it felt like he was suffocating when she refused to wake.

Why did it turn into him turning and walking away?

“Tomorrow, 9 AM. I’ll be waiting at the town office, Jeremy. Let’s get officially divorced.”

Jeremy’s thoughts snapped back at her words.

He had not the chance to explain that day when his heart felt like it was being torn apart again.

However, it might be better for her to misunderstand him as at least without the chance to hesitate, she could be more decisive.

Suppressing the reluctance and heartache, he smiled at her elegant features and nodded. “Alright.

Tomorrow, at 9 AM, the town office. I’ll see you then.”

Madeline nodded. “I’ll see you.”

Her response was casual, but her heart seemed to lurch painfully when she tried to smile.

Madeline turned around to look at the street lamps. She felt her vision blur for a moment.

In a daze, she saw her past self throwing herself to Jeremy like a moth to a flame.

He was the brightest ball of flames that she admired and wanted to get close to, only to have her innocent self burned away.

Madeline felt her heart clench, the pain causing her brows to frown.

Amidst the indescribable agony, she understood.

The memory she lost was of the time she loved this man so very much…

The two did not speak as Jeremy sent Madeline back to Montgomery Manor.

The radio just so happened to play the song ‘Evil in Innocence’. As the lyrics ‘You would know, the cruelest things that have been done to me’ came up, both Madeline and Jeremy stared coincidentally at each other from the corner of their eyes.

He did not forget, and she seemed to have remembered something.

The song ended as the car arrived. Madeline alighted and entered Montgomery Manor without looking back.

Madeline entered Jackson’s room after taking a bath and stared at the little boy’s sweet features.

Reaching out to caress his brows that looked just like his father’s, her thoughts began to wander.

Madeline turned on her laptop and searched up the video of her wedding ceremony with Jeremy years ago on the internet.

The video showed a scene she no longer remembered. She was holding a bouquet in the clip, and despite the veil, the happy smile on her face was evident.

In front of her stood a reticent and dignified man, his appearance otherworldly.

Facing her, the man’s expression was emotionless and his gaze was cold.

Yet with a deeper look, it was certain that his gaze had never left her face, and while there were no cracks in his aloof expression, his eyes had flashed with warm mirth—even if for just a little while.

Madeline replayed the video and the warmth in Jeremy’s eyes could not be denied.

Still, none of this seemed meaningful anymore.

She had once flown to him like a moth to a flame, as careful as she could. It was only when she could not breathe anymore did she realize that she could no longer love this man so innocently anymore.