Chapter 647

The sound in his ears put a sudden stop to Jeremy’s search.

He felt a touch of surprise as he gently lifted his eyes that could no longer capture any light and color.

“It’s you? When did you return to Glendale?”

“Yesterday.” There was suddenly light in Jeremy’s bleak eyes after he received that answer.

He slowly stood up, facing the man before him. “Is Linnie back with you too?” Felipe looked at Jeremy who was blind, then looked down at the wedding ring he had just picked up.

He played with it with his fingertips with interest, only to lift his lips. “Yes, Eveline came back with me too.”

As he spoke, Felipe saw the joy in Jeremy’s eyes. He smiled, saying, “Eveline and I are here to bring Jack back to F Country this time.”

His answer had very simply and decisively shattered the shade of joy on Jeremy’s face. “Eveline doesn’t want to see you again, so you’d better not appear in front of her, especially with the way you are now.”

“With the way I am now?” Jeremy laughed lowly. “Are you afraid that I, a blind man, would steal Linnie from you?”

Felipe’s sharp brows knitted into a frown unhappily. “Jeremy, you were not a qualified husband before and I hope you can be a qualified predecessor now. A qualified predecessor should be the same as dead.”

Jeremy’s gaze sank, and without answering Felipe’s words, he stretched out his palm nimbly. “Give me back the ring.”

“I can give the ring back to you, but you’d better remember what you said and don’t bother Eveline again.”

“I know what I’m doing, I don’t need you to tell me that.” Jeremy’s voice had become colder. “Give it to me.”

“Eveline and I will return to F Country in a week. I will have someone send you the ring then.”

Hearing this, it was obvious Felipe did not want to return his ring now.

Jeremy frowned. As he was about to reach out to pull at Felipe’s collar, he suddenly heard the sound of a car coming from a distance.

“Eveline is back,” Felipe said leisurely, smiling at Jeremy whose expression had changed slightly.

“You should stand behind this tree now and never show up again in Eveline’s sight. Otherwise, this ring will disappear. Also, you don’t want Eveline to be unhappy, right?”

Felipe’s tone was threatening. Smiling, he turned around, put Jeremy’s wedding ring in his pocket, and walked toward the approaching car.

After the car stopped, Felipe, ever the gentleman, opened the car door for Eveline. There was a small smile on his gentle and handsome face.

“You’re back.”

“Felipe.” Madeline smiled and nodded. Jeremy, who had already stood behind the tree, suddenly heard the voice he had been thinking of day and night. There was suddenly a sweetness in his heart even though she was calling another man’s name.

“Linnie.” Jeremy quietly smiled. However, he heard Madeline call out softly in the next second, “Lily,

we’ve reached grandma’s house.”

Lily? Jeremy was lost and in a daze as he felt a rush in his heart.

As Madeline’s voice sounded, a cute and beautiful face appeared in the car like a fairy.

When Lily saw Felipe, her pink and tender baby face burst into joy. “Dad!”

“Lily has been such a good girl.” Felipe stooped down and hugged Lily in his arms. He then turned and walked side by side with Madeline to the Whitmans’ gate.

Standing silently behind the tree, Jeremy felt Madeline’s footsteps getting closer. The early autumn wind was blowing and a familiar fragrance circled lightly at the tip of his nose.

It was Madeline’s scent.

Jeremy’s heartbeat quickened. To be able to hear Madeline’s voice again and to be able to get close to her again… He knew he should be happy.

Yet, Lily calling Felipe ‘Dad’ led a thorny flower to bloom in his heart.

He had always believed that Lily was his and Madeline’s biological daughter.

However, the paternity test had revealed that they did not have a father-daughter relationship.

Furthermore, Madeline had always emphasized that Lily was her and Felipe’s daughter.