Chapter 784

[Felipe, you should know better than I that loving and being loved cannot be equal. Eveline Montgomery loves Jeremy Crawford. I hope you’ll stop obsessing over her. Goodbye, Felipe. From now on, there won’t ever be a lady called Cathy who will pester you unknowingly.]

After seeing the message, a tide of complex emotions set off in Felipe’s eyes.

He had not allowed her to go against his order and break Jeremy’s hypnosis without his authorization.

Moreover, he had not allowed the girl who kept saying that she would stay with him and pester him forever to disappear from his world like this.

…

Whitman Manor.

Half a year had passed and a lot of weeds had grown in the courtyard.

The servants were cleaning up the place as instructed.

“I didn’t expect to be here again.” Old Master Whitman sighed. “I thought I won’t ever be coming back until the day I died.”

“Grandpa, your body is recovering well. You’ll live a long life.” Madeline wished him sincerely.

“I’m already very happy to see you and Jeremy getting together again.” Old Master Whitman smiled at Madeline with relief before looking at Jeremy seriously. “If you dare make Madeline sad again this time, I won’t recognize you as a descendant of the Whitman family.”

Jeremy looked at Madeline upon hearing this. “Don’t worry, Grandpa. From now on, I’ll listen to your granddaughter-in-law and never make her unhappy again.”

Madeline glanced at him indifferently. “I’ll just consider that I’ve heard these words first.”

Old Master Whitman laughed a little before instructing Winston to push him into the house.

Madeline stepped forward to follow after but was held back by Jeremy. “Linnie, am I dreaming?”

“Would you like me to slap you so you can tell whether you’re dreaming or not?”

“Yes,” Jeremy simply answered.

Madeline raised her hand and swung it down unceremoniously. Just as she was about to hit his cheek, she patted it lightly. “How about it? Are you awake? Does it hurt?”

“My face doesn’t hurt, my heart does.” Jeremy held Madeline’s hand. He dared not recall the scenes from back then when he had treated her brutally and hurt her for Meredith.

He really hoped that Madeline would have harshly slapped him back then.

A cold wind blew and Jeremy squeezed Madeline’s hands, breathing gently into them to warm her.

“Back then, how I wished you would hold my hands and give me warmth and care. I just didn’t expect that I would have to wait so long for this day to come.”

Jeremy’s heart hurt upon hearing her words. “I’m sorry, Linnie.”

“Stop saying sorry. I’m tired of hearing it.” Madeline looked at him seriously. “Jeremy Whitman, if you do one more wrong thing, I’ll disappear from your world forever.”

“I won’t let you leave my world again.” Jeremy hugged Madeline. “Linnie, I love you. I really love you.”

Madeline seemed to be listening indifferently, but there was light in her eyes.

Just then, her phone vibrated. She removed herself from Jeremy’s embrace and took a look at her phone. She could not help but be surprised. “Cathy?”

She was still worried when she had not contacted her all day yesterday.

However, it was Felipe’s cold, low voice that sounded from the other end when Madeline answered the phone. “Eveline, come over here.”

He had used a commanding tone. Madeline was about to refuse when she heard him say, “Cathy is dead.”

“What? Cathy is dead?” Madeline could not believe it. Then, she received a short video from Felipe. In it, she saw that the girl who had committed suicide by jumping into a river was Cathy.

She immediately rushed to Felipe’s manor. For the first time, she saw Felipe in such a shabby state. He was always elegant and noble, but at this moment, his clothes were loose and he had not even shaved his stubble.

“Why would Cathy commit suicide? Felipe, you forced her, didn’t you?” Madeline asked bluntly.

“I forced her? Why, yes I did.” Felipe chuckled lightly. His gaze was suddenly dark and full of hostility, like Satan in the night. “Eveline, not only did I force her, but I also want to force you now.”

“What do you mean?”

“After watching this video, you’ll understand what I mean.”

Felipe turned the computer around as he said this and a real-time footage was displayed on the screen.

Madeline did not understand it at first, but when a figure appeared on the screen, her eyes widened in astonishment as a strong sense of rage surged in her heart.

“Felipe, what’s going on?!”