Chapter 969

Jeremy focused all of his attention on the colorful shell.

Suddenly, the same image appeared in his brain again.

Under the hot summer sun, he had his back against a little girl as he ran along the beach hurriedly.

The little girl circled her arms around his neck and called out to him sweetly…

Slap!

When Jeremy was immersed in his flashbacks and was about to hear the little girl calling out his name, he received another heavy slap from Madeline.

Madeline ripped her necklace away from her neck in front of Jeremy and threw it on the ground.

“I should just forget about you. You didn’t kill my parents, I did! I shouldn’t have forgiven you and I shouldn’t have given you a chance to start over!”

She pushed him away and started running.

Jeremy looked at Madeline’s back before squatting down to pick up the smashed shell necklace.

It was such a normal-looking shell, but for some reason, it looked so familiar and special to him.

Madeline ran out of the entrance and continued to run aimlessly.

She came to the manor seeking some warmth and memories, but she never expected to run into Jeremy.

She said she regretted this, but so what?

Even if she regretted it, she could not lie to herself and pretend that she did not love him anymore as if she had already let him go.

Madeline ran extremely far in a single breath. The rays of the sunset were unable to get rid of the bitterness and coldness in her heart.

She then fell to the ground and knelt.

The first rain in the early autumn came all of a sudden. The dense raindrops drenched her entire body, and at the same time, it also drenched her heart.

“Why?”

She lowered her eyelids and asked herself in pain.

“Why? Why do I have to suffer all these just because I love him?”

Madeline lifted her head, looking at the gloomy sky. Her hot tears and the cold rain were intertwined together.

“God, if I’ve sinned, please punish me and not the people around me, please!”

Madeline knelt in the rain as she fell into an abyss of pain.

Madeline did not know when she passed out. However, when she woke up, she realized she was in a strange bed. Everything around her was foreign to her as well.

When she was about to get up, Ryan appeared in her vision.

“Mrs. Whitman, it’s great that you’re up.” There was a soft smile on Ryan’s gentle face.

He handed a cup of freshly brewed ginger tea to Madeline.

“Have some ginger tea so that you won’t get a fever.”

Madeline sat up after coming back to her senses. When she lowered her head, she saw that someone had changed her clothes.

“I asked my maid to change your clothes. You were out in the rain for so long that you were completely soaked.”

“Thanks.” Madeline took over the cup. The tea was scalding hot when she held the cup in her hands, but her heart still felt like it was in an ice cave.

Ryan explained when he saw Madeline’s puzzlement, “I heard something bad happened to your house, so I wanted to see if I could help. When I got to the door, I saw you running out. I was worried that something bad would happen to you, so I followed you.

“I knew you were feeling terrible, so I didn’t dare to disturb you. However, I felt bad when I saw you in the rain. I wanted to go over to tell you to get into the car, but you fainted the moment I approached you.”

Madeline thanked him sincerely after she knew what happened. “Thank you, Mr. Jones. You’ve saved me again.”

“No need to thank me. Actually, you’re the one who saved me.”