Chapter 1226

When Madeline woke up the next day, she saw Ryan by the side of her bed.

She looked cautiously at the scheming man and did not say anything.

On the other hand, Ryan looked straight at Madeline with a small smile on his lips.

“You bled a lot. I brought some soup to replenish your energy for you. You should drink it after you’ve cleaned up.”

Madeline looked at the soup on the nightstand and headed to the toilet.

“Eveline, Jeremy hurt you so badly back then. Why are you still in love with him?” Ryan’s curious voice sounded from outside the toilet.

Madeline did not answer her. She only opened the door after she was done washing up.

Ryan was standing at the door. At this moment, he looked gentle and cultivated. One would not relate him to a cold-blooded murderer.

Madeline looked into Ryan’s eyes. “Do you need a reason to love someone?” she asked him back and sat down on the bed.

Ryan walked over to open the thermos for Madeline. Then, he poured some of the soup out and handed it to Madeline.

He looked at the bandages on Madeline’s arm and took the bowl back.

“Let me feed you,” Ryan said, scooping up the soup with a spoon before putting it in front of Madeline’s lips.

“…” Madeline turned her face in rejection. “I can drink it myself.”

“Do you not want the anti-toxoid reagent?” Ryan asked slowly. There was a hint of threat in his voice.

Madeline had no choice but to let him feed her the soup.

As she was drinking the soup, Madeline saw a shadow of a person wandering outside the door from the corners of her eyes. She lifted her head and saw a few journalists taking pictures outside the room.

The media was able to get the news of her being hospitalized so quickly. Madeline guessed that Ryan was the one who let out the news.

“Didn’t you want to pretend to cut all ties with Jeremy and let them think you’re with me? I’m just fulfilling your wishes like this,” Ryan said nonchalantly, continuing to feed Madeline the soup considerately.

Madeline averted her gaze and smiled. “Thank you for fulfilling my wishes, Rye. This is exactly what I want.”

Ryan smirked. “Eveline, I’m getting more and more interested in you.”

“I hope you don’t fall in love with me then, because I hate hypocrites like you.”

Ryan smiled and listened to Madeline’s words of disdain. The possessiveness in his eyes was getting more and more intense.

Madeline stayed in the hospital for a whole day. Just as she expected, the internet was filled with photos of Ryan feeding her soup this morning.

Now that Jeremy was involved in a murder, his wife was canoodling with another man instead.

Madeline was now labeled as a fickle woman in an illicit affair.

On the other hand, the police were issuing a 100,000-dollar reward for capturing Jeremy.

Madeline was fine with beingslandered by netizens, but she felt horrible when she saw the police issuing a manhunt for Jeremy.

He was innocent.

Slam!

The door of the room was pushed open heavily.

Madeline lifted her head and saw the person who was barging toward her. She wanted to say something, but she swallowed her words back.

Karen was even angrier when she saw Madeline not talking.

“I thought the photos and interviews online were fake. I didn’t expect you to really be here!”

Karen was frowning as she looked at the emotionless Madeline in disbelief.

“Eveline, what’s wrong with you? How did you get hurt? The police are hunting down Jeremy yet you’re here being so intimate with Ryan. What the hell are you doing? Have you forgotten whose wife you are?”

Madeline finished listening to Karen with an indifferent look on her face. Then, she sat up and looked at Karen with an amused look on her face.

“I haven’t forgotten whose wife I am. I think you’re the one who doesn’t know whose wife I am.”

Looking at Madeline’s indifferent attitude, Karen was taken aback. “Eveline, w-what do you mean?”