Chapter 1399

The scene pierced into Madeline’s heart.

She quickly got to her feet and ran toward Eloise who was lying unconscious on the floor. “Mom! Mom!”

Madeline did not know if Eloise had merely fainted or if it was worse, but there was no response from her no matter how Madeline called out to her.

Eloise was currently bound by coarse ropes tied so tightly that lines of bruises had formed on her arms.

There was a layer of dirt and dust over her face while her hair was a complete mess. It was a pitiful sight.

“Mom! Wake up, Mom. Eveline’s here. You wanted to see me, didn’t you?”

Madeline quickly unraveled the rope and carried Eloise to her feet before placing her against the wall.

“Mom.”

She called out a few more times but Eloise did not respond.

Madeline shot up and fumed when she saw the man opening the briefcase and staring at the money with greedy sparkling eyes.

“What did you do to my mother? Why won’t she wake up?!” Madeline questioned furiously.

The man dangled the cigarette in his mouth as he replied disdainfully, “The crazy b*tch kept wailing about looking for her daughter or something. It was so annoying, so I shut her up and dosed her with sleeping pills. That’s it.”

Madeline suddenly clenched her fists.

Watching the man happily counting the money, she looked down to whisper at the rose badge on her collar. “You heard him, didn’t you, Jeremy? Mom has been dosed with sleeping pills and she’s still unconscious. I can’t bring her out alone now. Call the police first, then—”

“F*ck! Who are you talking to?”

A man’s irritated voice rang out from behind. Madeline did not have the time to turn around when the man reached out to pull the badge off Madeline’s clothes.

While it seemed like a normal rose-shaped brooch, the badge also doubled as a locator and a contacting device.

Rough as he was, the man ended up tearing off the first button on Madeline’s shirt.

Madeline’s collar opened, revealing her slim neck and fair white skin. The man’s gaze shifted as he gulped lustfully.

“I see you’re Glendale’s prettiest lady for a reason. Mr. Whitman’s wife, what a seductive figure!”

The man licked his lips wickedly as he spoke his vile words, the desire in his eyes growing.

“I’m rich now, so if I sleep with a beauty like you, wouldn’t you say that my life’s complete? Come on, baby!”

He spoke wretchedly as he reached out to pounce on Madeline.

Madeline gripped her opened collar and took hold of the baseball bat by the side, swatting it at the man with a sharp look in her eyes.

“Ow!” The man yelped in pain.

Madeline’s gaze was sharp, and her expression was void of fear.

After everything she had been through her entire life, why would she fear this mere man?

“Listen up you imp. My husband will be here very soon. You have two choices now. You can either waste your time here with me, but I can assure you that you’ll never touch a hair of mine, or you can turn and run for your life. There’s no third option.”

“…”

The man seemed taken aback by Madeline’s fierce aura, and admiration tinted his eyes.

“What a character you have there, Mrs. Whitman, but I think you’ve forgotten something.” The man reminded and pointed at Eloise behind him. “My third option.”

Madeline’s gaze sharpened. “What are you doing?”

The man smirked sinisterly and walked toward Eloise before he pulled a switchblade from his pocket.

Flipping it open, he aimed the blade at Eloise’s neck.

“Don’t you dare mess around!” Madeline shouted at him to stop.

“If you want your mom safe, then throw that bat away and come over obediently!”

Madeline tossed the baseball bat to the side and walked toward the man fearlessly.