Chapter 1439

Astonished, Madeline looked at the man who was walking to her. A gleam of confusion was seen in her clear eyes. “How is this possible? Where is this place? How did you—”

“How did I manage to show up before you as I please?” the man asked with a slight smile as he sauntered to Madeline. “In this world, there’s a gray area. Even though money can’t do everything and it can’t buy true love, but it’s more than enough to purchase freedom.”

“…”

Madeline suddenly had a terrible headache when she heard his comment. “Ryan, the lady who looks the same as me, is that your doing? Why did you do that?”

Ryan placed one of his hands into his pocket with a carefree gesture.

“Eveline, you should know that changing one’s appearance to look exactly like yours isn’t a one or two days’ work.”

“So, you’re saying you had it all planned much earlier?”

“That day when I brought you over to Y Country, I had already planned to do this, but later I was arrested and admitted my defeat. I didn’t plan to use a lady who looks exactly like you to conduct a new plan, but…”

As Ryan was explaining, he suddenly paused. His gentle gaze was suddenly covered by a layer of ice.

“But that letter was suddenly exposed and it destroyed my late grandfather’s reputation. It caused the Joneses to be involved with ugly rumors.” He chuckled softly to himself and placed his interrogating, sharp gaze on Madeline’s face. “That letter, before reaching the hands of my father, was only seen by the Whitman family.”

Madeline instantly knew where Ryan was heading to. “So, you’re suspecting that this letter was exposed and uploaded on the internet by the Whitmans?”

“Was it not?”

“Of course, not.” Madeline faced Ryan’s gaze which was brewing with suspicion. “I believe that my family members will not do such a thing.”

“Huh, believe?” Ryan let out a sneer. “How do you want me to believe in that?”

“Ryan, why are you choosing the wrong path over and over again? Back then, you misunderstood Jeremy’s grandfather, and now, you want to repeat the wrong things you’ve done? Have you never thought that there might be someone else trying to cause a crack in the relationship between our families?”

Madeline’s reminder had a sense of unsatisfied blasting.

“You just follow what you suspect and place the charge on others. Don’t you think the way you’re doing things is a bit unreasonable? And it’s rather unfair to those innocent people?”

With each word Madeline spoke, Ryan’s brows started to frown deeper.

Madeline did not wish to continue arguing with him. She walked in the direction of the doorway. She thought Ryan would try to stop her, but he did not do so.

She walked quickly to the doorway and realized the sea was surrounding her in all directions.

Madeline glanced far away and vaguely saw the iconic buildings of Glendale.

‘Am I going to be trapped here and allow that lady who is impersonating me to stay beside Jeremy, taking on my role and sleeping with my husband while taking the advantage to bully my kids?’

Madeline would never tolerate any of it.

She suddenly spun around, wanting to look for Ryan. However, after turning around, she saw Ryan walking to her.

Previously in the room, the lights were very dim and Madeline did not manage to see the expression on Ryan’s face well. However, she was currently able to witness it crystal clear.

Perhaps he had not recuperated from his injury, so Ryan’s face still seemed to be pale and lifeless.

However, he had fantastic facial features and a gentle vibe which still made him have a morbid fascination.

Even so, Madeline was not bothered by these and only thought of escaping.

“Ryan, who is that lady who underwent plastic surgery and looks almost like me? Do you think by doing these, you’ll be able to recover your grandfather and the Jones family’s reputation?”

Ryan slowly curled his lips. “You’re so smart, so you’ll soon be able to guess who that lady is. As for the recovery part… How am I going to recover it?”

His smile looked as if he was almost sneering. “Eveline, it can’t be recovered anymore.”