Aggressive Wife novel (Madeline and Noah)

Chapter 21

Colton nodded. Madeline was impressed Colton was financially savvy even at such a young age. She smiled and said, “Well, let’s do it! Let’s buy this stock you suggested.”

Madeline immediately called Albert to invest all 400 million dollars in the stock. Colton was surprised a stranger who he had only got to know a few days ago would listen to him. She had also been nothing but nice and patient to him.

Nobody had ever listened to him. Daddy never listened to him; he only listened to Auntie Angie. He stopped talking since nobody was listening. Even though Daddy had never scolded him despite Auntie Angie’s accusations, Colton had always felt like he didn’t belong in his family.

It was the first time someone listened to him, and it was nice. His eyes pricked with tears of joy as he felt a warm fuzzy feeling inside. Madeline asked with a concerned look, “Colt, is everything okay? You know you can tell me anything.”

Colton liked Madeline’s gentle voice. He glanced up at her and hesitated for a moment before shaking his head. He clenched his fists as he choked back his tears.

Madeline’s heart ached. She held his hands and tried to comfort him, “Don’t worry, Colt. I’m here with you no matter what.” Colton felt safe with her. He began to feel tired and eventually fell asleep.

After tucking Colton in, Madeline quietly left his room to continue her work. She fired up her laptop and clicked on the surveillance video of the cemetery. Her face fell as she saw a familiar face on the screen. Angie was at the cemetery.

It was the break of dawn, and Noah was wide awake in his study. He was weary and frustrated. He couldn’t get Madeline out of his mind; he realized he never actually knew her.

shook his head. Colton’s teary eyes haunted him as well. He had never doubted Angie, but now he couldn’t help but wonder if she had mistreated Colton. He wouldn’t forgive himself if she

knew now was the tracking device was sending location data to a server

from the computer. He leaned forward and saw an alert to open a video file. His computer had been hacked. Annoyed, he immediately tried to track the hacker, but he was

but it was enough to enrage him. The video showed a man throwing a child over the fence; Even though

was dumbfounded. He quickly took a screenshot of the video and tried to sharpen the image using the best tool he could find. After multiple sharpening, the image was clear enough for him to be certain it was Colton in the video. The man in the video looked like Ronald Klish, who had

else could have fooled him. He underestimated what Angie was capable of. How dare anyone

was on standby outside Noah’s study. Seeing

Wayne. “I have checked on Colton; he seems to be in a

the video in which Ronald Klish

same time, Madeline broke into a small apartment on

for in the bedroom, asleep. She smirked and grabbed him, waking him up. Ignoring his pleas for mercy, she dragged him to the living room and threw him onto the coffee table. The glass top shattered

groaned in pain as he tried to sit up from the floor. He managed to turn on the lights and saw the intruder - a masked woman. He was intimidated by the way she glared