Chapter 55
In the Maple Forest Villa.
Madeline sat at the bar in the living room. She scrutinized the gilded invitation card in her hand with mixed feelings.
My children's birthday.
It was also the darkest day of her life.
She vaguely recalled the storm that day. Noah didn't hear a word out of her as the rain came crashing down.
Angie Grant took precedence. He believed no one but her.
He was resolute in leaving her and the unborn children, condemning them to death.
Turbulent emotions rushed over her. She crumpled the invitation in her hand, failing to notice that her knuckles had gone white.
The invitation had long since been scrunched up.
Her cell phone lit up when a notification came through. She was instantly grounded back to reality from her whirlwind of emotions.
Thomas's chat box popped up.
She was greeted with a photo of a pitiful Angie, carefully tugging at Noah.
It turned out Noah had brought the delicate little princess home. He must be distressed to see her ridiculed.
Yet, he never cared for Madeline or her children.
Yes, their survival was because they had luck on their side.
What were you expecting, Madeline?
Having figured this out, Madeline heaved a long sigh of relief.
It was consolation twinged with disappointment.
She scrunched the invitation into a ball and tossed it aside, then got up and sat down on the sofa. Her fingers flew across the keyboard as she composed a text.
"Be careful in the Quincy household, brat. Stay away from Angie. Got it?"
"Don't worry, Mom. I'm not letting that bad woman near me."
"Good boy."
too obedient today. It felt
and sent another
planning to deal
"Hehe, secret!"
Thomas unsent the message.
Madeline was taken aback.
knew he wouldn't be that
message, but Thomas decided to adopt
laptop and rush out the
……
Quincy residence.
error of sending Madeline that text, and
a mantra to himself. Mom
again after a while and breathed a sigh
Mom didn't
relieved. He then took his binoculars to check the
people left in the yard were the bodyguards on duty. Everyone must
head downstairs to
out of the room with his
father. There was, however, no one to be
also currently midnight. The servants of the household had long gone to
when Thomas was going to be able
a
the kitchen this late
to go downstairs to have
the person he was looking
horrible woman tinkering
his
Steak
to conquer him
you doing,
her by surprise. The wine in her hand
you doing behind
keep up her act with
was a pity that Thomas wasn't as good a kid as she wanted him to be. He blocked
did you make, Auntie Angie? It
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