Chapter 11

Retreating to her room, Madelyn stripped off her soiled clothes and stood in front of her wardrobe, contemplating her attire. Through the thin wall dividing her from the outside world, Zach’s voice carried in.

“I’ve got urgent business at the company this time. If I can wrap it up early, I’ll rush back to you!” he said.

Understandingly, Jadie replied, “I’m fine, Zach. Go do what you have to. I’ll be here waiting for you.”

“Alright. If you get tired, you can sleep in my room. I just changed the sheets and blankets.”

“Alright, I’ll remember that.”

her dress, her face flushed a fiery red. Her hands fumbled, clutching her clothes tightly around her. Zach, standing by the door, glanced at her bare silhouette. His hand, resting on the door handle, tensed, and his gaze quickly

reason, in that very moment, Madelyn’s heart fluttered in disarray. It was as if she was meeting Zach for

to turn around, she hastily slipped into her skirt, forcing herself to regain her composure. “Bro, do

her. His lips parted slightly, voice low and gravelly. “Here’s a shopping card, a gift from our business partners. If you need clothes, jewelry or anything at all, you

“Thanks, bro.”

restless, stirred within him. After a few seconds, he finally stepped away, gathered his meeting documents, and got into his car. As he turned the ignition, his hands tightening around the steering

if I were out of

within him, pressed the accelerator, and sped away

colliding with no common language. Even though she carried a guilt over Jadie’s demise in their past life, making friends

Madelyn found her voice first. “Sis Jadie,

offered a soft, fleeting smile, quickly saying, “I’m tidying up Zach’s room, clearing out things he

With that, she started her descent, the soft thud of her slippers on the staircase marked her

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