The Rewritten Love: A Second Beginning

chapter 29

Madelyn shot back a message almost instantly.

Madelyn: [You can come to me anytime you want more. I’ll make it for you.]

Ethan: [Deal.]

seeing Madelyn respond to another man’s text elicited an odd discomfort, a feeling that something uniquely his was being claimed by another. He had accessed this information by secretly installing surveillance

with Ethan about the usual humdrum of childhood daily life and interests. It was bland, mundane, and yet Zach consumed it all. He noticed how Madelyn had indeed changed. Once they finished, Zach felt strangely spent. He glanced at the clock–half–past eight. He

or likely any other night. His bed was elsewhere, amidst a rotation of mistresses. After

Rosario fretted over her, cautious of her healing wound. In her past life, Madelyn had honed her culinary skills to please Zach,

her. The worst incident landed him in the hospital with a bleeding ulcer, an admission she had forced upon him. From that day on, Madelyn ensured he

Zach would forever savor her cooking, but he had eventually grown

grand feast and waited for him to return.