Chapter 140

“Look, I’m wide awake now that you’re here. Let’s chew the fat, shall we?”

Madelyn was confused. “Chew the fat? What do

you mean?”

Margaret patted her thigh. “What? You don’t know what that means? Chew the fat means have a chat.”

Madelyn nodded thoughtfully. “What would you like to chat about?”

Then, Margaret said quietly, “I overheard a few things when I went out earlier. I can guarantee that your father is going to have two more children in three years. You’re going to have a little brother very soon.”

was intrigued by her accent. She realized that the way Margaret spoke was open

he would never want any of them to have his child. Even if something went wrong,

with a baby in her arms. However, Madelyn never heard anything about her afterward, and that

only time that something like

and there was a faint smell of burned charcoal. Margaret was snoring loudly, but Madelyn could not sleep at all due to the pain in her arm from what happened

the tiny bed for a while, and the sun had risen by the time she woke up. Madelyn got

put them on

from last night.

nodded and went inside, only to be met with an unpleasant smell.

quickly went

wound. As she tried to wipe the marks on her neck, she could not help but recall how

away

did that just because she went to an art exhibition with Ethan. He misunderstood her and thought

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