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.”

She realized that the way Margaret spoke was

different women, but he would never want any of them to

their home and caused a scene with a baby

time that something like that had

their room, and there was a faint smell of burned charcoal. Margaret was snoring loudly, but Madelyn could not sleep at

by the time she woke up. Madelyn got out of bed carefully without waking Margaret up. She covered herself with the

and there was a thick layer of snow outside. Her wool slippers were already dried. She put them on and felt a bit warmer. Then, she tiptoed around the backdoor, ensuring no one knew

last night. All the maids greeted Madelyn as soon as they saw her, “Good morning, Ms.

nodded and went inside, only to

frowned and quickly went

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

away

there without helping. He did that just because she went to an art exhibition with Ethan. He misunderstood her and thought

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