Female Novel
Chapter 722
Think for herself?
"Do I have to?" Minerva blinked her eyes. From the way she looked at Quill, it seemed his words didnot resonate with her.
"I'm doing extremely well... Tell me quickly, did the search team not go out today? What are theydoing? How can they just leave it be without attempting to rescue them?"
The more she spoke, the more emotional she became. She pushed Quill's arm away with all herstrength, wanting to get off the bed.
"Enough!" He scolded her sternly, "The search and rescue team went there today, but all they foundwere corpses!"
Minerva paused, rooted to the spot in a daze. After a long while, she raised her head and stared athim blankly.
For a moment, she seemed to be scoffing. "What do you mean?"
"Minerva, you're not a fool. You should know very well what I mean."
The twisted smile on her lips grew wider. "I should know? Quill, are you saying that
Maddox is dead?"
His pupils contracted slightly. The word 'dead' had been circling in his mind throughout theconversation. However, he did not dare say it out loud. He could only speak in a roundabout wayabout it; he did not expect Minerva to be so blunt.
He did not answer her question. Instead, he put a hand on her shoulder and took a deep breath.Then, he said softly, "Don't worry. Just sit here first. The doctor will come and check you out."
"Quill, even if I die doing so, I have to see his corpse with my own eyes. Otherwise... I won'tacknowledge it." Minerva raised her head and looked straight into his eyes. "I get your meaning, butyou said that the search team went to collect corpses. What about Maddox's corpse?"
Quill pressed his thin lips together. "In that turbulent sea, it's not unusual that they couldn't find hisbody."
"How is it not unusual? Why could they find the corpses of the others, but not Maddox?"
At that juncture, a thought suddenly floated into her mind. Grabbing his sleeve tightly, she said,"Quill, do you think it's possible that... Maddox didn't sink to the bottom of the sea at all. He's such asmart man. He could definitely control the parachute. He may not have landed in the sea.Perhaps... He landed somewhere else. What do you think?"novelbin
Juliette had raised these points to Quill before, but he had not given it a second thought previously.
However, Minerva's persuasiveness won him over. He pursed his lips, saying, "Maybe he really didland somewhere else. Anyway, don't worry about that. First, you have to take care of your healthfirst. I will get a team to search the surroundings."
She nodded vigorously. "We have to find him. I believe he won't leave me just like that. We justreconciled... He won't leave us behind."
While she was speaking, a smile broke out on her face, as if she finally glimpsed a glimmer of lightin the darkness.
His heart was overwhelmed with emotion at what he saw. His thoughts were haywire, complex tothe point he didn't know what to say.
He knew, of course, that the more hope Minerva had now, the more disappointed she might be inthe future, but what could he do now? As long as there was a flicker of hope, they had to grasp ontoit.
After hearing that Quill would send a team to look for Maddox, Minerva finally felt relieved. However,she had no choice but to spend the night in the hospital. When she woke up in the morning, sheinsisted on leaving the hospital and following them to look for Maddox herself.
Quill was a little angry. "You know very well what condition your body is in. Imagine if we find himbut you fall sick and collapse as a result. If you really believe that he's alive, then you should stayput and stop whining to follow along."
She was frozen to the spot.
Yes, she... believed that Maddox was still alive.
"Just stay in the hospital, take care of yourself, and wait for him to come see you."
Wait for Maddox to come see her? Her eyelids drooped as she pondered over the thought. Shepaused for so long that Quill almost thought she was going to reject his proposition. However,contrary to his expectations, she nodded and spoke in a soft voice, "Alright, I'll wait here for him."
He was somewhat taken aback. He hadn't foreseen that she would really listen to him.
It seemed like... she really trusted Maddox with all her heart.
After the crash, the media had been spreading the news like wildfire in North City. Within a day,everyone in North City knew what happened to Maddox of the Yardley Corporation.
Naturally, when the incident was brought up, Minerva of the Hanover family could not be left out ofthe gossip. She was left alone at the altar; their supposed grand wedding was called off just like
that.
Many felt sympathy for her when they heard the news.
Of course, there were also those who were laughing at her plight.
"It serves you right. Why did you go abroad to get married? Such a thing wouldn't have happened ifyou held the wedding here. Rich people waste too much money on stupid things! Now look atthem... The groom's nowhere to be found!"
"That's right. If they held their wedding here, the two of them would have spent the rest of their livestogether harmoniously. Why did they have to go abroad?"
"They deserve it. It's their fault for wanting to be high profile. It serves them right!"
"What you all are saying isn't right. Mr. Yardley loves his wife. What's wrong with holding anunforgettable wedding? They have the means to. The groom wanted to let the entire nation knowthat he loves the bride deeply; there's nothing wrong with that. It's just bad fortune that such a thinghappened."
"Are you kidding me? Are you on their side now? Did they pay you?"
"Watch your tongue. Even if it's us, we can't be certain how tomorrow is going to be. Can youguarantee that we'll live a carefree life forever and won't be involved in some kind of tragedy?"
The person who had been refuted merely snorted, then left.
In a Western restaurant.
When Sylvia saw the news, she broke out into loud, wild laughter. The people around her weredumbfounded by her banshee- like laughter. They all turned their heads to look at her as if she were
a madwoman.
However, she did not pay any heed to them. Her heart was filled only with delight.
She had initially planned to sabotage Maddox and Minerva as they were about to get married... butwho would have known that Quill actually sent someone to monitor her, so she couldn't carry outher plan.
Well, she had been cursing them in her heart all the while.
"Minerva, you didn't expect this, did you? My curses actually took effect. You two... can't betogether. You can't be happy together."
But through the laughter, when Sylvia saw the news of Maddox's accident, she felt a suddensadness in her heart.
Sylvia... she was in love with Maddox!
Back then, she fell in love with him at first sight and thought of him day and night. That was why shedid all those underhanded things.