Female Novel
Chapter 140
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 yourfather is going to have two more children in three years. You’re going to have a little brother very soon.”
Madelyn listened to what Margaret said and was intrigued by her accent. She realized that the wayMargaret spoke was open and direct. However, she did not pay much attention to what Margaret wastelling her about…
Hayson had several affairs with different women, but he would never want any of them to have hischild. Even if something went wrong, he would take care of it discreetly.
A woman in her late twenties once came to their home and caused a scene with a baby in her arms.However, Madelyn never heard anything about her afterward, and that baby just disappeared.
That was the only time that something like that had happened.
A desk lamp lighted their room, and there was a faint smell of burned charcoal. Margaret was snoringloudly, but Madelyn could not sleep at all due to the pain in her arm from what happened last night.
She dozed off in the tiny bed for a while, and the sun had risen by the time she woke up. Madelyn gotout of bed carefully without waking Margaret up. She covered herself with the quilt and went outsidequietly.
It had snowed all night, and there was a thick layer of snow outside. Her wool slippers were alreadydried. She put them on and felt a bit warmer. Then, she tiptoed around the backdoor, ensuring no oneknew she had come home last night.
The house’s main door was opened, and the maid was cleaning up the mess from last night. All themaids greeted Madelyn as soon as they saw her, “Good morning, Ms. Jent.”
Madelyn nodded and went inside, only to be met with an unpleasant smell.
She frowned and quickly went upstairs.
She went into the bathroom to clean herself up while avoiding the wound. As she tried to wipe themarks on her neck, she could not help but recall how the two men assaulted her, andnovelbin
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Zach just stood there without helping. He did that just because she went to an art exhibition with Ethan.He misunderstood her and thought that she wanted to get herself out of her
current predicament with the help of the Arnold family. This misconception drove him to teach her alesson.
Madelyn could not imagine what Zach would actually do to her if she really had something going onwith Ethan. She wondered if he would drug her and defile her again.
Zach would never allow her a chance to escape; he would do everything in his power to keep her byhis side.
Madelyn huddled in the bathtub while resting her injured hand on the edge. Half of her face wassubmerged in the water. When she was about to drown, she slowly sat up. She realized she could notkeep running forever; she needed to do something.
Splash! Madelyn got out of the bathtub with water dripping from her body. Then, she put on a bathrobe.
She figured that she needed money before she could leave the Jent family.
She decided not to go back to sleep. Instead, she changed into the uniform of Ventrocloud HighSchool. Then, she put on a cashmere coat and wore a red scarf around her neck before goingdownstairs while carrying her backpack. She could not attend several training classes because herhand was injured, so she took a leave and went to her high school instead.