Chapter 449

Madeline finished saying that without hesitation. Her piercing gaze scanned across Jeremy’s face before she strode away.

Jeremy grabbed Madeline’s hand, causing her to stop in her tracks.

She peered at him with a cold gaze. “What’s wrong? Do you want to punish me with your barbaric ways? Jeremy, I’m not that Madeline who’d allow you to insult and humiliate her anymore. I’m not afraid of you!”

She looked into the man’s deep eyes fearlessly. There was an invulnerable expression in her eyes that made her look as domineering and arrogant as a monarch.

Jeremy was not angry. His passionate eyes were glued on Madeline’s flawless face as he looked straight at her.

Actually, he already knew the things she told him were just lies.

He would only have the chance to get close to her as long as he continued lying to himself.

Eventually, this day still came crashing on him.

After staying silent, Jeremy said with a small smile on his face, “I have a question for you.”

Madeline looked at the man in front of her coldly. Then, she heard him asking, “Do you still love me?”

Madeline chuckled lowly as if she had heard a funny joke.

After she stopped laughing, she peered at him. “Jeremy, don’t you think you’re pathetic when you asked that question? Love you? Do you even care about my love? I bet you’d think that it’s filthy for a woman like me to love you, right, Mr. Whitman?”

Jeremy felt a pang of pain in his heart. He heard the answer he did not want to hear.

He looked at Madeline’s hateful eyes dispiritedly.

“Jeremy, I loved you. However, the worse you treated me back then, the more my love for you diminished.

“I’m fully awake now. I won’t fantasize about your concern or fondness toward me. Even if you do have any sort of feelings toward me, I don’t care. I just want to see you fall from grace. I’ll be ecstatic if you have nothing left!”

Madeline chuckled. Then, she pushed away Jeremy’s hand that was on her wrist.

She turned around without hesitation. She was emotionless.

Jeremy stood where he was as he watched Madeline walk away. Excruciating pain came from his heart, but there was a hint of delight in his eyes.

‘As long as you’re alive and well, as long as you’re happy, then I’m willing to lose everything.’

Madeline walked out of Whitman Corporation and felt the winter sun enveloping her body. She lifted her head to look at the blue sky as she took a deep breath. A small grin appeared on her lips.

‘Jeremy, you never expected this day to come, huh?

‘I thought the same way too.’

She smiled and walked into the parking lot. Then, she drove away.

After knowing that Jeremy was back, Karen came over quickly.

When she went into the office, she saw Jeremy sitting in front of the french window desolately. His head was lowered as he was focused on something. Karen ran over quickly.

“Jeremy!” she called out frantically.

Jeremy frowned as he had been disturbed.

“Jeremy, bad news! Something bad has happened!”

Jeremy put away the photo in his hands in annoyance and lifted his annoyed gaze. “No one’s allowed to disturb me. Get out.”