Chapter 131

Forrest looked like a ferocious beast that ran into its beast master and suddenly turned into an obedient kitten.

Ethan rarely ever appeared in public. Even when he was gradually taking over the Arnold Corporation, he was always the mysterious person who never showed his face.

It was impossible for them to know the person who sat in the wheelchair, but both Timothy and Adrian knew who he was. He was the prospective heir of the Arnold family in Ventropolis, Ethan Arnold.

A few years ago, a car accident robbed him of his legs. He had disappeared since.

Ethan from back then was far, far better than Forrest now. The two of them had the same discordant, arrogant, and defiant temperament in them. However, Ethan had changed; he gave them an even more terrifying feeling than before.

His gaze alone could crush Forrest alive.

Forrest was Ethan’s half-brother of a different mother. However, besides Mr. Arnold, no one in the Arnold household recognized Forrest as kin.

After all, Forrest’s biological mother was someone of common stock. She was a mere stage performer, a status that the people of the Arnold family looked down upon with disdain.

They have seen how brutal this man could be.

Back then, when something happened to Madelyn, this man thought it was Forrest’s doing. He got his people to break Forrest’s hand inside a bar and dragged him into a car…

When that happened, only the three of them were inside that private room. The memory of that thrashing was still fresh in their minds…

After they had pulled some distance away, Timothy opened his mouth, “How did Madelyn get to know him?”

“Forry, are you gonna let what happened back then go just like that?”

His voice was soft, but everyone inside the lounge who could see something was wrong could not understand what they were talking about.

Forrest put his hands in his pocket as he spun the lighter around, lowering his hand and smiling.

“Interesting.”

By the time the two were done with the exhibition, it was already one o’clock in the afternoon. Madelyn glanced at the time and realized they had yet to have lunch. She apologetically said, I’m sorry, I should’ve taken you to eat. You should’ve reminded me.”

Ethan looked up and smiled. “It’s alright. I saw you taking notes so seriously, so I did not want to disturb you. What have you… noted down?”

“Here, have a look.” Madelyn sat beside him and excitedly pulled her notebook out for him to see. “I’ve noted the places and times Mr. Edward did his painting. I’ve noted down all the most beautiful places he painted at. When the day comes, I’ll definitely visit them myself.”

She had been trapped inside a cage for far too long. When she gains the ability to escape her current home, she dreams of visiting all of the most beautiful sceneries in the world. Auroras, grasslands, valleys, mountains, rivers… She longed for such sceneries outside.

“When the day comes, will you invite me again?”

Madelyn looked on quietly and said nothing as she quietly put away her notebook. “I don’t know… the future is filled with too many uncertainties. Perhaps when I finally set off, it will be many years later, or maybe tomorrow…”

Madelyn did not want to tell him that her future plans only entailed her alone and no one else. He was her first friend of the opposite gender. Madelyn had no idea how long this friendship could last.

Now, she was much more cautious as she was too naive and trusting in her previous life.

That was why she fell and fell, becoming a literal joke to be toyed around with.

That was why she did not trust anyone but herself.

The only person that could give her a sense of security… was herself.

“It’s still too early to talk about all this, so let’s keep that for next time. Come, I’ll treat you to some food!”