Chapter 1136

Madeline walked in. She was about to go upstairs when she suddenly heard Jeremy’s voice from the bathroom.

“I’ve already died once. Do you think I care? Don’t tell me how to do things. Our relationship, if anything, is just business.”

Madeline felt her heart clench at the reminder of his ‘death’.

Yet what kind of ‘business’ was Jeremy talking about?

Madeline turned around and walked toward the bathroom door.

Jeremy’s raspy baritone voice sounded. “She’s my limit. Back off or there won’t be a negotiation at all.”

Madeline had a subconscious feeling that the person Jeremy was talking about was her.

Madeline did not want to eavesdrop on his phone call, but she could not seem to ignore the conversation.

Just then, the bathroom door opened.

Madeline looked up to meet Jeremy’s bottomless gaze. “Who were you calling, Jeremy? Did something happen?”

It’s just work.” He brushed

conversation had evidently nothing to

it. Thinking about what had happened over the past few days, she took Jeremy’s hands. “We haven’t even gotten the chance to have a nice meal even though you’ve been back for a while already,

two of us.” Jeremy curled his lips into a

ingredients

darken as Madeline started on the dishes in the

all those years ago when they first got

never come despite

simple homemade meal—three dishes and a soup. It

set the table and helped him

that moment, Madeline finally felt what it meant to live a simple and

taken a few bites when he

Madeline was worried as Jeremy’s coughing did

head. “Don’t worry. Can I have a glass of water,

a cup of water. Turning around, she watched Jeremy wipe the corner of his mouth with a piece of tissue

her heart

had

her feelings

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