“Linnie.”

As Madeline entered, Jeremy softly called out to her, and his dim eyes turned bright again.

He immediately sat back up, but his movement was too large, and it affected his leg wound.

“Hiss.”

He let out a muffled groan.

If it had been any other time, he would not even make a sound, but now that he saw Madeline, he instinctively yearned for her care and concern.

Madeline noticed Jeremy’s action.

However, her expression was calm, and she did not react with any worry in response to Jeremy’s discomfort.

It felt as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over Jeremy’s eager and yearning heart. He felt very cold.

Madeline had not been hypnotized, and if she had not been instilled with some groundless ideas by Carter, she would have

did not know how to break the silence that now

hold her hand, but he was afraid that she would be repelled by his reaction

did not want her to reject him,

struggled in his heart and finally decided to let Madeline speak

did not seem to be on him. She

told me Carter’s

said felt like a basin of cold

even colder

that she had not come for him, let

to find the man

bone- etching pain, but it was even more distressing. He was distressed that she was being

parting his lips softly, as he endured the pain

her gaze on Jeremy again. “You seem to be injured, Mr. Whitman. Then I won’t interrupt your

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