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 your father is going to have two more children in three years. You’re going to have a little brother very soon.”

intrigued by her accent. She realized that the way Margaret spoke was open and direct. However, she did not pay much attention to what Margaret was telling her

want any of them to have his child. Even if something went wrong, he would

a scene with a baby

only time that something like that had

of burned charcoal. Margaret was snoring loudly, but Madelyn

bed for a while, and the sun had risen by the time she woke up. Madelyn got out of bed carefully without waking Margaret up. She

snow outside. Her wool slippers were already dried. She put them on and felt a bit warmer. Then, she tiptoed around the backdoor, ensuring no one

house’s main door was opened, and the maid was cleaning up the mess from last night. All the maids greeted Madelyn as

only to be met with an

and quickly

the wound. As she tried to wipe the marks on her neck, she could not help but recall

away

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