My Deceptive Wife: The Bumpkin With Endless Mysteries

n's eye, and his face tightened. Everything about her

arrying him off to someon

straight past Madelynn and made for the door, un

shown me which bedroom we'll share once we'r

he soon continued toward the exit wi

Ethan, and a pleased smile

nfully picky about every detail of his life. Naturally, he would hav

mind that he would convince Ele

wless taste. From the table, she took an expensive scented candle and inhaled its fresh pine fragranc

er out. Until that happened, she planned to take

between himself and the residence. Some of his wounds had sp

doing. Still, staying beneath the same roo

ne of the mercenaries stepped out from a hidden spot nea

he thick greenery. "Give her a good scare. Ma

for Madelynn. Warm steam and the scent of c

lthy people certainly knew how to make themselves comfortable. She had no clue how long the Phillips family

Keith Brown, one of her subordinates, sp

igation over the past few days had nearly slipped her mind. She sat upright,

up, Keith stopped her, and

, Madelynn. I heard Et

nd spotless tiles. The luxurious bathroom hardly look

t victims," Keith added. "Rumor has it their spirits can't

arbage, do you?" Madelynn said wit

hed before she

d on a small table now lay shattered on the floor.

the bathroom se

re. So who had knoc

l. After wrapping it securely around her body, she examined the

llowed the grounds. Several pale figures stood faintly among t

rumors, the souls of Ethan's victims could not escape

n backed away and quickly weighe

ever stood outside had to be wearing disguises, and o

k made no sense. Madelynn c

nd raced toward the spot whe

off guard. None of them had time to fight

adelynn studied them briefly before calling Keith, who soon

. Find out if they'll finally te

Got it. Are you sure you

planned to remain at the Phillips Esta

required her a

ght continued to blink. Every piece of evidence from the attac

e took longer than Madelynn expected. She erased the relevant footag

d nearly collided with the refined butl

you here?" he asked

ation, the butler asked, "Have you hea

n the excuse she needed.

the butler. "Come with m

talking throu

atever she wanted. She didn't need to get those old photo albums herse

veral people had gathered. Eleanor lay at the center of the crowd. V

Carter," the butler said to Ethan. "He

for being there made no sense to him, but Eleanor wa

en," Ethan instructed coldly. "If Grandma doesn't make

ft the household staff rooted in place as t

initially managed to cry out in pain and order the staff to call a doctor

other wasted second could be the

Madelynn stepped through the crowd

han snapped. "You might

hink your grandma has another fifteen minutes? I won't hurt her. She and my mother were close, e

he woman before him seemed nothing like t

ones, Madelynn's biological mother, had studied under a master of an old

at Corinne had tau