My Deceptive Wife: The Bumpkin With Endless Mysteries

the risk for a long moment, he finally ste

very last member of the Foster family

e. Watching Ethan wipe out the entire

ce that sounded suspiciously like a reward. Did he tru

ssessed few genuine friends, and Eleanor had been among them

re on a precise spot at the base of Eleanor's neck, she used her other hand to knead the rigid, knotted

ight, carefully measured adjustment. A soft click broke the silence as t

or's eyelids fluttered open, and she stared at Mad

nor, it's me-Madelynn. Try shifting around

t sigh. "My mind must be failing me. C

e cautiously tested her limbs, then

ratitude. She hadn't merely saved Eleanor-she had rescued everyone in the room from Ethan

Ethan. Madelynn didn't just look remarkably like Corinne. She had somehow acquired

ned, there was no point delaying another day.

e for now, but we shouldn't take any chances. She still needs

od. "Okay. I'll take

rged, her voice warm. "There's so

eel entirely at ease until she had revi

ess, carrying them toward the large

conversation with Madelynn in the back. He'd dispatched a team of mercenaries specifi

and messaged one of his s

s, Mr. Phillips. I haven't been able to contac

ish

red from his estate witho

typed another order, "Pul

omething's wrong with the estate's surveillance syste

anor, gushing over Eleanor's gold bracelet. The moment Eleanor offered it to her, Madelynn protested that she couldn't possibly accept something

y Madelynn coul

vain and money-hungry couldn't possibly have erase

struck him wit

ne clean, perfectly aimed blow. The precision of that technique was eerily simila

to his subordinate. "Investigate Madelynn. Find out where

.

and found no significant injuries. Once she was cleared

ppened, Eleanor leaned back in her seat and drifted off. Silence settle

ynn's phon

nkfully, he hadn't noticed anything. His attention remai

Madelynn slipped out her pho

rcenaries the Phillips

t from her lips befor

xpression clearly warning her to keep h

he instant his attention shifted else

ou cer

nce. "Every one of them told the

The exact disaster Madelynn h

family's suspicions-only to kidnap an entire team of their

ar. But if his investigation uncovered the truth, the trail could lead straigh

e and bluffing her way thr

fully. Not one o

er entire message history with Keith and s

Her eyes snapped open, and she glare

so far as to order a whole team of mercenaries t

's spine. Frowning, he glanced out the window, but

ase and lowered his gaze to th

ips Estate, he and Madelynn

still managed one last reminder. "Etha

he promise

a deep sleep did Ethan escort Made

tired for the night. A lone floor lamp glowed in the

ce quiet but edged with ice. "Saving my grandma

A man like Ethan would never wi

ed him to call of

ou don't..." Ethan closed the distance between them, looming over her as h

moved in an inst

ood look at Ethan-the man infamous for being impossible to d

nfairly