On the bed, Madelyn suddenly whimpered.Zach, who was sitting by the bedside, touched her face. He thought, 'It's been three months since we last met. You've lost some weight.'The next morning, sunlight shone through the windows.Madelyn's throat was parched and sore. She slowly regained consciousness and smelled the pungent odor of disinfectant. She stared at the yellowed ceiling above her, dazed.She wondered, 'Am I dead?'Her memory lapsed for a moment, but she soon remembered what happened last night. She gently moved her fingers which were a little cold. As she looked at the IV drip by the bedside, she realized she was still alive."Mr. Jardin, the meeting at the company has been postponed. Mr. Jent asked when you'll be able to go back. Also, the road on the elevated highway has been repaired.""We'll go back as soon as Madelyn wakes up. Have they caught those people?""They were just a few local hooligans. This area's largely unregulated, that's why they dared to act so

Madelyn decided to change the topic and softly said, "I lost my purse.""Drive," Zach said to the driver.Madelyn was worried, and she would not be troubling him unless it was absolutely necessary. She continued, "There's a photo of my mom inside, and it's very important to me.""Got it." Zach responded.With his assurance, Madelyn knew Zach would surely help her find the wallet.Shelley ran and chased after the car, wailing uncontrollably as Rogan and the others had been taken away by the police.Everyone there was left scared senseless. They had all seen just how ruthless Zach could be. With just a few strikes, all five hooligans had been beaten to a bloody pulp!Blood had been left all over and cleaning it off proved to be a daunting task.As the scene had unfolded, no one had dared to speak a word. They did not want to get into trouble just for a few hooligans and could tell Zach and his people were not to be messed with.Wonda was hiding behind a tractor and had seen ever

Zach had not expected Madelyn to jump into the sea without any hesitation.Evidently, Madelyn was a completely different person now than how he remembered her. He wondered what had caused that.'Did she discover something?'He had noticed something was off ever since she had retaliated against the Linney family.He pondered, 'If she's like this, I can't keep her by my side, let alone give her the chance to get close to the Arnold family.'Jadie watched Zach left with the documents. She realized he did not ask her about what happened to her in Portsmouth Fishing Village and felt that Zach did not care about her at all.When Jadie saw the pile of photos on Zach's desk in the study, she finally realized that when Madelyn had first run away from the Jent family, Zach had sent someone to keep a close watch on her the whole time, instead of just ignoring her.She thought, 'If Madelyn hadn't gotten into trouble, Zach probably wouldn't have gone to Portsmouth Fishing Village personally

The next day, instead of returning to normal, Madelyn's body temperature rose even higher. Her brow trickled with sweat, and her eyes were wet with tears.She was so sick that she started hallucinating and rambling incoherently. If a nurse had not noticed it, she might have gone delirious from the fever.The caregiver that Kevin had hired only arrived in the afternoon. Rosario was used to taking care of Madelyn and brought fresh clothes for her early in the morning. She wiped away her own tears upon seeing Madelyn suffer.She thought, 'I shouldn't have let her stay at that kind of place. She's never experienced any hardships growing up.' Rosario deeply regretted it.After Madelyn received a painkiller injection, her body temperature returned to normal, but she still showed no signs of waking up.Rosario had to go back and could not just stay in the hospital to take care of Madelyn round the clock, so she told the caregiver what she should be mindful about when taking care of Madel

Madelyn was devastated and felt like she would be better off dead. In her past life, she had been too naive to understand Zach's true intentions. Now, whenever she dwelled on his actions, all she would feel was heartbreak.Tears welled up in her eyes, but she did not make a sound or cry. Madelyn wiped her tears away. "I'm fine. There was a bug in my eye."The nurse stared at Madelyn as if she had grown a third eye. The hospital was sterile, and there was no way there could be any bugs in the hospital.The nurse wondered, 'Has this patient gone insane?'However, the nurse did not press any further. Noticing that the IV drip was already half-empty, she adjusted the infusion speed and slowed it down. After leaving the room, she informed Madelyn's attending doctor about her mental condition.Crown Villa Club was established in the early 1980s. It used to be a cabaret from the Republican era, yet it was now transformed into a club while maintaining its vintage style.In a private room