Filed to story: Mr Williams Madame Is Dying Novel Free Online (Madison & Hunter) >>
Madison gladly toasted her wine glass with his. She took a small sip of it, but he gulped down half of it.
“Dig in,” he urged.
She hummed in response.
It had been a while since they last shared such a peaceful moment together.
Hunter found Madison cute as long as she wasn’t holding an ashtray.
Still, the smile didn’t find its way to her face as it always did in the past.
He believed that everything would find its place in the end.
Leo would be found, and Jeff would regain his consciousness someday.
Hunter would help with the Evans family’s comeback for her, and she would love him again.
Madison suddenly lifted her head. “Hunter.”
Her gentle tone sent tingling thrills down his spine. He stared deeply at her.
Hunter’s gaze made Madison’s skin crawl. She coughed lightly. “I saw a janitor in your office yesterday.”
He thought she was going to say something fluttering, but she mentioned an outsider.
“Madison Evans, are you suspecting that I’m having an affair with a janitor?” Fury seeped into his voice.
“What are you thinking about? I’m just curious why someone is cleaning your office during office hours. It’s an important place.”
He replied without much thought. “Stephanie lives far from here, so she clocks off early. She cleans my office early at times when I’m working.
“What’s the matter? You don’t care about Andrea, but now you care about a janitor?”
“Since when did Williams Group provide such good employee welfare?”
Hunter was cutting his steak into pieces as he answered indifferently, “Stephanie is different. She saved my life before. It won’t hurt to provide her some perks.”
“When? How come I didn’t know about it?” Madison put her cutleries down.
“Are you worried about me?” A smile adorned across his lips.
He continued, “It happened a few years ago. Someone had a death wish and ambushed me at the underground parking lot.
“He wanted to run into me with a car, but Stephanie saved me by pushing me out of the way.”
She frowned. “You’re quick enough to dodge that, though.”
“I was distracted at that time.”
“Why?”
Hunter stared at her face. “It was your birthday. I ordered a cake for you.”
Madison comprehended the situation immediately. At that time, he was doting on her in every way possible.
Prior to her birthday, she kept whining about wanting a custom-made cake from Northern Bakeshop.
Its cakes had special designs made with expensive ingredients, hence its expensive price.
They were literally works of art.
It was supposed to be Crystal Crossing-neck Swans Cake, but one of the swan’s heads flopped on the cake when he brought it to her.
She didn’t make a ruckus over it. She simply felt like it was an omen.
Hunter kept apologizing for it. A few days later, she received a Swan Castle Cake.
It took Northern Bakeshop a week to make it.
At that time, she was touched by the two crystal swans, which crossed their necks on the pond.
Yet, it turned out that he almost lost his life that day.
He must be worried that she would be disappointed about the ruined cake.
That’s why there was a chance for the bad guy to hurt him.
Madison was touched. Even her voice sounded unnatural when she asked, “Why didn’t you tell me?”
“It’s fine ’cause I survived it.”
She slammed her hands on the table and rose from her seat.
“If you don’t plan on telling me, are you planning to tell me in my dreams after you’re dead? How many times has it been?”
He stopped cutting his steak, as he didn’t foresee such a huge reaction from her. “It’s not that frequent. It happens about ten times a year.”
It was no wonder that Hunter would get hurt sometimes.
He pulled her to her seat. “It’s in the past. I rooted the enemies out.”
Speculation flashed across her mind. It seemed like he didn’t want her to get involved in the fray, so he hid her identity back then.
Her identity could serve as a protection for her.
However, she shrugged that off as soon as she thought of Andrea.
Hunter explained, “Stephanie happened to be there after clocking off work, so she managed to save me.
“But she hurt her leg instead. She hasn’t recovered from it yet.
“I initially wanted to repay the favor by buying her a house as her retirement gift because she didn’t have a family.
“But she’s willing to continue her job as a janitor, so I let her stay.”
“I see. Hunter, there’s actually something I want to tell you.”
“Tell me.”
“Have you never thought that my father might not be the murderer behind your sister’s death?”
As soon as she finished, the harmonious mood was swept away.
He threw his cutleries on his plate and smirked. “Madison Evans, is this why you were trying to please me? Because you wanna know this?”
Alarmed, Madison hurriedly explained, “I noticed some loopholes after reading those documents.
“That info isn’t sufficient enough to prove that my father murdered your sister. There is no evidence or witness. It’s just a speculation of my father’s motive.”
Hunter shoved the plates off the table.
The warmth on his face gave way to coldness. He seemed to be the man he was from three months ago.
Before Madison could explain her stance further, he stood up and looked at her intimidatingly.
“Firstly, a DNA test was done on that body. It was my sister.
“Secondly, I’ve done another DNA test between the baby in her womb and your father. They were genetically related.
“Thirdly, I’ve looked into what happened to Leia before her death.
“Be it her contact history or other records. Jeff was the person she contacted the most.
“Lastly, the final person she met was Jeff, too. Who else could it be other than him?
“If you’re demanding a witness, are you going to ask for a medical miracle so that your father can regain his consciousness?
“Or calling the dead to life so that she could speak for herself?”
Madison was observing his expression. It turned out that Leia would always be his taboo, no matter what happened.
She figured that there was an improvement in their relationship.
However, it seemed like she wasn’t someone more important than Andrea to Hunter, let alone Leia.
She didn’t want to reveal the truth anymore, fearing that it would come back to her as a scar.
He wouldn’t sympathize with her. He would only assume that it was an attempt to clear Jeff’s name.
The mess on the floor was like a representation of the genuine feelings she had for him in the past, as well as Hunter’s messy marriage life.
She lowered her head. “I trust my father.” She didn’t explain it further.
Her words touched the baseline of his patience. Furious, he yelled, “Leave!”
Madison went out of the room and slammed the door.
In the end, their relationship was an ill-fated one.
Even without Andrea’s existence, Leia would always be the thorn in their relationship.
Madison walked out of the hotel, staring at that tall building.
She knew that Hunter should be smoking on the balcony by now.
He should be standing there alone amidst the cloud of smoke, but she couldn’t see him.
This time, he was left alone.
At the same time, Hunter was overlooking the busy street.
He supposed that she had blended into the crowd, so he tried to look for her.
But he realized that he couldn’t discern anything clearly under the somber sky. The buildings before him were lit brightly, yet the room behind him was dark. Standing between darkness and light, he was in agony.
Hunter reached out his hands, trying to pull Madison back.
Yet, he couldn’t grab anything from the air at all.
With wobbly steps, he walked into the room.
Darkness slowly devoured him like a beast.
Hunter muttered, “Madie, you promised that you wouldn’t leave me. “Leia, I’m sorry. I was late.
“Kurt, it was my fault. It was all my fault.”
He dropped onto the floor with a loud thud, hugging his head.
Brent rushed into the room and turned on the lights, only to see a mess.
When he noticed that Hunter was going to cut his wrist with a porcelain piece, he dashed over. “Mr. Williams!”