Madeline Crawford and Jeremy Whitman

Chapter 1310

Madeline summed up all her strength to avoid it, but she still could not as she had not eaten anything for an entire day. Furthermore, she sustained all sorts of torture from Ryan.

"F*ck off!"

Madeline roared, but Ryan was gripping the back of her head to prevent her from running away. Ryan got away with planting his lips on Madeline's cheek in the end.

The act pierced a thousand arrows through Jeremy's heart as it broke.

Strands of Madeline's short hair ended up covering her face amidst her struggle, yet it did not stop Jeremy from seeing that his beloved was crying.

"It hurts, doesn't it, Jeremy? If you don't want Eveline to suffer anymore, then transfer all of Whitman Corporation's stocks to my name and publicly announce that Whitman Corporation has gone bankrupt." Ryan's eyes were filled with aggressiveness as he demanded.

Madeline's wet and tear-stricken face snapped up, her gaze looking firm. "Don't listen to him, Jeremy! He won't let me go even if you fulfill all of his wishes. Don't give the crazy b*stard anything he wants!" Breathing itself felt like a difficult feat as Jeremy took in Madeline's hollow features.

Despite being well aware that Ryan could not be trusted to keep his word, Jeremy had no other choice but to do as he said.

He would not let go of any shred of hope that she would be alright.

"I'll give you anything you want as long as you leave Linne alone, Ryan. Even my life, so stop touching her!" Jeremy replied.

Ryan curled his lips in satisfaction.

Madeline shook her head as if her life depended on it. "No, Jeremy, don't agree to it! Listen to me. Don't say yes to anything he asks. He has never planned on letting me go at all. What's the point of me living if you're just going to give him your life?"

"Linnie!"

Ryan's expression darkened at Madeline's words.

"Why do I feel like you're forcing me to do what I don't want to again, Eveline?" His sinister tone sounded in Madeline's ears.

He suddenly pushed Madeline toward the bed. Caught off guard, she fell onto the floor and yelled out in pain.

"Linnie!"

Jeremy felt a dull ache that was as if he had been hit as well when he watched Madeline fall weakly onto the ground.

Ryan took the phone mid-call and walked toward Madeline to pull her up.

"I'll have someone transfer all the stocks now, Ryan! Leave Linnie alone! Do you hear me?" Jeremy roared, his furious eyes turning into slits. He could not bear to see the scene before his eyes. How could he bear to see Ryan tormenting her like that?

Hearing Jeremy roar through the phone, Ryan turned to meet Jeremy's misty and red eyes with mirthful ones of his own. "You'd better mean what you say, or else..."

Ryan paused meaningfully and pulled Madeline into his arms forcefully.

Just then, Madeline lifted her teary gaze that held the strong glint Ryan had been trying to smooth away and glared at him.

Her gaze stunned Ryan for a moment. Madeline took the chance to push him away while she pressed the clip she had been holding on the entire time against her wrist. Both Ryan and Jeremy, through the screen, felt their hearts lurch at the sight.

"Linnie! What are you doing?" Jeremy was frantic, his heart feeling like it was being held above an abyss by a thread. "Let's not be rash, Linnie!"

Ryan seemed much calmer in comparison, but he was panicking internally. "What are you doing, Eveline?"

Madeline curled her pink lips into a cold smirk that graced her pale and drained complexion. "I won't give you the chance to threaten the people around me anymore, Ryan."