Madeline Crawford and Jeremy Whitman

Chapter 48

Indeed, the reason she could get this job so easily was because of Meredith pulling some strings

behind the scenes.

However, Madeline was not an idiot. How would Meredith be so kind?

“Stop pretending. You don’t feel disgusted, but I do.” She pushed away Meredith’s hand that was trying

to reach out to her in contempt.

Meredith tilted her body as if she was too weak and fragile. Then, she leaned against Eloise.

Eloise saw that her precious daughter was being bullied, so she walked over to Madeline in agitation

and shielded Meredith behind her.

“Madeline, don’t be blind to what’s good for you! If Mer hadn’t begged me, I wouldn’t have let a person

like you work in my company!” Eloise said angrily.

“Even though you’re not Mer’s biological sister, she never bickered with you despite you bullying her

relentlessly. She was even so thoughtful of you. It’s fine if you’re not grateful, but you’re even trying to

bite the hand that feeds you!”

It was this same phrase again.

Madeline was about to change her perspective about that idiom now.

Until now, she had no idea what benevolence Meredith had given to her. Meredith only gave her pain

and more pain.

When Madeline saw Eloise protecting Meredith while scolding her, she felt another pang of pain in her

heart.

“It’s fine, Mom. I can emphasize with Maddie. She has never had parents ever since she was young, so

that’s why her views are a bit skewed. Please don’t be mad at her,” Meredith grabbed Eloise’s hand

and said in an understanding manner.

Madeline was tired of explaining herself. She rolled her eyes and said, “How disgusting.”

Eloise’s face fell. When she was about to say something, Meredith stopped her again.

“Maddie, if you’ll feel better after yelling at me, then you should go ahead. I know you’ve suffered so

much during the three years in prison.” Meredith was speaking so sensibly. She even said to the

employees in the cafeteria, “Maddie did a lot of bad things in the past, but everyone makes mistakes.

Plus, she has served her time and has atoned for her mistakes. I hope you guys won’t judge her. I’m

thanking all of you in advance.” NôvelDrama.Org copyrighted © content.

It was such a two-faced performance, but after she said that, every employee started praising

Meredith’s magnanimous behavior. Eloise was also looking at her daughter with a proud expression on

her face.

Someone even praised Meredith for having the manner of a young lady from a noble family.

Madeline wanted to vomit when she heard that.

There were so many employees in the company. How many of them knew Madeline? After Meredith

announced her past, she was forced to be labeled as despicable and shameless.

Some of them exclaimed about how she had served time.

A woman who had served time was not good.

Madeline was so disgusted that she left without turning back. It was as if everyone in the room was

blind, deaf, or out of their minds. They could not see the wonderful performance that Meredith was

putting on.

She packed her bags to leave the office. However, when she got to the door, she was stopped.

“Madeline.”

She stopped and turned around to see Meredith smirking widely at her.

“Tch.” Meredith scoffed. “When did you become so weak? Are you really going to resign and not work

here? Do you think you can find jobs in other places after you step out of this door?”

Her words reminded Madeline of the reality of it all.

No wonder she kept running into walls when she was looking for a job. Meredith was the one behind it.

“It’s you, right?”

“Right, it’s me. I told everyone in all industries that there will be a woman named Madeline Crawford. I

told them that you’ve been to prison for plagiarism before and whoever hires you will be slapped with a

lawsuit.”

Her nonchalant attitude lit the fire of anger in Madeline’s chest.

However, she was not rash. She only asked calmly, “Meredith, the way of heaven is fair, and the guilty

will not escape. Your evil conduct will be exposed one day.”

“Tch.” Meredith snorted. “Madeline, don’t be stupid. Do you still believe the myth of evil can never

prevail over good? If that was true, you wouldn’t have been convicted of plagiarism three years ago. I

only had to say that you plagiarized and in the end, you were indeed caught plagiarizing.”

While she said that, she fiddled with the diamond ring on her ring finger.