The Rewritten Love: A Second Beginning By Max Charming chapter 482
Mya, who had repeatedly called Madelyn’s name, ran over to her. She was holding a basket of strawberries and smiling brightly. She ran so quickly that the wind ruffled her hair. Madelyn slowed down to wait for Mya. Mya reached Madelyn’s side and said, “Why are you so late today? I’ve been waiting for you for so long. Quick. try these strawberries. My family grew these!”
As Madelyn opened her mouth to speak, a strawberry was shoved into her mouth. She bit off half of it and said, “Thank you. It’s delicious.”
Mya tirelessly talked by Madelyn’s ear. For the past few days, Mya had been bothering Madelyn a lot. Apart from attending classes, she would go looking for Madelyn immediately after classes. Madelyn wondered if Mya had nothing else to do.
Madelyn just continued walking and rarely responded to what Mya said. She did not want Mya to get too close to her, since she believed that things would not end well for anyone who got too close to her. She remembered that Zach had once used Mya to threaten and blackmail her, so she did not dare to make friends with anyone.
Madelyn was afraid that if she grew attached to someone, that person would become her weakness. Ethan watched Madelyn until she entered the school and disappeared from his sight. He then smiled and looked away, “Who’s that girl?”
Leyton responded, “She’s from the Harper family.”
Ethan asked, “Which Harper family?” Leyton explained, “Not long ago, I unintentionally got to know that Mrs. Arnold Sr. recently hired an expert in animal husbandry. Coincidentally, that expert happens to be the father of this friend of Ms. Jent’s.”
Ethan smiled faintly, “It’s the first time I’ve seen that look on Madelyn’s face. She wanted to be angry but couldn’t show it. This Harper girl has done something that I didn’t dare to do.
Leyton said, “Mr. Arnold, should we investigate this person? I’m worried that she might have impure motives for getting close to Ms. Jent.”
Ethan replied, “No need. Just drive. Madelyn can recognize that herself.” If Madelyn didn’t like Mya, she would not have behaved like that just now. Moreover, for the past few days when Ethan dropped her at school, he had seen Mya waiting for Madelyn every day…
He believed it was good that Madelyn had a friend. What Ethan feared the most was Madelyn being lonely at school. She was an introverted person and did not like to talk, and he could not always accompany her. He was also afraid that if she continued to act this way, she would end up like he used to be.
He then thought about the scar on Madelyn’s hand, ‘Even though she tried to hide it, I still saw it. A lot of the things that happened to her were related to that adopted son of the Jent family… It seems like things are more complex than what I’d initially imagined.’
In the office of the CEO of the Arnold Corporation, Ethan stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. Leyton asked in surprise, “Caustic soda? Before he was sent to prison, I specifically instructed not to let anyone see him. How did Randall get the packet of caustic soda?”
Ethan touched the watch on his wrist. He lowered his head and thought deeply, “Find out who’d seen Randall these past few days and report back to me within half an hour.”
He thought, ‘This morning, Madelyn’s expression was off after she saw this newspaper. Obviously, she knew something. She appears to be afraid and shows resistance toward him. Otherwise, why’d she leave the Jent family and not even want to stay in her own home?”
Leyton nodded, “Okay.”
Soon, he found out the information. Surveillance cameras captured a black car that arrived at Ventropolis First Prison. And the person who got out of the car was Zach. Ethan thought, ‘It’s really him.’
Leyton said, “According to the surveillance footage, from the time he entered to the time he left, it was a total of one hour. What’s strange is that he met Randall alone in the interrogation room. And during that one hour, other than his assistant, no one knew what they’d talked about.
“After that, he died the next day. This is too suspicious.”
Ethan lowered his head and chuckled sarcastically, “So ambitious! I should’ve guessed earlier that he wasn’t that simple. All the troubles that Madelyn had encountered before this are probably related to him.
“Find out what he’s been doing in the Jent family all these years…”
