Chapter 128 Pay for Your Actions
Before this, he didn’t like Madeline very much, and he liked Angie simply because he was her brother. He couldn’t think of any other reason.
However, now that Angie’s true colors were revealed, her real identity was also exposed.
Angie wasn’t his sister; Madeline was.
Madeline was already quite talented, and when he saw her as her brother, he thought he had never seen a girl as outstanding as Madeline before.
With a wonderful sister like that, he felt extremely proud of it.
Furthermore, his parents especially loved Madeline and tried their best to make it up to her. As such, he didn’t want to hinder them.
He had angered his mom so much that the latter had to be sent to the operation room. After his mom woke up, he went and apologized to her.
When he apologized to his mom, he had never been so uneasy in his life; his face was pale and his legs were wobbly. As soon as he saw his mom, he kneeled in apology toward her. Before he could say anything, his tears fell first.
He was terrified and scared that his mom would blame him and say she didn’t want him anymore.
His mom was so nice to him, but he had angered his mom to the point of jeopardizing her health.
When he saw his mom lying weakly on the bed, he felt like slapping himself to death.
However, his mom didn’t blame him and comforted him instead, saying that she was happy enough to know that he had repented. The feud between parents and their children never lasted very long, so naturally, she wasn’t angry anymore.
While he sighed in relief, he also felt terribly sorry for his mom.
His parents asked him specifically to prepare the welcoming cocktail party for Madeline, and he wasn’t the least bit resistant as he agreed without hesitation. He also put his mind to it, hoping that he could organize the perfect cocktail party. He wanted it to be a part of his compensation toward Madeline for foolishly treating her like that, and he also wanted to prove to his parents that he truly accepted Madeline as his sister so that they didn’t have to worry, especially his mom.
Now, his mom cared less about them brothers as Madeline became the real apple of his mom’s eye.
His mom loved Madeline so much and treated her so well that he thought he should be as nice as he could to Madeline; only then could his mom be happy and rest assured.
On the day before the cocktail party, the evening dress and jewelry which Crystal had custom-ordered for Madeline finally arrived at Wendel House.
Crystal immediately brought Madeline to try on the dress and jewelry in excitement.
Madeline put on the dress and jewelry, and when she emerged from the fitting room, Crystal simply couldn’t take her eyes off her.
Even before Crystal knew that Madeline was her daughter, she already knew that Madeline was beautiful.
In fact, she was the most beautiful girl Crystal had ever seen.
She even felt pity for Madeline as she thought that the woman had been born into the wrong family.
This girl who had astonishing beauty would have an entirely different life if she were born in a slightly more decent family.
It was a pity that such a beautiful girl had to be Cameron’s daughter.
Cameron’s reputation was down the drain, so no matter how beautiful her daughter was, her daughter could never dream of marrying into a rich family.
The richer a family was, the more careful they were to uphold their reputation. None of them would want to be in-laws with a terrible woman like that.
Afterward, in order to save Sam, Madeline attempted the test tube baby procedure and gave birth to Aldo and Buddy. Back then, Crystal felt even more pity for her.
She came from a less-than-ideal background, and she even became a single mother out of wedlock. No matter how beautiful Madeline was, the beauty was wasted on her. Her best option in the future would be to marry a normal man from a decent family. However, she would never be able to marry into a prestigious family.
However, life had its twists and turns, and it was also full of mystery.
It turned out that Madeline wasn’t Cameron’s daughter after all. Instead, she was Crystal and Michael’s daughter.
Meanwhile, Aldo and Buddy were actually Sebastian’s sons!
Her daughter’s fate took a turn and blasted right through the skies.
Now, the Madeline standing before her was wearing a fitting evening dress paired with jewelry worth more than ten million. Her beauty had bloomed so brilliantly that no one could take their eyes off her.
The more Crystal looked at Madeline, the more emotional she got. She took Madeline’s hands as she examined Madeline over and over again. She couldn’t be more proud and loving.
She had never met a girl more beautiful than her daughter. Madeline’s skin was so pretty and supple that it was like suet jade of the best grade. Her eyes were sparkling like stars, and her nose was well-shaped. Her lips were naturally red, her eyebrows naturally on fleek. Her aura was even more magnificent; charming but not seductive, it was proper and elegant, and even had an otherworldly touch to it.
As Crystal stared at Madeline, she took the latter’s hand in loving joy and kept admiring her.
Madeline felt a little uneasy by Crystal’s gaze. She was about to say something when the butler announced that George and his family had arrived.
The welcoming cocktail party for Madeline would be held tomorrow, and George and his family had come to Wendel City a day earlier.
Crystal was on good terms with both her brothers, so when she heard from the butler that George was here, she immediately led Madeline outside to welcome him in joy.
Madeline said, “Mom, shouldn’t I change out of my clothes?”
“It’s alright,” Crystal said happily, “We have to show your Uncle George and Aunt Holly how pretty our Madeline is! They will definitely stare in amazement!”
Madeline smiled. “Mom, you’re exaggerating.”
“Not at all,” Crystal said proudly, “I guarantee that be it Wendel City or Dusktown, there will never be a girl prettier than my darling Madeline!”
Since she was unable to convince Crystal otherwise, Madeline could only let herself be led by the hand to the living room.
George and his family weren’t mere guests, for their car drove in from the entrance and pulled up at the staircase in front of the living room.
The Wendels’ bodyguard jogged over and opened the door for the visitors.
Meanwhile, George and his family got out of the car.
There was George and his wife, Holly, and also the siblings Ethan, Stephen, and Katie. The family of five was all present.
Katie walked behind George and his biological family, and when she looked at Madeline, uneasiness crept into her expression.
Madeline couldn’t forget that day when she was falsely accused by Katie, Angie, and Isabel that she stole Katie’s jewelry. Similarly, Katie couldn’t forget that incident.
If Madeline looked at that incident with injustice and unresignment, Katie looked at it with uneasiness and fear.
She had actually arranged that incident herself, and she knew more than anyone the truth of that incident.
Even though it happened more than ten years ago, every time she saw Madeline, she would still remember that incident.
It had been better previously since Madeline had been taken in and her position was lower. Hence, Katie wasn’t scared that Madeline would cause an uproar about this.
However, now that Madeline had transformed into the only young mistress of the Wendel Family, Katie began to feel afraid.
She feared that Madeline would dig up the past and realize that she wasn’t the daughter of George and Holly.
Similar to Madeline, she was simply taken in by the Taylors.
The difference between them was that Phoebe and Isabel had treated Madeline terribly, so Madeline’s days at Nigel’s house were unbearable.
As for Katie, the wife of the second son of the Taylors was her aunt, and Holly had loved her like her own daughter. George and his sons also pampered her.
Even so, the fact that she wasn’t part of the Taylors remained unchanged—she was only taken in.
George and Holly liked her, so she could act like a pampered young mistress in the Taylor Family.
If George and Holly disliked her, however, she would be sent back to her father’s family.
Her father’s family was poor, and her father had even married a vicious woman.
If she were sent back to that home, her life would be done for.
