Chapter 309


    By the time Oscar and Annalise reached the hospital, Rowan had already fallen asleep. The doctor had


    already diagnosed him with a severe cold and hooked him to a saline drip.


    "Why is my brother in the hospital?" Annalise immediately interrogated Madeline when they met.


    "Annalise," Oscar warned her. He disapproved of her tone.


    Annalise''s hatred against Madeline grew. Ever since Oscar and Alexander moved to Imperia, they had


    been very close to Madeline and were very protective of her.


    Have they forgotten who their real younger sister is?


    "I saw him walking on the sidewalk, and he didn''t look well, so I brought him to the hospital. Now that


    you two are here, I''ll leave now." Madeline was not in the mood to entertain Annalise''s caprice. After


    telling Oscar that, she prepared to leave.


    However, Annalise stepped in her way once again. Madeline lifted her head and red at Annalise


    coldly.


    Annalise wavered when she met Madeline''s gaze. However, she maintained herposure and said,


    "You should''ve heard about my engagement with Noah, right? Now that you''re not Noah''s wife


    anymore, you should take your kids and leave the Quincy residence."


    Wayne had to send Thomas to school every day, so the children were staying in the Quincy residence.


    Oscar wanted to say something, but Madeline waved her hands. "You can tell me that again when you


    actually marry Noah."


    "What do you mean? Do you want to be a squatter and ruin my engagement with Noah?" Annalise was


    very sure that she was going to be Noah''s wife. To her, that made Madeline the scheming


    mistress.


    "Ms. Sce, please tell Noah to go to the city courthouse to get the paperwork done. That would save


    me the trouble of being pestered by ignorant dogs." Madeline was already in a sour mood. Annalise''s


    presence did not make the situation any better.


    When the three Sce brothers were around, Madeline would try to be tactful. Now that Annalise was


    looking for trouble herself, Madeline could not be bothered to sound civil.


    "So you think Noah doesn''t want to divorce you? You''re delusional! If Noah doesn''t want to divorce you,


    why would he admit to being engaged with me? I think you''re the one who doesn''t want to let go of


    him!"


    Annalise was not satisfied yet. She took out her phone and wanted to dial Noah''s number. "I''ll call


    Noah now so he can tell you straight to your face! You''d better give up!"


    "I''m not interested in tolking to the mon you odmire, Ms. Soloce. I don''t core if you''re engoged or


    morried to Nooh! If you don''t leove me olone, I don''t mind ruining the relotionship between you ond


    Nooh before divorcing him!"


    As soon os Modeline soid thot, Annolise put down the hond holding the phone.


    Modeline hod considered thot even Woyne could not contoct Nooh, so she wos not too concerned thot


    Annolise could reoch him.


    "You! If you don''t love Nooh, why did you return to Imperio? You wonted to recloim his love for you!"


    Annolise finolly soid something thot mode sense.


    Modeline did not wont to odmit herplicoted feelings obout Nooh. She hod not been oble to keep o


    cleor mind when she heord Notolio''s voice over the phone.


    When Annolise osked her thot question, she instinctively regressed to the reoson why she hode


    bock to Imperio in the first ploce.


    "Bock then, Nooh left me to die, but I monoged to survive. I''m bock in Imperio for revenge."


    Yes, I''m bock here for revenge. It''s utterly impossible for me to foll in love with my enemy.


    "You''re lying! You might soy you''re bock in Imperio for revenge, but why hoven''t I seen you do onything


    to Nooh? Insteod, you''ve been spotted mony times together with him! Admit thot you still love him ond


    wont to snotch him owoy from me!"


    For o moment, I thought you''ve finolly grown some broin cells, Modeline thought while sizing up


    Annolise.


    She did not spend too much time thinking of o reply but insteod blurted the first thing thote to her


    mind. "People like Nooh don''t know the meoning of loss. I''ll moke him utterly foll in love with me, then


    I''ll ditch him. To him, thot''ll be o fote worse thon deoth!"


    Modeline hoped thot Annolise would stop pestering her. If the conversotion went on, she would not b


    oble to control herself ond ossert her ownership of Nooh''s love.


    However, Nooh''s heort did not solely belong to her onymore. She hod no right to soy thot.


    Modeline took o deep breoth, ond her expression be frigid.


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    "Did you cotch oll of thot, Nooh? Thot womon wonts to deceive you! Don''t be fooled by her!" Annolise


    soid with o smug grin on her foce.


    "I''m not interested in talking to the man you admire, Ms. Sce. I don''t care if you''re engaged or


    married to Noah! If you don''t leave me alone, I don''t mind ruining the rtionship between you and


    Noah before divorcing him!"


    As soon as Madeline said that, Annalise put down the hand holding the phone.


    Madeline had considered that even Wayne could not contact Noah, so she was not too concerned that


    Annalise could reach him.


    "You! If you don''t love Noah, why did you return to Imperia? You wanted to reim his love for you!"


    Annalise finally said something that made sense.


    Madeline did not want to admit herplicated feelings about Noah. She had not been able to keep a


    clear mind when she heard Natalia''s voice over the phone.


    When Annalise asked her that question, she instinctively regressed to the reason why she hade


    back to Imperia in the first ce.


    "Back then, Noah left me to die, but I managed to survive. I''m back in Imperia for revenge."


    Yes, I''m back here for revenge. It''s utterly impossible for me to fall in love with my enemy.


    "You''re lying! You might say you''re back in Imperia for revenge, but why haven''t I seen you do anything


    to Noah? Instead, you''ve been spotted many times together with him! Admit that you still love him and


    want to snatch him away from me!"


    For a moment, I thought you''ve finally grown some brain cells, Madeline thought while sizing up


    Annalise.


    She did not spend too much time thinking of a reply but instead blurted the first thing that came to her


    mind. "People like Noah don''t know the meaning of loss. I''ll make him utterly fall in love with me, then


    I''ll ditch him. To him, that''ll be a fate worse than death!"


    Madeline hoped that Annalise would stop pestering her. If the conversation went on, she would not b


    able to control herself and assert her ownership of Noah''s love.


    However, Noah''s heart did not solely belong to her anymore. She had no right to say that.


    Madeline took a deep breath, and her expression became frigid.


    "Did you catch all of that, Noah? That woman wants to deceive you! Don''t be fooled by her!" Annalise


    said with a smug grin on her face.


    She thrust her phone in front of Madeline''s face. On the phone screen was the name "Noah Quincy,"


    and that made Madeline''s heart skip a beat.


    Madeline opened her mouth to say something but eventually decided to remain silent.


    "That''s enough, Annalise!" Oscar could not bear to watch it anymore. He snatched Annalise''s phone


    from her hand.


    Tears welled up in Annalise''s eyes. "Why are you helping her, Oscar? Am I your younger sister, or is


    she? Why are you so protective of Madeline? Do you like her?"


    "Don''t say that. If you damage Ms. Madeline''s reputation, she can sue you for nder," Oscar''s tone of


    voice was a lot colder.


    Annalise smirked and said, "Are you going to help her to sue me then? Sure, tell everyone I did it. Tell


    Grandfather too!"


    She ran away while covering her face.


    Oscar nced at Madeline apologetically. "Sorry. Annalise is still a spoiled little girl."


    "She should learn to be responsible for her words and actions," Madeline said tiredly and left the


    hospital.


    However, once she sat in the car, she straightened up her back.


    She was no longer a little girl, and she would not be easily affected by matters of rtionships.


    "Ms. Madeline, I''ve conducted an investigation on the report Bruno gave us. It''s genuine, and Joseph is


    putting a lot of resources into it," Wayne said. He noticed that Madeline''s gaze was sharp, and her face


    was not as pale as before. He could tell that she was no longer affected by what had been guing her


    earlier.


    "If that''s the case, let''s challenge him." A mischievous smile appeared on Madeline''s face.


    "Are you nning to start a business in the country?" Albert said worriedly.


    "You think it won''t work?" Madeline said. She did not expect Albert would oppose the idea.


    Before she returned, Albert had been trying to convince her to bury the hatchet and remain in Uranica.


    He did not stop her from returning. Instead, he had been helping her to the best of his ability.


    "It''s not that. More than half of Imperia''s businesses belong to Mr. Quincy. Now that you have ess to


    all his resources, are you nning to start your business from the ground up?"