Chapter 222
He stared at her like he was looking right at a thief. Kimberly suddenly felt ashamed and angry, and
she bit her lower lip in fear.
"Who said that you stole something?"
Maddox''s voice was neither cold nor warm, but it made Kimberly feel cold. She clenched her fists
and asked, "What do you mean by that question?"
Maddox thought of his suit which had lost its buttons.
After he had slept with that unknown woman the other night, he had realized that one of the buttons
on his suit hade off when he changed his clothes. He didn''t care about it because he knew he
would never wear it again without the buttons. However, he didn''t throw the suit away. He had kept
it instead.
Just now, he suddenly realized that all of the buttons on the suit were gone.
As he thought about it carefully, he knew it wasn''t Kimberly. He knew that she would not deliberately
do this kind of thing, but... who else could it be?
And at this time, Maddox couldn''t help but wonder whether the missing buttons were in that
unknown woman''s hands.
"Nothing." Maddox replied coldly and frowned, "It''s just that, are you sure you didn''t touch any of my
clothes?" Kimberly said, "What did you lose? If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you
beating around the bush?"
He remained silent. Kimberly nodded and added, "Well, I''ll talk to youter. Sylvia wants toe
over to visit Old Master. I need to go downstairs and get ready."
After that, Kimberly turned around and walked out of the room.
After she had left, Maddox turned the suit over in his hands and stared at the spot where the
buttons hade off.
He remembered that he had lost one of them, but what about the other two— where did they go?
Kimberly went downstairs and was about to wait for Sylvia at the gate. That was when she saw
Benedict sitting on the couch as she passed by the living room. He looked to be engaged in a call.
Suddenly, he turned towards her as if he had sensed something. Kimberly hurriedly walked towards
the gate.
After waiting at the gate for a few minutes, she saw Sylvia''s car approaching.
After Sylvia got out of the car, she handed the key to the housekeeper to park the car. Then she
took out a couple of things from the vehicle and followed Kimberly into the house.
"Kimberly, I am so d that you came to greet me. I thought you were angry with me. It took me a
while to get over it, so I didn''te over. I should have known better. Are you still upset?" Sylvia
asked in a low voice as she walked through the door.
Kimberly didn''t care about all this. These days, she just wanted to live a calm life. So she shook her
head and said, "No, it''s fine. Let''s go in. By the way, Old Master Yardley has gone out. He might
come back after a while."
"It doesn''t matter." Sylvia smiled and leaned over to rub her cheek. "Anyway, my main purpose was
toe and find you. Grandpa Yardley is just a side project."
Kimberly was touched by her words.
"Thank you, Sylvia."
"Well, let''s go in."
Kimberly helped her carry her things. After they stepped into the house, they bumped into Benedict.
Sylvia was very excited when she saw him.
She greeted, "Brother Yardley."
"Did youe over to hang out?" Benedict looked at them with a faint smile. He had a book in his
hands. He nced at Kimberly and realized that she was trying to avoid making eye contact with
him. His eyes darkened.
"Yes. I heard that Grandpa went out. I bought this gift for everyone." After that, Sylvia handed the
bag she was holding to Benedict and said with a smile, "I hope you don''t mind."
"You don''t have to bring gifts when youe over, you know that right?" Benedict epted the gift
bag and reminded her.
"I''m your guest. Of course, I have to bring something over." "Well then, you guys go ahead and
catch up. I have some things that I need to do." Benedict excused himself when he noticed Kimberly
getting more and more ufortable.
After he had left, Sylvia took Kimberly''s hand and walked towards the living room. "Actually, I think
Benedict is a decent gentleman. He''s so polite to everyone. This kind of guy is very good.
However... If you don''t like it, I''ll just pretend to not know anything about it. I won''t mention it again."
Kimberly was stunned and looked at Sylvia in disbelief.
"Sylvia?"
Sylvia spoke again, "Isn''t it such a surprise? We''re sisters. I''ve given it a lot of thought over the past
few days. I think I should respect your decision. After all, it''s your life. I... shouldn''t intervene too
much."
Sylvia then ced the things she was holding on the table. "Don''t be too touched by my gesture. By
the way, Grandpa Yardley hasn''te back yet. What should we do?"
"I''ll bring you around the house."
Kimberly wasn''t too familiar with the ce either. She could use this opportunity to familiarize
herself with the mansion.
So Kimberly took Sylvia to the back garden. However, Sylvia suddenly said that her stomach was
ufortable and wanted to go to the bathroom. Kimberly nodded and said, "Go ahead. I''ll wait for
you here."
"Okay, wait for me. I''ll be back soon." After Sylvia had excused herself, she walked around the long
corridor and saw Maddox not far ahead. She smiled and pretended to be surprised as she
approached him.
"Young Master Yardley? You are here..."
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On the weekends, Maddox loved to go to the garden to rx, but he didn''t expect to see Sylvia
there.
Maddox nced at her coldly. Then, he replied with a muted response.
"I''m sorry. Kimberly and I were just wandering around the house, but... I suddenly needed to use the
washroom and I got lost." Sylvia walked closer and ced her hand on Maddox''s back. She
whispered, "Young Master Yardley, aren''t I dumb?"
Maddox was speechless.
He frowned and thought to himself in disdain, "This woman..."
"Can you... show me the way to the washroom?" As she spoke, Sylvia unconsciously poked
Maddox''s back with her finger. When she saw that Maddox wasn''t responding, she slowly moved
her finger upwards, approaching his neck. Her heart pounded in her chest.
Just as her thin, slender fingers were about tond on his neck, her wrist was suddenly sped
tightly.
Maddox stared at her fiercely and asked in a lipped tone, "What do you think you''re doing?"
Sylvia was shocked. Maddox held her hand very tightly. He had never treated her like this before.
Sylvia was at a loss and gasped, "N-Nothing. Young Master Yardley... you are hurting me." She
looked at Maddox innocently through her big, watery eyes.
Looking at her watery eyes, Maddox suddenly remembered another pair of cold eyes. He thought of
that woman, Kimberly. That woman had once looked at him with her innocent eyes. But her eyes
were determined and stubborn, with a sense of determination.
Conversely, the woman in front of him was different. She was obviously pretending, just showing off
her puppy eyes.
"Nothing?" Maddox sneered, "Then, why did you approach me?"