Ophelia stood still in the monitoring room to watch the whole thing—Ted held up Cora in his arms to
enter the room and then Zachariah pounced on her.
Watching the two entangling with each other, Madeleine then took a look at Ophelia, who looked numb.
She had never expected that Ophelia would have come up with such a plan to reach the divorce, which
turned out to be a great pain for both Ophelia herself and Zachariah.
It seemed to be her first time to come to know about a different side of Ophelia. However, she could
never imagine how much pain Ophelia would have to suffer from it. But there was one thing for sure—it
would keep haunting Ophelia for the rest of her life as there was no way back.
From the screen, they could see that Zachariah was making the most violent attack while mounting on
Cora. Madeleine was rendered awkwardly blushed even just by watching on the screen. Never had she
learnt that sex would be such a scene of violence until now, which she failed to portray in her novel
writing.
Madeleine turned around and asked, “Ophelia, shall we go now?”
Numb and aloof, Ophelia watched her most beloved man entangling with another lady. Then she
replied coldly, “Wait.”
Madeleine reached out her hand to cover Ophelia’s eyes, “Stop watching it if you feel bad.”
Ophelia moved away her hand, staring at the screen, “I want my heart to be dead as soon as possible.
But now I can still feel the pain. Even though I have planned all these, I still feel like my heart is about
to drop dead. It hurts so much.”
Covering her own chest, Ophelia finally burst into tears. She leaned on Madeleine’s shoulder, sobbing,
“Madeleine, I really hate it! I hate for being mistreated by the destiny. Why? And why did I do that to
him? I really wish to spend the rest of my life with him. But it’s I who ruin my marriage with my own
hands.”
With mixed feeling surging up in her mind, Madeleine had no idea if her choice to get involved was right
or wrong.
“Ophelia, stop it. If you regret, let’s get in and pretend that nothing had happened.” Madeleine
comforted.
Ophelia shook her head with tears. But the next second, she felt like going blind again.
She raised her head from Madeleine’s shoulder, sneering bitterly, “Madeleine, my eyes have gone blind
once again. Don’t you think I, a blind one, never deserve to be Mrs. Chambers?”
Madeleine waved in front of her eyes. But Ophelia made no response.
Madeleine grabbed her hands tight, “Ophelia, don’t push yourself so hard! You’re gonna go crazy!”
Ophelia shook off her own hands from her grip to cover her own face, crying, “I have gone crazy long
ago!”
Just the day before yesterday, she was having a wonderful time for the whole night with Zachariah on a
yacht.
But today, she came up with such a plan—she actualized a sex affair between her own husband and
Cora. Perhaps only when she had gone crazy would she do so.
She had been claiming how much she loved Zachariah. However, it was she herself who made this
tough decision to end the marriage, and even to end the chance for Tommy to spend time with his own
father.
“Ophelia, calm down. If you don’t want it, we leave now!” Madeleine knelt on her front, begging for her
composure.
Ophelia had been taking too much burden. She was afraid the plan this time would push Ophelia to the
edge of collapse. And it surely did harm to her eyes as well. What was more, the blood clot in her brain
would deteriorate and keep on pressing against her nerve, which might cause something worse than
blindness—her life would be put into danger.
Madeleine could never afford to take the risk.
Ophelia grabbed her hands, “We are not leaving. Otherwise, everything we’ve done will be in vain.”
Perhaps even the destiny couldn’t bear to be so rude to her. The blindness only haunted her for less
than two hours. When Ophelia could see again, she said calmly, “Let’s get in.”
Madeleine grabbed her hand, “Are you sure?”
Ophelia let out a bitter smile, “Madeleine, we have to…”
Madeleine only replied with silence.
Both of them then entered the room. Though Ophelia deemed herself well-prepared enough to see
whatever happened, she still felt like her heart went dead for seconds when she saw it in such a close
distance.
Pain crawled on her all over, making her suffocated.
She almost fell down because of pain. Madeleine hurried to steady her, “We’d better leave.”
Ophelia shook her head to hold back the pain, “Madeleine, the effect of the philter is about to be gone.
Get some cold water, splash on them to wake them up. Remember, pretend to be real! You should
know how to act real as an experienced novelist.”
Looking at the two sleeping on the bed, Madeleine hesitated, “Ophelia, are you sure?”
Ophelia stared at her sadly, begging, “Madeleine, please, stop convincing me. I feel like being a fool if
you keep reminding me.”
Madeleine didn’t insist again. She entered the bathroom and then walked out with a basket half filled
with water. She splashed it onto the bed emotionlessly.
Both of them got woken up instantly. Zachariah hurried to dodge out of shock when he clearly saw who
was actually sleeping with him.
He huffed seriously, “Cora, why are you here?”
Then he felt like being struck by a bolt from the blue when seeing both Ophelia and Madeleine standing
behind him. Everything around seemed to be frozen.
He always stayed composed even when facing a business crisis. However, this time he was rendered
panic, not knowing what to do.
He grabbed the quilt to cover his own body, while Cora clung to him again, “Zach, I need the quilt.”
Zachariah pushed her away. He got off the bed with himself wrapped in quilt. He walked over to
Ophelia with great panic, “Ophelia, I…”
Ophelia tried hard to hold back her tears. She looked away, saying sadly, “Put on some clothes.”
Staring at her, he had to dress himself first. And so did Cora.
She ran over to Zachariah to cling to him again after getting dressed.
“Zach, you gotta take the responsibility for doing this.” Said Cora with a blushed face.
But Zachariah pushed her away, with his brain going all blank. He explained powerlessly, “Ophelia,
that’s not what happened. I…I…I don’t know how she just…”
Words for explanation failed him at this moment. However, when he woke up, he did clearly notice that
he was having sex with Cora. But he had no idea what happened. He went here just to spend some
romantic hours with Ophelia. But it turned out that he got caught on the bed.
Commonly speaking, he would soon notice there was something fishy as he had always been
discerning. However, now his mind was in a mess. He failed to logically analyze every possibility. Nor
did he doubt why Madeleine also showed up here. He was left no time to think about all these
suspicious clues.
Ophelia finally burst into silent tears.
“Zach, you gotta take the responsibility for doing this.” Said Cora with a blushed face.
But Zachariah pushed her away, with his brain going all blank. He explained powerlessly, “Ophelia,
that’s not what happened. I...I...1 don’t know how she just...”
Words for explanation failed him at this moment. However, when he woke up, he did clearly notice that
he was having sex with Cora. But he had no idea what happened. He went here just to soend some
romantic hours with Ophelia. But it turned out that he got caught on the bed.
Commonly speaking, he would soon notice there was something fishy as he had always been
discerning. However, now his mind was in a mess. He failed to logically analyze every possibility. Nor
did he doubt why Madeleine also showed up here. He was left no time to think about all these
suspicious clues.
Ophelia finally burst into silent tears.
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