Twin Cupids at Work Daddy Come Home novel Chapter 755

"Madeline rigged this whole thing! She deliberately shoved me into my brother's arms and locked us in here! She wanted us to... to..." Denise sobbed, choking on her own tears.

"Madeline!" Matthew roared, absolute venom dripping from his voice. "Where the hell is she?! Someone find her and drag her here immediately!"

"Were you looking for me?" Madeline's cool, even voice drifted out from the hallway.

Every head in the room whipped around.

"Madeline?" Alianna murmured, a spike of dread hitting her chest.

Seeing Madeline looking perfectly composed without a hair out of place, Jane's jaw went slack. "What on earth?"

Alianna shook her head, frantically whispering to her mother. "I don't get it. She was definitely in there. I heard her voice with my own ears."

Where did the plan fall apart?

She knew she had heard Madeline screaming. How had she miraculously swapped places with Denise?

More importantly, Madeline had been trapped in that toxic cloud for nearly twenty minutes. That aphrodisiac was insidiously potent. Look at Lincoln, he had completely lost his grip on reality. It was biologically impossible for Madeline to be standing there unaffected.

Alianna locked onto Madeline's face, desperate to find even the slightest twitch of weakness.

Madeline met her stare head-on. The sheer, terrifying weight behind Madeline's eyes made Alianna's heart stutter with sudden panic.

Letting out a massive breath of relief, Julian closed the distance between them. "Where did you go?"

"Just stepped out for some fresh air."

Julian reached out, firmly grasping her hand.

The moment his cool skin made contact with hers, a violent shudder ripped through Madeline's frame. She instinctively tried to yank her hand away.

Julian narrowed his eyes. Under the harsh hallway lights, he could see the unnatural flush creeping up her neck. Her skin was burning like a furnace.

A dangerous frost settled over his striking features. "What's wrong with you? Are you hurt?"

Madeline bit her lower lip hard enough to taste copper, desperately fighting the chemical fire in her blood. "Can we please just leave?"

She knew if she stayed on her feet any longer, she was going to completely collapse.

Understanding instantly, Julian pulled her tight against his side, offering himself as a pillar of support. "Alright. We're going."

But leaning against his solid, muscular chest only poured gasoline on the fire ravaging her nervous system. She was operating on sheer willpower now.

"Madeline Monroe, you did this to my children! You evil bitch!" Debra shrieked, charging into the hall with her claws bared.

Julian threw his arm up, brutally deflecting her attack. "If you can't speak to her with respect, then keep your mouth shut."

"Julian! You're still protecting her?!"

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