They Want Me Back When It's Too Late (Jessica and Brian) novel Chapter 167

Chapter 167

Madeline stepped out of Brian’s office and ran into a coworker carrying breakfast. She breakfast bag in his hands.

“Good morning, Madeline,” the coworker said.

“Morning.” Madeline gave a perfunctory response while staring at him until the

Madeline?”

“Not yet.”

“Then…” The coworker caught on and held out the breakfast bag. “Want some?”

his

path with a casual expression, her eyes fixed on the

shifted uncomfortably and asked, “Have you had breakfast yet,

“Thanks.” Madeline casually accepted the breakfast and scurried back to her office in her heels.

The plastic bag contained a boiled egg and four bagels. She found an empty f

media accounts.

I container and snapped two photos, posting them on both her social

On her main account, she set it so only Jessica could see. [An egg I literally can’t afford. Someone’s afraid I won’t like regular boiled eggs, so he uses organic free–range eggs with truffle salt.]

Madeline bit into the egg and took another photo with the caption: [I have to admit, it actually tastes pretty good.]

After posting, Madeline let out a cold, sinister laugh. “That bitch! She’s asking Brian for a divorce but still has the nerve to enjoy his care!”

She felt Jessica was being two–faced, talking about divorcing Brian while secretly accepting his attempts to win her back. And that calculating woman had gotten herself pregnant to manipulate Brian and Jacob.

Madeline was burning with jealousy. Part of her knew logically that Jessica’s character wouldn’t allow her to do something like th

But another part suspected Jessica was deeply cunning, that she’d planned everything perfectly. Get pregnant in secret, then pretend to want a divorce to shock Brian into changing his mind.

“Maddie, can you go queue up for lemon scones for me?” Jacob blurted our name flashed on the screen. “Hey, Jake,” Madeline answered.

twith

He’d just arrived at school and heard from his classmates that the pastries at Sprin

That was when they tasted the best.

even saying hello.

Joy Bakery were freshest in the morning, still warm from the oven.

But he couldn’t skip class this early in the semester. The teacher would definitely call his parents.

“Jake, I’m actually-”

“Please, Maddie? Please?” Jacob whined over the phone.

A cold glint flashed in Madeline’s eyes. Then, as if struck by an amusing thought, a sly smile curved her lips. “Alright, I’ll go get them for you. After all, I’d do anything for my favorite Jake.”

“Thanks, Maddie! You’re my favorite too!” Jacob responded automatically. In his memories, spending time with Madeline had always been fun. Madeline’s eyes gleamed as she pressed the record button. Her voice turned sweet and soft. “Jake, can you say that again? Who do you love the most?” Jacob had no idea what Madeline was plotting. Besides, he genuinely liked her a lot, so he answered right away. “Jake loves Maddie the most

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