Chapter 261

Madeline looked at the man who had emerged from the crowd and she could feel her spirit leaving her body. She had not seen him for three years, but the person in front of her was still bright-eyed and handsome. There was an added sense of maturity that was not there before on his sharp features. He walked toward her, her face reflecting in his pitch-dark eyes. There was an unspeakable joy and surprise in them. “Maddie, it is you…” Daniel looked at her intensely, his voice still gentle and warm. “I’m sorry. I’m not Madeline Crawford.” Madeline frowned in annoyance. “If you guys are just here to see if I look like Madeline Crawford, then please leave. I have a business to run,” she said coldly before turning around. When her face was out of Daniel and Ava’s sight, she lowered her gaze. ‘Ava, Dan, I’m sorry. Please forgive me for my cruelness.’ “Maddie!” Ava did not give up and grabbed Madeline’s hand. “Maddie, why have you become like this? You’re my Maddie. Why do you pretend not