Chapter 301
301 – Part Of Her Game
Madeline:
I started to walk toward the cabin again with my children. The moment I reached it, I heard Lady Eugenia speaking with Yuvonne.
“Why is this file in your hand?” she asked her angrily.
“ I thought I would deliver it myself. It would put me in Baxter’s good books,” Yuvonne uttered very softly, and my body stiffened in anger.
“You silly girl, this is not how you win his heart. This is an important matter. It needs to be done properly, and I don’t think you can do it,” Lady Eugenia almost yelled at her.
I made sure my kids were not wandering around or squeaking the floorboard under us.
“But all I need is for you or Lord Jonah to walk with me. Of course, I’m not going alone. This place is scary, ” Yuvonne uttered.
I heard a slap and could tell Lady Eugenia had slapped her own forehead.
“This is not about you, Yuvonne. This is about my son. Give this file to Madeline. You’re traumatized anyway. You can’t walk around without crying every few minutes,” Lady Eugenia argued.
As she spoke, I walked into the cabin and saw Yuvonne’s face change color.
“I was just saying how I would go and give it to Alpha Byron,” Yuvonne said smiling, though her smile looked fake and forced.
“I gave this file to you. If you didn’t want to do it, you should have told me. You didn’t have to waste time,” Lady Eugenia remarked, snatching the file out of Yuvonne’s hands.
However, I grabbed it from Lady Eugenia’s hand.
“There will be no need. I’ll go and do it quickly,” I said, adjusting my children’s bags again and walking out.
This time, I did not stop for Yuvonne to come out, and she did not come out either.
By the time night arrived, I was back home with my children. I had bought them ice cream cones on the way. Thankfully, Baxter had given me some money.
The moment I arrived, I noticed there was a meeting going on in the cabin. Lady Eugenia was sitting right across from Baxter, as if she had sat him down for this conversation. His father was seated next to his wife, and Yuvonne was standing beside Baxter.
They all went silent, and their eyes turned to me. Baxter looked a little concerned. However, Eugenia stepped forward and cleared her throat.
“Kids, let’s go to the room, okay? The adults will have a conversation now,” Yuvonne stated.
My kids reluctantly walked away with her when I gestured for them. She also took my purse from me, as if I had to prepare for a big war now. Once she had taken my children to the room, she stepped out again to take Lady Eugenia’s folded laundry to her bedroom. Then she returned and waited for the conversation to start.
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“What is it?” I asked curiously, noticing how Lady Eugenia was glaring at me.
Before anyone could respond, she got to her feet in haste, glaring down at me.
“ Why don’t you tell us, huh? Why don’t you tell us what is going on?” she almost screamed, making my eyes widen.
“Mother, you don’t have to shout at her,” Baxter snapped instantly, telling his mother to lower her voice.
“You’re going to shout at me for her?” she screamed at him this time.
“I’m not shouting at you. I’m just letting you know that my children are in the room. You should not be speaking to their mother like that,” he replied.
As he defended me, my eyes landed on Yuvonne.
“Well then, good luck telling your children why you’re going to jail,” she yelled again.
Baxter turned to look at me before facing his mother once more.
“What the heck is going on? Can you please tell me, clearly?” he insisted.
“Your wife took the files from my bedroom, the important files we were supposed to return to the council, and gave them to Byron,” she screamed.
As those words left her mouth, I felt as if my soul had left my body.
I gulped hard and looked at Eugenia, who gave me a small nod, as a reminder that this was what she had been warning me about and that I should have listened.
“Ask her, ask her where she is coming back from. She went ahead and met that scumbag Byron, and ask her why. Is it because she thinks you are no longer the alpha who can give her everything?” she continued to yell while Baxter pointed at her.
“You will not be saying all these things about her,” he warned her again, this time in a harsh but lower tone, afraid the kids might get scared by all the commotion.
“Well then, ask her why she betrayed you,” she pushed him to question me, and when he did not, she turned to me herself. “Tell him. Tell him what you did,” she demanded, placing her hands on her waist.
“What is going on, Madeline? What is she talking about? I know for a fact you are not stupid enough to just take the file and leave. So what is going on?” Baxter was right. I was not stupid enough.
I dropped the initial act of shock and smiled at Lady Eugenia in confusion.
“I don’t know what she is talking about. I don’t know what file, what Byron,” I said, watching Lady Eugenia’s face turn pale and her jaw drop. 1
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