Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved novel Chapter 137

Chapter 137

At the Clark family’s residence.

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Thomas returned home, exhausted. He and saw a group of workers moving in and out.

He frowned and stopped a servant, asking, “What’s going on here?”

The servant cautiously replied, “Mrs. Clark said she wants to redecorate Ms. Natasha’s room.”

Ever since Olivia suddenly “went abroad,” the atmosphere at home has been very tense.

Andrew and Thomas were incredibly busy every day, their spirits declining day by day. Noel even moved directly into an apartment near his school, rarely coming back. After Madeline had a serious illness, she had been rambling and crying constantly.

Even the servants had become much more cautious in their speech and actions.

Thomas irritably pinched his brow, waved his hand, and said, “You may leave.”

He glanced in the direction of the second floor, took a deep breath, pursed his lips, and walked upstairs to find Madeline.

Madeline sat on the carpet in a utility room, surrounded by several old boxes whose contents had been pulled out and piled together.

Thomas glanced at them. They were all children’s toys.

He squatted down and picked up one of the dolls, “Mom, why are you tidying these?”

Madeline had lost a significant amount of weight. What Olivia did left her unable to accept that the daughter she had so carefully raised could become someone so cruel and malicious.

And that day at the theater, many noblewomen in her circle were present. She could only endure their sarcastic mockery for her blindness.

Madeline almost cut off all social interactions, either visiting Olivia in prison or staying at home,

Only when she re–examined her family with a new perspective did she realize she truly owed her daughter so much.

She didn’t even dare to think if Natasha’s accident that forced her to leave the stage back then was truly orchestrated by Olivia.

Madeline took the doll from Thomas’s hand, “This is Natasha’s.”

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A bittersweet expression on her face, she said, “I just realized that ever since she turned 6, I never bought her another toy.”

After the age of six, Natasha became her tool for atonement.

Madeline thought perhaps her life was destined for chaos ever since Andrew mistook her at home. Despite recognizing him as Emilia’s blind date, she inexplicably chose to remain silent.

From a young age, Madeline couldn’t compare to her sister in anything except beauty.

She was not as intelligent, as sophisticated, or as charming as Emilia.

The day before she met Andrew, she had just argued with Emilia.

Andrew didn’t recognize Emilia, but Madeline knew that Emilia had known Andrew for a long time and had harbored a crush on him for years.

However, her pride prevented her from telling anyone about it.

Madeline only discovered this by chance after reading her sister’s diary.

At that time, she defiantly thought, ‘You all favor my sister, so I’ll make the person she likes fall for me.‘

Perhaps Andrew truly preferred the beautiful, innocent, yet slightly scheming younger sister over the intelligent and proud older sister. Madeline’s plan went smoothly.

Emilia was truly devastated.

She couldn’t accept losing a major life event to her sister, whom she had always looked down on and considered inferior.

After Andrew and Madeline got together, Emilia, out of spite, hastily married her ex- husband, who was outwardly impressive but inwardly corrupt.

From then on, one wrong step led to a cascade of misfortunes.

She not only fell into an abyss herself, but even her young daughter suffered alongside her.

Madeline always felt guilty about Emilia’s misfortune, believing she played a part in her sister’s failed life.

Natasha’s grandmother often said she was foolish.

Madeline was indeed foolish, not entirely bad, nor truly good.

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She couldn’t enjoy her good life with a clear conscience, especially after Emilia died saving

Natasha.

Every time she was kind to Natasha, she was reminded of her tragically lost sister.

It was like a constant reminder of her past despicable actions.

Madeline found an outlet for her guilt in the two girls of the next generation.

She went to great lengths to treat Olivia well, constantly suppressing and ignoring Natasha.

Perhaps at first she was reluctant and felt pity. But over time, she truly loved Olivia as her own daughter.

She also projected her love for Natasha onto Olivia.

Outsiders said Madeline had lost her mind, but only she knew she was paying for her past

mistakes.

However, her daughter suffered all the consequences on her behalf.

Natasha was actually the most innocent one.

Thomas was silent for a long time before wiping away the tears that had quietly fallen from his mother’s eyes. “Mom, what’s past is past. You can’t keep trapping yourself in remorse.”

Madeline suddenly grabbed his hand. “Thomas, can we bring Natasha back? I’ll make it up to her. From now on, I’ll be a good mother, like I was before she turned six.”

Her plea was heart–wrenching.

Thomas squeezed her hand back. “It will be alright.”

He was lying. Thomas knew things wouldn’t get better.

Alexei left the Clark family hanging by a thread, making them run themselves ragged, all to no avail. With that tiny glimmer of hope, they didn’t dare to give up entirely.

He and his father were exhausted every day. Their efforts were all meaningless.

He sometimes felt that Alexei should have just put them out of their misery.

He was well aware that Alexei was taking revenge for Natasha.

He just didn’t know where that final heavy blow would come from.

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