You, Me and Our Genius Twins
Chapter 201

Chapter 201

"Stop!" The more Madeline listened, the closer she was to losing her temper. She couldn't hold thediscomfort in her anymore and she finally interrupted Luke's story, "Enough! I don't want to hear itanymore! Your stepmother's behavior isn't how a person should behave!"

She wasn't known as someone good at scolding people. She wasn't going to scold anyone at themoment because all she wanted to do was beat them up now.

If she could meet Luke's stepmother right now, she wouldn't hesitate to seize the opportunity to beatthe said woman up, even at the cost of imprisonment.

Never had she held such resentment against someone; it was deeper than the resentment she heldagainst Phoebe and Isabel Taylor.

Madeline found it difficult to accept everything that Luke told her. His words not only stung her heart,but also caused her body to ache as she cried out again, "How could she do that to you? The thingsshe did were inhumane!"

"You're right. She's an animal." Agreeing with her statement, Luke dug his nails into his palms in anattempt to use the pain to distract him from reliving the nightmares. "Maddie, after everything I've toldyou just now, I want you to know that I lied to you. Getting bullied doesn't mean you are inferior toanyone. The bullies are the ones who shall be d*mned instead. Therefore, you can pursue your truelove as you like. Sebastian Hart is nothing compared to you. He shall even count himself lucky to haveyou! All the things I've told you before were a lie. I said those words because I thought you would havesympathy for me after listening to my story and end up marrying me. Please don't take them seriously."

As she was taken aback by him coming clean, Madeline struggled to replace a proper response. "This is

what you're trying to tell me by sharing your story?"

"Of course!" He explained further, "I was worried that you believed my words and would look down onyourself. I don't want to see you putting yourself in a vulnerable position when you are dealing withSebastian. You have to remember, it was a lie after all. You are too good for him. On the contrary, hedoesn't deserve you. You'll always be the best, or else I wouldn't have come all the way to see you.Nobody on Earth can even be compared to you."

"I understand. Never once had I thought about myself not being compatible with someone." Looking atLuke, Madeline hesitated before she asked, "Do you mind sharing what happened after Logan and youwent back to Capitol?"

"Sure." He readily agreed to the request. "Why not?"

"Tell me, then. I asked around to replace out about your wellbeing after you left, but there's still so much Idon't know," Madeline stated, to which Luke asked, "What do you want to know? I will tell youeverything."

"Stop!" The more Madeline listened, the closer she was to losing her temper. She couldn't hold thediscomfort in her anymore and she finally interrupted Luke's story, "Enough! I don't want to hear itanymore! Your stepmother's behavior isn't how a person should behave!"Madeline pondered for a moment before she bombarded him with questions. "How have you been?Revenge must be very tough, isn't it? Did you struggle with your life there?"

Even though she bombarded him with questions, he only answered with a "no". As he rememberedsomething, he sneered, "I bet you can't even imagine how dramatic the things were going on in the

household. Speaking of which, do you know my father has a b*stard child?"

"I've heard of it." She nodded as she confirmed his guess. "I heard that he is younger than Logan, butolder than you. Your father had him by cheating on your mother."

Luke made an elaboration on Madeline's statement. "To put it simply, my stepmother was a nobody, butthe sc*mbag father of mine considered her his true love. They believed they were made for each other,but my grandparents forbade my father to marry that b*tch. Since they failed to fight against their will,my father was forced to marry my mother for the sake of both families in the end. My mother's familybegan to lose their influence when my maternal grandparents passed away. Following that, my unclegot involved in a scam and had to flee the country. Not long after that, my father married his mistressright after my mother passed away. The b*stard was brought into the Adams Family together with hismother, which caused me and my brother to suffer from a nightmare. The mistress would torment uswith every method she could think of over and over again. We were lucky to escape from death's handsevery time."

When she heard about the tragic ordeal of their childhood, Madeline was fuming with rage. "Whatabout your father? Didn't he do anything to protect you? You're his own flesh and blood, after all!"

"All the sc*mbag could see was his mistress. My brother and I are nothing compared to them." Lukesneered at the thought of his father being biased. "The mistress is his true love and the b*stard is theirchild, while they are the true family that he had always longed for. On the contrary, Logan and I aremerely a token of his shameful past where he couldn't make his own choice, and the proof of himbetraying his true love. He did not care about our well-being at all. Instead, he wants us dead to makeroom for his b*stard."

An ironic smile formed at the corner of Luke's lips. "Thanks to my mother, she left us a bequest and

took precautions to have it notarized at the notary office. If Logan or I can't make it to eighteen, thebequest will be donated to charity. If not, my father and his mistress would've found a way to get rid ofus when we were young."

The blood drained from Madeline's face as her anger grew. "It is inhumane for parents to harm theirchildren! How shameless of your father!"

"There, there." Patting Madeline's back, Luke comforted her. "I had moved on a long time ago, sothere's no need to get mad on my behalf."

Taking a deep breath a few times, she finally calmed down, but her emotions were still seething withinher. "Back when my master was still alive, he would always tell me that there were injusticeseverywhere, and a lot of people were suffering from it. Even though we can't help every person in theworld, we can still do our best to assist them. However, I couldn't even save Logan and you from yourfamily…"

In the end, not only strangers couldn't be saved, she even failed those whom she was close to.

"Don't think so lowly of yourself. You've helped us a lot." Luke put his hand around Madeline's shoulderin a comforting manner. "Back then, if you didn't save Logan and me, we wouldn't have made it tilltoday, Maddie."

"B-But I wasn't there with you when you were plotting revenge against your stepmother…" The guiltdevoured her mind entirely. "I should have followed you two to Capitol…"

"You should have indeed." Luke said firmly, "If so, I wouldn't have turned up at your room and made amove on you that night."

"Excuse me?" Madeline gaped at his sudden confession.

"Marrying you was not a necessity." When Luke was confessing to Madeline, his tone was honest. "Iwant us to not be separated, so I didn't mind if you wanted to be my wife or not as long as you're withus. Yet, you told me the Taylors forbade you to leave and follow us to Capitol. Then, a friend told methat it is natural for a wife to follow her husband everywhere. If we are married, we will not beseparated."

Her eyes widened with realization. "S-So, you tried to—"

"Yes. That was why I proposed to you, but you rejected me. So, I thought that if you were pregnant withmy child, you would have to marry me." Luke shrugged as he recalled the past. "I didn't expect my planto backfire. You have been mad at me and ignoring me since then. Logan even tried to take me withhim so that I could stop laying my hands on you."

Madeline was too shocked to form a response and after a while, she decided to clarify her stance. "Iwas never forbidden to follow you; it was just that I must go back to my family after your revenge."

"It's the same for me." Luke stood his ground and didn't waver one bit. "Logan told me that it would bedangerous for you to come with us. We can come back to replace you anytime after we are done with ourbusiness. Yet, you made it clear that you will go back to Worrick once we have gotten rid of my fatherand my stepmother. What's the difference if you can't stay with us?"

"What you mean to say is that as long as I'm staying at Capitol, you don't mind if I don't marry you? Wecan stay being siblings, right?"