“Wasn’t there?” Jeremy asked back with a smile. “You just didn’t know about it, Linnie, but all the men who fancied or tried to pursue you knew very well that you were mine.”

“What? What are you talking about, Jeremy?” Madeline was feeling progressively confused only to see a slight red flush on the man’s handsome features. “Tell me already, Jeremy. Just what did you do behind my back?”

“Cough.” Jeremy cleared his throat to cover up the slight franticness. “I had someone warn the guys who tried to chase after you so that they knew I was watching over you. Everyone kind of knew better than to offend Glendale's number one bachelor.”

“...”

Madeline was stricken by the news.

She never expected Jeremy to have done something like that behind her back.

Now that she thought about it, she was not surprised at all.

Jeremy was a dominant man. He was now and he was the same back then.

She had merely never dared to think of such things.

During those blooming days, all Madeline kn