Chapter 385

At Beckett's place. Julian leaned against the car door, his face dark as thunder while he checked the time again. Seriously, what were Madeleine and Beckett doing? Why weren't they back yet? At this point, the Hale family's eldest son still had no idea that Madeleine was actually his sister. The media chaos hadn't exploded yet, and Kimberly and Nicholas hadn't breathed a word to him. "Madeleine!" Julian snapped when he saw her step out of the car, clearly not in a good mood. She looked confused at first — maybe she thought he was here to acknowledge her or something — and instinctively moved behind Beckett, like she didn't want to deal with Julian at all. "Why'd you block me?" Julian was obviously pissed. "I approved your sick leave so you could take time and reflect. Blocking me? What's that all about?" It was the first time his own assistant had cut him off like this. That kind of thing? Totally unacceptable. Madeleine gave a cold snort, suddenly feeling bold enough to talk back. "Be