Chapter 77

Madeleine lowered her head and stayed silent. "No wonder Ruby wanted you dead six years ago," Beckett chuckled. Talk about fate. Back then, he was just coming home and happened to overhear Ruby planning to hire someone to kill a woman named Madeleine. He wasn't really interested at first, but for some reason, he didn't want to let Ruby get away with it. So he sent someone to save her. Thinking about it now—if he hadn't stepped in that time, that really would've been a shame. Madeleine clenched her hands tightly. Ruby was probably terrified of her having any kind of connection with Beckett. Clinton's hatred toward her? Ruby absolutely helped fuel that. "Why didn't you call Alex last night?" Beckett asked casually. Madeleine kept her head down, fingers curling tighter. "He... has a fiancée." That was why she chose to let go—because Alex wouldn't call off the engagement. "Oh? So you've got morals now? Not into being the other woman?" Beckett smirked, clearly intrigued. "If you're ever get