Married by Mistake: Mr. Whitman’s Sinner Wife

Chapter 194

The last thing Madeline could ever have expected was Jackson running into her arms, calling her his mom.

Jackson must have been feeling terrified and insecure.

He buried his tiny physique deep into her arms. It was as if the only way to lessen his fear was to hold her tight with both his hands while his eyes remained shut.

Madeline felt her heart clench at the signs of distress on his small cheeks. It had been a long while since she had felt such an intrusive stab of pain eating its way out of her chest.

She lifted a hand to lightly pat the back of Jackson’s head, her voice soft.

“It’s alright now, Jack. It’s alright.”

With her comforting words, Madeline saw Jackson relax and calm from his previous upset state.

“Is Jackie okay, Mommy?” Lily walked over and asked innocently.

“He’ll be alright. Don’t worry.” Madeline smiled. “Mommy made you some snacks. How about you share some with him?”

“Come on, Jackie, let’s go eat some snacks together! Mommy’s cake

Jackson seemed to finally pull himself out

up to stare at Madeline Crawford. Slowly but surely, a red blush of what looked like embarrassment tinted his

“Sorry.” He suddenly apologized.

words echoed with

warmly and gently caressed Jackson’s small cheeks. “What are you apologizing for, silly? You didn’t do anything

envy left as fast as it came in Jackson’s eyes as he took in Madeline’s gentle, kind smile.

herself sighing an inexplicable breath of relief when she saw

she watched the two children sitting

Jackson caringly wipe off the butter smudged on the corners of

time reminding her of the child she

Only when she was conveniently out of earshot did Madeline dare to ask, “Hey, Jack. How does your

drank his orange juice, the light in his eyes

the question was

ago, she had watched Meredith heartlessly

scared her more than any demon for being able to remain aloof