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?”

on, Jackie, let’s go eat some snacks together!

finally

Madeline

“Sorry.” He suddenly apologized.

echoed with familiarity in

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

it came in Jackson’s eyes as he took in Madeline’s gentle, kind smile. He envied Lillian for

inexplicable breath of relief when she saw that the state of Jackson’s emotions

she watched the two children sitting next to each other

when she watched Jackson caringly wipe off the butter smudged

heart clenched again, this time reminding

the bathroom. Only when she was conveniently out of earshot did Madeline dare to

juice, the light

question

had watched Meredith heartlessly slash Jackson’s cheek with a fruit

her more than any demon for being able to remain

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