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

Jackson seemed to finally pull himself

his round eyes, his long eyelashes fluttering as he looked up to stare at Madeline Crawford. Slowly but surely, a red blush of what looked like embarrassment tinted his handsome little

“Sorry.” He suddenly apologized.

echoed with familiarity in Madeline’s

Jackson’s small cheeks. “What are you apologizing

in Jackson’s eyes as he took in

of relief when she saw that the state of Jackson’s emotions was back to

two children sitting next to each other while eating the

off the butter smudged on

time reminding her of

got up to use the bathroom. Only when she was conveniently out of earshot did Madeline dare to ask, “Hey, Jack. How does your mother normally

orange juice, the light in his eyes slowly

answer to the question was clear as

she had watched Meredith heartlessly slash Jackson’s cheek with

scared her more than any demon for being able to remain aloof in the face of her son’s