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?”

a hand to Jackson. “Come on, Jackie, let’s

seemed to finally pull

Madeline Crawford. Slowly but surely, a red blush

“Sorry.” He suddenly apologized.

words echoed with familiarity

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

as it came in Jackson’s eyes as he took in Madeline’s gentle, kind smile. He envied Lillian for having such a warm and familiar

sighing an inexplicable breath of relief when she saw that

as she watched the two children sitting next to each other while eating the

Jackson caringly wipe off the butter smudged on the corners of

this time reminding

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

his orange juice, the

question was

ago, she had watched Meredith heartlessly slash Jackson’s

for being able to remain aloof in the face of her son’s

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