Married by Mistake: Mr. Whitman’s Sinner Wife

Chapter 1418

Madeline’s vision slowly blurred as she stared at the peaceful expression on the man’s face.

“Do you know why the color of my hair and irises have changed?” Jeremy asked with a smile. “It does have something to do with the slow-acting poison Lana gave me, but there’s more to it.”

As he spoke, his handsome brows suddenly furrowed.

“It has more to do with how I tried all sorts of unknown medication just so that I could live longer. That woman just now was the doctor who invented the medication that would prevent the spread of the slow-acting poison. I spent half a year struggling in despair as I tried to survive.

“She told me that there was no way to completely dispel the poison from my body and I would only have two more years at most. That was why when I returned to you and the kids, I found myself in a very conflicting position.”

Jeremy chuckled despondently.

“I wanted to be with you and reciprocate your love with everything I had, yet I was afraid of being too passionate. I didn’t want to end up leaving you with more pain in the end. The same went with Lillian. I was afraid that she would lose her dad right after she finally recognized him, so I decided to just be cold to her and let her hate me. It was only after that I realized I was wrong.”

heart when

her glistening gaze. “It was a grave mistake. I should never have been cold to you and our children. Every

man shot her a gentle

bit her lip as tears brimmed in her

Aren’t I recovering right now?” Jeremy wiped Madeline’s tears away gently.

of comfort did not stop Madeline’s

of how the man had suffered through the hellish

to go all

Madeline found her sorrow slowly vanishing under Jeremy’s deepening

against the shore and washed away traces of their intertwined footsteps, but it could never wash away the gentle love

hand, the woman stared at the

moments on the man embracing Madeline before she turned back to the terrace. She was no longer interested

At the hotel suite.