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Married by Mistake Mr. Whitman’s Sinner Wife [Sixteenth Child] Chapter 1401

Madeline ignored the pain and suddenly shot to her feet.

“Hey, why are you ignoring me?” upset, Eloise grabbed Madeline’s hand. She had no idea what was happening behind her.

“Why would I ignore you, Mom?” Madeline held Eloise’s hand tightly. Her heart ached at the sight of the dirt and dust on Eloise’s innocent child-like appearance.

She did not have a clue what happened while she was unconscious, except that Eloise had woken up and the man was now unconscious on the floor by the door.

Madeline did not have the time to entertain those thoughts. Seeing the spreading flames that had started some time ago, she took Eloise’s hand and walked toward the exit.

The spreading flames blocked their way, and Madeline found herself coughing from the pungent billowing smoke.

It was only then that Eloise seemed to have noticed that the house was on fire. Staring dazedly at the raging flames, she seemed lost.

“Mom! Cough. We have to leave now!” Madeline squeezed Eloise’s hand. She tried to escape through the room’s door, but the piles of garbage and takeaway boxes ended up contributing to the rapid spread of fire.

“Cough cough!”

Madeline fell into a violent and uncomfortable coughing fit when she suddenly heard a violent crash outside.

It was followed by the main doors being kicked open with a bang.

Jeremy kicked down the door and was shocked when he was met with a strong scent of blazing black smoke once he walked through.

“Is it you, Jeremy? Jeremy! Cough, cough, cough…” Madeline shouted at the door. Her senses told her that Jeremy had arrived, and the irregular rhythm of her heartbeat never deceived her.

Jeremy covered his mouth and walked along the entrance to the outside of the room where Madeline and Eloise were trapped in.

“Linnie!”

Through the heavy black smoke, Jeremy’s half-squinted peach blossom eyes caught sight of Madeline and Eloise’s figures.

“Don’t worry, Linnie. I’ll come in and bring you and Mom out right now!”

“Don’t! Don’t come in, cough! It’s still somewhat safe in here. Ensure your own safety before you come and save me and Mom, Jeremy! Do you hear me?”

Madeline persuaded him to stop, even though she wanted nothing more than to bury herself in Jeremy’s arms where it would feel safe like no other place. Still, him entering the room rashly would not do anything to help them.

“Fire! What a big fire!”

Eloise suddenly screamed.

“Eveline’s still in the fire! It’s all gone! The fire has burned everything away!”

“Mom?”

“Eveline! I have to save Eveline!” Eloise murmured to herself before she suddenly pushed Madeline’s hand away and ran toward the flames.

Madeline pulled Eloise back. “Eveline’s right here, Mom. I’m right here!”

“No. You’re not Eveline, you’re not my Eveline! My darling daughter, Eveline Montgomery, is still inside! She’ll be burned to death! It’s Lana, she’s the vile witch who wants to kill our entire family!

“Eveline, my child. Mom knows she has never taken good care of you or protected you but won’t you forgive Mom? Please? Come back to me,” Eloise rambled, her expression especially solemn under her dust-covered face.

She seemed to have remembered the day Montgomery Manor was burned to ruins for she kept repeating about how she needed to save Madeline.

Madeline’s heart tightened as if something had taken hold of it. She had no idea if her eyes were burning from the smoke or something else but she could not seem to stop the tears from flowing.

“Eveline is safe, Mom! She’s standing right in front of you!”

“No, no, my Eveline is still in the fire! I have to save her! Let go of me!”

Eloise pushed Madeline away again and rushed desperately toward the raging flames before her.

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She had only one thought and it was to save Madeline.

Madeline did not expect Eloise’s strength to grow so exponentially either in order to save ‘her’.

She ended up staggering two steps backward before she knocked into the bookshelf beside her.

The bookshelf swayed twice as if it was about to fall.

Knocking into it hurt slightly, but Madeline did not have the time to worry about herself as she saw Eloise already stepping into the fire.

“Mom!” she exclaimed and ran over to embrace Eloise as tears fell freely from her burning eyes.

“Look at me, Mom. I really am your Eveline!” Madeline hugged Eloise and stressed the words.

“My Eveline…” Eloise was stunned for two seconds as she stared blankly at Madeline’s face. Her eyes were filled with doubt and question. “No, you’re not. Eveline would never talk to me. She hates me. You’re not… Cough cough, you’re not…”

Madeline tightened her arms around Eloise. “Eveline stopped hating you a long time ago, Mom. I know you didn’t hurt me on purpose. Eveline doesn’t blame you anymore.”

“Eveline doesn’t blame me anymore?” Madeline’s words seemed to have gotten through to Eloise who raised her hand to touch Madeline’s teary cheeks. Her delicate brows became furrowed. “Do you truly not blame me anymore, Eveline?”

Madeline nodded and squeezed Eloise’s hand. “Truly. Eveline doesn’t blame her mother. Eveline loves her mother. Cough cough.”

Eloise seemed to have understood Madeline and gave a relieved smile. “Will you come home with me then, Eveline?”

“Yeah! I’ll go home with Mom! Our family won’t be separated anymore!”

“Okay.” A loving smile broke on Eloise’s face. She raised her hand to caress Madeline’s head, but a look of horror suddenly tinted her kind gaze.

Madeline had no idea what was going on, but she saw Eloise suddenly rush behind her.

The swaying bookshelf lost its center of gravity and fell with a bang, crushing Eloise, who had run over to protect Madeline, to the ground.

It then dawned on Madeline that Eloise had suddenly run behind her to protect her.

“Mom!” Madeline screamed and hurried over to Eloise.

“Mom, cough cough…” Feeling unwell, Madeline fell into another coughing fit. The pile of garbage around the room had given the thick smoke an abnormal smell that attacked her nose.

“Linnie! Can you hear me, Linnie?” Jeremy’s anxious tone crept closer.

“Jeremy…” Madeline tried to shout back in response but something seemed to be stuck in her throat. It threw all her efforts to waste.

Her vision began to blur and even breathing became more difficult.

“Linnie! Linnie!” Madeline heard Jeremy shouting heart-wrenchingly before her senses were overwhelmed by the scorching high temperature that enveloped her.

Amidst the confusion, she thought she felt a cool gust of air blow over her. It was accompanied by a scent and a familiar sense of security that slowly calmed her inner anxiety and fear.

“Jeremy…” Madeline murmured, seeing Jeremy’s face appearing vaguely in her blurred vision before everything in front of her eyes turned black.

She began to have nightmares about Eloise still crushed under the bookshelf and covered in blood.

She kept screaming ‘Mom, Mom’ but Eloise never woke up.

“Linnie. Linnie, are you awake?”

The man’s magnetic, gentle baritone voice drifted into her ears and Madeline’s eyes shot open. When she sat up, her eyes were filled with confusion. “Mom! Jeremy!”

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“I’m right here, Linnie.” Jeremy sat down on the bed and wrapped his arms around Madeline’s shoulder to comfort her. “Everything’s alright now, Linnie. It’s okay, calm down.”

Madeline’s nervous heartbeat gradually settled when she felt the man’s familiar warmth engulf her.

Thinking back to what happened before she fell unconscious, she clenched her fingers through the aftershock as her beautiful pupils shone with unease.

“The bookshelf fell and Mom got crushed under it to save me.” Madeline threw off the covers and got off the bed.

Jeremy rushed forward to hold Madeline. “Where are you going, Linnie? You haven’t fully recovered yet.”

“I know Mom is in the hospital as well! Bring me there, Jeremy. I need to know how Mom is doing.” Her expression was frantic as her eyes became swirled with panic and fear.

Jeremy’s sharp brows were knitted together. “Mom’s alright, Linnie. Be good and rest, okay?”

“I’ll rest, I promise, but I need to know how Mom is doing first.” Madeline was persistent as she took Jeremy’s hand with a stern expression. “Just bring me there, Jeremy.”

Even so, Jeremy hesitated as if taking the step was a difficult feat to accomplish.

Madeline had a foreboding thought that something was wrong. Her expression shifted as she let go of his hand. “Mom is in bad condition, isn’t she?”

“Nonsense. She’s fine, Linnie. You’re overthinking it.” Jeremy comforted, trying to pull Madeline back before she broke down.

Madeline regulated her emotions and nodded calmly. “I won’t overthink it. I’ll just ask the doctor, then!”

Madeline moved quickly and immediately ran to the nurse’s station to ask if there was an Eloise Patton who was also hospitalized here.

The nurse did a quick search and affirmed it. “We do have a lady by the name Eloise Patton who was just admitted to the hospital. She’s in the VIP ward in front.”

Hearing this, Madeline felt her heartstrings tighten suddenly. “Can you tell me how my mother is doing?”

Understanding that Madeline was the patient’s daughter, the nurse told her everything she knew.

“The patient is in a rather critical state. She was crushed by a heavy object and broke two of her ribs in the process, one of which had pierced her lung and caused massive internal bleeding. The situation was urgent when she first arrived at the hospital, but she’s no longer in life-threatening danger. She’ll be alright with enough rest and recovery,” the young nurse explained with a smile before she ended with words of comfort.

“Don’t worry too much. Your mother is not in life-threatening danger.”

Still, Madeline remained dazed. “Thank you.”

She then turned to see Jeremy walking over to her.

“Linnie.”

despondently. “I

had come to know of Eloise’s situation and took her

response and followed

walked in, Madeline found Sean sitting by the bed with both his hands clasped around Eloise’s. His very handsome

how much

against the wall. Her eyes were staring at the ground in

grabbed Madeline’s shoulders. “It’s not your

all he needed to see through her, to

silent, and Jeremy decided to pull her into his arms. “It’s only natural for a mother to protect her children. As long as you’re okay,

words, Madeline lifted her

you for consoling me, Jeremy. I won’t overthink

and wife, silly. You don’t need to thank me for this, hmm?” Jeremy lifted his finger to scratch the tip of her delicate

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pursed her lips and smiled before suddenly

man

has been brought in by the police and is now in the detention ward.

say?”

near the ruins of Montgomery Manor. He recognized

he said that,

go in alone. I was fully capable of subduing that b*stard by myself, yet I ended up putting you in that kind of

overflowing with remorse. “I was so scared that

up to stare at the man’s enchanting peach blossom

leaned into his embrace without hesitation and felt

so glad to have

caressed Madeline’s head.

in relief,

all she could do was look at the person in front of her with her eyes

tremendously at

how muddled Eloise’s mind was, Madeline could still feel

gentleness and love when

the other as she fed, saying, “Get better soon, Eloise. It has to be uncomfortable staying in the hospital every day. Get better and

Karen with an expression

when she noticed the change in Karen and Eloise’s

mental condition had recovered greatly over the past few days. She would even say a couple of words here and then, even though it would

long as she got to be with her family. It was mainly because she had lost too many opportunities to spend time with her family, so she cherished every

every day, so he secretly arranged a vacation for the both of them. He was thinking about taking Madeline out on a trip

all this while and he would do anything

that Jeremy was planning a trip for the both of them. Having sent the kids to kindergarten as

the car, waiting for the light to turn green at the intersection when she

man’s warm and gentle voice that was like a spring breeze drifted into

missing me?” Madeline jokingly teased

man chuckled lowly and replied cooperatively, “Yeah. I miss my wife, so I’m wondering if my wife is free to come over and

“Very well, then. I suppose I could grant your

the phone with a smile. Watching the light turn green, Madeline then stepped

on the person walking

blew, and Madeline looked at the silhouette of the person who entered her

How could it

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steering wheel as she watched the familiar face

Honk, honk, honk!

her sounded from behind, causing Madeline to snap back to her senses. When she looked up

‘Did I imagine it?’

but she did not think

with Jeremy, Madeline came to know that the man had booked flight tickets for

intention, Madeline did not reject the

on a decent honeymoon with how they kept separating

both Madeline and Jeremy went to visit Eloise at the

and Madeline was most

good care of her. Don’t worry and go relax.” Sean

and trusted her father to do everything to take care of Mom, but

Eloise only suffered such a serious injury because she wanted

by the bed and took Eloise’s hand, looking

very long, Mom. You have to listen to Dad and take good

and saw Eloise looking back at her with confusion. Her heart sank slightly and she felt

and walked toward her. He put

Linnie. I’m sure Mom will remember that you’re the daughter she has

mom will recover, Eveline. Don’t worry.” Sean

the care and love these two men had for

too long ago. She wondered if it was her own illusion and was still considering whether to tell Jeremy about it when Karen brought in a bowl of warm

walked toward Eloise. She spoke in an encouraging tone, “Yeah, take a trip. Look at you two.

of Eloise,” Karen promised while smiling at Eloise. “Don’t worry, Eloise. With me

she was

good care of Eloise. “I’ll have to trouble you for the next few

with a pitying tone while she brought a spoonful of herbal soup to Eloise’s mouth. “I must’ve been blind before with how I couldn’t see the truth even when it was in

self-deprecatingly as she locked

now that Eloise is suffering such consequences when she already

as she finished speaking. She found Eloise frowning and staring especially

I saying? Pretend I didn’t say anything, okay? Don’t worry,

subject and began

better Eloise. You

understood for she smiled softly in

…

the custodial ward in

resting his eyes

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of the ward suddenly opened and a prison guard walked in. “Someone’s

starry gray eyes at the sound of the

not expected anyone to come and visit as who else but his parents

he thought to himself, but a face

thought he

that the meeting

when he heard the woman in front of him sneering. It was a sound that turned

one who arranged my future, Rye, did it not occur to you that your

lips slightly and a scornful smirk appeared on

like this if you’re going to stay in such a place for

at the flawless beauty in front

all

are you talking about, Rye? You can’t just give up like

face. Even when she was furious, the woman was beautiful and could move hearts. Even

Ryan’s lack of

over, Ryan! What do you have to give

telling you. I won’t let it

because you’re giving up doesn’t mean I

heard this. “What do you

coldly and raised her hand to point at her delicate, beautiful face. “This appearance is my capital. After all that I’ve suffered, I refuse to

you dare mess

how it has ended, can you, Rye?” The woman provoked, saying,

that, the woman turned around and left

abruptly in bed. He wanted to stop

eyebrows deeply and looked at the closed prison door as he clenched his fists

you content with how all this

that the question was without

…

The following day.

and Jeremy boarded a two-hour flight and arrived at

her of midsummer Glendale when the sun shone brightly in the

hotel and changed into comfortable

with young ladies in bikinis, men with exposed

by such a lively atmosphere, Madeline’s mood brightened

infinitely into the horizon,

her idea when the world around

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looking at those men.” The man’s seductive baritone voice drifted

jealousy, Madeline raised her hand to push Jeremy’s palm away from her eyes. She turned around

beauties of the world,” Madeline replied innocently before she turned back

domineeringly and pushed his handsome face in front of Madeline’s eyes, blocking her sight as her gaze wandered

if you keep looking, Linnie,” he stressed

corners of her pink lips prettily into a rare mischievous smile. “Perfect. I’d like to see what my husband looks like

heavy as a cold look that deterred challengers took over his face, though his gaze then turned gentle again a short moment later. “I’ll let you see as much as you want when we get back to the hotel tonight if that’s what my wife wishes, but your eyes can only be on me right

sweet and

crescent-eyed smile and wrapped her hands around Jeremy’s

looked down at the woman leaning against him

he could, he wanted the moment to stay forever. He wanted to stay by her

wanted a quiet and peaceful life, yet she never got to experience it despite her

and small wish,’ he thought to himself before leaning down to place a peck

into a light smile and looked up to meet the man’s glistening

“What bold thing?”

to learn to swim,” Madeline replied frankly, “Be honest with me, Jeremy. You thought about it too, didn’t you? That’s why you brought me to a place

sure my talented wife will pick it up very soon.” Jeremy ruffled Madeline’s short hair as his gaze turned serious. “I want to be by your side to protect you all the time, Linnie, but I’m

as well as

been through too much distress as of recent. The things that she had

won’t be separated anymore, right, Linnie?” Jeremy suddenly grabbed Madeline’s hand to placate

right here with you, from now on until forever.” Madeline then got on her tiptoes to place a peck on

UV protection jacket only for Jeremy to pull it back on for her before she could completely take

He decided that he did not want other men seeing Madeline’s

pool in our room, darling. I’ll teach

“…”

how prone to jealousy this stingy

she was averse to it, for the stingier he was and the more

man and

Madeline did not decline, Jeremy then turned her around with a hand around her. They did not expect a young lady to walk by them