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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.”

man despondently. “I want

Madeline had come to know of Eloise’s situation

response and

both

evident how much Sean

the wall. Her

Madeline’s shoulders. “It’s not

he needed to see through her, to realize that she was feeling

a mother to protect her children. As long as you’re okay,

words, Madeline lifted her

Jeremy. I won’t

need to thank me for this, hmm?” Jeremy

Whitman’s Sinner Wife [Sixteenth

her lips and smiled before suddenly

man who kidnapped

police and is now in the detention ward. He confessed to

did he say?” Madeline pressed

cheeks while parting his lips to reply. “He said he saw Mom by the road near the ruins of Montgomery Manor. He

that, Jeremy felt

fully capable of subduing that b*stard by myself, yet I

overflowing with

up to stare at the man’s enchanting peach blossom eyes,

without hesitation and felt

to have you,

and caressed Madeline’s

in relief, feeling much

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

heart ached tremendously at the

mind was, Madeline could still feel that

be filled with gentleness and love when they

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

did not reply, but she looked at Karen with an

herself comforted when she noticed the

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

find herself complaining about how difficult it was. She was content as long as she got to be with her family. It was mainly because she had lost too many opportunities to spend time with

arranged a vacation for

and he would do anything to have her relax for

a trip for the both of them. Having sent the kids to kindergarten as usual, Madeline then made her way to the

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

that was like a spring breeze drifted into her

Is Mr. Whitman missing me?” Madeline

wife, so I’m wondering if my wife is free to come over

heart, but she kept a cold facade. “Very well, then. I suppose I could

smile. Watching the

looked up and her eyes zoned in on the person walking on

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

How could

Sinner

steering wheel as she watched the familiar

Honk, honk, honk!

urging her sounded from behind, causing Madeline to snap back to her senses. When she looked up again, the face she had just seen

‘Did I imagine it?’

into a short daze, but she did not think too much into it

Madeline came to know that the man had booked flight tickets for their relaxing holiday trip and they were leaving

understood Jeremy’s intention, Madeline did not reject the

gone on a decent honeymoon with how they kept

Madeline and Jeremy went to visit

tomorrow and Madeline was most worried about her

and relax with Jeremy, Eveline. Your mother is already recovering and she has your Dad to take good care of her. Don’t worry and go relax.” Sean patted Madeline’s shoulder and promised that she could have

everything to take care of Mom, but she could not

such a serious injury because

the bed and took Eloise’s hand, looking into her mother’s tranquil

be gone for very long, Mom. You have to listen to Dad and take good care of

saw Eloise looking back at her with confusion. Her heart

and walked toward her. He put his

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

mom will recover, Eveline. Don’t worry.” Sean came over to comfort her

was her father. Feeling the care and love these two men had for her,

her own illusion

in an encouraging tone, “Yeah, take a trip.

Eloise. “Don’t

slightly as if she was in

would take good care of Eloise. “I’ll

sighed 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 front of my eyes. I made you suffer so

self-deprecatingly as she locked gazes with

that Eloise is suffering such consequences when she already can’t

realized that the hospital room had grown silent just as she finished speaking. She found Eloise frowning and staring especially heavily at her. A moment later, Karen

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

quickly changed the subject

better Eloise.

understood for she smiled softly in

…

the custodial ward in

eyes while the wounds on

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door of the ward suddenly opened and a

eyes at

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

himself, but a face he had never expected surprised him by suddenly appearing before

never thought he could

that the meeting that day

him sneering. It

arranged my future, Rye, did it not occur to you

slightly and a scornful smirk appeared on her picturesque, small

like this? What’s the point of me being like this if you’re going to stay in such a

in front

It’s all over

Rye? You can’t just give up like this! How could you?

donned her face. Even when she was furious, the woman was beautiful and could

at Ryan’s lack of response and seemed

isn’t over, Ryan! What do you have

won’t let

up doesn’t

heard this. “What do you want to

delicate, beautiful face. “This appearance is my capital. After all that I’ve suffered, I refuse to give

you dare mess

can you, Rye?” The woman provoked, saying, “In that case, I’ll just do what you

woman turned around and

wanted to stop her,

deeply and looked at the closed prison door as he clenched

content with how all this

knowing that the question was without an

…

The following day.

a two-hour flight and arrived at

of midsummer Glendale when the sun shone brightly in the

left their luggage at the hotel and changed

the beach, filling the area with young

lively atmosphere, Madeline’s mood

stretched infinitely into the horizon, a bold idea suddenly

turn around and tell Jeremy her idea when the

Whitman’s Sinner Wife [Sixteenth Child] Chapter

men.” The man’s seductive baritone voice drifted

away from her eyes. She turned around and met

the world,” Madeline

front of Madeline’s

get jealous if you keep looking,

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

“I’ll let you see as much as you want when we get back to the hotel tonight

it sweet and

my husband.” She gave a crescent-eyed smile and wrapped her hands around Jeremy’s shoulders before

woman leaning against him and

to stay forever. He wanted to stay by her side every day and make

Madeline said when she first returned for revenge. She wanted a quiet and peaceful life, yet she never got to

to do right now is fulfill your simple and small wish,’ he thought to himself before leaning down to place

broke into a light smile and looked up to meet the man’s glistening eyes. “I

“What bold thing?”

with me, Jeremy. You thought about it too, didn’t

soon.” Jeremy ruffled Madeline’s short hair as his gaze turned serious. “I want

understood what Jeremy meant as well as the worry

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

Linnie?” Jeremy suddenly grabbed Madeline’s hand to placate his unsettled

Jeremy. Linnie will be right here with you, from now on until forever.” Madeline then got on her tiptoes to place a peck on the corner of Jeremy’s lips.

off her UV protection jacket only for Jeremy to pull it back on for her

predatory gazes everywhere. He decided that he did

a swimming pool in our room, darling. I’ll

“…”

dawned on Madeline just how prone to jealousy this

was not that she was averse to it, for the stingier he was and the more he wanted to keep all of her to himself, the more

to spend time with this man and the man’s bossy willfulness

turned her around with a hand around her. They did not expect a young lady to