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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.”

looked at the man despondently. “I

knew that Madeline had come to know of Eloise’s situation and took her hand gently. “I’ll

softly in response and

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

evident how much Sean cared about

suddenly turned to lean against the wall. Her eyes were staring at the ground

quickly grabbed Madeline’s shoulders. “It’s not your fault,

see through

to pull her into his arms. “It’s only natural for a mother to protect

the man’s comforting words, Madeline lifted her

you for consoling me, Jeremy.

You don’t need to thank me for this, hmm?” Jeremy lifted his finger to scratch the tip

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her lips and smiled before

about the man who kidnapped

is now in the detention

he say?” Madeline pressed

Montgomery Manor. He recognized her from her looks, so he conned Mom to follow him to where he lived. Then, he called us and

said that,

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

cupped Madeline’s face, his narrow and deep eyes overflowing with remorse. “I was so scared that you’d

the man’s enchanting peach

hesitation and felt the weight above her

so glad to have you,

caressed

smiled in relief, feeling much

it affected Eloise’s physicality greatly and all

tremendously at the

of how muddled Eloise’s mind was, Madeline could still feel that her mother cared about

always be filled with gentleness and love when they

one sip at a time. 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 the manor. We’ll spend each day chatting and making snacks

but she looked at Karen with an expression that seemed to show her

comforted when she noticed the change

the past few days. She would even say a couple of

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 her family, so

Madeline being so busy every day, so he secretly arranged a vacation for the both

all this while and he would do anything to have

no idea that Jeremy was planning a trip for the both of them. Having sent the kids to kindergarten as usual, Madeline then

waiting for the light to turn green

breeze drifted into her

Mr. Whitman missing me?” Madeline jokingly teased

man chuckled lowly and replied cooperatively, “Yeah. I miss my wife, so I’m wondering

but she kept a cold facade. “Very well, then. I suppose I could grant your wish this

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

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

at the silhouette of the person who entered her line of vision. She wondered if something was wrong with her

How could

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gripped the steering wheel as she watched the familiar face a small distance

Honk, honk, honk!

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

‘Did I imagine it?’

she did not

the man had booked flight tickets

Jeremy’s intention, Madeline did not

gone on a decent honeymoon with how they

deciding on the itinerary, both Madeline and Jeremy went to visit Eloise

were leaving tomorrow and Madeline was most

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

and trusted her father to do everything to take care of Mom, but she could not

Eloise only suffered such a serious

hand, looking into her mother’s tranquil and kind

You have to listen to Dad and take good care

back at her with confusion. Her heart sank slightly and she

toward her. He

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

worry.” Sean came over to

husband and the other was her father. Feeling the care and love these two men

wondered if it was her own illusion and was still considering whether to tell Jeremy about

Madeline and Jeremy were going on a trip tomorrow, Karen picked up the soup and walked toward Eloise. She spoke in an encouraging tone, “Yeah, take a trip. Look at you two. You already have

I’ll take care of Eloise,” Karen promised while smiling at Eloise. “Don’t worry, Eloise.

if she was in agreement with

care of Eloise. “I’ll have to

part.” Karen 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 much, Eveline, and I fought horribly with Eloise. Looking back on it now, it was absolutely

self-deprecatingly as she locked gazes with

suffering such consequences

had grown silent just as she finished speaking. She found Eloise frowning

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

the subject and began

better

understood for she

…

custodial ward in

resting his eyes

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opened and a prison guard walked in. “Someone’s here to see

his starry gray eyes

to come and visit as who

not my parents?’ he thought to himself, but a face he had never expected surprised him by suddenly appearing before

never thought he could see

that the meeting that

he heard the woman in front of him sneering.

it not occur to you that your future

lips slightly and a scornful smirk appeared

What’s the point of me being like this if

the flawless beauty in front of

It’s all over

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

the woman was beautiful and could move hearts. Even so, he did not feel

grew more frustrated at Ryan’s lack of response and

isn’t over, Ryan! What do

I won’t let it end like

because you’re giving up

when he heard this.

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

you dare mess around,” Ryan

can you, Rye?” The woman provoked, saying, “In that case, I’ll just do what you couldn’t

the woman turned around

He wanted to stop her, but every move he made

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

how all

the

…

The following day.

two-hour flight and

reminded her of midsummer Glendale when the sun

hotel and

tourists on the beach, filling the area with young ladies in bikinis, men

atmosphere, Madeline’s mood

at the azure body of water that stretched infinitely into the horizon, a bold idea suddenly popped into Madeline’s

and tell Jeremy her idea

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seductive baritone voice drifted clearly

his jealousy, Madeline raised her hand to push Jeremy’s palm away from her eyes. She turned around and met the man’s narrow and

the beauties of the world,” Madeline replied innocently

face in front of Madeline’s eyes, blocking her

you keep looking,

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

Jeremy’s expression grew 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

and stopped teasing the

smile and wrapped her hands around Jeremy’s shoulders

down at the woman leaning against him and a bright smile graced his

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

for revenge. She wanted a quiet and peaceful life, yet she never got to experience it

simple and small wish,’ he thought to himself before leaning down to place a peck on Madeline’s

up to meet the man’s glistening eyes. “I want to do something bold,

“What bold thing?”

replied frankly, “Be honest with me, Jeremy. You thought about it too, didn’t you? That’s

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 afraid

understood what Jeremy meant as well as the worry

recent. The things

suddenly grabbed Madeline’s hand to placate

on until forever.” Madeline then got on

only for Jeremy to pull

that he did

in our

“…”

on Madeline just how prone to jealousy this

she was averse to it, for the stingier he was and the more he wanted to keep all of her to himself, the more he loved

to spend time with this man and the man’s

a hand around her. They