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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 want

Madeline had come to know of Eloise’s situation and

hummed softly in response and

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

much

to lean against the wall. Her eyes were staring

shoulders. “It’s not

all he needed to see through her, to realize

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

the man’s comforting words, Madeline lifted her

me, Jeremy. I

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

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and

man who

is now in the detention

say?” Madeline

lips to reply. “He said he saw Mom by the road near the ruins of Montgomery Manor. He recognized her from her looks, so he conned Mom to follow him to where he lived. Then, he called us

said that,

wrong decision to let you go in alone. I was fully capable of subduing that

Madeline’s face, his narrow and deep eyes overflowing with remorse. “I was

at the man’s

leaned into his embrace without hesitation and felt the weight above her chest

to have you,

and caressed Madeline’s head.

smiled in relief,

affected Eloise’s physicality greatly and all she could do was look

heart ached tremendously at the

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

would always be filled with gentleness and love when they

take care of Eloise, bringing freshly brewed warm herbal soup and personally feeding Eloise 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

Karen with an expression that seemed to show

she noticed

condition had recovered greatly over the past few days. She would even say a

would shuffle between home and the hospital every day, but she did not 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 her family, so she cherished every minute

a vacation for the

while and he

them. Having sent the kids to

light to turn green at the intersection when she

spring breeze drifted into her

Whitman missing

and replied cooperatively, “Yeah. I miss my wife, so I’m wondering if my

filled Madeline’s heart, but she kept a cold facade. “Very well, then. I suppose I could grant

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

her eyes zoned in on the person walking on the zebra-crossing right in front

who entered her line of

could it

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the steering wheel as she watched the familiar face a

Honk, honk, honk!

honking and urging her sounded from behind, causing Madeline to snap back to her

‘Did I imagine it?’

not think too

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

intention, Madeline did

on a decent honeymoon

Madeline and

Madeline was most worried about her

care of her. Don’t worry and go relax.” Sean patted Madeline’s shoulder and promised that she could have peace

father to do everything to take care of Mom, but she could not help but miss her

all, Eloise only suffered such a serious injury

and took Eloise’s hand, looking into

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

urged softly and saw Eloise looking back at her with confusion. Her heart sank slightly and

toward her. He put his

will remember that you’re the daughter she has been missing

Don’t worry.” Sean came over to comfort

Feeling the care and love these two men had

long ago. She wondered if it was her own illusion and was still considering whether to tell Jeremy about it

tone, “Yeah, take a trip. Look at you two. You already have three kids. Jack and Lillian aren’t babies anymore, but you haven’t even had

take care of Eloise,” Karen promised while smiling at Eloise. “Don’t worry, Eloise. With me visiting you every day, you’ll never

Elosie nodded slightly as if she was in

would take good care of Eloise. “I’ll have to trouble you for the

how I couldn’t see the truth even when it was in front of my eyes. I made you suffer

chuckled self-deprecatingly as she locked gazes with

unfortunate now that Eloise is suffering such consequences when

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

I saying? Pretend I didn’t say anything, okay? Don’t worry, everything will turn out

the subject and began

better Eloise. You

understood for she smiled softly

…

custodial ward

indifferently on the sickbed, resting his eyes while the wounds

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the door of the ward suddenly opened and a prison guard

starry gray eyes at the sound

to come and visit as

to himself, but a face

he could

thought that the meeting that day would be their

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

the one who arranged my future, Rye, did it not occur

lips slightly and a scornful smirk appeared

point of me being like this if you’re going to stay in

stared at the flawless beauty in front of him and

It’s all

about, Rye? You can’t just give up like this! How could you? What am I supposed to

coldly at the fury that donned her face. Even when she was furious, the woman was beautiful and could move hearts. Even so, he did not feel the

woman grew more frustrated at Ryan’s lack of response and seemed moments

over, Ryan! What do you have to give

you. I won’t let it end like

because you’re giving up doesn’t mean I will

he heard this. “What

“This appearance is my

mess

lying to yourself, Rye. You can’t possibly be content with how it has ended, can you, Rye?” The woman provoked, saying, “In that case, I’ll just

turned around

in bed. He wanted to stop her, but every

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

content with how

himself, knowing that the

…

The following day.

boarded a two-hour flight

of midsummer Glendale when the sun shone brightly in

the hotel and changed

area with young ladies in bikinis,

a lively atmosphere, Madeline’s

at the azure body of water that stretched infinitely into the horizon,

around and tell Jeremy her idea when the world around her

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those men.” The man’s seductive baritone voice drifted clearly into her

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

can’t I look? Eyes are meant to admire the beauties of the world,” Madeline replied innocently before she turned back to

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

if you keep

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

think it’s best you don’t.” 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 can only be

and stopped teasing the

gave a crescent-eyed 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

a

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

meet the man’s

“What bold thing?”

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

gaze turned serious. “I want to be by your side to protect you all the time, Linnie, but I’m afraid that something

understood what Jeremy meant as well as the worry

distress as of recent. The things that she

Jeremy suddenly grabbed Madeline’s hand to placate his unsettled

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

to pull it back on for her before

looked around to see predatory gazes everywhere. He decided that he did not

in our room, darling. I’ll teach you

“…”

dawned on Madeline just how prone to jealousy this

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 he loved

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

with a hand around her. They did not expect a young lady to walk by them