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Married by Mistake Mr. Whitman’s Sinner Wife [Sixteenth Child] Chapter 291

Madeline’s head felt muddled under the influence of the drug. She vaguely thought she had heard a voice by her ear, calling her Madeline and telling her that it was going to be alright.

Madeline struggled to open her eyes just so she could see who it was, but her eyelids seemed to grow heavier by the second. Instinctively, she curled toward the man who refused to let her go. Perhaps because he gave her a sense of security.

This might have been the first time Madeline felt what it meant to be protected.

All she had been subjected to these past few years were nothing less of torture. Every time she wished someone would help her up, all she received was more pain.

It had gotten to the point where she had given up on hoping because her heart was tired from all the disappointment.

Right now, she finally understood what it felt like to have someone supporting her back and it was very warm…

Jeremy felt the person in his arms lean deeper into his embrace, her hands slowly sliding up to rest around his neck to hold herself in place.

Jeremy’s thoughts snapped back to reality. Lowering his gaze to stare at the woman in his arms, Jeremy could not help but be reminded of Madeline Crawford who he had lost long ago.

“How are you feeling, Vera?” he asked. Despite knowing very well that she was not Madeline, her appearance had Jeremy finding it impossible not to care about her.

Madeline’s brows furrowed “Dizzy…”

“I’m bringing you to the hospital now!” Jeremy immediately carried her to the car.

“Jeremy!”

He was surprised to hear Meredith’s voice come from the factory behind.

Jeremy halted and turned around in confusion only to be met with the sight of Meredith kneeling on the floor with tears streaming freely down her face. Her clothes were a mess as she pointed her finger at the thugs he had dealt with. “Jeremy! These men forced themselves on me! You have to stand up for me, Jeremy! It hurts, I don’t want to live anymore!”

Chupse.

Jeremy felt the thread of his sanity snap as he furrowed his sharp brows.

His memory provided him an image of the pure and innocent Linnie from his youth.

Regardless of how certain Jeremy was that he had never once loved Meredith in all their years together, his heart still refused to believe that she, as memory served, was anything but pure and innocent—untainted.

How could such a thing occur now?

After receiving a report, the police arrived in no time.

The four thugs were apprehended while Madeline and Meredith were both admitted into the hospital.

Both Sean and Eloise rushed to the hospital when they got wind that something had happened to Meredith. Eloise sobbed into Sean’s arms when she was told that Meredith had been taken advantage of by four different men.

“How could this happen? Wasn’t Meredith supposed to be resting in the hospital? How could she suddenly… Sean! Why must our daughter suffer such a harsh fate?”

“It’s all my fault. I should’ve kept a better eye on Meredith.” Rose blamed herself while she mused internally, ‘What on earth had happened?

‘Didn’t Meredith go to record a video of Vera getting taken advantage of? How did she end up being the victim?’

“Where’s Jeremy? Why isn’t he here looking after Meredith?” Eloise huffed as she looked around the hospital room.

“I heard that Vera Quinn also got admitted. Jeremy must’ve gone to see her.” Rose sighed sadly and wiped off her tears as if she was extremely sad. She pressed on, adding oil to the fuel by saying, “Meredith’s here suffering yet Jeremy has gone to see that witch!”

“This is absurd!” Eloise exclaimed, immediately turning around to ask the nurse which room Madeline was resting in…

Within the quiet hospital ward stood Jeremy as he watched impassively as Madeline slumbered off.

He felt his heart clench at the raw memory of her almost being taken advantage of mere moments ago.

Taking a tentative step toward Madeline, he slowly reached out his hand.

His warm fingertips fell on her brows on their own accord. She looked exactly like her, from the curve of her eye to the delicate bridge of her nose to her cherry pink lips. She was breathtakingly beautiful.

Still, this was not the woman on his marriage certificate.

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Bending his finger, Jeremy was about to pull his hand back when the decisive words of Ava and Daniel echoed in his head.

‘She is Maddie!

‘I refuse to believe that there are two people in this world who would like so alike!’

How could they be so sure? Unless it was because they saw some sort of identifying mark?

Identifying mark?

Jeremy was reminded of the mole above Madeline’s left chest.

Jeremy remembered how Vera’s grip on the towel had tightened when she walked out of the bathroom the time she had stayed the night for Jackson.

Had she perhaps done so not out of embarrassment but out of fear of him realizing something?

Jeremy’s heart rate sped up at the thought. Staring at Madeline who was still deeply asleep, one of his fingers fell on the button of her hospital gown.

The first, second, and third buttons were unclasped in quick succession.

Click. The ward door burst open when Jeremy’s hand was still on Madeline’s gown.

“What are you doing, Jeremy?” Felipe walked into the room. Seeing Jeremy’s hand on Madeline’s clothes, he walked up to tuck the blanket over Madeline’s shoulders.

Jeremy took his hand back as his deep, cold, and inquisitive gaze met with Felipe’s.

“How did you manage to move my wife overseas back then?”

Felipe smiled calmly. “What are you talking about, Jeremy? You can’t possibly still think that Vera is Madeline, can you?”

Jeremy pursed his thin lips, opting not to answer.

Felipe chuckled faintly and sighed. “The dead cannot be brought back alive, Jeremy, nor do I have the ability to revive a dead person. Madeline’s death pains me as well, but perhaps, death is more of a relief to her.”

Jeremy’s eyes dulled, but he chuckled coldly. ‘Relief?”

“Am I wrong? She gave her passion and love, waited for you her entire life, yet what did you give back in return? Did you ever care for her? No. In fact, you never even stopped to see her for who she was.”

Jeremy felt a coldness washing over him at Felipe’s words.

“You only hope that Vera is Madeline, Jeremy, because you know you’ve blamed her for things she didn’t do. You’re guilty, so you hope to make it up to her. In your eyes, Vera is merely a vessel for you to make peace with the guilt inside you.”

“Shut up!” Jeremy interrupted icily, his chest heaving.

He no longer wanted to remember how he had hurt Madeline in the past, for every time he did, even breathing and the fact that he was alive felt like a sin.

She had loved him her entire life, even until her dying breath.

Yet what had he given her in return? Nothing but endless torture.

“I’m going to get Vera her prescriptions. Don’t do anything you shouldn’t.” Felipe reminded on a heavy note before he turned around and left.

Outside the door, Felipe’s thin lips curled subtly as he watched Jeremy stand soullessly by the bed.

‘There was no such thing as a pill of regret, Jeremy. A love too late is worth nothing. You don’t deserve Madeline anymore.’

The unconscious Madeline began to dream. It was a scene from her youth when she and Jeremy had first met by the seaside. The sea breeze was salty, but the air was sweet.

Hand in hand they ran without a care in the world. Oh, how pure and easy their life used to be.

Perhaps she had gotten hurt then, and in her wound buried a thorn. Every time they met again, the thorn would start to hurt her. The pain only worsened until she got to the point where she started praying for death…

Madeline furrowed her defined brows as the dreamscape began to shift, bringing her back to the most painful memory from three years ago. Her hands reflexively gripped the bedsheets, and she began to mumble while sleepwalking.

“Why, Jez? Why won’t you just believe me…”

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For a moment, Jeremy thought he heard someone calling the name ‘Jez’. This thought snapped him back to reality as his confused gaze landed on Madeline.

He watched her pretty brows crease and her cherry blossom lips part as if she was sleep talking.

“Why…”

Madeline’s brows furrowed deeper at the sudden question.

‘Why?

‘Did she just say why?’

Starting at the look of distress on Madeline’s features, Jeremy leaned over to hear her better.

“Why won’t you believe…”

Bang!

Just as Jeremy was about to lean his face closer to Madeline’s ear, the ward door was pushed open with a loud bang.

He was interrupted right before he could hear Madeline’s entire sentence.

His sharp brows were scrunched as Jeremy lifted his gaze that was filled with extreme displeasure.

Eloise barged into the room in a huff. “How can you be here waiting by this woman’s bed lovingly while my daughter is still in a coma because of you, Jeremy Whitman? Not only that, but I can’t believe you kissed her too! What do you take Meredith for?”

Kiss her?

Jeremy stared coldly at Eloise, thinking that she had seen him lean forward toward Vera and misunderstood the scene.

The dignified and proud Jeremy met Eloise’s fuming gaze before he parted his thin sexy lips in a casual reply. “Yeah, I kissed her. So what?”

could you say such

frosty and distaste became apparent in his peach blossom eyes. “How many times must

so many years. You’re the only one she has ever wanted. How could you dump her for a witch who looks just like

yelled, startling

of fury and his eyes were

Eloise rolled her eyes hilariously at Madeline who was still deeply asleep, thinking that Jeremy was referring to Vera Quinn. “Hmph. The Montgomeries will never forgive you if you hurt Meredith, Jeremy. Nor will we forgive

carried the promise of a threat and the dignified aura of a rich

Montgomeries may be one of

to threaten Jeremy

would be the moment blood trickled out of Madeline’s mouth

but she seemed to

staring at Madeline’s quiet appearance for a few seconds, Jeremy turned and

were closed did

barged in earlier,

every word of hatred Eloise had for who she was before

of her lips quirked self-deprecatingly as

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previously blurry memories from right before she succumbed to darkness finally cleared, and she remembered how Jeremy had suddenly appeared to save

he had held her tightly and comforted her as well as

thumping a familiar

bit her lip and clenched

fall for him all over

‘I hate him!

push toward the deep end he

how drowning survivors would never yearn for the sea

know how it feels to be

…

hospital room where Jeremy arrived

at Jeremy’s arrival, thinking that her

you long enough to start worrying about Meredith.” Eloise’s tone

Jeremy. I’m scared that she

the frost in

averted her gaze immediately when they met Jeremy’s

thought you were watching Meredith this entire time? How did she end up at the waste paper

water, but Meredith was gone when I returned,”

legs were fractured? How

“It must be Vera. She must’ve told someone

you have to support your claim that Vera did it? I suggest you watch your words before you baselessly

Jeremy’s icy gaze, Rose felt beads of cold sweat form from all the pressure

to prove that it was her!” Eloise suddenly proclaimed, “Only she would hurt Meredith in such a

sharp brows frowned at her words. Just as he parted his lips to speak, a nurse exited the room. “She’s awake, but her

Eloise exclaimed heart-wrenchingly, distress apparent on

the person Meredith wants to see the most now is Jeremy, Mrs. Montgomery. I’m sure you have a lot to say to her, Jeremy. We should let

Eloise agreed.

turned to exhort Jeremy. “Go in and comfort Meredith, alright? Don’t hurt

Eloise, Jeremy pushed open the

entering, Jeremy realized that the bed was empty and Meredith was nowhere to be

lifted his eyes to look in the direction of

sound of water gushing from the showerhead met his ears just

a strong physical manifestation of disgust at the sight of Meredith that very moment.

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was the only woman

It was only from

repulsed by the vague

Why, sob…” Meredith’s sorrowful wails sounded

and walked into the bathroom with his gaze lowered, wrapping

“Come out.”

bathroom, he realized that

his cold eyes as anger

over as she dove into Jeremy’s

me? They took turns torturing

Not after this. I remember how you told me I was the most adorable and innocent girl you’ve met.

at

His Linnie.

should have let her go the moment he

he find himself caring so much whenever he heard

aware that he

deeply at the internal

lack of reaction had Meredith pushing herself away from his chest and running out the bathroom to carry out her plan. Taking a fruit knife, she held

doing?” Jeremy frowned.

to marry me anymore. My life’s ruined and my face won’t look the same. The man I love doesn’t want me either. What’s the point of

Perhaps our next life would treat us

spoke her lines, the corners of Meredith’s lips quirked upward as

her and snatched the

let me die, Jeremy? Just let me die!” Meredith fought for the

the back of Jeremy’s hand as they fought over it, and red liquid began to

God, I’m so

wound before averting his eyes that flared coldly at Meredith. “You’re the one who got people

immediately halted just before she could press the emergency button. Her expression froze as she turned to look at Jeremy. “What are

“Wouldn’t you?”

her teeth. “Unless you don’t believe

thin lips curled into an ironic smile just as the ice in his eyes thickened. “How am I supposed to believe you when you’re standing here with

His gaze became furious. “I didn’t mean to lie to you, Jeremy! My legs did

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explain herself, Jeremy’s eyes were filled with nothing but disappointment and

“Jeremy…”

you used to be when we were young.” Jeremy scoffed. “To the point that I

at his words. “No way! I am

thoughtfully at Meredith as he rolled the name off his tongue before pulling his arm back. “I’ll look closer into the case. You’d better hope it doesn’t have anything to

tongue-tied as she stood rooted in place. She merely watched on as Jeremy turned and left.

could never find out her involvement in this, no matter

…

days later, Madeline signed the papers for her discharge

heard Eloise’s soft words of comfort for Meredith. Eloise’s motherly love was nothing short of doting and

was defending such an

behind a corner. It was until she made sure that Eloise had walked far enough that she slowly made her

the sight of Madeline, disappointed that

“Vera Quinn!”

corners of her lips lazily as she entered the room. “What’s this? You’re alone? Here I thought Jeremy would be with you. I wouldn’t have dropped

think you are to call

I wanted to see Jeremy,

“You…”

ended up falling into the trap you set for me. Would you

smirked, her noble-looking face sweeping over Meredith’s

right? In your hands? But I do hope you keep in mind that I’m not Madeline. I won’t lie still as you have your way and torture me. I’d pull back on those abominable

had hit Meredith’s sore spot as the woman grabbed the cup of water and threw it

Madeline evaded it smoothly.

Meredith did not account for was Jeremy to appear

his frame. Glass shards flew upon contact and missed his face

shock, the blood draining from

Jeremy in shock. “You’re here, Jeremy. I almost

delicate as she lifted her alluring

were blown wide in shock. “Vera Quinn! What did you just call my fiancé? Why are you looking at

me to call him that.” Madeline

Meredith’s eyes

Crawford over here, Jeremy. Everything I

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her words infuriating Meredith to the point that

Vera Quinn! I’m

Jeremy, tears pooling

right, Jeremy? Tell me she’s

answer and it left Meredith gaping with

her lips in satisfaction. “Who knows what would’ve happened had you not saved me, Jeremy. Are you

replied gently, turning to

smile before turning to look meaningfully at Meredith. “I’ll have to thank you, Miss Crawford. I would have never known just how

“Why? Why must all of you hurt me? What did I do? Do I have to die before you’re willing

push Madeline away

by the waist as she appeared to have lost her

inadvertently falling into Jermey’s embrace. His cool cologne tickled her nose, disturbing

direction where Meredith had run to. “Aren’t you going chase after her? What

done speaking. “If she’s truly suicidal, something would’ve occurred the

was shocked

implying that he had seen through Meredith’s

you said you wanted to thank me?

thought for a few more seconds before

treated Jeremy to a meal at one

sent her to the lobby

Madeline’s wrist as he watched her unclasp the

Madeline turned around and watched the man

thin lips parted to whisper alluringly by her ear. His casual smile was tinged with a

kind smile. “Very well

implying with the words you told Meredith Crawford?” he asked, an indescribable look swimming in his

“I was merely telling the truth, but I apologize if I’ve made you and your lover

Jeremy tugged, pulling Madeline before

Madeline found herself mere inches from Jeremy’s deep

to

“…”

heart skip a beat

never expected herself to

hate a person, you had to feel

Mr. Whitman. You already have your dear Meredith, while I am to be Felipe’s bride,” she replied faintly,

that my parents have gifted me with such an appearance, or you would never have given me the light of day, Mr. Whitman. Even if you hate this appearance

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