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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 a thing,

were frosty and distaste became apparent in his peach blossom eyes. “How

with you for so many years. You’re the only one she has

startling

features were currently graced with a splash of fury and his eyes were

thinking that Jeremy was referring to Vera Quinn. “Hmph. The

said, Eloise left. Her infuriated words carried the promise of a threat and the dignified aura of a rich

not seem fazed at all by her threat. The Montgomeries may be one of Glendale’s four major rich families, but they did not hold a candle to

to threaten Jeremy Whitman? Jeremy was

trickled

to listen to Madeline sleep talking, but she seemed to have stopped talking

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

were closed did Madeline dare to

earlier, it had shocked her

in to every word of hatred Eloise

of her lips quirked self-deprecatingly

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darkness finally cleared, and

remembered how he had held her tightly and comforted her as well as how

race, thumping a familiar

bit her lip

possibly fall for him

‘I hate him!

died with every push toward the deep end he forced me

survivors would never

you know how it feels to be

…

hospital room where

thinking that

long enough to start worrying about Meredith.”

her side, Jeremy. I’m scared that she might take her life lightly because this burden is too much for her to handle…” Rose wiped a tear sorrowfully, playing the part of a broken-hearted

frost in his gaze to

Rose averted her gaze immediately

watching Meredith this entire time? How did she

water, but Meredith was gone when I returned,” Rose

legs were fractured? How

Meredith away!” Rose lied. “It

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

gaze, Rose felt beads of cold sweat form from all the pressure

find the evidence to prove that it was her!” Eloise suddenly proclaimed, “Only she would hurt Meredith

a nurse exited the room. “She’s awake, but her emotions

Eloise exclaimed heart-wrenchingly, distress apparent

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

Eloise agreed.

room a worried glance, she turned to exhort Jeremy. “Go

open the

that the bed was empty and

look in the direction of

door was wide open. The sound of water gushing from the showerhead met his ears just as

the sight of Meredith that very moment. He spun around

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only woman he had ever seen

only from Meredith’s words the following morning that he came to

repulsed by the vague

sob…” Meredith’s sorrowful wails sounded

Jeremy grabbed the bedsheets and walked into the bathroom with his

“Come out.”

out of the bathroom, he realized

eyes as anger began to brew

dove into Jeremy’s chest, her

turns torturing me. It hurts. Why me? I feel so disgusting,

you told me I was the most adorable and

fingertips bent instinctively at

His Linnie.

let her go

why? Why did he find himself caring so much

he felt nothing

frowned deeply at

herself away from his chest and running out the bathroom

Jeremy frowned.

My life’s ruined and my face won’t

you, Jeremy. Perhaps our next life would treat us better than

Meredith’s lips quirked upward

and snatched the knife from

die, Jeremy? Just let me

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

Oh my God, I’m so sorry.

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

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

“Wouldn’t you?”

Meredith lied through her teeth. “Unless you don’t believe me, Jeremy? Don’t you trust your

as the ice in his eyes thickened. “How am I supposed to believe you when you’re standing here with

to lie to you, Jeremy! My legs did actually get injured, it’s just not that severe. The doctor was the one who exaggerated it. That has nothing to do with

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her best to explain herself, Jeremy’s eyes were filled with nothing but

“Jeremy…”

the point that I can’t help but think you’re not the girl I

words.

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

watched on as Jeremy turned and left. She

out her

…

later, Madeline signed the papers for her discharge before she made a beeline for

nothing short

mother was defending such an evil

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

the sight of Madeline, disappointed

“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

think you are

I wanted to see Jeremy, so I came

“You…”

the trap you set for

her noble-looking face sweeping over Meredith’s

time, 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

up, you b*tch!” She had hit Meredith’s sore spot as the woman grabbed the cup of water and threw it at Madeline in

Madeline evaded it smoothly.

account for

his frame. Glass shards flew upon contact and missed his

exclaimed in shock, the blood draining from

shock. “You’re here, Jeremy. I almost

his name intimately, her tone a newfound degree of delicate as she lifted

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

call him

Meredith’s eyes

her eyes sparkling. “Perhaps you should explain it to Miss Crawford over here, Jeremy. Everything I said is the truth. Oh, and how you also said that you’re willing to have me as

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words infuriating Meredith to the point that veins had begun to pop on

of coming between me and Jeremy, Vera Quinn! I’m the only woman

bed while feeling distressed and ran toward Jeremy, tears pooling in her

right, Jeremy? Tell me

hesitate to answer and

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

turning to

turning to look meaningfully at Meredith. “I’ll have to thank you, Miss Crawford. I would have never

Why must all of you hurt me? What did I do? Do I have to die

reached out to push Madeline away

to hold Madeline by the waist as

inadvertently falling into Jermey’s embrace. His cool cologne tickled her nose, disturbing the steady pattern of her heartbeat and

out of Jeremy’s hold and stared in the direction where Meredith

Madeline was done speaking. “If she’s

shocked

he had

said you wanted to thank me?

deep in thought for a

meal at one of Glendale’s most

he sent her to the lobby of her apartment when they were

as he watched her unclasp the

turned around and watched the

go back to Mr. Whitman?” His thin lips parted to whisper alluringly by her ear. His casual smile

“Very well then, Jeremy. Is

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

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

Jeremy tugged,

off guard, Madeline found herself mere inches from

to marry

“…”

her heart skip

to fall for his

a person, you had to feel

have your dear Meredith, while I am to be Felipe’s bride,” she replied

grateful that my parents have gifted me with such an appearance, or you would never have given me the light of

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