Chapter 731

“Your shirt’s a little wrinkled; let me smooth it out for you.” Cecilia made her way down the stairs, straightening out the creases on Zach’s striped pajamas. She then looked toward the kitchen and said, “See you at our usual place tonight. Don’t bail on me, okay?”

Madelyn chose not to react to Cecilia’s words. After washing and drying the pan, she returned it to its spot.

When Cecilia was gone, Giovanna came downstairs, cradling Dalton she had just fed.

“Ms. Jent, Dal’s up,” Giovanna announced. “I get the feeling he’s looking for you whenever he

cries.”

Madelyn dried her hands. “Pass him here,” she said, taking Dalton into her arms. “Did he get his meds?”

“Yes, he did.”

clutching Dalton tightly, while doing her best to disregard Zach. Seeing this, Giovanna wisely

Madelyn’s deliberate attempt to keep distance. Yet, in his mind, everything was falling into place: they had a child together,

completeness he had never known before. Madelyn

a dinner party tonight. Will you join

soothe Dalton. “I can’t go,” she said. “If he wakes up and I’m not there, he’ll cry nonstop. He’s

short while, but within ten minutes,

Kevin to call off the dinner party tonight, so

to stay, but she hid her

was caught in that rainstorm last night and she’s

ignored the maid’s plea and glared at Madelyn.

smile, Madelyn said, “She’s your wife, and technically my sister-in-law. I couldn’t just stand by and do nothing when she’s so sick. I know it’s not my place, but I wanted to help. Next time, I’ll steer clear. Now please, go take care of her. I’ll get

had once been Madelyn’s sanctuary, but now it felt oddly unfamiliar to her. Zach, who had been adopted into her family, had kept her here in

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