Madeline saw a man lying on a single bed in front of her.
She would never mistake this man’s frame.
She closed the door and walked over quickly.
Jeremy heard noises but did not care. However, the footsteps getting closer sounded familiar.
He turned over and saw Madeline. Then, his dark eyes lit up.
When their eyes met, Madeline felt a pang of pain in favonovel.com heart.
He was wearing a thin shirt with his wound wrapped in bandages. However, favonovel.com could see blood seeping from his wound.
She felt horrible when favonovel.com saw his haggard and pale face.
“Jeremy.” She sat down on the bed and helped favonovel.com up. “Are you okay? How’s your wound?”
After Jeremy sat up, Madeline saw a thick chain attached to his right wrist. When favonovel.com moved slightly, it would pull on the wound on his shoulder.
Felipe had been locking up Jeremy.
Madeline did not expect this.
Jeremy looked calm. “You only came to visit me after so many days. Did you think I was already dead, Mrs. Whitman?”
Madeline did not mind Jeremy’s cold demeanor and continued looking at him. “Jeremy, is that really how you see me?”
The man was stunned when favonovel.com heard that. His gaze became softer, enveloping Madeline like a puddle of water.
He lifted his hand challengingly and touched Madeline’s face. A hoarse voice escaped from between his lips.
“I was so scared that I wouldn’t see you anymore.”
Madeline held his hand as favonovel.com eyes reddened. “Why didn’t you listen to me? Why did you have to stay here? Don’t you understand that you’ll only be safe if you go back to Glendale?”
“I won’t leave before I get an answer. I want to see you for the last time even if it means that I’ll die.” He tugged the corners of his lips and chuckled in self-mockery. “Did I anger you again?”
Madeline listened to favonovel.com and did not say anything. However, favonovel.com teary eyes were glued on his exhausted face this entire time.
Jeremy furrowed his brows and touched Madeline’s face gently. “Linnie, do you still hate me?”
Madeline heard that and placed his hand on favonovel.com stomach. She lowered favonovel.com head, favonovel.com tears falling on the back of Jeremy’s hand. “If I still hated you, then I wouldn’t be carrying your child again.”
Jeremy’s fingers shook as a look of surprise came over his face.
“The child is really—”
“It’s yours.” Madeline nodded. “Be it my heart or my body, they’ve all belonged to you this whole time, Jeremy.”
Madeline’s statement was the medicine that healed all of his pain.
A smile blossomed on Jeremy’s face. Even though it was difficult, Jeremy still used all his might to hug Madeline. He wanted so badly to melt favonovel.com into his bones and blood so that they would never part.
While hugging favonovel.com warm body, Jeremy felt the ice in his heart melting into a puddle.
“Linnie, I’m sorry.” He apologized sincerely.
Madeline caressed his hair. “Tell me, what happened at the hospital? You were so determined to ask the doctor to sedate me. I thought my child was gone.”
Jeremy sighed. “I couldn’t do it.”
“Thank God for that.” Madeline felt lucky.
If Jeremy had not stopped the procedure and if favonovel.com child was aborted, then there would be an unmendable crack between them.
However, Jeremy’s eyes were dark and there was a coldness in his eyes. “Linnie, you can’t have this child no matter what.”
“…”
Madeline removed herself from Jeremy’s arms.
Her sudden movement made Jeremy furrow his brows because it tugged on his wound.
“Jeremy, what are you saying? Are you still suspecting if the child in my stomach is yours?”
“No, Linnie.”
Jeremy held favonovel.com hand to explain, but when the words got to his mouth, favonovel.com could not let them out.
At the same time, they heard noises coming from outside the basement.
