Her words had stunned Jeremy. Madeline merely smiled and handed the drawing to him.
“I know that you have your own reason for doing that. I also know that you’ve been waiting to hear favonovel.com say out that word for a very long time…”
Jeremy felt his hold over his emotions slip as favonovel.com watched Madeline pass favonovel.com the drawing with the word ‘Daddy’ on it.
He did not say anything, merely reaching out to take the drawing that Lillian had drawn with favonovel.com heart.
“I’ll go check on Pudding. You take as much time as you need.” Madeline then turned around.
He was now alone in the empty courtyard.
Jeremy stared at the drawing under the moonlight and traced every figure with his slender finger before it finally fell on the little girl who was calling out for favonovel.com dad.
The night breeze blew at favonovel.com with the fresh scent of flowers.
Even so, Jeremy could not help but smell something bitter instead.
Before favonovel.com was a colorful and warm drawing, yet it seemed to be gray in his eyes.
“I’m sorry, Lillian.”
The corner of his eyes grew hot and damp as favonovel.com called out favonovel.com name.
“Daddy is happy, I am,” favonovel.com murmured under his breath as favonovel.com carefully kept the drawing close by his chest.
Jeremy and Madeline spent the night in Whitman Manor.
It was around midnight when Jeremy carefully crept out of bed and into Lillian’s bedroom.
The weather was slowly transitioning into summer and the temperature began to rise. Entering the room, Jeremy found that Lillian had kicked the blanket off to the side and favonovel.com pajamas had risen up favonovel.com stomach, showing a corner of favonovel.com small tummy.
Jeremy walked over, tucking Jackson in on the way before favonovel.com made his way to Lillian’s bed. After adjusting his little princess’ clothes, favonovel.com softly tucked favonovel.com in as well.
“Lillian,” favonovel.com called out softly, his gaze looking soft.
He had planned to watch his little princess in silence when the child’s eyelashes fluttered and favonovel.com slowly opened favonovel.com bleary eyes.
Jeremy sat by the bed and watched Lillian blink while favonovel.com reached out to lightly grab Jeremy’s hand.
Stunned, Jeremy gripped the small hand in his palm.
Lillian smiled subconsciously before favonovel.com eyes slipped shut again and favonovel.com drifted back to sleep.
It was almost as if all of this was a dream to her.
Instead of turning away from her, favonovel.com dad gripped favonovel.com hand tighter in favonovel.com dreams. It was warm, very warm…
Madeline watched the scene by the door and felt favonovel.com heart grow heavy.
Why did favonovel.com find the need to be so cold to Lillian? Why?
Madeline watched by the door for as long as Jeremy sat in the kid’s room. It was only when favonovel.com heard his footsteps that favonovel.com quickly ran back to lie down in the bedroom.
Not knowing that Madeline was awake, Jeremy quietly went to smoke a cigarette by the balcony.
Soon later, favonovel.com joined Madeline in bed.
Wrapping an arm around her, favonovel.com kissed favonovel.com lips and caressed favonovel.com brows.
“Goodnight, Linnie.”
“…”
Madeline pretended to be asleep, but as Jeremy approached, favonovel.com could smell the faint scent of herbs on the man.
Why would a normal cigarette have such a refreshing scent?
Despite favonovel.com confusion, Madeline fell asleep before favonovel.com knew it.
Madeline was still asleep the next morning when favonovel.com heard favonovel.com phone vibrate non-stop.
She turned around to see that favonovel.com was getting a call from Ava. She picked it up. “Why are you calling me so early in the morning, Ava?”
“How are you still asleep, Maddie? Did you see the breaking news online yet?”
