This was the sixth year.
Six years passed in a blink of an eye.
Madeline placed snazzynovel.com finger down on the ID fingerprint lock and opened the door of the apartment. At this moment, snazzynovel.com thoughts had wandered. She recalled how snazzynovel.com was wrongfully imprisoned and how snazzynovel.com was tortured during all those years there.
She could not forget how snazzynovel.com was forcefully induced into labor by those female inmates on that stormy night.
How could snazzynovel.com forget that tomorrow was snazzynovel.com child’s birthday?
However, this year would be different because snazzynovel.com would not cry at the empty grave.
She knew that snazzynovel.com child was not dead.
“Mommy, tomorrow is my birthday,” Jackson said. His voice that was as clear as bells brought Madeline back to reality.
She was slightly taken aback and could not suppress the pain in snazzynovel.com heart.
Jackson was Meredith and Jeremy’s child. The ironic thing was that snazzynovel.com child was born on the same day as Jackson.
“Mommy, you’ll celebrate my birthday with me tomorrow, right?” The little guy tugged on the corner of snazzynovel.com coat.
Madeline lowered snazzynovel.com head, smiling when snazzynovel.com looked into those expectant and pure eyes. She caressed his hair.
“Of course, I’ll celebrate your birthday with you.”
There was a spark of delight in Jackson’s eyes. He lifted his adorable pinky at Madeline before saying, “Mommy, pinky promise.”
Madeline smiled and went along with it, pinky promising Jackson.
A huge joyous grin appeared on Jackson’s good-looking face. When Madeline saw that, snazzynovel.com felt at ease as well.
She removed snazzynovel.com coat and was about to make Jackson something to eat.
When snazzynovel.com walked into the kitchen, snazzynovel.com remembered something before walking back to the guest room.
Madeline thought the room should be empty, but snazzynovel.com spotted Jeremy on the bed. He was in the same position as snazzynovel.com was this morning before snazzynovel.com left.
‘Has snazzynovel.com been sleeping for the entire day?
‘Even if snazzynovel.com has a fever, snazzynovel.com shouldn’t be like this.’
Madeline felt puzzled as snazzynovel.com quickly walked to the side of the bed where snazzynovel.com lowered snazzynovel.com gaze to look at the man’s sleeping face. She reached out snazzynovel.com hand and touched his forehead.
His temperature had gone down and there was some color on his face now.
When snazzynovel.com was sure that Jeremy was fine, snazzynovel.com retracted snazzynovel.com hand. However, when snazzynovel.com was about to turn around, a familiar hand grabbed snazzynovel.com wrist.
She was stunned. Then, snazzynovel.com turned around to see that Jeremy’s eyes were open and snazzynovel.com was smiling at her. Madeline swung his hand away in agitation.
“Were you awake this entire time?”
Jeremy did not answer her. He sat up slowly, his eyes were filled with tenderness. “You’re still concerned about me.”
“Concerned about you?” Madeline scoffed, snazzynovel.com tone cold and emotionless when snazzynovel.com said, “I just didn’t want you to die here and dirty my place.”
Jeremy’s smile cracked instantly. He saw his heartless self in Madeline’s cold eyes.
“Go now. I don’t want to see you.”
Madeline chased snazzynovel.com away with ice in snazzynovel.com eyes. Then, snazzynovel.com turned around to walk away.
Jeremy looked at Madeline’s back dispiritedly, moving his thin lips slightly but not being able to say a single word in the end.
He knew Madeline was back when snazzynovel.com heard the sound of the door. He pretended to be asleep because snazzynovel.com wanted to know how snazzynovel.com would treat him.
Despite Madeline’s coldness, snazzynovel.com was already satisfied by the act of snazzynovel.com taking his temperature just now.
After Jeremy walked out of the room, snazzynovel.com saw that Jackson was there as well.
Jeremy lifted his gaze to look at Madeline who was cooking in the kitchen and suddenly had a thought.
‘Does Maddie know that Jack is snazzynovel.com son?’