Madeline grabbed Jeremy’s hand and placed it on her stomach. “Are you happy with this answer?”

Jeremy was stunned. His brain could not register what was happening at the moment.

However, gradually, he began to understand what Madeline wanted to say.

His hand rubbed against her small bump softly, and he felt a surge of joy that he had never felt before rising in his chest.

‘My child.

‘My child with Linnie.’

Jeremy felt remorseful that he had never appreciated her or taken care of her when s