Chapter 1188

That anti-toxoid test reagent was Jeremy’s lifeline!

“Why can’t I find it? If it got thrown from upstairs, it has to be here somewhere. Where is it…” Madeline muttered to herself. She was close to tears with how frantic she felt.

Turning on the flashlight on her phone, she searched every corner but it was to no avail.

A heavy and dark weight loomed over her, and Madeline felt herself suffocate as her vision turned to black.

Jeremy would suffer even worse injuries if she could not find the bottle.

No.

She had to find it!

Madeline clenched her jaw and thought to look for it from a different point of view. Standing up, she felt her mind buzz as black spots filled her vision.

“Linne.” Jeremy snapped out of his daze and went up to support Madeline who seemed close to fainting.

His heart ached, and he hated the fact that he could not take her discomfort on behalf of her.

“What are you looking for, Linnie? Is this thing so important? To the point that you’d jump into the river and ignore your injuries to rifle through trash? Just what is it?”

Madeline was dizzy, but she could clearly hear Jeremy raise the topic of her jumping into the river.

He knew all along.

Someone must have taken a video and passed it around online.

After taking a short break, her vision cleared.

She balled her fists and walked out of Jeremy’s arms. “Leave me alone.”

Jeremy pulled her back and made her face him. “How am I supposed to leave you alone? You’re my wife, the person who matters the most to me!”

Madeline’s reddened eyes met Jeremy’s sharp and overwhelming ones. She pursed her lips and suppressed her tears as she replied, “You’re the most important man in my life too. That’s why I have to find it!”

Stubborn, she turned to continue searching.

As she turned her face away, Madeline’s tears began to fall.

‘This is your lifeline, Jeremy.

‘I don’t care what injuries I suffer. As long as you’re okay, it’s all worth it,’ she thought to herself when a silver glint shone in the corner of her eyes.

Madeline took her phone to shine the area again and found the anti-toxoid test reagent bottle hidden under a leaf. She reached out to take it.

In a rush, the back of her hand suffered another cut from a flower’s thorn. With the anti-toxoid test reagent in hand, Madeline broke into a child-like smile until the corners of her eyes grew hot.

She had finally found it.

It was then that Madeline seemed to realize that her body was rather weak and she was unsteady on her feet.

The wound on her thigh was screaming in agony for it had reopened.

Without a word, Jeremy carried Madeline back to the room.

He washed her dirt-caked hands and called the doctor to redress her wound. It was after a while when Jeremy stared at Madeline sitting quietly against the headboard that Jeremy’s heart finally lightened.

Jeremy was sitting silently by Madeline’s bed as he peeled the apple and cut them into small pieces before feeding them to Madeline.

Madeline stared at the silent man and squeezed her fingers. “You have questions, don’t you, Jeremy?”

Jeremy’s gentle gaze stared into Madeline as he swallowed his words back down. Without saying a word, the man placed the fruit platter down and stood up.

“Jeremy?”

Watching the man walk toward the door, Madeline felt her heart race uneasily.

The man ignored her and continued to walk away.

Frantic, Madeline got out of bed and ran toward him without even putting on her hospital slippers. She hugged the man from behind. “Jeremy! Don’t go.”