The door closed, and the two of them got in the car. The car slowly drove away while Raeleigh took out a book to read, completely ignoring Jepherson. Jepherson leaned over and raised his hand to hold Raeleigh's body. He lowered his head to read Raeleigh's book. Jepherson had never read those books before, but they looked very valuable. He kept Raeleigh company as she read for a while. However, after a while, Jepherson raised his head and leaned back against the chair. Raeleigh turned her head to look at Jepherson. He did not look well. Raeleigh put down the book and raised her hand to caress Jepherson's head. "What's wrong?" "I feel a little uncomfortable. I feel dizzy." Jepherson held Raeleigh's hand on him, leaning against the seat. Stuart said, "Mr. Jepherson hasn't had a good rest in a while. He has been searching for information and looking at the computer. He probably got exposed to a lot of radiation. In addition, he's mentally and physically exhausted. The doc
"When I was fifteen, my father found a record of my mother's hospitalization in the hospital where my mother was admitted to after the fall. It was clearly recorded that my mother had given birth to a girl and had bled badly. At that time, the child was born. All the staff heard the child crying. My mother was in a coma and didn't wake up. After that, no one knew where the child went. I went to visit the head nurse to inquire. She remembered that the child was still alive when she was taken away. As for where the child was sent to, there was an orphanage at that time, so she asked me to check with the orphanage." "I went there. They indeed took in a girl that day. The girl's name could not be retrieved, but there was indeed a girl who was sent to the orphanage that same day." "The orphanage could no longer take care of the children because of financial problems. Three years later, the orphanage sent away more than sixty children to other orphanages across the country, so I
Raeleigh had never been so relieved, as if she would not have any worries as long as she was with Jepherson, and she slept uninterrupted until the next morning. When she woke up in the morning, Jepherson was not by her side. Raeleigh stood up and realized that there were burnt marks on the ground nearby. Raeleigh looked at it. The little brook was still flowing. It was damp everywhere. The previous night, she had not been woken up by the dampness. It seemed that Jepherson had woken up in the middle of the night to make a fire. That was why she was not woken up by the cold. Raeleigh stood up and looked around for Jepherson. Finally, she found him at the river head. Jepherson was standing beside the river, watching it. Hearing Raeleigh's footsteps, he glanced at her and said, "You're awake?" "Why did you come here?" Raeleigh walked over and asked, not answering Jepherson's question. Jepherson was wearing a white shirt with the rest of his clothes still in Raeleigh's han
"If you don't do well in the exam, then I'll give you a special privilege." "I don't want your privilege. It's the same if I rely on myself." Raeleigh pulled her hand back, not liking Jepherson's behavior. She turned around and walked back to the school. At that time, Jepherson turned around and returned to the car. He sat in the car and ordered Stuart to go back to Richards Manor. He wanted to go back and check on Marissa. For the past few days, Marissa had been waiting for Jepherson to return home. She had waited for a few days, but he had yet to come back, so she seemed very impatient. Hearing that Jepherson's car had already arrived, Marissa's face darkened as she said coldly, "He still knows the way back. I wonder where he has been hiding. I asked him to bring Deanna back to visit me, and he instantly ran away, leaving not even a trace of a shadow. This must mean that he's sick of me nagging him." "Who's sick of you?" Jepherson stepped in. Marissa was
Raeleigh got out of the car and was pulled over by Santiago by the wrist. Holding her hand, they walked into Richards Manor. Scarlette left Raeleigh's things safely in the car. After all, who would dare to come to the gate of Richards Manor to steal something from the car? Wasn't that asking for trouble? With that thought in mind, Scarlette chased after them. Raeleigh was escorted to Richards Manor. Just as she entered, she saw Zorion and the Old Madam of the Richards family standing there, chatting away in the Ink Garden. Marissa wore a long formal dress and a white cloak. The skirt was dark green, which made her look dignified and regal. Seeing Raeleigh's appearance, Marissa froze for a moment. How could that child dress that way? She then looked at her grandson, Santiago, and understood. Was he trying to tell others that they were birds of a feather? In fact, Raeleigh was also dressed in a simple and elegant way. However, on such an occasion to me
After coming out of the room, Raeleigh immediately walked around with her head lowered. Santiago stood outside the door. Inside, Jepherson said, "I'll take a break. You guys can go off to eat." After he had said that and had closed the door, Santiago turned around to look for Raeleigh, only to find that she had already made her way downstairs. He went downstairs and followed after her. All the servants on the lower floor knew what was going on. The one named Raeleigh was not there with Mr. Santiago. Rather, she had gone into Mr. Jepherson's room and had been inside for a long time. Throughout that period of time, Mr. Santiago not only did not get angry but he also sat downstairs, eating and drinking, watching TV and playing with his cell phone. Everyone was not clear about what was going on, but no one dared to say a word about that matter. It seemed that anyone who talked about it would be sentenced to death immediately. Raeleigh went out of the door and
Raeleigh also did not expect that Santiago would eat all her leftovers. But at that time, if she tried to stop him, then she would be the one deemed insensible. It would have been inappropriate if she took it back to eat on her own too. In the end, she could only watch. Jepherson on the other hand simply remarked, "You're indeed quite thin." After saying that, Jepherson took a sip of red wine. The corners of his mouth were lifted up. Raeleigh didn't dare look at him because if she looked at him too much, then her eyes would hurt. Raeleigh could not make sense of such a man. Soon, Santiago finished eating Raeleigh's leftovers. Deanna bit her lip as she grimaced. What was he doing? Zorion held his sister's hand tightly with a big smile. Since the game was being played that way, Zorion thought it was fun. Santiago had a gulp of red wine and wiped his mouth with a napkin. He looked at the time and stood up. "We're leaving. There's work to be
They did not manage to make it back to campus. Instead, Raeleigh was taken by Santiago to his villa. After entering the building, Santiago took a look at the time and saw that it was already two in the morning. He decided to call Jepherson anyway, and within an hour, Jepherson had made his way to the villa. When he entered the house, Jepherson first went to look for Santiago, who was sitting downstairs. Seeing that he was fine, Jepherson ran upstairs to find Raeleigh. Raeleigh heard someone knocking on the door and stood up to open it. It was Jepherson standing outside the door. Raeleigh froze for a moment, and Jepherson reached out to pull Raeleigh into his embrace, squeezing her hard, as if he wanted to melt and merge his body together with hers. Raeleigh remained silent the whole time. Raising her head, she fixed her eyes on the roof and raised her hands to hold Jepherson. Jepherson was breathing hard, very hard. Raeleigh knew that he was afraid and wor
Santiago went home once more to retrieve Jepherson's sperm from the sperm bank. After that, Raeleigh got pregnant through medical procedures. However, when Raeleigh was only three days pregnant, the doctor made a major discovery. He informed her that he made progress with Shaney's illness , and that he might have misdiagnosed her condition. At that time, Raeleigh had been so overjoyed that Shaney was fine, and she only remembered that she was pregnant after half a month since learning about Shaney. By the time she remembered that she was with child, she wanted to stop her pregnancy. However, Santiago persuaded her to give the baby to him. Raeleigh pondered about it for a long time before finally agreeing. ...... Time passed in a blink of an eye, and Raeleigh had never expected for things to turn out the way it did. She gave birth to her second child, and Shaney had made a full recovery. Santiago had told her that the baby was the will of God, and he
When Raeleigh got out of the car, she began staring at the Richards family's courtyard. Although the Richards family had already buried Marissa's body, Raeleigh was still unwilling to go back. However, as she gazed at Carsten's precious little face that was looking at her expectantly, she had no choice but to follow Jepherson inside. At that moment, Santigo and the other children were in the yard. When Santiago saw Raeleigh and Jepherson, he smiled and gestured at Jepherson. "What are you doing?" Raeleigh asked when she saw Santiago. "Nothing." Though Raeleigh did not believe Jepherson, she decided not to ask further. When Carsten saw Forden and Shaney, he immediately tried to break away from Jepherson's arms, wanting to get to them. The children were all gathered in the Richards family manor that day. Coupled with the four other children of the Whalen family, there were ten children altogether, and they almost occupied the entire courtyard. Ra
Raeleigh said nothing as Carsten continued sinking his teeth into Jepherson's neck. She stared in shock as blood seeped out of his wound. Jepherson raised his hand and patted Carsten gently, then walked to the bed and sat down. After a while, Carsten finally fell asleep. He closed his eyes as he dozed off in Jepherson's arms. Meanwhile, Raeleigh had rushed out of the room to ask the hotel staff to prepare disinfectants before going back into the room to help Jepherson clean his wound. Jepherson leaned against the wall, still holding Carsten in his arms and unwilling to let go. Raeleigh frowned. "What should we do?" Jepherson's voice was a little hoarse. He had been busy for the past two days entertaining guests. "He got scared because of the crowd. He thought that you didn't want him anymore since he couldn't find you, and probably thinks that I'm the one who forced him to stay there." After bandaging Jepherson's wound, Raeleigh helped wipe Carsten's mouth. Sudd
After Raeleigh and the others left, Santiago walked to Zorion's car and stopped him. Zorion casted a glance outside. "Rossie, you should go first. He won't show any mercy once I get off." "You knew he wouldn't show you mercy, so why didn't you think of that before you caused trouble?" "I was just kidding! Who knew he'd have such a bad temper? I didn't expect him to take it seriously." Rossie sighed and gave in. Glancing at Zorion, she finally understood that he was only using her as an excuse to escape whenever he got into trouble. She got out of the car and looked at Santiago who stood opposite her. "Long time no see." "Where's Zorion?" "He's so afraid of you that he doesn't even dare to come out," said Rossie. "It's too late to be scared." He walked up to Zorion's car with the rod in his hand, then raised the stick and smashed it against the car until it was completely wrecked. When he was done, he tossed the stick aside, turned to pick
After leaving the kindergarten, Raeleigh followed Santiago to the Richards family manor. It had been four years since she returned, so she was no longer familiar with the place. Santiago went in, put Carsten down and asked the children to keep themselves entertained. He then looked at Raeleigh and said, "I came back this time because Mrs. Richards is dying. She has been unconscious for a while now. I came back to see her for the last time." Raeleigh asked, "Mrs. Richards?" "Yes. Jepherson hasn't been home these couple of days because he has gone to visit her. He didn't tell you about it because Mrs. Richards doesn't want to see you. While she was still herself, she did say that she would never let you into the family, and that she didn't want to see you ever again. Jepherson went to take care of her but was worried about you. So, he asked me to come home to take a look and it was only then did I find out that Carsten is autistic. This is on your plate now."
When the time came, Raeleigh enrolled Carsten into a kindergarten. On the first day of school, Carsten was bullied. Raeleigh felt sorry for him as she gently touched his swollen face. He had been beaten because he could not speak. She wanted to confront the bully, but Jepherson stopped her. He told her that Carsten should resolve this matter by himself. That year, Raeleigh could not sleep well at night. Hair loss became an issue, and she was exhausted all the time. But after half a month, the children stopped bullying Carsten. Instead, their parents came to Raeleigh's home. "Just take a look at your child..." The parents pointed to their child, and Raeleigh was confused when she saw a boy about the same height as Carsten. The boy seemed to have taken a serious beating, but when Carsten had gotten beaten up like this, Raeleigh hadn't gone to look for trouble with the bully's parents, did she? Raeleigh retorted, "And? It's normal for
The snow was falling heavily. Jepherson put away the phone and took Raeleigh back into the house. The two stood inside and watched the snow. Meanwhile, Hadrian and Scarlette were busy in the kitchen, not daring to make a sound. The Richards family manor remained quiet when winter was approaching. None of the family members returned even on New Year's Day. Raeleigh went to the yard and waited for them in advance, but no one came back. After New Year's Day, Raeleigh returned to her home with Jepherson. Her family members were all surprised to see her pregnant when she got home. They did not expect Raeleigh to be pregnant after being missing for several months. Moreover, she was almost due. Everyone in the Osteen family knew that Raeleigh stayed because of the baby inside her belly. Undoubtedly, the baby was Jepherson's. However, they wondered where Santiago went. Since Raeleigh said nothing, no one dared to ask about it. They all ignored the incident and sil
Raeleigh was stopped by Jepherson's men at the entrance of the village. 'I knew it wouldn't be easy for me to run away.' "Madam Raeleigh, Mr. Richards is waiting for you." Raeleigh had no choice but to go back with them. At the same time, Jepherson sat on his wheelchair outside the village with a blanket on his lap and upon seeing Raeleigh, he breathed a sigh of relief. Raeleigh walked up to him, "Don't be complacent. I'll leave one day." Shifting his gaze to Raeleigh's belly, Jepherson stretched out his hand and pulled her to him. Despite being too weak to walk, he had a firm grip. Raeleigh lost her balance and fell onto his lap. She tried to escape, but he said immediately, "Don't move." Although his voice sounded terrifying to others, he was trying to negotiate. Everyone turned around to look at them, and Raeleigh blushed. Jepherson covered her body with the blanket, then placed his hand onto her belly. Raeleigh tensed up immediately. She ra
Raeleigh had been depressed for a while after Santiago's departure. After a few days, she finally calmed down a little. Jepherson's health had not improved during this period of time. Whenever he was free, he would stare at Shaney's photo in a daze. Deanna and Jacky had helped take care of Jepherson when Raeleigh fell ill. After Raeleigh recovered, she returned to taking care of him herself. However, Jepherson had been in such poor health that he couldn't even go downstairs. It took Raeleigh a lot of effort to help him get down, especially when he was unwilling to go downstairs. "Autumn is coming. I don't want to go down." He was saying that it was cold downstairs. Raeleigh replied, "I can't take care of you all the time. Are you going to exhaust me to death? Your parents left you alone and ignored you. Santiago abandoned you too. What do you want me to do? I have to work. I also have to take care of you..." "Then stop working. Take care of me." Rael