"Dinner." Lamar was preparing to take Raeleigh and Jazelle to dinner. The person who just left stepped out with a silver box. When he saw Lamar, he bowed at him and greeted him, "Sir." "Well, you can leave. If something happens, then I'll contact you. I wish your mother a speedy recovery." "Thank you." The man turned around and left. Before he left, he glanced at Raeleigh. The man looked familiar, as though she had seen him somewhere before, but she couldn't remember. After he left, Raeleigh went to have dinner. She then asked Lamar, "How do you know him?" Lamar removed the bones in the fish for Raeleigh, placed it back on the plate, and he then did the same for her Grandma. Then, he answered her question. "I'm investigating how you were taken away from us all those years ago." Raeleigh placed her cutlery down and looked at Lamar. Lamar continued to remove the fish bones for Raeleigh. He knew that she liked eating fish. That night, they were eating a
When Raeleigh went downstairs, Lamar was waiting for her downstairs. As Raeleigh made her way to the kitchen to help, Lamar called her, "Baby girl, come here." Raeleigh stopped and looked at Lamar. She wasn't used to being called 'baby girl'. When she heard her mother call her, she felt awkward and couldn't say anything. She turned around, walked back to Lamar, and sat down beside him. Lamar had no awkward feelings with his daughter. He got straight to the point and said, "I hope you'll be safe, and I hope nothing bad happens to you. You and your brother have found someone you adore and I wish you a long life." Raeleigh didn't say anything, sat down opposite him, and looked at Lamar. "If you love someone, then go ahead. I won't interfere. If you want to do something, then please go ahead. I won't interfere in that either. If... If you want to go back, then I'll agree as well. Mom will be sad. But she has me, so you can rest assured that she'll be okay with it."
"Is this Raeleigh's new design?" Sitting cross-legged on the chair, Jepherson stared at her new design with fire in his eyes. He wanted to use this work to convince her not to terminate the agreement she had with the Richards Group. But was this given to him by Raeleigh herself? He personally came into this country and visited the Osteen family residence, yet he was treated like a guest. Lamarre was then being hidden away by Jepherson. He had ceased all dealings with the company and was penalized the amount of three years worth of salary. Lamarre didn't care. He had a bit of money left. For the sake of his favorite student, he was willing to do anything. He hid during the winter and allowed himself to go on a vacation. When Jepherson wasn't at the company, Lamarre made his plans to go abroad. Then, he received a phone call from Raeleigh. She was going to give her latest design to Lamarre, but someone else was nearby. So, Raeleigh invited Lamarre to her home. He looked
Jepherson didn't let go of Raeleigh until it was evening. He leaned against her and said nothing. She looked at him in a daze. "Get up, let's go for dinner." Jepherson got out of bed. Raeleigh didn't say anything and continued to lie down. "Don't you want to say something?" Jepherson sat back as Raeleigh looked at him. "We still broke up, you know?" Jepherson's face darkened. "Why must we break up with each other? Isn't this enough?" Raeleigh's eyes turned red, and she almost cried. It was enough. But there was no need to continue. "I want to break up and live my own life. I only stayed with you because I didn't have the money to study." Raeleigh wanted to leave, so she made up an excuse. Jepherson snorted, rolled his eyes at her, and he then lay down on the bed. "If you don't want to get up, then don't. I don't want to get up either." He laid still on one side of the bed. Raeleigh asked, confused, "Why do you have to do this?" "Rae
"How long has it been?" After Jacky finished his lessons, he asked the person beside him. The person then responded to Jacky, "Twenty days." "It's been twenty days and no one from the Moore Family paid up?" Jacky walked a few paces and he then sat down. There was no one around him, as it was very quiet. Deanna was walking behind her older brother, Zorion. She was walking towards him when she heard Jacky speaking to his subordinates. "Release Flynt and send him to the entrance of the Moore family residence." "What about us?" "Go ahead." Jacky didn't expect the Moore family to be so patient. No one asked for Flynt for the past twenty days. This was no longer fun. What was the point of it? After the group left, she noticed that they had all quickly ran away. She leaned her head to one side and smiled when she saw Jacky. He raised his head to bask in the sun under the tree. It was very cold that day. It was actually the holiday season, but there we
Jepherson lay in bed for some time. He went to the Osteen family residence the other night and waited outside. However, no one from the Osteen family opened the door for him or welcomed him. He dialed Raeleigh's number, but it wasn't in service. After waiting for a few hours when it was ten o'clock in the evening, he called Lamarre. Lamarre was living in the manor and went out to see him at the door in the middle of the night. He was quite surprised to see him. "Why are you here?" "Can't I come in?" He looked around, waiting for Raeleigh to appear, but she had already gone to sleep. Lamarre said to him, "I just finished talking to her. I'm pretty tired. I have to go back in. Let's talk about it tomorrow. It will take half an hour to go back from here. The place is quite big." After saying that, Lamarre turned back towards the house. Jepherson had no choice but to go back to his car. The next day, he continued calling her, but she refused to ans
"Help me." Jepherson walked towards Raeleigh. She handed him a black suit and a blue striped tie. "That's better." Jepherson looked at the clothes in her hands. He neatly took off his coat and threw it aside. He then took off his tie and threw it away. He took the tie in her hand and put it on. Raeleigh then picked out another coat for him. Having put on the suit, he raised his eyes and looked at her. "Is this ok?" "Looking very sharp, Mr. Richards!" Raeleigh deliberately flattered him. The corners of her mouth curved upwards. She picked up the documents and walked towards the door. Raeleigh didn't know what was on his mind, but he must have worn the wrong outfit on purpose. Raeleigh then followed him into the meeting room. When she stepped in, she saw Jepherson sitting next to Lamarre as the chairman. She knocked on the door and went in. When Jepherson saw her, he said, "Miss Anson, you're late. Remember to be punctual next time." "Yes." Raeleigh no
Raeleigh stood out among the group of workers and heard them say how good she looked. Lamarre also said, "The most beautiful one here is my apprentice. She is as beautiful as a flower in spring." At first, hearing that, Raeleigh blushed, realizing her mentor was quite flirty despite his old age. But thinking about it again, it didn't sound as frivolous as she thought. Raeleigh knew that Lamarre liked to joke around, but she couldn't help but to feel a little bit teased. She stood aside and laughed with her red face. "Don't just smile. You look like a fool. Don't be silly. Come over here..." Lamarre was curious about this apprentice of his. Everyone knew that he would take care of her wherever he went, as though she were his own child. If anyone bullied her, then he would certainly make them realize their mistake. They walked towards a display that showed the car's layout. When he got to the front, Lamarre pointed at it and said, "Take a look at this and re
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