"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
Raeleigh was later taken to Jepherson's office to be penalized. She stood there the whole morning and had been mulling about in her own thoughts. Jepherson was busy with his own business affairs. In fact, Raeleigh had always known that what the engineer had said was true. She realized that the construction team was very experienced. Although she didn't major in interior designing for cars, she was no less capable than the engineer, in theory. But why hadn't she refuted him? She wanted to appear modest to her superior in the company. But all that got messed up by Jepherson. No one would dare to teach her anything then. After standing there for the entire morning, Raeleigh had almost gone numb. Jepherson was finally finished with his work and looked up at her. "That lesson was quite a matter of fact. Do you understand what it means?" "I do." "So, even though you knew, you still listened to him?" "I just feel that he had no ill intent.
When they left, Lamarre also felt that he was in trouble. He was worried about Raeleigh and had put her down. He looked up and saw Xanthus getting out of the car. He excused himself, walked away, and then left. "Stella was just like Deanna. Even though they had very different personalities, she was much more generous and wouldn't behave like Deanna..." It was rare for Jepherson to explain anything. Raeleigh didn't take it seriously and didn't want to say anything. Seeing Xanthus, she turned around and walked towards him. She touched her face and smiled. She didn't look back and followed Xanthus to the car. Xanthus didn't leave right away. Instead, he took a moment to look at Jepherson. When he got out of the car, he saw a woman walking to Jepherson's car. Stuart was very respectful towards this woman. There must be something going on that he didn't know about. Jepherson turned around and looked at them. Xanthus turned away and left. "Stella is pretty good-
"It's so easy for you to call me. Are you just getting up at this hour?" "I just got up at three o'clock in the middle of the night. I couldn't sleep, so I called you. Don't you like it?" Santiago replied. Raeleigh began to undress. She drew back the curtains and turned around. She went to the bathroom and was ready to take a bath. "Well, do you like it or not? Don't you have anything to say?" Whenever Raeleigh talked to Santiago, she was always rude. She regarded him as an outsider. Santiago began to prattle and speak a bunch of nonsense. She took off her clothes and got into the bathtub, all the while chatting with Santiago. "Won't your phone bill be pretty expensive?" After a while, Santiago asked her this. Raeleigh told him, "If you think so, then don't waste your time. I'm going to sleep. Take care of yourself. I'm hanging up!" Having said that, Raeleigh hung up the phone, put on her bathrobe, and tidied herself up. Then, she picked up her phone and w
Soon, the car arrived at the gates of the nursing home. Flynt pushed the door open and got out, and Raeleigh got out as well. "Flowers." Flynt stepped out of the car and shouted at her. Raeleigh took the flowers and went in with Flynt. They soon arrived at the nursing home. When Raeleigh saw the woman in the sickbed, she knew that the flowers weren't for her. Raeleigh looked at the middle-aged woman. Her face looked pale and gaunt. It was obvious that she didn't have long in this world. Flynt took the flowers in Raeleigh's hand and said to her, "Hattie, I've bought these flowers for you. Have I done well?" "Ah..." Hattie couldn't speak anymore. She was so moved that tears flowed down her cheeks. She used her trembling hands to hold the flowers in her arms. Finally, she closed her eyes. She clutched the flowers in her hands, but people naturally could not bring themselves to face death. After she passed, the flowers fell to the ground. The doctor came
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