Raeleigh slept all night. She woke up at dawn, but it was actually already seven o'clock since it was winter. Raeleigh usually got up at six o'clock, but she didn't get up until seven o'clock that day because she slept late the day before. She had everything she needed in the room. Raeleigh stood up and took a bath. Then, she opened the door and walked out. When Stuart saw her, he walked over and told her, "Last night, Madam Marissa fainted because of a fit of anxiety. The young master didn't come over because of this. He told me to inform you about this, Young Madam Raeleigh, since it was quite late last night to inform you about it." "Stuart, I'm not some young madam. Don't call me that anymore." "Ah... I understand." He'll try his best. "I'm going home now. I've already called for a car. It should be here soon..." "The young master will come to see you later. It s the weekend, so he intends for you to stay here in the Green Jade Garde
Raeleigh resisted, but... Faced with a man like Jepherson, resistance was futile. So, in the end, he still got his wish and they remained as a couple. He even deepened his kiss and urgently pestered her. Raeleigh doubted whether it was true that everyone in the world behaved like this. As long as a man had savage desires, the woman would give in eventually. She didn't know if others were safe from this, but in her case, she wasn't. Although she deeply hated her weak character, she calmed down after Jepherson kissed her. "Let's go for a walk. We didn't have a good look around last time. Let's do that tonight." After saying that, he took her outside. She stared at the bright moonlight for a few minutes when she stepped out. Then, she called Xanthus and explained the situation. "I'll come and pick you up." Xanthus hung up right after and Raeleigh sent him a grateful message. But in the very next moment, the phone in her hand had been s
Knowing that Stella was in the hospital, Marissa rushed over. Deanna was already dead in the water as it is, as the Richards family wouldn't accept someone like her. Raeleigh was even more unreliable. She did absolutely nothing. Her reputation was already in tatters, and yet she strutted around like nothing had happened. Didn't she say that she'd never agree to marry? When she arrived at the hospital, she rushed towards Stella's ward. At first, she was in tears as she opened the door. After she asked around, she found out that this had involved Raeleigh somehow. "That little b*tch, she actually..." While Marissa was talking to herself, Jepherson stepped out of the bathroom and stared at her with an even gloomier look on his face. "Grandma, you'd better be careful with what you say." "How dare you talk to me like this?" She sat on the bed with a sullen face. She often disregarded any mention of Raeleigh, but she couldn't help getting angry at the very menti
Raeleigh didn't find out until the next morning that Jepherson had returned to the company for work. He called her as soon as he walked into his office. Raeleigh received the call. When she reached the elevator, someone knocked her down. Raeleigh was wearing a set of overalls. Everyone knew that only Raeleigh dressed this way. Everyone else dressed differently. The company didn't have any specific rules when it came to the dress code, especially for designers. So, as soon as Raeleigh showed up, someone recognized her right away. Someone had deliberately bumped into her when she was in the elevator. When she fell down, the people around her avoided her, and no one went to help her. Raeleigh knelt on the ground and held her knees for a while. Lamarre came over and found her on the floor. He bent down to help her up, but she couldn't stand up and her head kept shaking. Lamarre knew that she didn't look good, so he bent down and took Raeleigh somew
At Richards Manor. Jepherson was seated in the hall downstairs, surrounded by people. The policemen were also seated across from him. Jepherson stared at the door. Jepherson didn't want to hear any of it. He only wanted to say one thing. "Raeleigh is injured. I want to know who did it to Raeleigh, who is badly injured right now. I will hold the person responsible accountable." "Mr. Richards, look at this. Your staff has already admitted to their crime. Do you want to..." The police were very embarrassed by this case. Some lower-level employees mentioned that there was likely another reason why this happened. Generally speaking, it was because Raeleigh went too far with the way she treated another female staff member, so they were against her. And the fall didn't cause them any trouble. Jepherson looked away and said, "I've been very clear about the whole story. I don't want any of you interfering. They only said that because they're expected to, and they m
Raeleigh was pulled to the side by Jepherson. He checked to see if she was okay rather grumpily. He then let her hands go, looked at Scarlette, and said, "Be careful." She stood next to Hadrian. He had just reached Scarlette anxiously, while Jepherson looked at him disdainfully. Hadrian just had to bear his gaze. Even if his girlfriend did do something wrong, Hadrian didn't want other men to scold her, especially to her face. He also had to ask for leave for their trip back that time. "Scarlette, you should go over there, for now. Be careful when you walk." Hadrian took her to one side of the room. Although Scarlette didn't want to, she had no choice. What was more, Hadrian might not leave that time. There will be plenty of time in the future. Did she have to worry about that? Scarlette moved to one side of the room, and Hadrian spoke directly to Jepherson. "Young Master Richards, I'm here to ask a favor from you." "Go ahead." In front of peopl
Raeleigh and Xanthus had been reading books for the whole afternoon inside the room. Then, Raeleigh fell asleep. Xanthus then placed some medicinal herbs on her knee, and Xanthus then fell asleep while keeping an eye on Raeleigh. It was late when he woke up. Xanthus got up to prepare dinner. The door was locked, so Raeleigh stayed in the room and didn't go out. Even if Jepherson wanted to come in, he couldn't. Things were busy downstairs. After Scarlette knocked several times on the door, Raeleigh still remained silent. She stood at the door and called out to her, "Raeleigh, please open the door." Raeleigh didn't answer. Instead, she read a book about Shakespeare. "Raeleigh, are you in there?" Raeleigh knew Scarlette was standing outside the whole time, but didn't she didn't go out. Scarlette soon gave up and went downstairs. Xanthus ordered takeout for dinner. He didn't want to eat with so many people around. The food was brought over to the t
Marissa woke up early the next morning. She felt ill and uncomfortable the night before, but the medicine she took was effective. She started to dress up and wanted to look her best as her son was coming back with his wife to visit her. Stella was also fine that day. Marissa arranged for Stella to be dolled up, so she was given a complete makeover. Following Jenna's arrangements, she was a completely different person and looked like a noble lady. Marissa called Jenna after finishing the preparations. Jenna told her that she was about to arrive home. She was already in Capital City, but was stuck in heavy traffic near the airport. "Of course traffic's going to be slow, as it's the peak hour of the day. But it's fine, take your time, everything here is fine." Marissa comforted Jenna. "I know, you don't have to worry about me too," Jenna replied. "Okay." Marissa hung up the phone and looked at Stella, who was sitting next to her. "Don't worry, I will help you
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