After returning to Capital City, Raeleigh followed Jepherson to the Richards family's home. After going in, Jepherson immediately went to see Marissa. Raeleigh decided to follow him as well but she did not agitate or irritate Marissa this time. Marissa said many nasty things. She was in a good mood before she saw Raeleigh. The moment she saw Raeleigh, her expression changed and she wanted to accuse her. Jepherson had a stiff attitude. Marissa was angry as she started to accuse Raeleigh, "Excuse me, I'm going to head over to the Green Jade Garden." Raeleigh briefly glanced at Marissa who was sitting on the bed. She had just gotten better. Raeleigh figured it was best if she stayed out of the way. Raeleigh turned around and left. Jepherson's expression turned cold as he watched her leave. "Raeleigh is not the type of woman you think she is. She's not with me for fame or money. I hope that you can treat her the same way you treat Stella. If you can't, t
Sure enough, Marissa invited Raeleigh and Jepherson over to the Ink Garden for dinner. Jepherson didn't agree immediately. Instead, he left it up to Raeleigh to decide. "I don't have to go," Raeleigh said as she looked at Jepherson. He didn't answer and Raeleigh knew that he would not help her decide. In the end, she decided to accept the invitation for dinner. Raeleigh and Jepherson made their way to the Ink Garden. This time, Raeleigh attended the dinner as Jepherson's girlfriend. Raeleigh thought it was ironic. She once was adamant that she and Jepherson couldn't be a couple but now, she was attending the dinner as his girlfriend. If this wasn't ironic, she did not know what was. Raeleigh entered the door only to find Marissa engaged in conversation with Stella, who was crying. Marissa clearly noticed Raeleigh when she entered the room, but she didn't invite her to sit down. Instead, she let Raeleigh continue standing by the door. Jepherson didn't
Jepherson came out of Stuart's ward and looked at Raeleigh. "I'm going to visit my parents." Raeleigh was talking to Santiago. She looked at Jepherson. "Alright." Jepherson turned around and made his way towards the elevator. Santiago put one leg onto the other and leaned to one side. When Jepherson left, Santiago stood up. "Let's go." Raeleigh froze. "Go where?" "Why do you ask so many questions?" Santiago walked towards the elevator. Raeleigh took a look at Jepherson, who had already gone into his parents' room before standing up and following Santiago. She took out her mobile phone and called Xanthus. "Do you really have to report to your brother whenever you go out?" Santiago looked at Raeleigh who was on the phone. Raeleigh ignored him. As soon as Xanthus answered the phone, she asked, "Xanthus, where are you?" Santiago reached out and pressed the call button on the elevator before shoving his hands back into his pocket. He stood by the el
Santiago brought Raeleigh to Waverly Village. Raeleigh got out of the car and quickly surveyed her surroundings. She realized that she was in front of Jack Town Hotel. A few moments later, Santiago walked into the hotel first and Raeleigh followed him in. As soon as Raeleigh entered the door, she heard people talking. She quickly glanced around the room and realised that there was a dinner function going on. All kinds of people were present. The younger ones were engaged in some game at the front. They were cheering and shouting as they played. It looked like the game was very intense. Santiago took Raeleigh's wrist and dragged her through the crowd, towards the front and pointed towards the game. "Let's join in." It was only here that Raeleigh realised the game involved a man and a woman. It was like a three-legged race. The only difference was that they had to pick up the balls from the ground and toss it into their respective baskets. The women were responsib
Raeleigh hadn't expected that they would actually win the competition. However, Santiago stood there, unfazed by it all. Raeleigh had never seen such a self-righteous person. Until meeting Santiago, Raeleigh had always felt that Jepherson was the most self-righteous person in the world. Raeleigh looked over at Santiago, who was sitting in a high chair, with his arms spread out as he leaned against the bar counter. He was surrounded by several women. They were all waiting for a chance to drink with him. He had a flirtatious smile on his face as he talked to the women. One woman even suggested that Santiago drink with each and everyone of them. Santiago took a sip of his beer and smirked. Raeleigh didn't understand why Santiago liked to smile so much. Raeleigh stared at Santiago for a little while longer before turning around to look at Jacky. At this time, Jacky, too, was surrounded by several women. Raeleigh thought to herself, "It's not like they are the only t
Speaking of simplicity, Raeleigh did not know what size the bed actually was. It was too big to be a single bed, yet too small to be a double bed. She doubted two adults could sleep comfortably on it. It seemed perfect to accommodate just an adult and a kid. Squeezed to one side of the bed, Raeleigh was extremely uncomfortable. There was a chair in the room which Raeleigh could sit on for the time being, but it would also get uncomfortable after a while. She laid there for some time, after which she got up to check on the drip inserted into Santiago's arm. Raeleigh pulled the needle out before laying back down on the chair. Santiago suddenly turned over and reached out to pull Raeleigh over. She was caught by surprise and jumped when she felt his touch. However, Santiago's strong arms pulled her back insistently. "I'm really weak now. If you don't take care of me, I might die." Santiago deliberately said that to frighten Raeleigh. Raeleigh believed it init
Raeleigh knew that she was unable to keep Santiago in line, so she allowed him to do whatever he wished. Instead, she looked over at Jacky and asked, "You were looking for me because you wanted to talk about Deanna?" Jacky did not reply. Raeleigh turned around and placed the fish on the counter, "Actually, I've been trying to get in touch with Deanna. I can only think of one other person who might be able to help us." Jacky frowned slightly and asked, "Who?" Raeleigh glanced over at Santiago, who was fiddling with a cucumber. She snatched it out of his hand and put it aside. "New years is just around the corner. Besides Zorion, the only other person I can think of who can bring you to Deanna is Auntie Jeanna." Raeleigh had pored over the matter for quite a while. In the end, the only person she could think of was Jepherson's mother. Raeleigh had no idea how the cucumber ended up back in Santiago's hand. He took a bite of it and said, "Yes, my mom can
"You can't even shut up when you're eating." Santiago gave the best part of the fish, the boneless part, to Raeleigh. With that, she lowered her head and ate, minding her own business. After dinner, she cleared the table. Just as she was bringing the dishes over to the kitchen, someone knocked on the door. Raeleigh heard the knock but didn't bother as whoever it was, they wouldn't be looking for her. She was a maid at best there. The person who entered was silent as he made his way to the kitchen. "I haven't eaten yet." Raeleigh froze when she heard the voice behind her. She turned around to see Jepherson standing by the door. "Why are you here?" "Well, I came by to see what's up." Jepherson took off his coat and left it in the neighboring room. Then, he turned around, unbuttoned his shirt and rolled up his sleeves before hugging Raeleigh, giving her a kiss. Raeleigh quickly took a glance at the kitchen doorway and felt relieved to
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