She thought Raeleigh was vicious; she actually cursed Madam Marissa. But why didn't Mr. Jepherson do anything? Oddly, Jepherson laid back down after sitting for a while. Immediately, she turned her gaze back at Raeleigh, wide-eyed, refusing to believe Raeleigh was unaware he had awoken. "Raeleigh, Mr. Jepherson's blanket." She thought she should remind her. The room was freezing even with an additional heater. With that, Raeleigh stood up, went to Jepherson, and tucked him in again while he looked to be genuinely asleep, lying motionless in bed. After that, she went back to Scarlette and continued talking to her. Scarlette said in disbelief, "Raeleigh, he..." "People come and go, just like plants that could only live for a season. Although life could not last forever, everybody has a shining moment in their lives and a place where they lived for themselves. Plants would also live for the sake of reproduction, ensuring that their species would never g
Seeing Hadrian, Scarlette's face turned extremely grim. Never in her wildest imaginations had she thought he would appear in front of her and travel-worn at that. Where he came from was obviously just as cold as the sanatorium as he was wearing a black below-the-knee puffer jacket, with a white sweater and black pants. It was the first time she saw him in winter boots; he looked utterly lifeless. He was also slinging a black backpack, Scarlette's favorite, on his right shoulder while carrying a handbag in his left hand, Hadrian's favorite. It seemed that he was not surprised to see her. After putting the two bags down, he walked to her and looked at her with his head low. "Great, now that your legs are broken, let's see where else you can go." Hadrian gritted his teeth. It seemed that he wanted to rain millions of hatred on her, but he couldn't utter a word, feeling a dull pain in his chest. Tears fell from her ghastly face thereupon. Raeleigh looked
However, Raeleigh shook her head and refused. "It's fine; I can deal with it myself. I'll look for him if I really need to." In actuality, she had no intentions of approaching Zorion, even if she was driven to a corner. Deanna blinked twice. "Raeleigh, I hate owing favors the most." "I didn't say you do, and you don't. Jacky came to me himself; his determination moved me. I merely tagged along on this trip, trying my luck, that's all. I didn't expect to be this lucky." She really didn't like to interact with Zorion. To her, regardless of the reason, since some things did happen in the past, then there was no way she would forget everything. Thus, she didn't want to have much to do with people like him. He was different from Deanna. Deanna was the carefree, harmless type, but he was like a businessman; he had his own views on everything. It wasn't that people like him were bad, but Raeleigh preferred the quiet life, best that she didn't have to social
Raeleigh had been somewhat distracted since she left Deanna's house. She had made a few efforts to call Xanthus but never once pressed the call button. In the end, in for a penny, in for a pound, Jepherson simply confiscated her phone. They sat in an MPV as they journeyed to the Osteen's home. In actuality, everyone was well aware, but Jeanna chose to lie in Hansen's arms and pretended to rest while he kept his eyes closed. Hence, the two of them played dumb to whatever happened during the journey. Raeleigh, on the other hand, was exasperated. She knew she couldn't make a big fuss, but if she didn't, she didn't know how to explain it to her parents. Moreover, they were not too far from her parents' home. It was hard to tell how long she could stall when they traveled by car. "Behave yourself." Jepherson took the phone away and whispered in her ear. Livid, she bit her lip, leading him to look at them. "Are you seducing me?" Raeleigh's face flushed imm
He saw Jepherson and his parents right after that, but he didn't think so at first as Hansen and Jenna looked more like Jepherson's older siblings. "Miss, Madam was talking about how much she wished you were here yesterday." After Bernardo led the group in, Raeleigh introduced the Richards out of courtesy, "This is Mr. Richards; you two have met before." "Yes. Good day, Mr. Richards." Bernardo greeted. "This is Mr. Richards's parents; this is our butler, Bernardo." Raeleigh's introduction surprised Bernardo. "Mr. Richards's parents are so young." "You're too kind." Jenna was all smiles as she replied. Stumped, Jenna left a good impression on Bernardo. At the very least, she was unpretentious and courteous. "Mr., Mrs. Richards, let's go inside." At this point, it was too late for Raeleigh to say anything; she could only improvise. However, there was no way she'd address Jepherson's parents as Mom and Dad in front of her own family.
When Raeleigh entered the house, Hansen and Jenna were waiting in the living room. As they waited, they admired the paintings and interior design. Bernardo had already invited them to have a seat, but Hansen and Jenna were not one to lose their manners; they wouldn't sit before the head of the house came out. People like them were well aware of the etiquette when visiting someone sincerely. It was justifiable that Raleigh's family didn't want to see them. After all, Jepherson had done the unspeakable. They were grateful to even be able to come in. Parents always put their children first. If they had a daughter and the same thing happened to her, Jenna couldn't even guarantee she'd be able to forgive immediately, but her husband, on the other hand? Jenna unconsciously glanced at her husband, who was looking at the paintings by her side. She knew he wouldn't let it go, at the very least. He might even wreak havoc with their two sons, burn the guy to ashes, a
Raeleigh was waiting in the living room when Jepherson came downstairs and said, "Bernardo, please get our meal ready." Stunned, Bernardo hadn't expected him actually to have seen himself as part of the family. Seeing that Bernardo wasn't responsive, Jepherson turned to Raeleigh, who was looking right back at him. Only then she said, "Please, Bernardo." "Right away, Miss Raeleigh." Jepherson then turned to his parents. "I know you're both tired; take a rest. If you're not comfortable down here, there are rooms upstairs; I can show you the way." Jenna thought it wasn't right for them to rest in someone else's home, especially when the hosts were absent. Hansen turned to his son. "You didn't tell Raeleigh we'll be coming over today?" Jenna's heart raced; this guy sure was getting better at passing the buck. "I didn't." In for a penny, in for a pound, Jepherson thought it was all his fault at that point. To ease the mood, Raeleig
Raeleigh barely had any appetite in the following two days. On the third, she finally managed to get through to her parents. It was Jazelle who answered the phone. Although she had been refraining for a long time, she failed to listen to her husband and answered Raeleigh's call. "Mom." Raeleigh knew the call had connected. As soon as she heard her daughter, Jazelle immediately felt aggrieved and turned to look at her husband, who was standing by the window. "Baby, it's Mom. I miss you. Do you miss me?" Jazelle choked with sobs when she spoke. Oh, her baby girl. Raeleigh replied with a hum, unable to utter another word. Jazelle had been silent and nearly cried until she saw her husband looking at her, that she held back her tears. "Baby, have you read the letter I left you?" Jazelle wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes. Lamar sat opposite her and wiped her tears away. She wasn't this fragile in the past; she used to be so strong and tough
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