Raeleigh handed back his phone and turned away from him, not wanting to see him. Jepherson then said, "This is your one chance to see the pictures that Stella had sent to your phone. Your phone is currently with Santiago. I've already instructed him create a malware. By this evening, all the data in everyone else's phone will be erased, except for this phone." Although Raeleigh was currently having headache which was accompanied by dizziness, but in the end, she caved in, turned around and took the phone from his hands. Raeleigh unlocked the phone and went through the pictures. When she first saw the pictures, her head started to pound, but eventually the pain eased up. After all, Jepherson was fully dressed in the pictures and was fast asleep. It was Stella who had her arms around him. Raeleigh doubt that the photos would leak out. Furthermore, it was unlikely that Stella had asked someone to take the pictures for her. Putting down the phone, Raelei
"How's the investigation on Seibert going? Did you find out who he's working for?" Jepherson slurped up the last of his noodles before bringing the bowl into the kitchen. Santiago followed him. The two brothers talked about this matter as they walked. "I asked, but boy, he wouldn't breath a word! I did find a suspicious number in his phone, and when I called, Flynt was the one who answered." "Since when did they start contacting each other?" "Well, your guess is as good as mine. We're still investigating." "Just put it aside for now. Raeleigh's in a bad mood and I'm planning to stay and take care of her. Zorion will be spending New Year's alone. Why don't you and Jacky crash at his place, give him a little pick-me-up?" "What about us?" "I will inform Mom and Dad. I'm planning to accompany Raeleigh to her parents'. I have something I need to ask them." Santiago gave Jacky a call and was surprised to hear that he was actually standing outside of
Raeleigh peeled herself from Jepherson's embrace. "What did you say?" "What I meant was, I'm not catering to his whims, but tolerating him." Raeleigh had a huge question mark on her face. Jepherson took off his shirt and slipped under the covers before pulling Raeleigh into his arms. He whispered in her ear, "We're brothers. We've had similar taste ever since we were young. That's why I'm not surprised that he likes you as well. He and I both love our parents, but that doesn't mean we can't share them. He's my brother, an existence more important to me than my own life. I don't mind if my parents love me less if that means they're going to shower Santiago more love. At least they had still shown me enough love. I've always been the most loved child ever since I was young because I was the oldest. Santiago was always neglected. The least I can do now is to treat him well. The way Santiago treats you is the same way he treats ou
Jacky broke out in cold sweat watching Santiago, but the latter merely caught with his teeth the spiral blade that was about to slash his face. The other blades were deflected with the retractable stick he held in his hand. The other person took a step back in shock and said, "That's impossible." Santiago plucked the spiral blade from his mouth and tossed it to the ground. The man's eyes darted between the ground and Santiago. "Nothing is impossible. Your biggest mistake was sparing my life. You should have ended me with a single stab the first time you met me." "You were the one who bred calamity for the future, and now you're going to reap what you've sown." "You're old and your mind isn't like what it used to be." "In this world, there are a lot of strange and unique weapons, but they're bound to have their own weaknesses." "Today, I'll show you what real skill is." As Santiago spoke, he placed his hand behind his back, then sudd
By the time Raeleigh woke up, Santiago had already made them a reservation for dinner. Jepherson had already gotten dressed and was calling Xanthus, inviting him to dinner with them. "Do we need a private room?" Santiago asked. Jepherson nodded and Santiago immediately booked one. It was only five o'clock when they left the company. Raeleigh asked Jepherson whether it was mandatory to attend the annual ball. "All employees need to attend. We'll be inviting some guests and even be giving out prizes." Raeleigh sat down. "Will Lamarre be coming?" Speaking of Lamarre, Santiago said, "Who knows? Even if he has the time, we might not even be able to send him the invitation." "Why?" Raeleigh asked anxiously. "We don't know the first thing about his location. How are we gonna send him an invitation?" Raeleigh fell silent. If Lammare was not attending, she did not feel like going either. "If he isn't coming, then I won't go either."
Raeleigh fell ill three days before New Year's. She lay in bed, looking like she was just sleeping. Novalie was a little anxious as she sat and watched her. She said, "I've spent the last ten years with Raeleigh, and the only time that she's been like this was when I saved her from the fire. It's never happened again." "I know that you're her biological parents and you're doing this for her good, but Raeleigh's only human. I'm sorry for this, but if something were to happen to her, I won't have any reason to live either." "The Richards family may be a lion's den, but what does that have to do with Raeleigh and Jepherson?" She looked at Lamar and Jazelle. Jazelle said tearfully, "Mom, it's not that we're against them being together. We're just worried. They can come after us, but we don't want anything to happen to Raeleigh." She didn't want to do this either. As she sobbed, Novalie sighed. "Even if he's here to harm us or Raeleigh, let's just allow him to
Raeleigh struggled to turn around. She gazed at Jepherson's handsome face. He was only in his twenties, yet he was already an outstanding man. Wouldn't he be absolutely remarkable by the time he was middle-aged? She fixed her eyes on him and sighed. Perhaps they had been enemies in a past life, which was why they were in this situation in this life. Nothing had been in their favour from the day they'd met. She lay back down after watching him for some time. She couldn't stand their current situation, but there was nothing she could do about it. When Jepherson woke up, he saw that Raeleigh had fallen asleep, curled up in his arms like a kitten. He subconsciously glanced at her hand and found that the IV had been removed, then trailed upwards and met Xanthus's eyes. He was sitting across from them. Jepherson sat up. As he tidied Raeleigh's clothes, he asked, "I didn't know you had the habit of watching others sleep." "I don't when it comes to other peo
Jepherson got up to head upstairs, but stopped at the foot of the stairs and turned back to look at Lamar and Jazelle. "I'll be staying here until New Year's Day. After that, I'll leave and go find out the truth before returning to pick Raeleigh up." Then, he headed upstairs, his face cold. If he could fall out with his own family, he could fall out with Raeleigh's. Nobody would be able to stop him. Raeleigh was resting when she heard someone open the door. She knew it was Jepherson and opened her eyes to look at him. She was a little bemused at his grave expression. "What's wrong?" "Nothing." He walked over to her and took her hand, rubbing it with his hands. She knew that something must have happened, but it was impossible to make him tell her. After thinking for some time, she figured it out. "Did my father say that he won't allow us to get married even if the Richards family isn't behind my kidnapping?" Jepherson did not answer,
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