Jacky walked over and gaped at his two babies, who were so good-looking. They looked exactly the same. They were fair and clean, their eyes were dark and bright. Even though he was probably biased, he thought that their appearances were out of this world. Jacky lowered his head to gaze at the two babies that were being carried. He asked, "A boy and a girl?" Hannah liked them very much whereas Zorion could only envy Jacky. Rossie also felt that this was a miracle. "Two boys." Hannah's words befuddled Jacky for a second. After that, he raised his head to look at Hannah while wearing a disappointed expression. Hannah didn't apprehend why he wore such an expression when her daughter had just given birth to two sons for him. She wondered why he didn't rejoice at it. Jacky lowered his head to stare at his two babies, extending his hand to touch their little faces before turning around to look at Deanna. Hannah was not very pleased with him. She shot
Marissa opened her eyes to find that half of her body was numb, and her mouth was crooked. In short, she lost control of half of her body. Gazing at her husband, who sat there in a daze, a fine trickle of drool leaked from the corner of her mouth. Jenna swiftly took a tissue paper to wipe it off. Marissa had been iron-willed all her life. She didn't expect herself to end up like this. She blinked her eyes and burst into tears. She wanted to say something, but failed to utter even a single word. She began weeping like a little child. Jenna quickly said, "Mom, don't cry. The doctor said that it's a stroke, and acupuncture will cure it." Marissa shook her head in disbelief. How could a mere stroke make her lose control of half of her body? Jenna was also distressed and couldn't help but shed tears. Seeing her shedding tears, Marissa sobbed harder. Trevor lifted his hand to wipe away Marissa's tears. "Don't cry. The bad guys haven't died yet, it's
As Lenold continued staying overseas, Raeleigh could not contact him. Therefore, she went to ask Jepherson about him the next day. Jepherson was sitting outside the ward with his eyes closed. When she approached, he opened his eyes. It was as though he had heard her footsteps. Raeleigh stopped short. Jepherson stared at that comely yet cold face of hers. After a long time, he asked, "What's the matter?" There was a note of apathy in his voice. Xanthus, who followed behind Raeleigh, felt helpless. He thought snidely, "Go on, continue to torture each other. You two idiots!" "I'm here to ask you for Lenold's contact information. Give me his phone number. I will contact him myself. If I fail, I'll find another way on my own." "I'll send it to you." Jepherson gave his cooperation without hesitation, which surprised Raeleigh. However, the surprise only lasted for a brief time. Raeleigh soon took out her phone and waited for him to send he
Raeleigh went to visit Deanna, who had recovered a lot over the past two days. Members of the Whalen family were there. Raeleigh brought two gifts for the babies. They were two lucky charms she had chosen. Even though they were quite old-fashioned, Raeleigh thought there was no better gift for the babies. "Raeleigh, will you have a daughter?" Deanna was fine. She had her meal while chatting with Raeleigh. "I don't know." "If you have a daughter, how about we let our children marry each other?" Deanna was rather sincere. Raeleigh just stared at her without saying anything. Letting the children marry each other was a future matter. Even if she did have a daughter, she would let her child decide herself when it came to relationships. Raeleigh was amused. "They're still so young. You've thought too far into the future. Maybe my child is not beautiful. See, your babies are so good-looking. What if your sons don't like her?" "No, Raeleigh, you are so gorge
The Moore family. "Mr. Johan!" The old butler was beside himself with anxiety. He wondered what was going on. Johan had been coughing non-stop since morning. The cause was still unknown even after a thorough examination. Several doctors were on pins and needles whereas the old butler had a face as pale as wax. Johan spat out a mouthful of blood and only managed to catch his breath after a long while. Elina stood on the side in trepidation. "What should we do?" Johan slowly raised his head and swept his eyes over the people around him. As the backbone of this family, he had been working hard his entire life. Who would've thought that someone would plot against him when he got old? Were these people so eager to watch him die? Did they not know that if he died, all of them would come to no good end? He pondered on this. The old butler wiped the blood off Johan's mouth and poured him some water personally for rinsing. After cleaning up, the old butler co
Elina's eyes widened and she struggled against the rope wrapped around her neck. She spoke with difficulty, "I—" Johan said, "I've long known again that you intend to harm me, but I didn't expect you to want me dead this much. Since you hate me so much, you'd better leave this world with me. Elina, I promoted you to this position. Life in a wealthy and powerful family won't be peaceful. As the mistress of the family, you should bide your time until I die so that you can do whatever you want after that. But, you killed Kieffer and disobeyed me. I'm not going to let you off." "You... old f*cker... how dare you... ugh..." Before Elina could swear aloud, the old butler exerted some strength behind her and garrotted her. Elina fell to the ground with a loud thud. The old butler knelt down to Johan, weeping bitterly. "Old Master..." "Stop crying. Take the money and items I've given you and leave through the secret passage. Go as far as y
As the babies got their new names, the relationship between Jacky and Deanna was confirmed. Even though Rayan was not very satisfied with it, he didn't have anything else to say for the time being. .& .. Reaching the university, Raeleigh got out of the car and heard about Johan s death. It was also said that Elina died of grief, not to mention Kieffer's accident when he was rushing back home. In brief, three people from the Moore family had died, which shocked all people in the entire Capital City. Raeleigh was heading inside when Xanthus asked, "Is something wrong?" Raeleigh said, "Three people from the Moore family are dead. I'm afraid it's not that simple. For a person like Mr. Johan " Raeleigh didn't continue, as she thought it was unnecessary. "Xanthus, I'm going to attend the lecture. Come to me if there's anything. We can have lunch together at noon." "Got it. Be careful." "Okay." Raeleigh turned around and went to th
Raeleigh went back to her room first. By the time Xanthus returned after seeing Lenold off, Raeleigh had already prepared the food. When she saw Xanthus coming back, she told him to wash his hands before having dinner. Xanthus paused for a moment. "Raeleigh, I saw two people on my way back." Raeleigh raised her head to gaze at him. "Who?" "Colston and Louisa." "Why are they here?" Raeleigh put down her cutlery, unable to figure it out. "They seem to have bought a house and settled down in Waverly Village. I saw them arranging things outside the house but I didn't disturb them." "Let's have our dinner first. We can go and check it out after this." Raeleigh was preoccupied during dinner. How did Colston sneak into the village? She pondered on that disturbing fact. After dinner, she went to visit Colston and Louisa. On the way, she asked Xanthus, "Since we didn't know that Colston is here, will Stella also be able to sneak in here?" "N
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