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
Raeleigh was not surprised. Colston's expression demonstrated that it never occurred to him that she was the one who saved him. Colston put down the cleaver and asked, "How can it be you?" "I'm from the village. Why it can't be me? I should be the one asking, why were you arguing with those people?" "We weren't arguing. Louisa and I were already asleep. They came knocking on the door saying that we had affected their daily lives. In reality, we didn't do anything. We didn't want to open the door at first but they threatened to knock it down. We had no choice but to open it." While Colston was talking, Louisa got up from the ground and gazed at Raeleigh for a moment before she turned around and left. Colston invited Raeleigh to sit down and spoke to her while tidying up the things in the house. Raeleigh observed for a while and said, "Did you purchase this house or rent it?" "I bought it. It's in a strategic location. We had planned to run a sho
Just as they arrived at the door, Jepherson blocked Xanthus and Raeleigh's way. Raeleigh raised her head and looked at Jepherson who was standing in her way. Jepherson seemed impatient. He glanced at Raeleigh and said, "It's useless even if you take Raeleigh away from here. You've seen what Flynt is capable of. Colston was already in hiding here with no intention of competing with him. However, did he give up hunting down Colston?" "If you go back, you will only bring troubles to others. Why do you have to take such a risk?" Raeleigh didn't appreciate it. She didn't think that Jepherson's words would solve any problem. However, Xanthus actually changed his mind after a moment of deliberation. "Raeleigh." Xanthus's voice was cold, sounding precisely like an elder brother's. Raeleigh raised her head. "Hm." "Get in. You're grounded for three days." Raeleigh froze for a moment, "Xanthus " "Six days." Saying nothing, Raeleigh turn
Raeleigh took a bite of the dessert made by Louisa. It had been many years since she last consumed it. There were even some cherries in it, which gave it a particularly sweet taste. "There were many other types of food in the orphanage, such as the chocolate chip cookies, key lime pie, peanut butter sandwich, banana split, tater tots, blueberry cobbler..." "There were too many of them that I can't remember them all." "If it weren't for that fire, I wouldn't have almost died." "But, I lost my memory after that. On the day when the fire transpired, I was hit by a beam. Back then, a kindhearted man brought me out. I lost my memory, even my name." "Ever since then, I've been using the name 'Louisa'. It's a good name, isn't it?" Looking at Raeleigh, who said nothing, Louisa continued saying, "Anyway, I still like the name 'Brisa'. Sometimes, it maddens me that Madam Caprice changed my name to 'Francia'." "It doesn't sound good. The same goes to 'Shu
Raeleigh felt that there was someone in the crowd looking at her, but when she looked carefully at those workers, she found that all of them had turned their backs to her. This made it hard for her to distinguish who had peeked at her among the crowd. In the evening, Raeleigh mentioned this matter to Xanthus, who was more apprehensive than Raeleigh. The next day, he assembled all the workers to make sure that there were no suspicious people among them. After repeated inquiries, he discovered that there were indeed two new workers in the group. "Are you guys new here?" Xanthus's eyes landed on the two of them. One of them had a scar on his face. He lowered his head slightly, appearing to be unsociable. "Raise your head." Xanthus didn't want to overlook any possibility that might cause harm to Raeleigh. The man opposite to him raised his head slowly and gazed at Xanthus. At a glance, Xanthus was surprised to see that his face had been scalded. The scar on his face
Callis kept his head down whereas Raeleigh stood on the staircase, which made them appeared to be about the same height. After seeing Leander leave, Raeleigh asked Callis, "Would you like to have an apple?" Callis did not answer while still lowering his head. Raeleigh handed him an apple that she bought. "Take it." Still looking down, Callis did not extend his hand. Raeleigh took his hand and placed the apple on his palm. "I can't finish all the apples I bought. Here's one for you. You can treat me in return next time." Raeleigh was uncomfortable with leaving Callis alone. Hence, she waited until Leander returned. "Where do you live?" Raeleigh asked before she left. Leander replied, "Just in front." Raeleigh looked in the direction Leander indicated. It turned out that it was in the same direction as her home. That surprised her. "Aren't you staying with the other workers?" Leander walked on one side of Raeleigh while Callis walked on the