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
On the weekend, Raeleigh prepared six dishes and a soup. It was very sumptuous. She invited Leander and his brother over for a meal. During the meal, Xanthus was reading a magazine when he said, "Jepherson suffered a loss of 250 hundred million dollars this season." Raeleigh quietly ate her fish without raising her head. Xanthus looked at her. "Didn't you hear me?" Raeleigh passed a piece of fish to Callis, who was concentrating on devouring the food. Leander told him, "Slow down. No one will steal it from you." Raeleigh said, "It's okay. Just let him eat as much as he wants. He's going to stop once he is full. If you like it, I will cook for you every day." Xanthus and Leander were speechless. They goggled at Raeleigh and Callis. Callis continued to gobble up the rest of the dishes. Xanthus took a gander at his ravenous look, wondering how many years it had been since his last meal. "Jepherson suffered a loss of 250 hundred million dolla
Callis's injuries were not too severe, only a long gash on his back. He was fine after Xanthus treated him, but he kept his gaze on the nervous teen as he sat on the sofa. Seeing that he was all right, Raeleigh immediately put a glass of water in the nervous teen's hands. "Drink some water. It's alright; just tell your parents the whole story when they're here." Raeleigh was afraid of frightening the teen; a kid his age would be in between being sensible and not. He would be treated as an adult when things happened, but at the same time he was still unable to handle them. Raeleigh waited for the teenager to speak. However, he was so nervous that he dared not look up. He held a cup in his hands, sweating profusely, and kept swallowing his saliva. Jacky came over after hearing about what had happened. The people outside were all Jacky's men, so he came in without knocking. Finding the scene in the living room strange, he asked, "What's going on?"
"If you want to cry, cry. No one will laugh at you. Don't hold it in!" Xanthus had never experienced death and separation. Although he had feelings for Cynthia, it was not to the point that he was reluctant to part with her. So he couldn't understand all that Raeleigh had gone through. But he knew Santiago held a very special place in Raeleigh's heart. Not everyone could bear the pain of losing someone they loved. Raeleigh slowly looked at Xanthus. She didn't say anything even if her heart ached. She even smiled. "I'm fine." Just as everyone had their eyes on Raeleigh, Callis stood up, walked out the door, and stood outside. Feeling incredibly awkward, Leander stood up and said, "He can't stand seeing a woman cry. I'll check on him." After Leander and Callis left, Raeleigh looked at Jacky, "I'll stay alert and stay away from danger from now on. Thank you!" Jacky didn't say anything. He understood Raeleigh's pain well; Santiago was a
After Jacky left, Raeleigh looked at the teen on the ground. Several people came in and took him away, and his parents also left Raeleigh's place. Raeleigh was still breaking out in cold sweat. Xanthus put a quilt on Raeleigh and helped her lie down on the sofa. It was the first time Xanthus had seen someone break out in a cold sweat because of sadness. After giving Raeleigh an injection, Xanthus sat down. Raeleigh said after a long silence, with her eyes closed. "I don't know why, but I don't have anything to say, yet I'm in shambles when I think of Santiago." Xanthus looked at Raeleigh, who was lying beside him and said after a long while, "All's well that ends well. He'll be fine; the medical is so advanced now." Raeleigh shook her head. "No. He isn't decent. Though he isn't a villain either, he's deviant. Jepherson had led him astray. Though he isn't bad, he still hurt people; he would do anything. He's just nicer to me." "Don't get ideas into yo
Jepherson was looking at her when Raeleigh turned around, and she took a subconscious step back. However, there was a window behind Raeleigh; she would be found out if she bumped into it. The moment she came in contact with the window, she grabbed Jepherson's arm. Though it wasn't exactly successful, her hand slipped down his high-quality shirt; she still managed to grab hold. At the same time, Jepherson grabbed hold of Raeleigh's waist, pulling her into his arms. Raeleigh looked up at Jepherson. Jacky also turned around only to be surprised by Jepherson's appearance. He had been standing next to Raeleigh the whole time. The door was on the right, and he couldn't believe he didn't sense Jepherson entering at all. They were even hugging right then. Although Jacky found it strange, he looked away the next second, as if he hadn't seen anything. Raeleigh, on the other hand, pushed Jepherson away. Jepherson said after letting go, "Be careful." "Than
When Raeleigh got up in the morning, she called Jenna and asked about Santiago. Jenna sighed. "Raeleigh, don't worry about us here or Santiago. I will take good care of him. You should take care of yourself over there. "You're a mom now, after all. Although you and Jerry have divorced, I still see you as one of us." "Auntie, I'll visit you in a few days." Raeleigh understood the situation, but she was still worried when she couldn't see Santiago. Since there was no further news after such a long investigation, she might as well visit them and consider it a distraction. Raeleigh believed there was no way Stella would come out and harm people at this time. Better she did than didn't. "Raeleigh, we're all fine. You don't need to visit us; we might go back in a few days." Jenna glanced at her husband sitting on the sofa. All the doctors said that it was impossible for him to wake up again, but they couldn't accept such a reality. Hansen
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