After they were home, Raeleigh sat on the sofa and listened to Xanthus ramble on about Hansen's decision. She didn't bother explaining as she knew it wouldn't matter, so she only listened. "Call Hansen; I want to give him a piece of my mind. What the hell are they thinking? They're not going to punish the evildoer but vent their frustrations on a fool like you?" Livid, Xanthus shoved his phone into Raeleigh's hand, but she put her hands behind her back, not taking it. Hence, Xanthus made the call, but Raeleigh said, "I volunteered to take care of Santiago. He wouldn't be like this if it weren't for me. Stella hurt Santiago because she wanted to get revenge on me. Now I have a thorn in my heart that can't be pulled out." "But still..." "I want to take care of him," Raeleigh said nonchalantly. Xanthus felt a pang in his heart and stood silent. Just then, Callis returned, standing at the door. Seeing him, Raeleigh looked at Xanthus and said, "Let'
On their walk back home, Callis turned unresponsive again, leaving Raeleigh to talk to herself while he looked around and then back at her from time to time. The rest of their journey home was quiet; no one spoke. When they turned a corner, Callis pulled her over and shielded her. She also sensed the unusualness, as if someone was approaching them, and they were all strangers. Raeleigh grabbed Callis's arm, asking, "Who are they?" He looked back at her and shook his head, his gaze gradually turning cold. It didn't take long for the gang to reach them. Raeleigh grew nervous, but she still pulled her phone out and called Jacky. Jacky immediately told his men to go to them when he received the call. Meanwhile, the gang was then only a few steps away from Callis and Raeleigh. Callis swept his gaze across the ground and picked up a wooden stick, giving it to Raeleigh. She looked at him and asked, "Are you asking me to protect myself?" He looke
It was late at night when Xanthus fell asleep. Raeleigh tucked him in and walked out of her room after making sure he wouldn't wake up. Jacky was still sitting in the living room right then. Along with him were Callis and Leander. Callis was taken aback when he saw Raeleigh, looking as if he was surprised the person to come out was her. Raeleigh said, "My brother is in a bad mood. He is a doctor; he can't bear to witness killings." Jacky raised his head and sized her up, his fathomless gaze laced with a hint of surprise, "And you're not afraid?" "I am, but what was done was done. This is your territory; you have your rules here, but I'm afraid we can no longer stay. The hospital is Xanthus's; I'll talk to him about having someone else take over. It won't affect your collaboration with him, but I have to leave." "But is there anywhere else safer than Waverly Village? Where can you go if you leave?" Jacky asked. Raeleigh didn't care but sai
After Hansen and Jenna left, Raeleigh put her luggage aside and went outside to have a look. She first gathered the servants; she wasn't surprised to learn there were dozens of them in Green Jade Garden. She knew full well what kind of family the Richards were; it wouldn't surprise her even if a few hundred servants were in a residency. The individual rooms aside, the garden outside alone already needed a handful of people to manage, so the number of servants present was reasonable. Standing in the courtyard, Raeleigh studied the servants and inquired about their jobs in the residency before she picked a few of them by instinct and assigned the others elsewhere. Then she instructed them to get some rooms ready; one for Xanthus, another for Louisa and Colston, while she would be staying in the room right next to Santiago's. Raeleigh didn't have the intention of making any explanation to anyone. Since she had moved in, the decisions were in her hands. When e
As soon as Jenna sat down, Raeleigh noticed her nervousness. Jenna stared at Louisa as she held her hands tightly as if she was praying for a miracle. "Auntie Jenna, don't worry. Louisa is skilled; she was able to cure Zorion's gastric problem after several acupuncture sessions when none of the doctors could." Raeleigh went to comfort Jenna. Jenna raised her head slowly and said to Raeleigh, "Thank you, Raeleigh. I'm really on the verge of breaking down. The doctors all told me he will never be able to wake up." "Those people were too cruel. How can they do that to him?" Raeleigh sat down, holding Jenna's hand as she said, "Santiago's blessed, Auntie Jenna. We can't give up now. You can rest assured that it will be alright." "Raeleigh, I know he means a lot to you, and I'm grateful for that," Jenna said with teary eyes. Raeleigh said, "This only happened to Santiago because he went looking for me. Otherwise, with his intelligence, he wouldn't have fa
It was the first time Raeleigh learned people would feel pain after their death. "Do you mean Santiago can feel pain?" Raeleigh asked. Xanthus explained, "Yes. More than that, the feeling would be rather intense as well. He has merely fallen into unconsciousness, trying to wake up, but his body isn't allowing him to, so he can only stay like this." "Even in his subconscious mind, his heart would suddenly spasm. We call this a systole spike in the medical field, which can prove that he reacts to pain." "But the pain will have to be extreme for the spasm to happen, and it will do damage to his heart. If poorly executed, he might go into shock." "And if it happens at this time, he will die, for real." Raeleigh's face turned pale. "He will?" "Yes, real death, so I can only take things a step at a time," Louisa explained. Raeleigh stood looking at Santiago, who was sleeping like a child, deep in thought. After a long time, she said, "I understand. Y
Raeleigh immediately had her eyes checked that day. Quite a few people followed her; Xanthus, Jepherson, even Jenna. Those who could go had gone with her. Raeleigh sat in the corner silently. There was never a moment she had been that quiet. Xanthus stood on her left, and Jenna sat on her right while Jepherson sorted everything out. As soon as the doctor came out with Raeleigh's report in his hand, Xanthus got up and walked to the door while Jepherson was already standing next to it. At first, the doctor didn't know how to put it, but he still said, "Mr. Richards, we can't be sure about the examination. It seems that it might be astigmatism." "Astigmatism?" Jepherson turned his gaze at Raeleigh, then back at the doctor and asked, "Nothing else?" "I recommend you do a brain and nerve scan to get a better result." Jepherson said, "Get it ready at once." "No need. Just get me a pair of glasses." Raeleigh said in a calm voice. It was as
Raeleigh was sitting in her quarter's living room in Green Jade Garden. She requested it so that she could monitor the surveillance there. At this moment, everyone was sitting in the living room with her, waiting for her explanation. However, half an hour later, Raeleigh fell asleep on the sofa, her red coat draped on her. When Jepherson went to her, he was suddenly speechless. There were quite a few people in the living room, and all of them had her best interest at heart, but he suddenly thought they were all selfish, and they all wanted to hurt her. She had indeed gone out an entire day, but as for why she didn't tell anyone? They all knew the reason. "Raeleigh is tired; we should let her rest. I'm going back to my room too." Jepherson was the first to walk away; he left just like that, no explanations, nor did he want to talk. Xanthus nudged his sister a couple of times for her to finally wake up on the third. With that, she walked to her bed and tucked hers
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