Jepherson's expression darkened. He left his chair and sat next to her, asking, "Have I frightened you?" Raeleigh shook her head. "You'd have to do more than that." "Then why did you flinch?" "An instinctive reaction." Jepherson pulled Raeleigh over and patted her on her shoulder. "Raeleigh... Sometimes, even I'm afraid I'll lose my mind one day." "You already are. Is there a need for you to wait?" Stumped, Jepherson chuckled under his breath and hugged her tight. "I won't let you go even if I die. I'll die with you!" Raeleigh remained silent; she'd only take it as she had met a maniac. The day passed peacefully. Raeleigh spent the day in Jepherson's company and accompanied him back to the hotel at night. But for some reason, someone may have divulged the secret or had gossiped behind their back, but when Raeleigh was sleeping at night, Marissa showed up. Stuart was on his break. The doormen were mere ordinary subordinates of Jepher
As soon as Jepherson hung up the phone, Marissa dashed over and grabbed him by his collar, beating him hard. "What did you just say? Repeat your words if you have the guts to do so." Jepherson ignored her as his eyes fell on Reese. "Tomorrow onwards, you don't have to come anymore." "Mr. Richards, Madam Marissa needs someone to look after her all the time," Reese said. By this time, Raeleigh had already walked into the bathroom. She didn't want to get involved in matters between Jepherson and Marissa. After walking into the bathroom, she filled up the tub and locked the door before getting into the tub. Raeleigh leaned back against the tub. She wouldn't step out of the bathroom even if the sky were to collapse on her. Yet, it turned out... Jepherson intended to send Marissa to a mental hospital. Reese quickly called Trevor, who rushed over to the hotel immediately and finally made it late at night. By the time Trevor arrived, the staff from the
"Don't act rashly. Wait for us downstairs." Raeleigh immediately knew what Reese was thinking. She put down her mobile phone and went to get Jepherson. She knocked on the door of the bathroom. Jepherson was taking a cold shower. The sound of the water running drowned out the sound of Raeleigh knocking. Raeleigh pushed the door open and walked in. Jepherson sensed it when he felt a burst of wind. He looked up at Raeleigh, who had a grim expression on. "Something's happened." After that, she left the bathroom and quickly changed into something else. Jepherson came out after her, drying his hair as he asked her, "What's going on?" Raeleigh felt like she was some sort of spy. It felt really weird. She said, "Reese called and said that there are two cars trailing Old Master Richards and Madam Marissa's car. I told her to wait for us downstairs." Jepherson frowned. "How long has it been?" "Five minutes." Raeleigh raised her head to
Raeleigh was brought to the police station by the police who came to the hospital. She went with them cooperatively but didn't reveal her identity. She just told them that she'd happened to pass by as the accident happened and didn't have time to mull things over. She'd just rescued the people in two of the cars, but she didn't know what had happened to the six others in the other cars. She told them that there were already two people in their car and they just didn't have enough space to save anyone else. "Why didn't you call the police, then?" the police officer asked Raeleigh. She looked at the person next to her. "Didn't you call the police?" The person next to her was supposed to be her security detail. He said, "I thought you called them!" The police officer sitting across from them was lost for words. It looked like they'd been so caught up in the situation that they'd overlooked it! "Since there's nothing much at the moment, you guys can leav
At the Moore family. "How's everything going?" Flynt was reading a book with his head slightly bowed, looking indifferent. Two people holding briefcases stood opposite him. "They've left and their records are flawless. Even without a lawyer's help, they'll be able to get away scot-free. When we got there, they were already gone. We checked the traffic bureau, but there isn't anything on them. It seems that they've already done the necessary cleaning up before we could get there to dig something up." As a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses spoke, Flynt looked up, crossed his legs, and asked, "So what you're saying is that they had everything arranged beforehand and knew that we were waiting for them at the hotel entrance? That's why they followed us there?" "No, I don't think so," the man said. Flynt was amused. "No? What else could it be? They were behind us. How could they have gotten everything sorted out in such a short time?" "The traffic bureau is
"Would you like to have something to eat?" Trevor asked Raeleigh once they were seated in the restaurant. Raeleigh shook her head. "No, I've already eaten. You can go ahead if you haven't, though." "No, I've eaten as well. I can't eat much now that I'm older. After all, it's bad for health to stuff yourself all the time." Trevor sat opposite Raeleigh. As he spoke, he looked around the restaurant. At this time, the restaurant was quiet. Jepherson sat next to Raeleigh, obviously there to protect her. His gaze was indifferent as he looked down at his feet. He seemed to be completely oblivious of everyone else's presence. Trevor was not bothered by this. He knew his grandson well. He was a vengeful person! Their family hadn't handled the matter of Raeleigh leaving well, and Jepherson still refused to move home. He didn't even visit them during the holidays, preferring to just stay here. If Trevor wanted Jepherson to go home, he would ha
Raeleigh walked out of the hotel when she saw Trevor's car leaving. Jepherson was shocked by what Trevor had said and only came to his senses when he saw her. He turned around and looked into Raeleigh's eyes. Her gaze was so clear and guileless. How could she possibly feel sorry? "Let's get some rest." Raeleigh calmly stood in front of Jepherson. It was only then that Jepherson began to truly size Raeleigh up. Suddenly, Jepherson asked, "Is the child pretty?" Raeleigh opened her mouth subconsciously, but said, "What child?" Jepherson stared into Raeleigh's eyes and did not answer. He walked past her into the hotel. When Raeleigh turned to look at Jepherson, she thought of something and turned to look at the direction in which Trevor had left. When Raeleigh returned to the room, Jepherson was already lying on the bed. He got up at dawn to smoke a cigarette. Raeleigh was awake at that time, but she kept quiet because Jepherson was smoking opp
Raeleigh remained silent. She knew a lot of things. Since there was no need for her to stay, she didn't want to ask so many questions. Even if she knew, she did not want to show him that she knew. After watching TV for a while, Raeleigh leaned on the side and began to look forward to Jacky's speech. ... Deanna was seated offstage, her face exquisitely made up. She gazed at Jacky calmly. She was looking forward to this. Even if her family didn't support him, it was enough that she did. Deanna hadn't spent a single cent of the Whalen family fortune for the past three years. Starting from the year that Raeleigh had left, Deanna had cut ties with the Whalen family because they hadn't supported Jacky to be the mayor of Capital City. She'd even moved out and had been living in Waverly Village. At first, Deanna specialized in designing cars, but she made a lot of decisions in that year. One of them was that she gave up on car designing and changed her profe