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
"There would be places for vacation and leisure in the village, but they will all be farm-style. If you go there, you would have to learn to farm and plant vegetables there. You would also have to cook by yourself." "The houses there are very beautiful. My lover and I fell in love there." "I hope you have a chance to go there as well." "I don't think that my background hindered my footsteps. On the contrary, I think that my background is my most powerful asset." Jacky said as he looked at the reporters, "I'll explain why I didn't participate in the last election for mayor." "One of my closest friends died at the hands of another friend in order to save me. I was also seriously injured at that time and I wasn't in a good place. I was forced to miss the election because of it. It wasn't because I had given up." The crowd burst into an uproar, and then someone asked, "Mr. Scott, if, and I really mean if you were to become Capital City's mayor, is it cor
After they entered the banquet hall, they saw two young people standing at the entrance, one with glasses and the other with no makeup. Both of them were dressed in black and they were standing at the door to welcome the guests who came to the banquet. When Raeleigh saw the man at the door, she immediately recognized the man without glasses. She had seen him in front of Logan's grave. He was the man who had cried his heart out. Raeleigh remembered that his name was Harvey. Harvey also remembered Raeleigh. When he saw Raeleigh, he walked a few steps and stood in front of Raeleigh, then stretched out his hand to her. "Raeleigh." Raeleigh was caught off guard for a moment before she looked at Harvey who wore a smile on his face. After a while, Raeleigh extended her hand to him. He was smiling brightly. "We haven't seen each other for many years. How are you doing?" Raeleigh smiled. "I'm fine, what about you? How have you been doing?" Harvey smiled and said, "
The only people that Zorion couldn't live without were Rossie and his nephews. If Jacky were to take them back with him, Zorion would never agree to it. They looked like carbon copies of Jacky, but they'd grown up under Zorion's watch. If they were to just leave all of a sudden, Zorion definitely be extremely bothered. For this reason, Zorion would only indulge Jacky. He could enter and leave the Whalen family house as he wished. Deanna could also leave freely if she wished to. Zorion had already stopped controlling her. After all, other than Jacky, no one else would be as nice to Deanna. Even Zorion had already acknowledged it. Furthermore, Jacky had always been willing to leave his children in the hands of the Whalen family. This action was enough to show them his sincerity. Zorion wasn't a fool either. Since Jacky had left his children in the Whalen family for the sake of Deanna, he could ignore Jacky coming and going freely for the sake of the children.
Some of the guests looked at Raeleigh with a smile. She was sitting there eating without talking, looking somewhat naive and kind, not like the vixens that were looking for prey all the time. The other half of the crowd had different thoughts. Who would come to this kind of function just to eat? To them, this was just an act without class. Raeleigh was calm and quiet. She was who she was. Why should she care about what others said? "Raeleigh, I have two beautiful sons at home, do you want to come over and have a look?" "We can be in-laws!" Deanna blinked and Raeleigh stopped for a moment. She slowly raised her head to look at Deanna before putting down her cutlery. She stared at Deanna and did not want to continue speaking. Jepherson frowned and recalled what Trevor said. He looked at Raeleigh carefully. Tears were about to flow out from her eyes. He said to Deanna, "I need my seat back." Jepherson stood up. Raeleigh turned her face away and wi
He paused for a moment. "When you have this sort of thinking again, you can let your wife go and enjoy all the men she wants. She shouldn't have to save herself for you." Jepherson was calm. Raeleigh then pushed the door open and came in, followed by Zorion and his sister, as well as Harvey. Raeleigh quietly returned to his side and sat down. Jepherson took a look at her. "If you don't want to be responsible for her life, maybe you should have cut your balls off. Balls gone, responsibility gone. Take the hint." "......" All the men around him could not help gasping. They all felt that what Jepherson said was like a joke, but they could not refute his logic. Jepherson knocked on the table and lowered his head. He looked at the people around him. He was in a foul mood, his tone cold. With Slade's masculinity challenged, he stared at Jepherson and laughed sarcastically. "Now, I don't believe that none of the men here hasn't had more than one chick
Raeleigh shook her head. "I don't want to talk about it." "Then let's talk about what happened before the incident." Jepherson did not give up and neither did Raeleigh answer him. She squinted her eyes. "How did he meet you? Was he the one who came to pick you up when you left?" This had been a thorn in his side and he could not let it go. He hadn't wanted to ask, but his strong desire to know had won over. Jepherson was lying on his back, waiting for an answer not forthcoming. "Raeleigh... do you love him?" "If I love him, will you release Cynthia and let me go?" Raeleigh regretted coming here. If she'd stayed there and continued searching for Cynthia, he would let her go one day. At this moment, however, she couldn't even leave. Jepherson didn't seem to want to let her go at all. "No," Jepherson said firmly. Raeleigh opened her eyes and thought for a moment, then closed them. "I don't know if this is right or wrong. I never expect
Raeleigh got out of the car and fixed her eyes on the attackers in front of her. Someone inside one of the cars knocked on the door and another opened the door before inviting her into the car. Raeleigh walked over and saw that it was Flynt as expected. After thinking for a while, she got into the car. As the door closed, she looked at the person beside her. She did not say anything but kept thinking. Flynt said, "You really don't remember?" To Raeleigh's silence, Flynt said, "I don't believe it." She looked at him. "What happened to your hand?" Flynt wore a pair of gloves, but his metal wrist was still exposed. Raeleigh saw it by chance when she lowered her head. Flynt immediately said, "Jepherson did this." Then he took off the gloves, rolled up his sleeves, and showed half of his arm. Raeleigh thought for a long time before saying, "Is it a metal arm?" "Does it creep you out?" Flynt asked Raeleigh, but she did not answer. B
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