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
"This belongs to a woman. She asked me to come to Waverly Village and pass it to the people here." The driver saw Jacky and gave him the watch. Jacky stared at the watch. He didn't recognize Raeleigh's watch at first but recalled seeing her wearing it while they were eating. Turning around, Jacky looked at Harvey. "Take a picture and send it to Jepherson." "Got it." Harvey immediately snapped a photo and sent it to Jepherson. At this time, Jepherson was looking for Raeleigh. He was also going to Flynt's countryside home. He had already found Raeleigh's location. He received the photo and called Jacky. "Who sent it?" "A taxi driver." "Ask him what else he has." "Is there anything else?" Jacky asked in a friendly tone. The driver looked at Jacky for a while. He seemed to have seen him on TV, but who was it? Thinking carefully, the driver remembered. Wasn't this the new mayor, Mr. Scott? "Are you Mr. Scott, the mayor?"
Raeleigh cast a quick glance at her surroundings. "Where are we going?" "One side of Capital City actually borders Esterlia. So, we're heading there now." Raeleigh followed behind Flynt and asked. Raeleigh was wearing a black outfit paired with some hiking boots. Raeleigh observed the terrain while walking and then asked, "Are we going to get into any troubles for illegal border crossing?" Flynt laughed, "Of course! I mean anyone who crosses the border illegally will get arrested but if no one finds out about it, then there shouldn't be a problem." Raeleigh watched her step as she walked. She wondered whether was it really necessary for them to go there? After hiking for several hours, Raeleigh felt that she could no longer continue and sat down. Flynt walked up to Raeleigh and said, "Come on, I'll give you a piggyback." "It's alright, I can still walk." Raeleigh stood up and continued walking. Flynt watched as Raeleigh got to her f
Raeleigh was not sure whether Flynt would keep his words, but she was feeling extremely tired. She hiked a long way today. Even a normal person would feel tired after an entire day of hiking. Not long after, Raeleigh fell asleep. Flynt sat up in bed for a while. He then looked over at Raeleigh before he lay back down on the bed. When Raeleigh woke up the next morning, she realised that Flynt was already awake. Raeleigh looked out the window and saw Flynt talking to someone. At this time, Flynt happened to turn around and saw her through the window. He quickly ended his conversation and returned to the room. "Hey, you're up!" Flynt said when he entered the room. Raeleigh asked, "Why are you up so early?" "A year's plan starts with spring. A day s plan starts in the morning. You should know that the early bird catches the worm." "Your efforts will be rewarded." Raeleigh replied. Flynt smiled and said, "It would be great if we keep doing th
Raeleigh was brought back to the town in a car. Flynt sat beside her, pretending to be a gentleman, however, even a fool could tell what was going on. Flynt did so many things just to test whether Raeleigh had actually lost her memory. Raeleigh remained silent. Flynt said, "So, you've been lying to me all these while?" Raeleigh did not say anything. Since she was caught, then she did not feel the need to explain herself. "Raeleigh, I like you." Flynt looked at Raeleigh. Raeleigh was amused. "No, you don't. You're just not used to seeing Jepherson being so high and mighty. Do you think that by taking me away, he would feel frustrated?" Flynt sneered, "You've never changed. You should be flattered that I took a liking to you. How much do you think you're worth? You've been with so many guys, except for me." Raeleigh looked at Flynt, "Except for you." "So it's my turn to try." Flynt got up and pushed Raeleigh over. She lay on her back
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