Before Raeleigh could walk far, a loud bang ensued at the gates, causing her to pause for a moment. By the time she went back to the front door, an accident had already transpired at the gates. Seeing the servants making a mad dash there, Raeleigh knew something horrible must've happened. She couldn't turn a blind eye now. The car crash was nasty, and people were injured. Since Jared crashed his car into Crevor's, he was fine, but the car was a scrap now. Raeleigh stood inside the manor impotently, but she did not blow her fuse. What happened had happened; it would be useless even if she killed Jared, let alone blame or yell at him. But... Jared had let his head get the best of him. Coming out of the manor, Raeleigh peered at Crevor, who stood rooted to the spot. She nodded at him. "I'm sorry. How do you want to settle this?" Jared emerged from his car with a bleeding leg. Raeleigh locked her brows into a deep furrow as she looked o
The old housekeeper ran over and wiped away his tears. "Miss..." "I'm fine, you just need to know one thing." Raeleigh's voice was low enough that nobody around her could hear what she said. The old housekeeper said, "Tell me, Miss Raeleigh." "If I go in, I will come out alive, but Jared will undoubtedly die if he goes in." Raeleigh looked pointedly at the old housekeeper. When the police cars and ambulance arrived, she added, "Look after Jared and don't let him come out. Send someone to protect him, lest he gets hurt when I'm not around. If Xanthus' phone can't be put through, keep calling, call until it's connected." "Yes, I understand. Don't worry, Miss Raeleigh, you'll be alright." "I hope so." Raeleigh fidgeted on where she sat, she then leaned sideways and took out her phone to call Jepherson. Jepherson immediately answered the phone. On the other end of the call, Jepherson had just awoke. "Did you miss me?"
When Raeleigh woke up, she was already in the hospital. She looked towards the window where Crevor stood. She moved a little and made a sound of pain as her body throbbed all over. At the sound, Crevor turned around to look at her together with the others in the room. Xanthus, Maverly, and the rest of the gang hurried to her side. At the sight of so many people, Raeleigh paused for a moment and then looked towards Xanthus, "What happened to me?" "What are you thinking sbout?" Xanthus was so frustrated with Raeleigh that all his worries a moment ago were swept clean away. "I'm fine, aren't I?" "How can you be fine when you've been beaten to this state?" Xanthus huffed and puffed with restrained anger, especially towards himself. If his cell phone hadn't been in the living room, if he hadn't just concentrated on everything in the bedroom, a near disaster like this wouldn't have happened. Raeleigh wore a smile, "I am still sick. What are you angry with
Raeleigh stared at him as she laid in bed, "You should go too. I can take care of myself now." "Are you worried about being misunderstood?" Raeleigh gave him a brief look, "Even if you weren't seen here, what can be construed will still be misunderstood." "Jepherson is that distrustful of you?" When Crevor spoke, he had already walked up to Raeleigh's front. She glanced up at him with no immediate reply, though her lips curled up into a smile. "Raeleigh, what are you smiling at?" Crevor stood there as his gaze darkened with a profound look in his eyes. "It's nothing. I just felt like smiling, so I smiled." "You are the most interesting girl I have ever met." Crevor stated. "Just because something is rarely seen, they're always labelled as special. It's just like a species that's born from out of nowhere. There's ordinary grass that grows on a cliff. The seed of that grass couldn't have flown onto the cliff which made it an uncommon possibility.
While being accompanied by Stuart, Raeleigh listened to the lawyer's analysis of the whole case. The lynchpin in this whole matter was that Raeleigh had driven deliberately to hit someone and killed them. Raeleigh sat quietly at the side and contributed nothing to the discussion that was going on as Stuart and the others picked apart the case. After they were done, Raeleigh finally spoke, "Follow according to the legal process to fight against my lawsuit. When the time comes, I will make some arrangements. I will not let him harm me. But at present I can't leave the hospital or they'll put me in the detention centre if I do so. If I enter that place, it'll be easy for there to be an accident." "Do as she says." Jepherson ordered, and as if a signal was given, they left the ward soon after they'd given their affirmation to carry out their duties. Now only Raeleigh and Jepherson were left in the ward. "You and Crevor already knew each other?" she asked. Jepherson
Jepherson did not answer her question immediately. He looked at Raeleigh and instead said. "It's okay if you act dumb, she's still my daughter after all." Jepherson then stood up and poured himself a cup of water. Even after he drank a mouthful and turned towards her, he did not continue his line of questioning. Raeleigh's body gradually recovered while the case went through a few rounds of negotiations. These negotiations were handled by Stuart together with another but they had yet to come to a conclusion. Crevor also came to visit Raeleigh two to three times. However, Raeleigh kept quiet and didn't bother to talk to him during those times. She just laid on the bed, her eyes fixed onto the ceiling of the ward indifferently as she lapsed into a seldom seen tranquility. Occasionally, when Crevor came he would chat with Jepherson, who wouldn't refuse. This made Raeleigh feel perplexed. Jepherson did not like Crevor, but he could calmly sit down and talk to
Everyone looked towards Jared as he was chased out by Jepherson, whose face had turned harsh. Stuart saw the whole scene and quickly went after Jared. "What are you doing?" Although Stuart and Jared were both brought in by Alvin, the two of them seldom mingle together. They didn't see much of each other even when they were young. Other than the fact that they weren't in the same cliques, Jared loved to play with Santiago more back then. Despite that, they still retained a pretty good relationship. Alvin said once before, to treat Jared as a brother. Therefore, Stuart would not leave Jared alone. Jared did not respond to his query, he just stood there with his gaze focused on the scenery outside. Stuart also felt impressed at this point. Why was it that people who interacted with Raeleigh all got turned around by her? "Don't go down the same path as Mr. Santiago. You should know, in Mr. Jepherson's eyes, that there are no two Mr. San
Raeleigh didn't fall asleep until the morning. Jepherson tossed and turned the whole night, unable to sleep which kept her up as well. As a result, the two of them didn't get up from bed until late that afternoon. Stuart had waited outside since early that very morning. When the servants came over, Stuart waved his hand and motioned for them to leave lest they disturbed Mr. Jepherson from his repose inside. In fact, Stuart was out at about five to six o'clock in the morning. As soon as he came over, he heard the sound of panting inside. Mr. Jepherson was really full of energy. He didn't dare to approach, hence he stood guard outside. All the way until the present time, Stuart didn't dare to leave his post. Only when it was two o'clock in the afternoon, Raeleigh woke up. Probably due to the jet lag, she was still a little groggy. She was just able to blink her eyes open, took a look around before she fell back to sleep. Jepherson waited for Raeleigh t
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