"Ha ha..." Revon suddenly burst out laughing. He looked Raeleigh up and down and asked, "Which family are you from?" "My paternal family are all dead, and I don't know my maternal family well. When I was a child, I was thrown into an orphanage." Revon raised his eyebrows when he heard her succinct background description and asked, "You are an orphan?" "Yes." "Not even one relative?" "No, I used to have a granny who raised me, but she passed away a few years ago." "I see. It's really pitiful." Revon walked to the side and sat down. He asked Raeleigh and Crevor to come over as well. After they sat down, he asked for Raeleigh's right hand. Once she did so, he examined it for a brief moment before he said, "Give me your left hand as well." Raeleigh heeded his instructions. After a while, Revon said, "Are there any problems with your left hand?" "My nerves haven't recovered yet. I was injured some time ago. The doctor performed two
Stuart repeatedly tried to call Jepherson until finally, one of those calls connected. At the same time, Jepherson had just come out from the conference room. "What happened?" "I'm not sure. I'm also on my way to the hospital." Stuart's heart was in his throat all the way, he was so anxious that he was about to faint. ...... Raeleigh was just about to rest when she received a phone call from Jared. She switched off her phone when she saw it was him who called. The phone never rang again. This was followed by Jepherson's arrival from outside. The door to the ward burst open as he skidded to a halt at the doorway. He rushed to Raeleigh's side and sat down, his eyes darted from one place to another on her figure. "Which part of you has been frostbitten?" "Why are you here?" Raeleigh was more than a little surprised. Jepherson's arrival was quite spot on. The moment the phone was hung up, he was here. Did Jared make the call when he saw
Raeleigh stopped at the corner of the parking lot and stared at Jared who laid motionless on the ground. When Jepherson turned his head around and saw her, he was momentarily surprised until his line of sight landed on Stuart. His face immediately darkened, "Take Raeleigh away." Stuart wavered, then went towards Raeleigh. He intended to bring her back to the ward but she shoved him away from her. Raeleigh marched towards Jepherson. When she was in front of him, she only gave him a brief look before she quickly made her way to Jared's side. At first glance, his body seemed to be fine, but his pale face stirred up a sense of panic. "Jared, what's wrong?" Jared slowly blinked his eyes and gazed at Raeleigh without a word. Raeleigh crouched down immediately as she gave him a basic examination. She checked from head to toe until she reached his leg. When Raeleigh touched his right leg, her hand paused. She then rolled up Jared's pants from the bottom up.
Later, Raeleigh was led to Jared's ward. As Harvey helped to take care of the patient, she leaned against the wall and soon fell asleep where she sat. When Jared woke up, the anesthetic had just left his system. The pain was still there but his expression didn't reveal it. He just opened his eyes and scanned the four corners of the room. His eyes landed on Raeleigh who was sleeping very soundly. He stared for a brief moment before he averted his gaze and looked elsewhere. Harvey was beside Jared when he saw him woke up. He immediately stood up and went out the door to call for a doctor. Jared was then given multiple checkups until the doctor was satisfied that nothing was amiss and left. By that time, Raeleigh had been jolted awake. She opened her eyes and looked over in Jared's direction. She got off the bed then, and walked over to him, " How are you feeling?" Jared didn't reply. He just stared at her instead. Raeleigh also didn't question any furt
That night, Deanna stayed by Raeleigh's side and they even slept together. In order not to trouble her, she asked Harvey to push the bed over so that they have enough space to accommodate two people. However, during the night, Deanna was unable to fall asleep. She called Jacky instead, and inquired as to whether he was already asleep. Meanwhile, Raeleigh pretended that she didn't know about Deanna's wakeful state. Even so, Deanna talked over the phone until at one point she pushed Raeleigh. Raeleigh opened her eyes and asked, "Something wrong?" "It's nothing. I just want to tell you that Jacky will be coming to pick me up in a bit, hence I'm getting up first. Come morning I'll make some delicious dishes for you to eat." Deanna put on her coat and shoes. She could not sleep with Raeleigh, it was really depressing for her. She then walked out of the door with a wave of her hands towards Raeleigh before she twisted back around and left. When the door cl
Raeleigh stood there for a while. It was only after she felt chilly that she decided to leave. But when she turned around, Crevor was there across from her. She stared at him in an absent-minded manner as a thought popped up that this man had impeccable timing at every moment. Crevor stepped towards Raeleigh just as she asked, "Why are you here, Mr. Doyle?" "I wanted to see you." "Mr. Doyle is really all-pervasive. No matter where I am, Mr. Doyle can always find me. It's really strange." Crevor smiled at her and stated, "With my current ability, finding a person is a piece of cake." "Then you'd better not look for me next time." Raeleigh walked away, only for Crevor to follow right behind her. She felt that heaven was really short-sighted at times, especially at this present moment. It started to snow minutes after Crevor had arrived. Snowflakes drifted freely down from the sky, but to watch it with Crevor beside her, the feeling it wrought was, to her, qu
Raeleigh stood at the door for a while and called Jacky, but he said, "You should go and get some rest." Raeleigh froze for a moment before hanging up the phone. Then, she turned around and walked up to the attic. However, the attic was extremely cold due to the wind blowing outside. Raeleigh woke up the next morning and went downstairs. The ground outside was completely covered with a thin layer of snow and it was still snowing. It was also awfully quiet but she felt that there was nothing wrong. Looking ahead, she could see nothing but endless snow covered ground. She stood by the door and stared outside for a while. She spotted Deanna and Jacky not far away. They were currently shoveling snow from the pavements. "You should head back inside. It's cold out here." There wasn't anyone around Jacky. Perhaps he did not need to work because it was the holidays. He was dressed in black from head to toe. He wore an overcoat that was usually worn by the governme
"What are you doing here?" Trevor, who was sitting on one side, was usually very patient. Jepherson took a sip of tea and said, "It's New Year. Why don't you go home?" Trevor paused for a moment and said, "No, I'm not going back. It's very peaceful here. I don't have anyone to argue with." "There's no one at home. It's so lonely." Jepherson sat there calmly. Trevor frowned. "What about Raeleigh?" "Raeleigh and I had a fall out. She's been living in Waverly Village." Trevor asked, "You made her angry again?" "It wasn't me." "But that doesn't mean it has nothing to do with you." After their conversation, Jepherson brought Marissa and Trevor back home. Marissa got out of the car and stared at the gate of the Richards Group Manor with indescribable eyes. Since she had been deserted by everyone, what else did she have to worry about? Jepherson stood on one side and waited for them to enter. Marissa suddenly turned aroun
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