Zorion's car skidded to a halt at its destination and the person himself jumped out of the car just as he saw Rossie walk out in an unhurried manner with a group of people behind her. Zorion stared at her fervently, the palm of his hands sweaty from his anxiety. Rossie paused when she noticed Zorion's figure. With the notebook firmly in her hold, she made her way towards him. "Why are you here? Is Raeleigh all right?" she asked when she reached his side. "What are you doing here?" Zorion countered in a low, deep voice, but there was no fight in it. If he could actually oppose her, he would take action immediately. Rossie studied him for a while. "Are you going to yell at me?" Zorion was bemused for a moment before his pitch black eyes darted left and right. He then opened the door to let Rossie in first. He slid in beside her and held her hand in his. "There will be no next time." Rossie leaned into Zorion's embrace. "I promise." Zorion held he
Raeleigh looked contemplative. "How would I know?" Jepherson turned it over in his mind. He then unbuttoned his clothes. Once the outerwear had been taken off, he started on what he wore inside, though the pullover was a little troublesome to take off. Raeleigh scooted away from him. "What are you doing?" "Hm." Jepherson quickly took off all his clothes. As the room was very warm, it was fine even if he bared himself. Raeleigh continued to back away and hid herself underneath the blanket. Jepherson tore it away, removed her pants and proceeded to squeeze her in between the couch and himself. He then lowered his head and pressed his lips against hers. With her arm wrapped around him and Jepherson tangled with her with no questions asked, Raeleigh was unquestionably conflicted. By the time Deanna came over and knocked on their door, Jepherson had just separated from her as Raeleigh was left panting. He put his clothes back on, then helped Raeleigh out
Deanna stared at Raeleigh blankly, all because of the sentence that she just uttered. It was soon going to be another year as the old year passed and Deanna was extremely, absolutely unwilling to leave Raeleigh's home. However, it's already past midnight and she couldn't not outstayed her welcome here. Deanna mulled over it for a long time. In the end, she still followed Jacky back, but not without a lot of nagging. As for Jacky, he didn't take it to heart. As long as the children were safe, it didn't matter wherever he went. As parents, they hoped for nothing more than this. However, Deanna had already taken this matter as something to be remembered, and inevitably put it on the agenda. She didn't handle it the previous year, hence this time on the second day after the New Year, Deanna went to seek out Raeleigh. Before Raeleigh could even fully wake up from her sleep, it reached their ears that Deanna was waiting downstairs. Jepherson kneaded his brows and got
Deanna was starving to the point that she was drowsy from hunger. Jacky went to make some food to wake her up, then called her when it was done. She woke up all bleary-eyed but smiled when she took note of who was in front of her. While they ate, she couldn't help but let her eyes wander in the direction of the upper floors and spoke aloud in confusion, "Why didn't Raeleigh return Cedric and Heitor to us? Could it be that she's afraid that we'd find out about some secret?" Jacky, who was in the middle of his meal, looked up at her. He frowned as he seemed to have thought of something, "Maybe there's no time to send them back. It's not necessarily a secret." "You've always talked in her defence. Don't you think it's possible? Raeleigh's child has always been fine. At that time when she left, probably she had some fortuitous encounter since her departure was very sudden, yet silent. I think that there's someone in the shadows helping her. If that person wasn't you, then it co
Although Deanna protested, Jacky still placed her in a corner while they stood in the middle of the living room in preparation for their test of strengths. Deanna pleaded. "Jacky, let's go home, okay ?" "It'll be over in a little while." Jacky flicked a look her way. He had always hoped to have this opportunity. Although this wasn't what he had foreseen, since it had turned out like this, he would take it. Deanna pursed her lips. "Next time, I won't come to your house again. I don't like the way you treat your guests." Jepherson laughed at that, "No one invited you. You asked for it yourself." "My children had been forcibly seized by your wife. I came since she didn't return them to me, or else would I willingly come to your house?" When Deanna truly wanted to quarrel, she wouldn't give way to anyone. She wasn't afraid of Jepherson. Jepherson rolled his eyes at Jacky. "Looks like your household's upbringing isn't that great." "The feeling
Raeleigh stared at Hanschel with what seemed to be a brief moment of doubt but still she approached him. Her quiet and beautiful eyes shrouded in ice and snow gazed at him as she said, "Did you think that you got the court to give you a life sentence due to your own capabilities?" Something shifted a little in Hanschel's eyes, a faint look of incredulity in them. Raeleigh surveyed the people around them. Jepherson was somewhat astonished, but Raeleigh had never said what she didn't mean. "I might as well tell you. The one who did your operation, I was the one who hired them. I wanted them to operate and treat your injuries. When you filed for lawsuit, I was the one who paid for it to get through the channels as you followed from behind. This court trial, the initiator of it all isn't you, but me. You underestimated me a little too much. "I can cripple all four of your limbs, and I can leave them intact to live like a decent person. If I were you, I would a
Raeleigh smiled when she saw Austin. "How have you been?" Austin was reading a notebook. When he heard Raeleigh's words, he put the notebook down and raised his head to look at her, "You came at this hour?" "Hanschel Doyle can't live." "It's been arranged." "Thank you." "Is there anything else?" "Mm..." Austin pointedly diverted his gaze to a spot by his side. Once Raeleigh situated herself beside him, he switched on the computer. It was a security feed, and recorded within was a large group of people. She noticed that out of all the people who were raining blows, one of them with his back towards the camera was Stuart, and the one who was bleeding out on the ground was Hanschel. Raeleigh looked at Austin. "Thank you so much for doing this. Otherwise, I have to restrain Stuart from taking action out in public." "The Doyle family was exterminated because of one woman. It's not worth it." "Then how does one get over Lucy's undes
The Whalen family were the first to be made aware of Jepherson's minute movement. Rayan called Deanna downstairs to ask who had leaked the Green House location to him. "I was just simply saying, who knew that he took it for real?" Deanna said with a guileless look on her face. "Troublesome." At the rebuke from her father, she lowered her head. "He's the one who wanted to kick up such a fuss, what does this have to do with me?" "Even if that were true, with all the noise he made, will Austin even return Cedric and Heitor to us?" Rayan was, in fact, most worried about his two grandsons. As for Austin, he could care less. Deanna became anxious when she heard this. "Then what should we do?" Rayan unexpectedly gave a cold look towards his daughter, "What else can you do other than create a disaster?" Deanna was still unsatisfied. She walked up to her husband and said, "Jacky, let's go. I'll go find Austin and ask him why he won't return our ba
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