As Aria returned to her bedroom, Minnie saw her fuming. Her face was reddened and her eyebrows were furrowed. She hurriedly comforted, "Ms. McAdams, please calm down. That woman is too clever with her schemes, we can't fight against her at all." "The d*mned old woman is always against me on everything!" Aria gritted her teeth and cursed. "Ms. McAdams, why don't you use your father's power to show them a taste of their own medicine? Don't let them look down on you," Minnie suggested bitterly. Aria stared around with a fierce gaze. Richards Manor had a long history and a strong foundation, even Earl could not lay his hands on it. The only hope left was Camphor Tree Villa but Hansen did not care about it. Ever since his application for it to be an environmental protection zone was rejected by Earl, there was no news about it. Hansen never mentioned it again. Currently, Camphor Tree Villa was as if it was completely abandoned and Hansen seemed to have forgotte
"Let you go?" Aria smiled devilishly. "If I let you go, what about all the money you embezzled? Do you think money is that easy to earn? The filming crew is already in a mess. Because of the excessive loss, someone has already filed a case with the authorities. As soon as the investigation starts, you'll be done for the embezzlement, not to mention your crimes in the past. It s impossible to deny it with the evidence and witnesses. Tell me, how can I help you by then? Why should I help you?" Minnie was struck by Aria's icy cold words, feeling as if they are an avalanche coming in her direction. She stepped back in fright and fell onto the ground limply, looking at Aria in horror. Five million? She had spent all the money. There was no way to get the money back even if she wanted to return it. Hansen had forced her family to return Javon's assets to Jenna. She could only count on Aria for more money. How could she be able to repay these debts? She was frightened
"Shut up," Hansen shouted in anger. "Idiot, do you think everyone is as shameless as you?" "I'm despicable and shameless, sure, but are you any better?" Norton sneered. "You are not much better than me. I love Jenna but I would never hurt her. However, you deceived her feelings from the beginning. You hurt her and left her scarred, you're not a man. Now that Aria is pregnant with your child, you're stuck with her; she won't let you go. How much have you hurt her and disappointed her? Don t you feel sorry?" He scoffed. "God is fair. If I can t get her, you can't either. You know how she is. How would she forgive you?" When Norton said this, he burst into tears laughing. Hansen's worries were exposed one by one and a deep pain flashed across his eyes, his fists clenched. "A*shole, that was all because of you!" he lashed out in fury when Norton reminded him of the incident at Hilton Hotel. However, Vivian's words rang in his ears, "From the same root they were bo
"Yes, I'm so down for it." Sabrina jumped off the hammock and said with joy, "Jenna, since you're in charge, let's prepare something special that will impress everyone. How about a special New Year banquet?" Jenna chuckled. She thought for a while and said, "That's interesting, I'll think about it." "What is there to think about? Alright, that's final." Sabrina was full of excitement. "Sabrina, it's a good thing to hold an annual banquet but we should also get Grandma's consent and look through the expenses in the past few years. We can't just hop into it without proper planning," Jenna smiled and reminded her. Richards Manor had no shortage of money but this did not imply that people here would be up for it. Often, these occasions were events where people bragged about their riches and successes to one another, all just so they could feign their pride. If the distribution was unfair or favoring one over the other, no matter which part went wrong, it would
"That would be great." Sabrina happily applauded as she stared at Jenna. "How about it, Jenna? I told you so." Jenna smiled. Sabrina had a captivating gaze, glistening with traces of innocence, and her smile was pure happiness. It was unlike Jenna's smile, which had different meanings behind it. After Hansen and Christopher left, Jenna and Sabrina brought forward the idea. Just as Meroy predicted, Vivian immediately agreed and promised to give them 20 million dollars to organize this annual banquet. Vivian wanted the event to be as lively and festive as possible. Jenna and Sabrina were shocked by her immediate response. They couldn't grasp Vivian's thoughts. Even when it was her ninetieth birthday, the family was not allowed to publicize it. It was a surprise that she would invest so much in such a common annual banquet. But now that she agreed and was willing to hold such a banquet, Jenna couldn't say much. Soon, the news that Jenna was organi
"You haven't changed much since I last saw you. No wonder Jenna is mad at you." Christopher picked up the club as he kept talking. "What do you mean?" These words hit the nail in Hansen's head. Holding the club, his face twisted in anger as if he was about to hit Christopher with it. Christopher laughed, afraid that he might actually hit him on the head. It looks like Hansen really wasn't in the mood to joke around. A look of sarcasm appeared on Christopher's face. "Hansen, I didn't expect you to be so triggered. You still haven't grown when it comes to relationships." "Don't taunt me!" Hansen's face was a little red and he raised the club in his hand, wishing to hit the guy in front of him. If it weren't to go along with him, Hansen would have dealt with the matter long ago. He would have caught that d*mn Brock. Maybe, Aria's pregnancy wouldn't have happened. "Okay, I surrender." Christopher knew the temper Hansen had and immediately raised his hands in s
"Who is he drinking with?" "Me." Christopher's speech was slurred too. He seemed to have drunk a lot of wine. "He drank six glasses today. No, eight..." Christopher was muttering under his breath. "Where are you guys?" Jenna knew that a drunk person would either chatter non-stop or stay completely silent, therefore she interrupted him and asked unhappily. "In the "Autumn' private room of New Era Restaurant," Christopher was speaking somewhat clearly and he gave the address. "Hansen is very drunk. He can't drive like that. Call the driver to come over and you'd better come to him too. He seemed to really miss you. He keeps calling your name." Jenna fell silent after hearing this and hung up the phone. Glancing at the streets, New Era Restaurant was not far from where she was. After thinking for a while, she turned around and drove towards New Era Restaurant. Hansen was found completely flushed in the 'Autumn' private room. He was sprawled
"Oh." Rayan nodded thoughtfully. He stopped himself from taking more steps before asking with concern, "Jen, how is your mother?" "She's fine. Thank you," Jenna replied in a low voice. "That's good." Rayan was nothing but smiles. "I will visit her one day." "Thank you but there's no need for that." Jenna lowered her head. She thought that he may not be able to even if he wanted to. That b*stard Hansen placed a lot of guards on the eighth floor. If Rayan went, he would definitely not be allowed into the ward. "Jen, you're still the same after so many months. You don't take care of yourself enough." Rayan sighed and touched her head. It was surprisingly cold during winter this year. After being outside for a while, Jenna felt like an icicle. She couldn't stop shivering. "Jen, are you cold?" Rayan saw her trembling slightly. He walked in front of her to shield her from the cold wind. The cold wind blew the snow off the branches and a string of sno
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