The noise upstairs alarmed everyone on the first floor. When Hansen stomped down the stairs, Jerry was standing at the end of it, staring at him. Hansen was stunned. Looking at his young and tender face, the pain in his heart surged forth like a tidal wave. "Jerry," he called out, bending down to pick him up and kissed him on the cheek. "Dad, did you quarrel with Mom?" This was the first time Jerry had seen his Mom and Dad having a fight. His face was full of fear and sadness, and he asked timidly. "It's nothing. Jerry, don't simply guess. Dad loves both Mom and you the most. How can I bear to quarrel with her?" Jerry's question made Hansen feel very uncomfortable, and his eyes turned red in an instant. Couldn't this woman listen to him obediently? She was such a smart person, but she insisted on being snubbed. Wives can be extremely emotional, and in some aspects, they can be particularly helpless. "No, Dad. I've seen Mom crying for the past f
"Really? What do you want to tell me? Go ahead." Hansen narrowed his eyes. The smile on his face was as charming as ever. "Hansen, I want to be your wife. I want you to marry me. I want to be with you for the rest of my life." Liya blinked her gorgeous eyes and expressed her thoughts clearly. Marry her? A gleam of light flashed across Hansen's eyes. He clenched his wineglass, his body stiffened. "Liya, do you know that I already have a family? It's impossible for me to marry you." His face sank, and his voice was chilly. This woman didn't know her place. How could she make such an unreasonable request? She really didn't know how to toe the line. "Hansen, I know that you and Jenna are very close." Seeing Hansen's gloomy face, Liya's heart sank, but she was not willing to give up the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be with him. She had to change her choice of words and said ingratiatingly, "Hansen, it's just that I love you. I want to spend the rest of my
Liya said this with tears in her eyes and began another heartfelt confession. "I've said that as long as I'm with you, I'm willing to do anything for you. The premise is that you have to marry me publicly as your second wife. Don't worry, I love you, and I'll never hurt you and Jenna. I'll also stand side by side with you in dealing with Zoella and getting rid of her from the business world. Hansen, will you agree to this?" Her words were true and she spoke naturally without concealing anything. Hansen knew that she was opening up and was also mentioning the conditions. She would do anything for him, stand by him, with the condition that he would have to take her as his second wife, in a fair and legal manner like Frederic. Jenna's tearful and sorrowful face flashed across Hansen's mind, as well as Jerry's clear and innocent eyes, hidden with worry. All of a sudden, his heart throbbed with pain. How could he do something like that? How could he bring this woman
"Don't jump to conclusions. I was only with her for work, and you're the woman I love the most." Hansen couldn't stand her questions. So, he had to answer her in a superficial manner. "For work?" Jenna found it funny. Who would believe that a man had spent the whole night with a woman for work? Now, he did not even need to pretend to lie to her. The promises that he made before they got married had drifted away. How long had it actually been? A sudden surge of anger rose in her heart. She reached out a hand and pushed against his chest, struggling to keep a distance from him. "Hansen, I hate you because you lied to me. Don't touch me and go find your Liya." She spoke angrily as she pushed him away. "Get out of here. Don't come home. I don't want to see you." Her patience had reached its limits. She was exhausted and didn't want to continue believing him anymore. "Jenna, don't mess around." Hansen was being pushed away strongly and almost fell o
In reality. When Sabrina told her what was happening inside the Richards Group, from time to time for the past two days, she seemed to have understood the purpose of Hansen's arrangement. After all, he appointed Sabrina, who was close to her, to take over the position of vice president. Although she was sent home, Sabrina would still tell her about what was happening in the company. In some situations, she would call to ask for her opinion. That way, Sabrina's opinion was almost entirely her opinion, while Hansen would almost accept it, and Sabrina was simply the mediator. If that was the case, why didn't he let her know about all of this, if Hansen's arrangements had a hidden agenda to them? "Jenna, Liya is getting more and more arrogant. She's now the boss of the company. She gives all kinds of orders, but she doesn't know anything at all. A lot of affairs had been messed up by her, and Hansen didn't blame her at all. Fortunately, she is afraid of me. If I obj
Sabrina hummed a song and carried an exquisite handbag while walking out of the Richards Group. It was odd. From that afternoon onwards, they no longer needed to work overtime. The lights that used to be lit up all night at the Richards Group were set to turn off that night as well. This was really beyond her expectations. The summer evenings were starting to get very warm. She walked towards the basement. She had been driving Jenna's Lamborghini. Since she had the time that day, she wanted to return to Richards Manor to visit Jenna and her grandmother. She was really worried about Jenna and had no idea how she was doing now. It was slightly dark in the basement, and she slowed down her footsteps. "Hansen Richards, I didn't expect you to be so despicable. How dare you hook up with such a woman to hurt Jenna. This is outrageous." Someone was shouting from the front, and the voice sounded familiar. Sabrina was shocked and stopped in h
"Don't worry about that. When the time comes, the HR department will pay you your salary. Not a single penny less," Hansen answered her as he finally understood what she was saying. It turned out that she no longer had any money and was asking him for her salary. "But, Hansen, I need money now. Look at me. I'm going to return to Richards Manor and will be buying gifts for Grandma and Jerry, but it's really a shame that I'm broke. Hansen, please be nice. Will you please give me some now?" Sabrina said bitterly as she blinked at him and swayed his arm. Wasn't it just money? Hansen had never taken money seriously. At that moment, he couldn't stand her begging. So, he immediately took out his wallet. "How much do you want?" "Well." Sabrina thought for a while in a serious manner and grinned. "I can't be too stingy. It's too shabby. Besides, those foods and toys are too cheap. What if Jerry eats too much and has a bad stomach? Well, it seems that you didn
Jenna's heart ached for her. Her mind was filled with Hansen's and Liya's figure. She had no idea how she should respond to Vivian's high expectations. She had already thought about it. If Hansen wanted to marry Liya and bring her into Richards Manor, she would divorce him. This was not a decision she made in the spur of the moment. The reason she could be so calm now was that she had thought it through. However, Vivian's cloudy eyes were looking at her with tears drenching her clothes. The feeling of being in between life and death was so heavy that she could not breathe, and she was struggling to make a choice. When facing the kind old lady, she became soft-hearted. After a while, she slowly bent down and moved closer to Vivian's ears, speaking loudly. "Don't worry, Grandma. I promise that I'll protect the Richards Group and Richards Manor." Vivian must have heard it as she smiled, relieved. Sabrina stood there silently, with tears drip
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