"Rayan, your fianc?e is not feeling well. She's seasick," Hansen came out of the cabin and stood behind them. The sea breeze blew his black hair to his forehead. His eyes were bright and his face was full of "concern". Jenna glanced at him and said, "Brother Rayan, why don't you check on Miss Smith first? It's very uncomfortable to experience seasickness." Just when she didn't know how to answer him, Hansen came out. Perhaps that was good as she could avoid the topic for the time being. Upon hearing that, Rayan turned around and said with a faint smile, "Mr. Richards, I only think of Hilda as my little sister. I will naturally care for her if she's not feeling well. However, there are some things that I will not give up easily." Saying that, he clenched his red wine glass, and gave a smile. He drank the wine and walked away. Hansen's eyebrows were furrowed. How could he not understand the message that Rayan sent out? He was very displeased. He initially wanted t
"Hold on," Rayan walked quickly and caught up with Hansen. He stared at Hansen sternly, "I don't care about what you said to Jen and what tricks you used. Since she chose you, I will respect her choice. However, if you cause her any trouble and make her suffer any grievance in the next three days, I will not let you go." "I see," Hansen laughed and turned to Jenna and asked, "Ms. Murphy, could you tell Mr. Whalen if I've forced you?" The colour drained from Jenna's face. She forced a smile at Rayan and said, "Brother Rayan, it's my own choice. It's none of his business." She looked at Rayan with pleading eyes and shook her head. Rayan saw that there was nothing more he could say. He reminded again, "Jen, if he bullies you, be sure to call me right away and I'll be right over." "Thank you, Brother Rayan," Jenna smiled sweetly at him and nodded. Hansen walked away first. When walking past Rayan, he quietly moved aside, with a confident smile on his fac
"Hang in there. This is the most difficult part of the trail. After this, we will reach the mountain top. The road down the mountain will be much easier," Hansen easily climbed ahead and encouraged Jenna. It seemed that he could encourage other people too! He was even caring and considerate, which was really rare to see. Jenna smiled. Standing on the top of the not-so-big mountain, all of a sudden, the horizons were widened with the vast azure sea in sight. It was hard to distinguish which was the sea and which was the blue sky. The sun was hanging high in the sky, giving off a dazzling light. The turquoise sea, with its surface that was as soft as silk, with ripples and waves occasionally, was vast and boundless. The beauty of the dusk left Jenna in a daze as she exclaimed and recited a poem about the beauty of nature. "Do you like it?" Hansen stood beside her and looked around. His thin lips were slightly curved and his eyes were bright and beautiful. His expression
"Hansen, you b*stard. You only know how to bully women. What kind of man are you? Do you think everyone is as despicable as you?" Jenna was full of anger. If it weren't for him, how would she have ended up in such a state? He walked away and intentionally left her there. If she didn't ask for help, she could have really died there. She almost roared. Hansen had never been yelled at by a woman before. He could not suppress his anger. When he had just walked to the foot of the mountain, he looked back but did not see Jenna. She did not follow him. Looking back, there was only the grass and trees and Jenna was nowhere to be found. He could not help but feel panicked. When they were going up the mountain, she walked quite fast and even walked in front of him. Therefore, when they were going down the mountain, he was relieved and headed towards the boat hurriedly, thinking that she would definitely catch up. He focused on getting to the boat before dark and did not pay attention
"Ah! Fish," she cried out in surprise. "I'll leave this to you," he saw her surprised expression and smiled smugly as he placed the fish on a stone bench. Jenna stood up happily on one foot. She squatted down to have a look and saw a few big fish. Wow, if they were fried or made into fish soup, they would taste delicious. Thinking of that, she felt even hungrier. "Did you really get them from the sea just now?" Jenna couldn't help admiring him and asked with great interest. "This is just a piece of cake. Grandpa once left me in the special forces for a year. This is nothing compared to back then," Hansen said casually and nonchalantly. Jenna was aware of his skills. When they were in university, they went on an island for an internship. She had witnessed his survival skills. When she fell in love with him, she always admired him from the bottom of her heart, but he didn't know. "Hansen, can you go to the mountain to get some firewood? I want to make
"Don't move. Be good. I won't eat you. Besides, it's not the first night we've been like this. You don't have to worry about anything. Another night won't make much difference. It's better for both of us to keep each other warm than to resist the cold alone, right?" His voice was a little sneaky but soft. His arms were warm, and Jenna was subconsciously unwilling to leave as soon as she touched them. As a woman, she could not resist his voice, let alone his handsome and charming look. His hands wrapped around her waist and gently stroked it, but he didn't do anything else. He unzipped her tracksuit and wrapped his arms tightly around her body. Jenna lay close against his chest. It was so warm that she did not feel cold at all. Jenna had never felt so warm and comfortable before. The warm hand moved gently around her waist with a tingling and soothing sensation. Jenna squirmed and stiffened. She didn't know where his hand was going to move to. Her woman's instinct told
Hansen glanced at her indifferently and walked out of the cave. Jenna was embarrassed. Knowing that she had disturbed his sleep, she stood up and looked into the cave. It turned out to be a deep cave where there seemed to be sounds of water flowing. She couldn't help but feel curious about what kind of cave it was. "Alvin, how is it?" After walking out of the cave, Hansen picked up the phone. After a while, his face gradually became darker, his sword-shaped eyebrows were tightly knitted, and his gaze became sharp and unfathomable. "Ah!" At that time, Jenna's scream came from the cave. It was a sharp cry. Hansen's heart sank, and he hurriedly kept his phone and ran into the cave. There was no trace of Jenna in the cave, and her screams were more likely to have come from the depths of the cave. He felt that something bad must have happened so he quickly ran deeper into the cave. "Jenna, don't," when Hansen rushed to the depths of the cave, he was shock
"You..." Norton was annoyed and infuriated. His face was livid and full of disgust. "Hmph!" Aria snorted and said, "Norton, people like you don't have the right to dislike me. Don't think that I don't know what you have done. Let me tell you. I'm well aware of it." Norton's body stiffened and his expression changed. A cold light flashed in his eyes and he asked in a cold voice, "What do you mean?" Aria took her hand off his shoulder and sat upright. She said with a smirk, "What is done by night appears by day." "What are you trying to say?" Norton stood up with his sullen face as he shouted. "Hey, I didn't say anything. What can I say? Why are you feeling guilty?" Aria waved her hand and smiled maliciously. "Tell me, what the h*ll are you doing here?" Norton was relieved but he was already very impatient. Aria took off her sunglasses, raised her eyebrows, and smiled charmingly, "Mr. Norton, why are you so agitated? Take a seat. Sit down and I'l
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