"Maud, you're nothing but a butler, whereas I'm the appointed second young madam by Vivian herself. Why can't I take a few accessories away for my own use? You have to know that the party I'll be attending today is an important one. The wealthiest folks in the A City are all attending it as well. If I make a plain appearance at the party, then I will only embarrass Richards Manor. Can you afford to bear the consequences of that?" Liya screamed. She was no longer putting on the nice act from earlier. It was known that Richards Manor had a huge collection of jewelry. So, why couldn't she borrow a few for her own use? Did they have to single her out that way? Upon hearing this, Maud put on a solemn face and said, without leaving any room for mercy, "Miss Liya, I really can't help you with this. I'm just following the rules. Not only you, even if any of the madams or young madams ask for the same thing, without the head of the household's approval, they also can never get to us
Oscar's mouth on Liya as he removed his pants impatiently. The two of them were then entangled passionately in the dark and secluded corner. There was a coffee table by the exit, near the circular pillar. Two women were sitting there, with their gazes fixed on Liya and Oscar. "Miss Yates, will we get to intercept Liya later?" Octavia glanced over at Liya and Oscar, with disgust filling her eyes, as she asked with slight concern. "Don't worry. Liya has moved back to Richards Manor. She has to return there every night. Otherwise, she will be kicked out." Zoella lowered her head and said faintly, "Let's wait for her by the exit later." "Sure, Miss Yates," Octavia replied. She was clearly unaccustomed to the lustful atmosphere of that place. Couples there were obviously having fun with each other. She found that place filthy and disgusting at the same time. "Mr. Jones, are you done yet?" Liya asked after Oscar roughly possessed her, as he seemed to have the de
"Be quick, remove my heels for me," Liya said in an annoyed tone. She was laughing and flirting with Oscar, but she noticed that Zoella still hadn't removed her heels for her. Oscar was already aroused by Liya, but upon hearing what she had said, his mood was once again ruined. He looked up and saw Zoella standing still. Rage built up in him. He grabbed an ashtray from the coffee table and sent it flying towards her as he let out a curse, "B*tch." The ashtray was aimed towards her. Zeolla couldn't dodge in time, and the ashtray crashed into her arm. She immediately felt a stinging pain. Liya looked mockingly at her as she said, "Zoella, I only wanted you to remove my heels for me. Was it that hard?" Zoella could only suppress her anger and glare hatefully at Liya. She gritted her teeth as she bent down and started removing her heels. It was against Zoella's will to do this, and the straps on the heels were intricate as well. After several attempts, Zoella
"Miss Yates, what's wrong?" Octavia gasped and immediately attended to Zoella. "My tummy hurts. It hurts." Zoella bit her lips. She was drenched in sweat and looked pale. "Ah, let's get you to the hospital then." Octavia helped her up in a panic. Zoella gritted her teeth as she endured the waves of pain coming from her stomach. She felt as if there was blood flowing out between her legs. Oscar kicked her squarely in the stomach the night before, which almost made her pass out from the pain. Not only did Oscar torture her that night, he also shoved cigarette ends and a lighter inside of her under Liya's provocation. She didn't know how she managed to survive. She felt cold all over her body, and the pain inside of her abdomen kept surging to the extent that she was not able to stand up on her own. Octavia could only try her best to support Zoella and head outside with her. There was more blood flowing out from in between Zoella's legs. Even a sa
"Stop right there, Liya," Jenna shouted at Liya, who left in a hurry. After taking a few steps, Liya couldn't help but to come to a halt. "Liya, I'm warning you that you're not to set foot in Grandma's bedroom from today onwards. We all highly respect Grandma, and I will never allow filthy women like you to tarnish her dignity. Keep this in mind. Otherwise, I will have the security kick you out. Also, you must remember that your stay was approved out of Mr. Trevor's kindness. If you ever try to stir trouble in Richards Manor, then I will never forgive you," Jenna warned with a stern voice. "We'll see, b*tch." Liya let out a low curse. However, she didn't have the guts to confront Jenna any further in Vivian's bedroom. It wasn't because she was afraid of Jenna. She was concerned that Vivian might wake up anytime, and she would be in great trouble by then. Therefore, after letting out a muffled curse, she then left the room dejectedly. After returning to her bedro
Ezrah was kneeling in the corner with his hands tied behind his back. His clothes were in disarray, and his face was livid. He was in a mess. It was visible that Paul and John had tortured him. Hansen walked over and stopped right in front of him. Ezrah looked up and stared at him with high vigilance. "Mr. Haris, can you tell who I am?" Hansen asked in a neutral tone. He had a faint smile at the corner of his lips. "You are..." Ezrah asked in fear as he inspected Hansen's face carefully. The smile on Hansen's face faded away and was soon replaced by a sharp gaze. His gaze wandered on Ezrah's body as he smirked, and said in a neutral yet domineering tone, "Mr. Haris, it's okay if you don't know me, but I do know you very well. I'd advise you to cooperate with me today and answer all of my questions. It's for our own interests." The young man standing in front of him seemed noble, instead of looking like a street punk. In fact, when Paul and John were
"Young Master Richards, what should we do with Ezrah now?" Paul asked with a whisper. Hansen lifted an eyebrow and said lightly, "If we let him go now, then Yadriel will definitely pull a move on him after finding out about this. We'll keep him with us for the time being. We have sent his confession to the higher-ups, and we're waiting for them to take action. You can tell him that we're doing this to protect him." "Sure, Mr. Richards." Paul nodded. He was about to leave when he heard Hansen saying, "Paul, I need you to follow me for tonight's schedule. I'm treating Johan to dinner." Paul was startled for a while before he could understand the situation. He nodded. Hansen stood up. He was preparing himself to get some rest for his schedule later that day. Hansen wouldn't beg for Johan's help if it was only concerning the Richards Group. However, now that they were trying to find dirt on Yadriel, Hansen had no choice but to ask for Johan's help. Hansen was
Johan mumbled a reply and didn't mind it, as he said, "Just tell me about your request." Hansen sat down and asked in a solemn manner, "Grandpa Johan, it's about Yadriel's election. Do you think he's capable of governing the Capital City?" Hansen didn't bring up anything else but this question. Upon hearing this, Johan frowned, but his expression was still calm, without any trace of emotion. "Hansen, it is not up to me to decide whether he is a suitable governor or not. The citizens will decide his fate through their votes," Johan replied faintly before turning around to look at him and said, "Hansen, I heard that your Richards Group is in trouble now. You better tell me what happened and if there was any crime involved. If there was, then I will never let you get away with this." Hansen's face fell as he heard that. He then said, "Grandpa Johan, the Richards Group has always been clean and proper. We will never involve ourselves in any illegal activity. I
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