"Madam, what's wrong?" The agents standing outside caught sight of what happened and dashed over quickly. They helped Lilian and Sara up and asked uneasily, "Madam, are you injured?" Lilian had sprained her ankle and her butt was injured. In actuality, she was in pain. At her age, it was not a good thing if she had broken her bone. However, she masked the pain and gave a dismissive wave of her hand. "I'm alright. Help Miss Sara back to her room." After that, everyone was busy. Lilian had injured her ankle. It was not easy to treat it. She probably couldn't go to work the next day. Nevertheless, Lilian was over the moon. Her daughter finally called her 'Mom'. She had anticipated that moment for a few decades. Silence filled the night. Lilian was sitting in her bedroom, reading a book with the help of her glasses. At that moment, Quina rang the doorbell. "Come in," Lilian responded with an air of nonchalance. Only Quina was allowed to enter her bedroom. Ever
"Hansen, Jenna has been through a lot of hardships. I hope that you will treat her well, appreciate her, and provide her with a happy and peaceful life. Can you promise me that?" Lilian could not help but to feel a lump in her throat as she tried to finish her sentence. Hansen's heart instantly sank. "Grandma, everything that happened to Jenna was because I didn't do my duty as a good husband. I promise that I will provide her with nothing but happiness from now on. I want her to be the luckiest girl in the world. Please trust me." Hansen made a promise to Lilian in a serious tone. Lilian did trust Hansen's promise to her because back then at Ink Garden, he had made a promise. He had promised that Jenna would be the only woman for him in this life and he had managed to keep his promise for more than a year then. "Hansen, I trust you," Lilian said in a low voice and hung up the phone. "Quina, do we have anything arranged by the United Nations?" After a whil
As Jenna called out his name, Hansen's hand trembled in hers. He felt overwhelmed. He was wondering if she had recalled her memory or if she was calling out his name passionately because they had been spending a lot of time together for the past few days. He turned his head to look at her, just in time to meet her bright, clear eyes. His gaze was full of tenderness. Jenna stared at his face in a daze. Recently, she had always liked looking at him in a daze. Her gaze towards him was filled with loss but it was also filled with her trust and dependence towards him. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and a smile appeared on his face. He stroked her face with his palm. Her face was cold, and there was no heat on her face. He covered her face with his big, warm palms and bent slightly to look at her. "Jenna, don't you recognize me?" he asked softly. Jenna remained silent but continued to stare at him. The light in her eyes grew
There was a knock on the door. "Mr. Yintern, Miss Moore here to see you," his female secretary announced after she knocked on the door, shortly after Melvin left. Miss Moore? Steffan had a strange feeling hearing the name. He didn't know who it was. However, before he could react, he heard the sound of high heels approaching his office and soon, a beautiful figure showed up at his office door. "You may leave now." He solemnly waved his hand to the secretary. The secretary turned around and saw a beautiful and elegant woman. Her eyes were drawn to this woman. "Isn't this the woman who wants to see Mr. Yintern? I wonder what the relationship between them is." The secretary thought to herself. "Steffan, you're here, as expected." Jaqueline walked in gracefully with a broad smile on her face. "Jaqueline, it's you." Steffan came to a realization and laughed at himself. "I saw you on television last night, I should've known it was you." "
"The day before, when Jenna was kidnapped, the situation seemed very dangerous," Jaqueline said as she recalled Hansen coming to see her with a scary expression on his face. She felt pain in her heart. What kind of person did Hansen think she was! Why would she possibly do such a despicable and shameless thing? Her political future was bright, so it was unnecessary for her to ruin her own future like that! Steffan was stunned. All of a sudden, he stood up and his face turned pale. "Dory was kidnapped? Is she alright? Was she hurt?" Jaqueline looked calmly at him. His face was filled with concern and worry for Jenna. It seemed that he really loved her deeply. "Don't worry, Hansen is with her. She will be fine," Jaqueline slowly said with a deep gaze. Steffan instantly dropped his body backwards and sunk into the couch. He closed his eyes helplessly. Although Steffan wasn't able to become Jaqueline's real brother-in-
"Steffan, I beg you. Please help me get through this rough period. I still owe a few million dollars from gambling. If I don't pay back the money in time, then they are going to beat me to death." Yurij begged with a desperate expression on his face. He had terrible luck gambling the other day. After losing the five million dollars loaned from Steffan, he had refused to give up and ended up borrowing three million dollars more from loan sharks to try to win his money back. He didn't expect to lose all of that money too. He was getting hunted down by loan sharks and there was nothing he could do to save himself. Other than Steffan, he couldn't find anyone else to seek help from. "I'm telling you, don't even think about getting a single cent from me again." Steffan rejected him with a stern face. Yurij's face was filled with disappointment. "Steffan, if you don't loan me money, then don't blame me for what I might do under pressure," Yurij said casuall
"No, Madam Lilian. Dory does not owe me anything and anyone would have done the same thing in that situation. I am truly ashamed." Steffan couldn't hide it any longer and confessed the truth about everything Yurij had said to him. In the end, he said with an uneasy expression on his face, "Madam Lilian, if you think that Dory owes it to me for saving her, based on the harm that Yurij has done to Dory, it was well paid off. I should apologize to you and Dory for my family member's actions." He lowered his head and his voice got softer. Lilian gazed at him and noticed his expression was filled with despair and misery. She couldn't help but to sigh. She could tell that Steffan was sincere and he truly had genuine feelings for Jenna. It was normal for young people like him, to have certain thoughts due to love, so it was not a big deal. "Steffan, you're a great kid. I believe that you will be able to find your happiness one day. You should believe in karma and that
"Do you really think you've given her happiness?" Steffan sneered. "Your identity, position, wealth, and power don't necessarily mean that you'll be able to give a woman happiness. Rather, it could even mean the opposite. Why else was there a scandal about you marrying a mistress? Also, why was she blamed for the disasters of the Richards Group? It may have been caused by misunderstandings and never your original intention, but nonetheless it is the truth. A man like you may not be able to provide a woman with happiness. She might as well marry an ordinary man compared to marrying you. Why don't you think about it? For a pregnant woman to fall into a moat, it doesn't matter what the reason was, it was a very unfortunate thing to have happened to a woman. I think the happiness that women want is very simple." Hansen was forced to take a step back at his words. Panic and embarrassment flashed across his face. His heart felt like it was being crushed by a boulder, rumbling incessant
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