"I've had enough." Raeleigh dabbed at her mouth, and she then put down the napkin. "Hmm, you haven't had much." Having said that, Jepherson stood up, walked over to Raeleigh, and once again offered her his hand. She stood up from her seat, but did not take his hand. "Let's go," said Raeleigh as she moved forward to leave. Jepherson followed after her. Outside the door, Jepherson said to Raeleigh, "You're going to have to stay over at my place tonight. I wonder whether you are scared or not?" Raeleigh looked at Jepherson and said, "You could send me back." "If we go back now, then who knows what will happen tomorrow. Maybe the entrance of Capital University will be packed with people, just to watch you make the walk of shame. Even it we don't go back, it's fine. If we go back and you get out of the car in the middle of the night, what would the consequences be?" Raeleigh pursed her lips. As she listened to Jepherson's words, every word he had just utt
Raeleigh didn't speak but simply stared at the ceiling. She turned and walked round and round, looking at the ceiling, at how it blended with the rest of the designs of the room. The four corners of this room were at a right angle. It meant that the designer had put in a lot of effort. The room was very big. Normally, other angles such as the 60-degree ones will be the preferred choice as it is naturally more stable. However, skyscrapers like this had their own strengthened framework. The designer had to consider utility, maximization of space, and the smooth movement from one end to another. Perhaps, that was why he had chosen the 90-degree angle. Raeleigh turned around and looked at Jepherson, who had been observing her. She asked, "Is your specialty in interior design?" Raeleigh had heard some things about Jepherson in the school. Having been forced into a relationship of sorts with him, she naturally had to keep a listening ear for matters regarding him. Jepherson
"I too can sleep on the floor," Raeleigh said but she still went to pull back the covers and settled into the bed. After lying down, she looked at Jepherson. There was another bed, and a couch, but he had chosen to sleep on the ground, so it was really not her fault and she wasn't about to guilt-trip herself. Jepherson found it funny. He saw through Raeleigh's thoughts and said, "This way, I can be a little closer to you." Raeleigh froze for a moment. Then, she turned around and looked at the roof, lost in thought. It didn't take long before Raeleigh fell asleep. Jepherson waited for her to fall asleep. Then, he got up from the ground and walked to Raeleigh's drawing. He carefully studied the drawing and raised his head and looked at the ceiling from time to time. This design was really suitable to be used here. He could imagine it. Every time night fell, it was as if the room was under the starry sky. It was really beautiful. If he could combine them toge
Everyone had to gather at the sports ground, so all the students at Elkton were too busy cooperating to remember about the whole Raeleigh affair. Before Raeleigh got out of the car, she was still worried. However, when she got out of the car, the front gate was deserted, save for the principal of the university, who stood there waiting for Jepherson's arrival. She saw no one else. When the principal saw Raeleigh alight the car together with Jepherson, he immediately strode over to welcome them, going first to Jepherson to greet him. "Young Master Richards." Jepherson did not reply to him. The principal looked at Raeleigh and said, "Raeleigh, the university had organized a car designing competition and there'll be people coming over shortly to talk about it, so why don't you go in first." Raeleigh took a look at Jepherson, nodded to the principal, and then hurried to her dorm. She didn't dare to wear the clothes Jepherson had given her as she was afraid of
Raeleigh was in great pain after having fallen to the ground. She only managed to get up with Scarlette's help. Then, Quirina rested on one of her girlfriend's outstretched hands in a rather unbecoming pose. "If you want to leave, then you can crawl out from under my crotch. Then, I'll let go of the fact that you have just insulted me." Raeleigh fixed her eyes on Quirina's posture. Quirina was wearing a royal blue pleated skirt. The way she raised her legs was a very indecent gesture. When Raeleigh was about to stand up from the ground, a guy came up and gave her a push, causing her to fall down again. Raeleigh did not get up after that, but Quirina was waiting for her proudly. "Isn't it lively here?" Zorion came up from behind. His voice was low and elegant. Everyone was shocked when he came over. "Isn't that Mr. Whalen?" Quirina quickly put her foot back down and turned to bat her eyelids coyly at Zorion. "Mr. Whalen?" Zorion didn't even take
"Then, draw another one, write down your name, and hand it in." Raeleigh shook her head. "Forget it. I'm not going to do it." "How can you do that? It's your work. Someone stole it. We have to tell the lecturer." Scarlette was so excited that Raeleigh had to hold her in place and said, "Don't go. Leave this matter to me. I'll go and hand in the drawings with you tomorrow." "Raeleigh, you are too unassertive. This is exactly why they pick on you." "I have no evidence to clarify this matter. No matter who took my blueprints, once a similar one is submitted, then the school will clamp down hard on both for plagiarism." Raeleigh insisted and Scarlette found herself speechless. In the end, the matter amounted to nothing. In the evening, Scarlette said to Raeleigh, "If you're not attending the event, then there is little meaning for me to go, so I'll skip it too." "Go and do your thing," Raeleigh said to Scarlette, who simply shook her head. It was meaning
Hannah was dressed rather plainly. She wore a skirt suit, with plain and inexpensive accessories. Sitting next to Deanna, people couldn't help but to admire her. Many people thought that Hannah was Deanna's older sister, but after she addressed her as mother, everyone understood. Hannah had preserved her looks well. No one could tell her actual age from her face. "Mom, I haven't seen Raeleigh yet. Let me introduce her to you later." It was expected that Deanna's design would be selected. Deanna and Zorion had had been previously trained overseas in car designing. Then, they ended up studying in Elkton University, simply because Deanna liked Jepherson. Otherwise, with Rayan's financial capabilities, it was inconceivable that he would have them graduate from a local university. Hannah patted her daughter's hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense again. If your brother is not happy when he goes back, then he will ignore you." In fact, there was no need for Hannah to at
Jepherson's expression was of total indifference. He turned back to see what was being displayed on the screen without a word. "Scarlette." Raeleigh turned to look at her friend. Scarlet yanked her hand out from under Raeleigh's, stood up, and nudged her to go forward. Everybody noticed this little incident and all eyes turned to look at Scarlette. At that time, Raeleigh could only sit back quietly. No matter what she did then, it would only make people assume that she had a part to play in this whole video incident. So, she could only sit still and do nothing to avoid being further talked about. Raeleigh did not move, but just watched as Scarlette walked onto the stage. Seeing Jepherson, she bowed politely. "I'm sorry for disturbing the last part of the award announcement, but this is the only way. My friend there is too cowardly. She would rather be bullied than to stand up and accuse someone." Jepherson looked at Scarlette and said, "Tell us then what 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