"Jerry, where have you been? Deanna and Zorion are here." Marissa knew that Jepherson had left the house. She knew it was probably for that matter again. The thing is, after so many years, if it still existed, then he would've and should've found it. He shouldn't still have to look for it then. However, Jepherson was unwilling to give up and Marissa could not bear to burst his bubble, so she did not comment on it. "I'm out. I went to the orphanage. Grandma, I won't be able to make it back today. It's pouring here and there's a thunderstorm outside now. The plane can't take off, so I can only stay at a hotel for now." "Since you're not gonna be able to make it back, why don't you say a few words to Deanna?" Marissa then handed the phone to Deanna, who was sitting on the couch, with a little cushion wrapped in her arms. "Jepherson, were you looking for your elder sister again?" Deanna had only heard Marissa say that Jepherson had always been looking for someone. S
"Don't you know?" Jepherson lowered his head and kissed Raeleigh's chin. Raeleigh twisted her chin twice. Jepherson raised his head and said, "I'll give you three seconds to call me 'hubby'. Otherwise, you'll have to bear the consequences." "You are a bottom feeder." Raeleigh despised men who bullied women. "Well, I'll do you one better and go lower that that." After saying that, he suddenly blocked her mouth with his. He forced the tip of his tongue into Raeleigh's mouth and stirred it inside her mouth. He held her hand with one hand and touched her lower body with the other. He intended to unfasten her pants. Raeleigh shook her head with her eyes wide open... "Jepherson... don't..." Jepherson suddenly stopped. Raeleigh stared at him breathlessly. "Hubby." Jepherson just wanted to scare Raeleigh. He didn't expect Raeleigh to surrender so soon. He was a little excited at the moment. He felt a little distressed. He regretted that he had played too much.
Raeleigh woke up after a night's sleep. She found herself lying in Jepherson's arms and was stunned for a moment before she extricated herself from his embrace. The night before... Raeleigh tried to recall carefully what had happened and concluded that she had once again been cheated by his peaceful appearance. Raeleigh got up and stared at Jepherson, who slowly woke up and opened his eyes to look at her. Jepherson's sleepy eyes fell on Raeleigh's little face, as if he had something he was very happy about. His thin lips moved and he stretched his body. Then, he stood up, walked over to the bed, peeled back the covers, and collapsed onto it. Under the covers, Jepherson said, "This is the worst kind of weather. It makes one feel lethargic. Since we're stuck indoors, we might as well sleep for a while longer." After saying that, Jepherson patted on the left side of the bed with his hand. The soft bed was covered with a pure white quilt. With Jepherson's elegant ha
"Hungry?" Jepherson sat down and looked at Raeleigh. Raeleigh raised her head. "A little." "What do you want to eat?" Jepherson did not know why her gaze was transfixed on him. He didn't want Raeleigh to feel uncomfortable when she was with him. "I'm alright with anything." Raeleigh was not a picky eater and ate almost everything. She disliked only food that was overly oily but even then, she would not refuse it. Jepherson leaned against the sofa and was wearing a gray attire. Raeleigh found that Jepherson seemed to like this kind of gray. Most of his clothes were of this color. At least, it seemed to be from the few times that they have met so far. "Raeleigh." Leaving the couch, Jepherson put his hands on his lap. Raeleigh raised her head to look at him but she did not agree. However, her attentive eyes showed that she was listening to him. "When you are with me, you can say whatever you want and do whatever you want. You can treat it as if I
While Jepherson was in the bath, Raeleigh stared out of the window. The rain was still pouring and it was not known for how much longer it would continue. She took out her phone. Other than this room, she seemed to be cut off from the rest of the outside world. Even Scarlette was nowhere to be found and had not yet come to look for her. She had wanted to find Scarlette, but there was a man over there and so she really did not want to go over. She wondered what the situation was with Scarlette right then. Raeleigh wanted to call Scarlette only to discover that her phone was out of credit. Looking at her cell phone, she heard the voice of the operator announcing to her in a foreign language that her phone was out of credit. Raeleigh exasperatedly flung her phone to one side. They were then in a foreign country and telephone charges in this place using her data plan would be charged as overseas calls and hence was very expensive. In order to save money, Raeleigh co
Jepherson held back his anger and kept silent the whole time. He stared at Raeleigh's little face. He didn't mean it, but he was angry that she was always unwilling to accept anything he did for her. When the elevator door opened, Stuart saw his master's body language, and thought that they had done the thing in the elevator and didn't dare to disturb them. So, he quickly turned around. But Raeleigh walked around Jepherson from the inside and left the elevator. Jepherson came out of the elevator. His face was cold, and he was very angry. Raeleigh came out and looked around. She turned around and saw Jepherson, who had already come out. "Where are we going? It's raining outside." As they had already arrived downstairs, Raeleigh wasn't about to go out in the rain. Jepherson was so angry that he was momentarily confused. In his anger, he had nearly forgotten what he had come down to do. What had he come down to do? "Come here." Getting angry
Raeleigh did not react at all, and she just stood there, stunned. Jepherson, on the other hand, had already let go of her hand and moved to put another pick in the ground in front of her. Then, he moved to the side and started stretching his arms whilst walking towards the ball. Stuart didn't dare to look. Besides, he felt that there wasn't a need to do so. Seeing Stuart leave, Raeleigh blushed intensely. Fortunately, there was no one around to witness it. It took a long time for Raeleigh to calm down. She even planned to throw the club on the ground and simply leave, but she stayed in the end. Looking at the ball in the distance, Raeleigh summoned up the courage to walk towards it. It never hurts to acquire another skill as one would never know when it could come in handy. Otherwise, even if she went back to the top floor, she could only stand there and wait aimlessly. Scarlette had a man in her room and she couldn't enter Jepherson's room without him.
Raeleigh came out of the golf course. It was four o'clock in the afternoon. She did not play much and so she did not sweat. On the contrary, Jepherson had perspired a lot, so he went upstairs to change his clothes. After taking a bath, he came out in simple and functional clothes. Raeleigh fixed her eyes on the TV, waiting for the next meal. Just then, Scarlette knocked on the door looking for Raeleigh. She went to open the door, checking that the person outside was indeed Raeleigh before letting her in. This was a habit of Raeleigh's. No matter where she was, at home or out, she would always check the door to see who was outside it before opening it to let them in. This was a habit she acquired when she was ten. Before then, she had lived her childhood in a carefree environment at the children's home. Ever since she had gone to stay with her grandmother, her life had changed. Her grandmother was always highly suspicious of people, so she would drill it in
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