Marissa held Deanna's small hand. "Stay for dinner. Isn't your school having an off day today?" "Zorion said he needs to go home later, so..." Deanna carefully glanced at Jepherson. Jepherson's attitude was the same as usual. He didn't make much of a fuss as he accompanied Marissa and the rest to the Ink Garden. Stuart asked the chauffeur to drive the car away and he then followed him. Jepherson helped Marissa to the door. The moment they entered, they saw the person sitting inside. Zorion was sitting on the couch, reading a book. When they heard someone approaching, they looked up at the door. When they entered the door, they saw Zorion standing up and greeted him politely. "Jepherson." "When did you arrive?" Jepherson asked. "This morning." Zorion smiled as if he were a close friend. Seeing Marissa coming over, he raised his hand to give her a hand. Marissa, of course, liked Zorion. She didn't have a granddaughter in this family. If she did, then s
Raeleigh looked at Quirina and smiled. She did not get angry but she said, "We are going to the cafeteria. Please get out of the way." "Get out of the way? You've got a lot of guts. I think you're asking for trouble! Get down on your knees!" Quirina suddenly said in a harsh voice. Raeleigh just looked at Quirina. In order to retain her place of study here, she couldn't fight with Quirina. Otherwise, she would've given Quirina a good beating. "Excuse me, who are you asking to kneel down before you? Do you know no shame? Your last incident of stealing and plagiarizing Raeleigh's work hasn't even been settled yet, yet today you dare come here to cause trouble. The one who should be kneeling down today is you." Scarlette couldn't be bothered about the consequences. She only knew that if a person had neither sense nor shame, then it should be beaten into them, be it physically or metaphorically. "Scarlette, I initially had no intention of bringing you into this, but
Scarlette was arrested for the assault and battery of a schoolmate and attempted evasion from arresting officers. Raeleigh too was arrested for the obstruction of justice. "If you both tell us what happened truthfully and admit to your crimes, then we can let you off easily on account of your student status, and not announce this matter to the public." The police officer opposite Raeleigh raised his hand and smacked the file he held in the other. Raeleigh looked back at him and replied, "We did not do anything. We don't even know Quirina Moore." Raeleigh insisted that she didn't know Quirina. The police officer was angry and paced around in the room. They had been interrogating her for an hour. No matter how much pressure they put on her, they couldn't find anything. Raeleigh just insisted that she didn't know Quirina Moore. So, the police couldn't do anything to Raeleigh. If she didn't know her, then how could she have fought her? Scarlette was even harder to d
"Are you hungry? I prepared some chicken soup for you. Have some. It'll help with the heat stroke." Scarlette adjusted the bed and brought a bowl of chicken soup she had lovingly made for Raeleigh. Raeleigh reached out her hand to take it, sipped it, and asked, "You know how to cook chicken soup?" "I am an orphan after all. What don't we orphans know?" Scarlette sat by her side and Raeleigh was momentarily stunned. She raised her head and looked at Scarlette. She did not speak but ate the chicken soup in her hand quietly. Raeleigh handed over the small bowl to Scarlette after she finished eating. Then, she took a look at the weather outside and said, "What day is it today?" "It's Thursday," Scarlette answered while putting the small bowl aside. Raeleigh looked at her quizzically. "Isn't it Wednesday." "Wednesday has passed. You've been sleeping for a day." Scarlette turned around and sat down, Raeleigh knew only then that she had been in hospital for a whole day
Marissa sat down with Jepherson's help and he told her all about Quirina stealing Raeleigh's work. Marissa really hadn't seen it coming. This little punk from the Moore family named Quirina was so shameless that she had stolen someone else's drawing and was now still trying to fight for her 'reputation'. "How did this kind of person from the Moore family come into being?" Marissa had nothing else to say. Jepherson looked tired. He got up and said, "I'm going to rest. I have to go out at night. If someone from the Moore family comes, then please help me deal with it." "Someone from the Moore family?" Marissa looked at her grandson thoughtfully. Jepherson didn't say anything either and went back to the room to get some rest. Marissa called out to Stuart, "Stuart, is the Moore family looking for the Young Master?" "Madam, Yousif's butler had come to look for him earlier," Stuart answered truthfully. Such a thing had indeed happened. Marissa's face sudde
Jingyun stood up and said, "Well, we can't break our promise. Anran, let's go back first. Don't forget my phone number. If you have something to say, remember to call us." "I see. Be careful on your way." "All right." Anran finally sent Jiang Yuecheng away. She stepped on the snow and came back to lie on the bed, as if she was very tired. She took a look at Anran and asked, "Are you scared?" Anran raised her eyes and fixed her eyes on walking on the snow. "Jingyun is a naive person. They are too far away from each other." "Really? You also saw it?" It was funny for her to walk on the snow. She pulled the quilt for Anran and said, "It's almost 10 o'clock. Take a break." "You should take a rest too. Don't play it anymore. Too many games will hurt your body." "I know more than you. You rest." The snow-covered man checked the door to make sure there was nothing wrong before he went back to his bed to rest. After a good night, Tang Xia g
After Raeleigh laid low at school for a few days, she was summoned by the school authorities. After class, the teacher informed her, "Raeleigh, please head to the principal's office. There's a matter to be discussed." Upon hearing that, Raeleigh walked to the principal's office with Scarlette, no questions asked. When she arrived, she knocked on the door and was promptly met with the principal telling her to enter. She and Scarlette pushed the door open and did just that. Raleigh froze the moment she stepped foot inside. Jepherson was sitting there with his back to her. She then glanced at Scarlette. Scarlette shrugged. Essentially, she was insinuating that he had business with only Raeleigh and not her.' "I have something to attend to, so I'll take my leave first," said Scarlette as she turned to leave. The principal also stood up and walked out, "Scarlette, wait a minute. I have something to verify with you. Mr. Jepherson, I'll head out too to see
It was ten o'clock at night when Raeleigh and Jepherson came out of the principal's office. There was barely anyone left in the school. Stuart was waiting for Jepherson downstairs. When Raeleigh exited the room, Stuart hastily stepped outside the compound. At such an hour, they would attract people's attention by driving the car inside the compound. Raeleigh walked Jepherson out. As they were walking, Jepherson asked Raeleigh, "How are you going to deal with the design?" Raeleigh was not worried about that, so she answered casually, "I haven't thought about it. Since it has already caused a great disturbance, it's inappropriate for me to take it out again. If I get it, I'll consider it a stroke of good luck. If not, then that's just the way things are. If it was meant to be mine, it will be. If it's not, then I can't force it to be. I never wanted to participate in the car design competition anyway." "The Richards Group is extremely prominent in the automo
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