She tapped into the message with trembling fingers. Mr. Wade sent a message. "What is it? If you feel it is inconvenient to communicate via phone, we can meet up and talk."Josephine felt suffocated. Her phone slipped from her hands to the floor of the car. She shut her eyes in disappointment. The c
Conrad was standing next to Lewis. He glanced at Lewis with trepidation, but there were no emotions on Lewis's face. He could only feel the surrounding temperature drop. Conrad was about to say something when Lewis turned around and left, so he could only follow suit.Under Seth's guidance, Josephi
Daphne looked up at Nancy. Her mouth fell open in hesitation, before saying, "Mom, I'm not hiding anything. It's just a hunch. I don't know if you can sense it or not.""What is it?""It feels like Seth doesn't like me. He isn't interested in the family's company either. I don't know. I don't know w
Josephine entered the meeting room with her copies of documents. Most of the higher-ups were already there. She knocked and entered, attracting the gaze of everyone.They were surprised. Why was there a change of staff that day? It used to be Sierra. Josephine ignored their gaze by lowering her hea
Mr. Hall was a little surprised. "Mute? Miss Crawford, you must be joking?"How could a mute be a secretary? What sort of joke was that?"You don't have to believe me. Just see for yourself." Hilary placed her mug down, turned, and left.Mr. Hall stared at her long slender legs with narrowed eyes. W
Lewis hesitated for a while before suddenly looking at Conrad. Thinking about something, his gaze darkened. "She sure runs away quickly."Josephine had to head to the hospital to be put on drips. Of course, she would leave quickly. She didn't even have lunch to put in more time at work to end the da
Josephine clenched her fists and carefully walked over.Lewis was still looking at the tv. Without looking at her, he asked, "Where did you go?"Josephine lowered her head. If he didn't look at her, naturally, she would not be able to explain it to him. He clearly didn't want an explanation from her
Josephine clenched her fists and looked at Lewis' unsympathetic face. She was suddenly in a daze. She never knew what was going on in his mind.Lewis increased pressure on his grip on her chin. "Do you hear me?"Josephine came to her senses from the pain. She nodded.He said once more. "This is the
"Daddy …" Serena murmured the two syllables. Then, she beamed brilliantly and repeated the word with more conviction. "Daddy!""Dada!" Elliot called out, too.Lewis smiled and reached out to pet Serena's head. "That's my little girl. Are you upset that I haven't come home all this time?"Serena shoo
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Lewis asked.Josephine snapped out of her daze and shook her head. "I didn't think—""Didn't think what? Your parents are my parents. It's only fair that I give a proper gesture to my parents. What's so shocking about that?"Josephine had never heard him say su
"Well, we should visit your parents first—show them their grandkids. Plus, I don't think we need to return to Elysium anymore. We'll bring Serena over once we settle down. Let's stay here for a while," Lewis answered.Josephine nodded. She agreed that it was unnecessary to go back there since the co
Seth shot the former the side eye like he was looking at an idiot.Daxtor felt offended at once. His face darkened to his usual sternness. "Why? Are you unwilling to accept your actual identity?"Seth replied, "I hear the Leigh family is in trouble. I don't want to join a sinking ship.""About that.
Daxtor stopped reminiscing and cut to the chase. "Your mother was my first love. I'm probably hers, too."The two had dated when they were in school. They had deep feelings for each other, but their social statuses were too different. Daxtor had tried retaliating against his family and convincing h
Seth came in secret. Some things were easier to do here than in their home country. Still, doing so came with some risks. He said, "You two can forget about having a peaceful life if I hadn't come here. How do you plan to repay me, Lewis?"Lewis responded, "You can go home. We don't need you here."
Lewis fell silent. "Not so soon."Josephine didn't understand. "Do you have any matters left to resolve? Or ..."Or did he want to stay here? It seemed like they didn't have a place to return to.They didn't have a house in Hardington. Apart from the villa in Styx Mansion, nothing else belonged to t
The sudden blast created a disturbance, making the image tremble as static sounds disrupted the audio.The next moment, the signal was interrupted, and the TV screen went black.Although the screen had turned dark, Josephine had keenly noticed that something had exploded in the court.Blood scattere
Josephine didn't have much to do these days. Lewis was rarely home. Alone, she felt bored. Avery didn't want to visit her either.Avery wasn't on good terms with Lewis. So she tried to avoid running into him.Josephine didn't know what Lewis was up to. Avery seemed to have no acquaintances here but