Josephine spent the whole afternoon delivering parcels. Even when evening fell, she had no desire to return home. She wandered aimlessly through the town.Without an ID, she couldn't even rent a room. The nighttime temperatures were too cold for her to continue roaming outside.After wandering for
Arrik hesitated. "Didn't he say we shouldn't bother him?""Should we really leave him waiting like this the whole night?"Darren and Arrik both stepped back and abandoned Phineas. They said together, "You should go."Phineas raised an eyebrow and glared at those two unhelpful friends of his. He gra
Lewis laughed. It was so sudden that Seth couldn't help glancing at him again. "Aren't you optimistic, Chairman Alvarez? You're even laughing while at death's door.""At death's door?" Lewis shot a bland look at Seth. "Have you become so cocky just because you took advantage of the past two times ot
Lewis turned to the side and looked at Phineas once Seth's car drove off.Phineas instantly understood what Lewis meant. He motioned for everyone to leave. Then, he, Arrik, and the others rushed back to the inn. Phineas ran a few steps, returned to take Lewis' coat, and ran away again. Josephine so
Josephine sat outside and waited. That was when she took out her phone to see a missed call from Seth one minute ago. Josephine turned off the screen before anxiously staring at the red emergency room light. After that, she looked down at her bloodied hands and felt conflicted.…Seth threw his pho
Lewis glanced at Josephine for a little longer, but she was looking at her phone. He was about to speak when she suddenly headed outside with her phone. Lewis sat upright, adjusted the IV drip to its maximum infusion rate, and laid back down.Josephine answered the call. "What's up, Avery?""Nothin
Lewis likely referred to how Seth jumped off the cliff and how it tore Lewis and Josephine's relationship apart. Perhaps he was saying that he didn't want to fight with her over Seth again. If Seth tried to mess with him again, he would tolerate it alone."Can't you leave this place?" Josephine ask
"What could happen to Lewis? He's fine! He dumped the company to Sierra and ran away to live his best life. I just didn't think he'd go to you," said Avery.Josephine fell into a baffled daze. "Lewis gave the company to Sierra?""Yeah." Avery chuckled. "That rubbish excuse of a man acting like he wa
"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