The autumn breeze blew, causing leaves to fall off tree branches and onto the ground.Daphne sat on Sierra in a daze. She watched as the latter was close to death. Her vision blurred while various thoughts filled her head. In seconds, her crazed expression morphed into a look of disbelief. She slow
Seth stared at the child without saying or doing anything. The atmosphere grew tenser. The officer frowned and was about to speak when Daphne's head snapped upward. She looked at Seth, then at the officer to say, "Can we have a few minutes to speak alone?"The officer stiffened but soon brought th
Seth's gaze shifted. Everyone else was in shock, including Josephine, who froze on the spot.Daphne gripped the hem of Seth's tuxedo and shot him a pleading look. "Seth, I'm begging you! Please don't send Bambam back to the orphanage or give him to anyone else. Please!"She humbly knelt before the
"The doctor said you've overworked yourself! You should stay there and rest. I can't believe you said you're okay! I've barely visited in a few days, yet you got yourself hospitalized again."Josephine stared at the ceiling and suddenly recalled what had happened. She had fainted at the police stati
Conrad stiffened, surprised by Josephine's words. Josephine's heart had softened, yet she refused to help Daphne. It was similar to how she behaved with Lewis. Conrad found Josephine's personality too complicated. Alas, he wasn't in the position to say anything. So, he gave a simple hum of acknow
Baron buckled up his seatbelt once he got into the car. When he first sat in the car, he was afraid. Even so, he didn't want to get abandoned, so he climbed into the car even when it terrified him. Now, Baron was no longer afraid. He had followed Seth around for three days. The police came to Seth
Just then, Avery took Josephine's documents away. "Okay, that's enough reading. Get some rest."Josephine stared at her empty hands, then reached out to snatch the documents back. "Let me finish reading this first. I'll go to bed once I'm done.""Quit it. Just go to bed now." Avery pulled Josephine
Sierra assumed she'd win the court trial for sure. Little did she expect Daphne to get a lawyer. Her face darkened like a storm when she saw Lucas, the lawyer. "Who's helping Daphne?" Sierra wondered. She pictured a few people in her mind, but ultimately, she felt that only Josephine would do this.
"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