Elliot tugged at her sleeves and struggled to speak. He managed to produce a sound that sounded somewhere between "daddy" and "mommy." But Josephine couldn't distinguish between the two.She decided to consider it as Elliot calling her."Good boy." She pinched Elliot's chubby cheeks. "Try saying it
She only called Lewis' number at night.Lewis looked at the number on the screen of his buzzing phone. He was very familiar with that number. In fact, he knew the number by heart.Staring at his phone, he hesitated to answer.The call automatically ended, and she didn't call again, but a message pop
Josephine arrived at the door and pressed the doorbell, but nobody responded.Josephine waited for a while. Unwilling to give up, she pressed it again, but still, there was no answer.Avery approached her and said, "Forget it. He's probably not home. It's the New Year. He should be at the Leighs."J
Daxtor closed the laptop and asked, "Is Spencer in your hand?"Lewis' lips curled upward, but he remained silent.Daxtor was torn at this moment. He took out the USB drive and stood up, saying, "Let me think about it. You should get some rest."With that, he left the room as if afraid of hearing any
Soon, the man's face was revealed.Josephine's eyes trembled. She staggered backward and stared at him in disbelief.He had a red mark under his left eye. It didn't look like a birthmark but more like a trace of being burned.Despite that, his overall facial features were well-defined, and his eyes
Josephine vaguely recalled her third brother from her childhood memories. He never liked studying and would always skip class with her other brother. Seth was the one who did their homework.She was too young then, and many things had faded from her memory. Despite having numerous beautiful memories
Josef and Lewis stared each other down in the villa. Neither said anything, and nobody could tell why the two behaved this way. After some time, Josef stood and phoned someone to say, "Get over here."Lewis' brows furrowed. He couldn't find much information on Josef, so he wasn't too familiar with
Josef gawped at Lewis and had no clue what to say to the latter. What could he do to someone who didn't fear death and wanted to die? Lewis might die if he punched Lewis again. Yelling at Lewis was also pointless because Lewis didn't care about getting yelled at.Josef accepted that he was helpless
"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