Jay Ares received an unexpected gift. A newborn baby.

As he looked at swaddled infant clamoring for food, a thick layer of frost seemed to cover Jay's handsome face.

"Where's the child's mother?" he asked through gritted teeth, his eyes flashing dangerously.

How dare that woman take his seed and shun the responsibility of taking care of the child?

"My apologies, sir," replied the courier. "The child's mother has died in the hospital, from dystocia.".

Jay tensed up and fell silent. He took a long time processing it, the flame in his eyes mixed with a hint of doubt. "Dead?"

The person nodded grimly, took out his phone, and showed Jay the portrait of the deceased Rose.

"Mr. Ares, this is Rose's memorial portrait that we took of her. I can send it to you if you like—"

Jay's eyes scanned the phone screen rapidly. The woman in the photo was bloated and her swollen face was as pale as a ghost. Her protuberant eyes were opened wide, staring right across the screen. Who could this be if not Rose?

When Jay, who had OLD, saw Rose's dead image, all sympathy and mercy inside him vanished.

"No! Tell me, where is she buried?"

"No. 674 in Mountain's Fork Cemetery."

Jay clutched the child and hurried back into the house.

In a nearby spot, Rose watched from the window of her brown car as Jay's tall figure retreated into the house. There was a sour look in her eyes.

Even the news of her death did not disrupt his calm expression.

Perhaps she was only able to trick him so easily because he did not love her at all.

Her yearning for the man may have finally fizzled out, forever.

of passionate love was unable to penetrate his heart, why

Five years later.

capital

of her. She was wearing a baseball cap, a pair of giant sunglasses, and

palm-sized face was mostly obscured, giving her a rather

were two

rather taller than their

boy wore a red jersey with embroidered wings on the shoulders, paired with

shoes. The scooter under his feet

dress, and her face was as smooth and pale as an elf from a fantasy

could be likened to princes and

walked, they garnered a fair amount of attention and compliments from people

children! Are

the parents have to

requested them. The passersby loved their charming photoshoots as

the

the younger

introductions yet again, she could no longer keep her cool. As

reprimand them.

told you time and time again about human traffickers! Do you want to get abducted? Why would you give your names to strangers? Would it kill you if they don't know your names?" The two children scrambled to

chosen her peculiar dress-code

to suddenly appear alive in front of

If it were not for that, Rose would never have risked returning to the familiar city. Rose said

sunglasses, Rose snapped at them sternly, "Put on your

two kids sighed resignedly and put on their

looked like a tiny adult as

that their sunglasses were back on and covering their highly iconic

they linked hands and walked side by side out of the

is not good enough. There are human traffickers everywhere, so you two had better not run around..." Meanwhile,

Rose. Seeing the familiar tall,

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