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.

unable to penetrate

Five years later.

the capital

pushed her suitcase in front of her. She was wearing a baseball cap,

face was mostly obscured, giving her

were

were rather taller than their

with embroidered wings on the shoulders, paired with

under his feet was moving harmoniously with

him fashioned a pair of pigtails. She wore a pink princess dress, and her face was as smooth and pale as an

likened to princes and princesses from

fair amount of attention and compliments

beautiful children! Are

must the parents have to give

accustomed to such scenes; they even posed for photos when people requested them. The passersby loved their charming photoshoots as well

the older

the

twins handing out introductions yet again, she could no longer

reprimand them.

they don't know your names?" The two children scrambled to catch up to their mother. The

She had chosen her peculiar

to suddenly appear alive in front of

it were not for that, Rose would never have risked returning to the familiar city. Rose said dismissively, "What do you know? This is called fashion. It's the

their sunglasses, Rose snapped

resignedly and put on their

looked like a tiny adult as he puffed up. "At least Mommy thinks

when she saw that their sunglasses were

they linked hands and walked side by side out of the

Rose gave her kids a lecture. "Our domestic security is not good enough. There are human traffickers everywhere, so you two had better not run around..." Meanwhile, at the airport

approaching Rose. Seeing the familiar tall, slender figure caught Rose

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