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.

passionate love was unable to

Five years later.

capital

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

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

were two

rather taller than their

embroidered wings on the shoulders, paired with black

feet was

girl next to him fashioned a pair of pigtails. She wore a pink princess dress, and

likened to

amount of attention and compliments from people

beautiful children! Are they child

genes must the parents have to give birth to

requested them. The passersby loved their charming photoshoots as well as their cheerful behavior

the

Rozette, the

could no longer keep her

reprimand them.

it kill you if they don't know your names?" The two children scrambled to catch up to their mother. The big brother looked at his mother's annoyed face and pouted.

guilty. She had chosen her peculiar dress-code

were to suddenly appear alive in front of him, he would probably

critically ill and wished to see her daughter and grandchildren one final time. If it were not for that, Rose would never have risked returning to the familiar city. Rose

realized her twins had taken off their sunglasses, Rose snapped at them sternly,

sighed resignedly

tiny adult as he puffed up. "At least Mommy

saw that their sunglasses were back on and covering their

same type of sunglasses, they linked hands

her kids a lecture. "Our domestic security is not good enough. There are human traffickers everywhere, so you two

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

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