Chapter 45

He stopped in his track and looked down at the little girl whose height barely reached his waist level. “What's your mommy's name?” he asked, frowning slightly

Susan gave him a cheeky smile and replied, “My mommy's name is Bailey, while my godmother's name is Victoria. Which one are you referring to?”

Those words left Artemis dumbfounded. He trembled involuntarily, then asked hesitantly, “Zayron and you are...”

“We're twins. He's older than me by a mere twenty minutes,” the little girl shared.

I see! This world is full of surprises! What has that lucky idiot Simon done to deserve a set of twins?

He calmed himself down and brought Susan to Felicity and his family.

“Who's this girl, Artemis?”

Artemis kept quiet, and merely looked at Susan.

A big smile appeared on Susan's face as she declared, “I'm Mr. Luther's partner!”

That left everyone speechless.

From a corner of the venue, Bailey heard that child-like reply. She instantly stopped in her track and turned toward the direction where Susan's voice came from.

Her face fell when she saw the pair.

When did this little troublemaker come back? Why wasn't I informed? And why is she with Artemis?

“Oh, isn't that the abandoned elder daughter of the Jefferson family? Why is she here?”

Suddenly, someone exclaimed loudly and created an uproar.

That's really Ms. Bailey! Fancy

such a big scandal back in those days. No decent woman would sell her

Thank goodness life is fair, and she suffered her retribution and lost

nasty comments. Her heart ached for Bailey, knowing her mom had never gotten over her brother's

could imagine the pain Bailey experienced when those people picked on that emotional scar of

trying to come toward her,

kids to get involved in that matter as she wanted to protect them from all the harsh judgments. She would rather bear with

her heels, she elegantly strolled toward the

in to defend Bailey, but Yoel held her

part of the Chivers family. How can we just stand by and

replied, “It's not that I'm not siding with our daughter-in-law. However, it's really not appropriate for us to intervene now. Clarence is the one who should speak up for her and clear the air. If we were to step in now, those gossipers would think she has buttered up to us and is making

argue against her husband's logical analysis, so

in the face, and asked, “Can you spare a few minutes, Mrs. Jefferson? I would like to have

was worried Clarence would try to clear Bailey's name in public and ruin her

Edmund seven years ago

still had a bad reputation. She needed to do something to totally ruin Bailey's name so

her

a father stay angry with his daughter? Although he was furious and harsh to you back then, after he calmed down, he thought of you often. After all, blood will always be thicker than water.” Beatrice

what Beatrice was up to and had to suppress her urge to roll her

was an unnecessary worry on Beatrice's part, as Bailey had never planned on getting Clarence to clear

that she sold herself for half a million, slept with a stranger, and got impregnated. She didn't want Clarence to get Edmund involved in that matter, as that

was going away with Beatrice, Bailey threw Susan a warning glance, hoping she would

all the attention fell on Artemis and

girl is Simon's—”

and announced, “Luther Group's Tempest Entertainment is grooming her as our latest child

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