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.

Fancy

true. She was involved in such a big scandal back in those days. No decent woman would

pregnant! Thank goodness life is fair,

heart ached for

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

Susan trying to come toward her, her

as she wanted to protect

toward the crowd with a half-smile on

to defend Bailey, but Yoel held

so she's part of the Chivers family. How can we just stand by and watch as she's being bullied? If she blames us for that 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

could not argue against her husband's logical analysis,

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

Clarence would try to clear Bailey's name in

the impression that Bailey had slept with Edmund seven years ago and bore him a son, then it would ruin her

the final kill while Bailey still had a bad reputation. She needed to do something

talk to her in private, so she played along with

was just telling me he misses you. How can 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 went up to Bailey and affectionately

Beatrice was up to and had to suppress

worry on Beatrice's part, as Bailey had never planned on getting Clarence

million, slept with a stranger, and got impregnated. She didn't want Clarence to get Edmund involved in that

threw Susan a warning glance,

and Beatrice left, all the attention fell

tell me this girl is Simon's—” Felicity asked

grooming her as our latest child star.

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