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.

indeed! That's really Ms. Bailey! Fancy her

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

pregnant! Thank goodness life is fair,

welled up in Susan's eyes when she heard those nasty comments. Her heart ached for Bailey, knowing her mom had never

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

saw Susan trying to come

protect them from

the crowd with a

wanted to step in to defend Bailey, but Yoel held

hissed under her breath, “What's the matter with you? Bay had already bore our family a son, 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 refuses to marry

and softly 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

could not argue against her husband's logical analysis, so

toward Beatrice, looked her straight in the face, and asked, “Can you spare a few minutes, Mrs. Jefferson? I would like to have a word with you in

would try to clear

Edmund seven years ago and bore him a son, then it would ruin her plans to totally destroy

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

to talk to her in private, so

was furious and harsh to you

to suppress her urge

had never planned on getting Clarence to clear

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

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

all the attention fell on Artemis

girl is Simon's—” Felicity

announced, “Luther Group's Tempest Entertainment is grooming her as

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