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 her having the

back in those days. No decent

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

when she heard those nasty comments. Her heart ached for Bailey, knowing her mom had never

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

Bailey saw Susan trying to come toward her,

not want her kids to get involved in that matter as she wanted to protect them from all the harsh judgments. She would rather bear with the ridicule and accusations

heels, she elegantly strolled toward the crowd with a half-smile

wanted to step in to defend

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

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

logical analysis, so she could only hold

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

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

with Edmund seven years ago and

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

glad Bailey asked to talk to her

this afternoon, your father 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 held on to her arm as she spoke, acting like

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

had never planned on getting Clarence to clear her name in the

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

warning glance,

all the attention

this girl is Simon's—” Felicity asked

announced, “Luther Group's Tempest Entertainment is grooming her as our latest child star. She's not

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