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 having the cheek to come

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

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 gotten over her brother's

when those people picked on that emotional scar of

Susan trying to come toward her, her expression

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

elegantly strolled toward the crowd with

to step in to defend Bailey, but Yoel held her

family a son, so she's part of the Chivers family. How can we just stand by and watch as she's being bullied?

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

her husband's logical analysis, so she could

walked 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

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

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

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

glad Bailey asked to talk to her in private, so she played along with

haven't been home for so many years, and I have so much to catch up with you! Earlier 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

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

on Beatrice's part, as Bailey had never planned on getting Clarence to clear her name in

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

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

and Beatrice left, all the attention fell on Artemis and

this girl is Simon's—” Felicity asked

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

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