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

in those days. No decent woman would sell

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

heard those nasty comments. Her heart ached for Bailey, knowing her mom

Bailey experienced when those people

Susan trying to come toward

wanted to protect them from

toward the crowd with a half-smile

in to defend Bailey, but Yoel held 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

intervene now. Clarence is the one who should speak up for her and clear the air. If we were to step in now,

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

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

to clear

slept with Edmund seven years ago and bore

reputation. She needed to do something to totally ruin Bailey's name so she

Bailey asked to talk to her in private, so

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

up to and had to suppress

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

true that she sold herself for half a million, slept with a stranger, and got impregnated.

Bailey threw Susan a warning glance, hoping she would get the hint and stay away

left, all the attention fell

me this girl is Simon's—” Felicity asked

Entertainment is grooming her as our latest child star. She's not related to the Luther

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