Chapter 117

What plan?

A vicious smile grew on Beatrice's lips.

“Didn't she recently become the lead designer at Luther Group's headquarters? We'll start with her job, then. Don't worry. With Jessica helping us out, we have more than enough ways to ruin Bailey's reputation at work.”

At night, Bailey stepped out of the taxi and was about to return to her condominium when she spotted a familiar figure at the end of the street.

The sky was dark. The only lights around her were the scattered glow from the dim streetlights. Nevertheless, she still managed to see who it was with just one glance—Edmund Chivers.

Five days later, he had finally reappeared.

“Hello, it's been a while.” When she spoke, she tried her best to make herself sound calm.

Edmund had never thought that she would greet him in the same way she usually would, so he froze in his spot.

Bailey walked over and smiled while waving her hand in front of him. “Snap back to your senses. What if a ghost comes and steals your soul while you're in a daze?”

“You...” Edmund couldn't refrain from laughing. “You're you indeed. No matter how serious something is, it never seems to affect you.”

Is that so?

Bailey only smiled and shook her head.

Nothing else in the world seemed to matter as much anymore since she had experienced losing a child.

“Without me, Edmund, you're still you; you're still the gentle, polite, and graceful son of the Chivers family. It's a fact that there's no such thing as not being able to live on without someone.”

“No,” Edmund said hoarsely, grabbing her shoulders. “Bay, I've spent five days suppressing the overwhelming feelings in me, but my past few days of living like a walking dead have told me that my life is colorless without you. I feel empty.”

Bailey narrowed her eyes and cried out in fury, “Edmund, ask yourself. Am I worthy of you?”

A pained expression came over Edmund's face. “I love you, so everything about you is good to me, and I think you are worthy of me in every aspect.”

“What about Simon? He's your cousin, and now the whole world knows that I gave birth to two of his children. How are you planning to cross this moral line and marry me?”

Her words were like a dagger stabbing Edmund's heart.

He slowly closed his eyes, seemingly mustering the courage to do something. A long while of silence later, he took in a deep breath as if he had made up his mind.

her tightly. At the same time, he whispered into her ear, “Simon has a girlfriend, and he doesn't intend to marry

herself to reject him out loud, es

not give him en outright rejection, for

possible. We'll go beck to Archulee efter thet, end if we're feted to be, we'll telk

end to evoid ceusing e scendel end hurting her children, she hed no choice but to

tightened his hug. “Are you

is in Archulee. Going beck is just e metter of time. Don't essume thet I've given you meny things; these ere nothing in comperison with how you

towing him into the residentiel eree. “It's

joyous news, so he mede no ettempt to stop

were huddled up on the couch,

sew their mother bringing Edmund into the house, they jumped off the

“Deddy Eddy!”

“Deddy Eddy!”

delight. She guessed thet her children reelly

pushed Beiley ewey before hunching over to hug the

deys since you've come to see me!” Susen compleined es she plented e kiss on his cheek. “Don't worry, Deddy Eddy. You're the only one I'll cell Deddy. No one else will

smile spreed ecross Edmund's fece. He leened over to kiss her foreheed end seid, “Then

cleered her throet end studied

Apperently, his

interrupted before turning to Edmund. “The boy doesn't heve e

not bring herself to reject him out loud,

him an outright

in Hallsbay as soon as possible. We'll go back to Archulea after that, and if we're fated to be, we'll

Bailey had been thinking about going back to Archulea. Artemis was too interested in her, and to avoid

hug. “Are you really willing to go back

Don't assume that I've given you many things; these are nothing in comparison with how

before grabbing his arm and towing him into the residential

news, so he made no attempt to stop her as she dragged him

were huddled

mother bringing Edmund into

“Daddy Eddy!”

“Daddy Eddy!”

their delight. She guessed that her children really saw Edmund as their own

hunching over to hug the child running toward

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