Mrs. Bennet adjusted her handbag while she moved her gaze slowly from Ziggy and back to Rachel. Her brows were knitted in wretchedness. "Rachel, you know I hate people who break their promises, and you are that kind of person! What did I teach you when you were young? You should always keep your promises, but look at you now! You disappoint me!" Upon hearing Mrs. Bennet's words, Rachel's heart froze. This was her first time meeting her mother after five years, yet there was no morsel of concern or even a pretentious greeting. The moment Mrs. Bennet saw her, all she did was condemn and blame her. She thought her mother would show her a little kindness and yearning, even a little bit will do... Unfortunately, there were never any, to begin with. Rachel scoffed in a faked indifference. "What are you talking about, Mrs. Bennet? I don't understand." Mrs. Bennet was stupefied. "Rachel, what did you call me?" "Mrs. Bennet, am I wrong to call you that?" Rachel asked. Mrs. Ben
Mrs. Bennet looked at Rachel, hoping she would reprimand Ziggy for speaking out of order. Though instead of doing that, Rachel gave Ziggy a thumbs-up. Seeing that, Mrs. Bennet almost passed out. Rachel rubbed Ziggy's head. "Baby, you're so good. How did you learn to scold people without using swearwords?" Ziggy shrugged. "It's not that, I just can't be bothered to use swearwords on people like this." Rachel chuckled softly. "You're so good at it!" Mrs. Bennet clenched her jaw upon seeing Rachel's persistence and eventually dropped to her knees with a pitiable look on her face. "Rachel! I beg you, seeing that I carried you to term and that I gave you your life, promise me that you will leave the Orange Country forever. Can you do that?" Faced with a second kneeling from Mrs. Bennet, there was no longer any hint of sympathy from Rachel. Slowly, she lowered herself to Mrs. Bennet's height. "Mrs. Bennet, this seems to be your second time groveling for me, a younger generati
After Rachel's declaration, Ziggy replied with a straight face, "That's not right! I should be the one to protect mommy, not the other way around!" Rachel nodded with a smile. "That's right, my baby is protecting me!" At the same time, a Lincoln stretch limousine slowed to a stop on the side of the road. A side window of the limousine lowered, unveiling Nathan, as well as another man with flawless features and aloof nature, to Rachel. Nathan was a little taken aback seeing the child in Rachel's arms. The child was face-to-face with Rachel, so he could only see his back and not his face. Edward, meanwhile, was wholly focused on the document in his hands, not sparing any attention to anything outside. "Mr. Chapman." Rachel nodded and greeted simply. Nathan nodded in response and looked at the child in Rachel's arm. "The child is..." Rachel smiled, unafraid that she might lose the job after admitting that was her offspring. "Oh, this is my son!" Nathan did not manage
Jodie was speechless. She had never thought that was the reason Ian hated Rachel so much. 'Rue again, it's always about Rue!' Time after time, no matter what phase of abnormality Ian was going through, it was inevitably because of Rue! This time, unsurprisingly, it was Rue again! "Even Rue and Edward's child should've been mine and Rue's, it's our son..." Ian uttered in a drunken stupor, his mind completely filled with Rue and no one else. Seeing drunk Ian, Jodie quickly stood up from the sofa and held onto Ian's shoulder tightly. "Ian! Stop sinking deeper into your fantasies! Rue has already married Edward, she will never marry you!" Ian pushed Jodie away angrily. "Stop your nonsense! Rue is my wife! We have a child together! I know all of you are just jealous of us!" Falling heavily on the ground heavily, broken shards pierced Jodie’s skin and sank themselves deeply into her palms. She gasped and as she looked at the shards on her palm, she felt no pain at all.
Hearing no reply from the other side of the phone, Mrs. Bennet asked anxiously, "Rue? Are you okay, Rue?" Rue gritted her teeth. Even at her most hateful state, she could not express herself. "Don't worry, mom, I'm alright. What can we do if stubborn Rachel doesn't want to leave the Orange Country?" Mrs. Bennet sighed softly. "If Rachel did not have a child, she wouldn't have been a threat even if she stayed in the Orange Country. But as long as that child is here, it's so much more dangerous for you." How would Rue not know Mrs. Bennet's line of thought? Way back when she took the older brother away, she had an urge to take the younger one as well just so she could choke him to death! After all, if she saw the younger one, she would immediately think of Rachel! However, that would not do. If there was no baby in the nursery, Rachel would have her suspicions. That was why Rue left a baby in there even though she knew there would be risks. The best-case scenario was to t
After hanging up, a calm smile appeared on Rue’s face. Having tricks up her sleeves was her favorite thing to do because only then would she feel safe. Jodie opened the door with a bowl of spaghetti in her hands. "Ian, the pasta is done. Come have some." She set the spaghetti in front of Ian and stared blankly at the phone on his table. "Ian, did someone call you just now?" Ian looked at Jodie and shook his head. "No, I was just looking at the time." As he looked up, he caught a glimpse of Jodie trying to hide her gnarly-looking wounds on her hands. "Jodie, what happened to your hands?" Jodie retracted them. "It's nothing, I had an accident." Ian looked away. "Be careful next time. If mom and dad saw, they will be sad for a while again." Jodie nodded sincerely. "Alright, Ian, I know." Meanwhile, Rachel poured a glass of water for Ziggy after they returned to the apartment. "Baby, you must be tired. Have some water." Ziggy was holding his glass in his hands for a l
Ziggy continued to stuff his laptop into his bag without pausing. "Oh, Miss Jane told me to bring a computer to school. She said it's for the curriculum." Rachel nodded. "Right, let's get to school then." Under Ziggy's exceptional calculations, they took the bus successfully like the day before and arrived at the Minnow Nursery School without any issues. Jane was already waiting in front of the school entrance. Rachel smiled as she placed Ziggy's tiny hand in Jane's. "Using a laptop to teach is such a progressive concept which might help children to study. I'll leave Ziggy in your capable hands." Jane stared at Rachel, dumbfounded. "Wha—"Before she could finish her sentence, she felt a tiny hand squeezed hers. She looked at Ziggy, who flashed her a grin with an underlying intention. Jane immediately understood and nodded at Rachel. "Yes, that's right. Ziggy's mommy, don't worry. I will take good care of him." In response, Rachel nodded too before she bent down to Zigg
Ziggy sprinted to the entrance of the storeroom. After hearing the ruckus, he took out his phone, and set it to record mode before replacing it into his pocket. "Jane, you've grown powerful now, haven't you?" "Did you think you will gain influence just by having a genius student?" "We asked you to buy us dinner last night after school. Where were you?" "That's right! Did you know just how long we waited here?! Do you have a death wish?" "I think now that Jane has a genius student, she thinks that her value has risen and no longer wants to do our errands for us!" "That's right! Looks like we're all her personal assistants from now on!" ...Jane replied weakly, "It's not that, I had something urgent yesterday, so I forgot..." "Shut up! I think you're just a wretch who needs to learn your lessons!" "Speaking of which, it's been a while since we reminded her of her place!" "Isn't that so? I think she has forgotten who she is!" ...Ziggy's tiny knuckle knocked on the