LOGIN"Daddy …" Serena murmured the two syllables. Then, she beamed brilliantly and repeated the word with more conviction. "Daddy!""Dada!" Elliot called out, too.Lewis smiled and reached out to pet Serena's head. "That's my little girl. Are you upset that I haven't come home all this time?"Serena shoo
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Lewis asked.Josephine snapped out of her daze and shook her head. "I didn't think—""Didn't think what? Your parents are my parents. It's only fair that I give a proper gesture to my parents. What's so shocking about that?"Josephine had never heard him say su
"Well, we should visit your parents first—show them their grandkids. Plus, I don't think we need to return to Elysium anymore. We'll bring Serena over once we settle down. Let's stay here for a while," Lewis answered.Josephine nodded. She agreed that it was unnecessary to go back there since the co
Seth shot the former the side eye like he was looking at an idiot.Daxtor felt offended at once. His face darkened to his usual sternness. "Why? Are you unwilling to accept your actual identity?"Seth replied, "I hear the Leigh family is in trouble. I don't want to join a sinking ship.""About that.
Daxtor stopped reminiscing and cut to the chase. "Your mother was my first love. I'm probably hers, too."The two had dated when they were in school. They had deep feelings for each other, but their social statuses were too different. Daxtor had tried retaliating against his family and convincing h
Seth came in secret. Some things were easier to do here than in their home country. Still, doing so came with some risks. He said, "You two can forget about having a peaceful life if I hadn't come here. How do you plan to repay me, Lewis?"Lewis responded, "You can go home. We don't need you here."
"What's going on?" asked Conrad intuitively. He regretted it instantly.His question made him seem dense and incompetent.Lewis asked, "Conrad, what have you learned all these years working under me? Bootlicking?"Conrad paused before answering, "Sorry, sir. It's my fault. I'm too slow and didn't ge
Meanwhile, Josephine walked for almost half an hour before she found a relatively high cliff.She held a lamp in her hand, but she couldn't see anything below other than complete darkness and the echoes of the gale in the valley. From where she stood, it sounded curiously like the howl of a wild bea
Josephine's pupils dilated as she attempted to rise and escape, but a forceful push sent her back onto the couch. She pulled her legs to herself, curling into a ball, resembling a cornered kitten that had tucked its head inwards to hide from what it was afraid of."Do you think a mute will make a so
Forty minutes later, Lewis arrived at the landfill.Conrad held an umbrella beside him, looking at him with an incomprehensible expression.Then, he turned toward the figure hanging from a tree branch before him. It was a nightmarish sight.Mrs. Jinkins hung ominously from the branch, a noose cruel







