Chapter 2


    As Jessica nced around the room at the familiar furnishings and the six little children around the


    bed, she gradually gathered her wits about her. “Ah, yes, I’m no longer in the dark and dank prison now


    nor in the war-torn country where corpses littered the streets. Instead, I’ve returned to Horington, my


    home with my kids,” she thought. Hugging her children, she reassured them in a choked voice,


    “Everything’s fine. I’m fine. I just had a nightmare.” While she sensed the warmth from her children, she


    again recalled those nightmarish days six years ago. That year, she was 19 years old. A sloshed


    Trevor Gulliford dragged her to bed and tumbled into bed with her. That night, he was as ferocious as a


    wolf, taking her again and again. It hurt badly, but it was also very sweet. She had had a crush on the


    man for five whole years, and she finally became his woman at that moment. In the end, he kissed her


    on the forehead gently and promised that he would take responsibility for her. s, he went abroad on


    a business trip after that night and didn’t return for a long time. Unexpectedly, she fell pregnant, and


    with sextuplets at that. She carefully kept it a secret, but as the months flew past, her pregnancy


    couldn’t be concealed anymore. In his rage, her father instructed her to have an abortion. It was a


    unique case when one was pregnant with sextuplets. Inducingbor was too dangerous, especially


    since she was in thete stages of pregnancy. Thus, the children could only be retrieved through


    cesarean. In the operating room, she was fully sedated and couldn’t resist, so she asked Melissa to


    help convey a message to Trevor, who was on a business trip, imploring him to save their children.


    When she woke up, however, she saw no sign of the man she had been missing greatly or her


    children’s bodies. Devastation flooded her. It wasn’t until Samantha Gulliford’s death and she was


    ruthlessly thrown into prison that she knew the extent of Trevor’s detestation of her. In fact, he loathed


    her so much that he even went so far as feeding their children to dogs. The instant she learned of the


    truth, she was so grief-stricken that she wanted to simply die in prison. However, that callous and


    heartless man wasn’t willing to let her off the hook. He drove her mother and grandmother to death


    right in front of her before exiling her to a war-torn country, having her tortured physically and mentally.


    Unable to withstand the affliction anymore, she nned to end things. But at just that moment, she


    unexpectedly received a phone call. A child’s cry of “Mommy” from the other end of the phone promptly


    yanked her back from the brink of death. It turned out that her children were still alive. They wereN?velDrama.Org holds ? this.


    rescued in time by Monica Jabara, the woman who raised her, and had been waiting for her to return.


    Her heart that was dead started beating once more. Whenever Jessica recalled that traumatizing past,


    her eyes inexorably shimmered with tears. “Fortunately, everything has passed. Now, I’ve got six


    adorable kids, and we’ll always be together,” she murmured voicelessly. She gazed at the five boys and


    one girl before her in gratification. They were all good-looking and adorable. Their noses and mouths


    were carbon copies of the man’s, for they only took after her in terms of their eyes and expressions.


    Monica said that she named them Asher, Bet, Caleb, Dn, Emery, and Faye, corresponding to


    the letters of the alphabet. Faye happened to be the youngest daughter. Her life had been devoid of


    hope, but hope sparked again because of them. “I’ll do my best to continue living, both for my kids and


    myself,” she avowed internally. “How about you take the day off today, Mommy? I’ve got money, so I


    can support you,” Jessica’s eldest son, Asher, proposed solemnly. Seriousness was written all over his


    chubby face, and he looked just like an adult. “I can also support you, Mommy!” “Me, too!” the other


    children parroted in a hurry. At the sight of the six adorable children, Jessica’s heart almost melted.


    Leaning down, she kissed them on the cheek one by one, her eyes brimming with tenderness. “I’m fine.


    Stay at home and wait obediently for me to get off work. I’ll bring all of you out to have fun tomorrow.”


    “Okay!” “I’ll be waiting for you, Mommy.” “Stay safe on the road, Mommy.” Cerulean was a ce where


    the underworld and polite society intersected. Jessica was then a murderer with no reputation,


    education, or looks. For that reason, nopany would employ her. Hence, she could only make a


    living in such a ce. All of that was thanks to the man she once loved deeply. With her living in the


    gutter then, it was probably exactly as he wished. “You’re responsible for Room 2203, Jessica. It’s a


    huge client.”