Chapter 1


    Emmeline Louise had just turned on the shower when arge hand pped over her mouth from


    behind, preventing her from crying out, and she was forced to the ground.


    After that, her assant forced himself upon her and had his way…


    Emmeline wanted to scream for help, but all she could manage were whimpers and moans. The man


    behind her was far too strong and overpowered her; she could hardly breathe.


    It did not take very long before her legs turned to jelly, and her head began to spin. The shower was


    still on, and her damp skin was as smooth and slippery as silk.


    "How dare you! I''ll kill you!"


    "What are you resisting for? You wanted me to do that, didn''t you? Well, I''m just fulfilling your wishes!"


    The man growled fiercely with no signs of stopping. Instead, he grabbed Emmeline and turned her


    around, taking her from the front instead.


    Before she could get a glimpse of her assant, he had thrown a towel over her face, preventing her


    from identifying him. Throughout the entire incident, she was unable to see who he was.


    When he was finally finished with her, the man tossed a bank card onto the ground. "You''re the one


    who drugged me, but I won''t use that as an advantage. Here''s ten million aspensation for taking


    your virginity!"


    The door mmed shut, and the man strode out.


    Emmeliney inside the bathtub, unable to move. Who the hell was that man? Why had he decided


    that she was the one who had drugged him?


    Later on, when she checked with the hotel''s front desk, she discovered that they had no records of


    such a person, and even the surveince records had been obliterated. The only identifying information


    she had came from the bank card itself; the cardholder was someone named Abel Ryker!


    Emmeline''s attempts to trace this Abel Ryker fellow led her to the Ryker Group, but the reception desk


    told her that Mr. Ryker had been out of the country for some time. No one had been able to get in


    contact with him.


    Emmeline stood in a daze, clutching the bank card that held ten million dors in its ount. She had


    no way of knowing if the man who assaulted her was indeed the cardholder.


    Searching the inte for his whereabouts proved futile.


    This man had robbed her of her virginity just like that and vanished into thin air as if he had never


    existed. The whole thing was like a nebulous dream.


    However, reality soon intruded with a vengeance because Emmeline discovered that she was


    pregnant!


    Her wealthy middle-ss family was thrown intoplete uproar! Emmeline''s father upbraided her and


    cursed the day she was born, while her stepmother washed her hands of such a stepdaughter and


    kicked her out of the house.


    Overnight, Emmeline went from being a pampered, spoiled rich girl to the slut who was the talk of the


    town.


    …


    Five years passed in the mere twinkling of an eye.


    "Extra! Newssh!" The headlines were all over the news, catching Emmeline''s attention. "Head of the


    Ryker Group warded in critical condition. Abel Ryker returning today from overseas to visit him."


    Under the brief write-up was the photo of a man in a ck suit and white tie. He looked tall and well-


    built, his countenance clean-shaven and handsome. His ssic features hinted at an enigmatic air, and


    even in such a poor-quality photograph, his dark eyes were coldly decisive.


    Emmeline drew a sharp hiss of breath. Could this handsome, almost bewitching man be the one who


    mistook her for someone else five years ago?


    Her sons did bear some resemnce to him.


    Quickly, she undid her apron and tossed it onto the coffee counter, then swooped down and embraced


    her four-year-old son. "Since you''re not going to kindergarten today, why don''t youe with


    Mommy?"


    "Where are we going, Mommy?" Hesperus blinked his dark eyes curiously and put down the Rubik''s


    cube he was holding.


    "To see your daddy!"


    After her family chased her out of the house and disowned her, Emmeline had rebuilt her life entirely


    through her own efforts. Currently, even without a man by her side, her children led a good life.


    Unfortunately, in an unforeseen stroke of Fate, Hesperus had been diagnosed with a blood disorder.


    Emmeline had to find the father of her children so she could save her son''s life!


    Half an hourter, mother and son arrived at the hospital that was under the Ryker Group''s control.


    They brought with them a fruit basket as a gift. A nurse informed them that old Mr. Oscar Ryker was the


    only patient in the entire wing, and he was in the innermost VIP suite. However, when Emmeline got


    there, she was stopped by several bodyguards dressed in ck.


    "Wait, isn''t that the little slut about town?" Two well-dressed, wealthy women came out of the hospital


    room and eyed Emmeline. "Who does she think she is,ing to visit Oscar?"


    "She''s probablye to the wrong floor. She''s certainly not fit to see him!"


    "What was her name again? Oh, right, Emmeline!"


    Emmeline?


    na Lane frowned when she heard Emmeline''s name mentioned and immediately turned to look.


    The young woman that the bodyguards were barring from entering the VIP suite was tall and very


    beautiful. Her face was bewitchingly charming, and her eyes were clear and sparkling. It was indeed


    her cousin Emmeline.


    "Why are you here? A woman like you has no right to visit a ce like this." na walked straight to


    Emmeline and eyed her arrogantly.


    "Why shouldn''t I visit?" Emmeline retorted coolly. "You''re certainly taking an interest in other people''s


    affairs, na!"


    "How dare you talk to Ms. Lane in that tone?" One of the wealthy women chastised Emmeline. "Ms.


    Lane is Abel Ryker''s fiancée, which means she''s Oscar Ryker''s future daughter-inw. Of course she''s


    taking an interest in youring here."


    "That''s right. I don''t know who you think you are, daring to speak to Abel''s fiancée in such a manner!"


    "Abel Ryker?" Emmeline''s heart skipped a beat. The man already had a fiancée, and her own


    stepmother''s niece, no less? She was sadly out of touch!


    "Ask Abel Ryker toe out now and see me!" Emmeline demanded angrily.


    "Do you really think you''re in a position to see someone like Abel?" na said mockingly. "Anyway, his


    flight''s been dyed, and he''s not here yet. I advise you to leave right now, so you don''t disgrace


    yourself any further!"


    "I agree. Look at her clothes! They''re like what someone would use to clean house! Is she so poor that


    she can''t even change into something decent?"


    "It''s not just that she''s poor; she doesn''t know her ce. Her kids are all several years old now, and


    she still doesn''t know who the father is, imagine that!"


    "Hahaha, it''s really too hrious for words!"


    "Mommy, the air in here really stinks!" Hesperus pinched his nose with his pudgy little fingers. "There


    are a lot of smelly dung beetles in here jawing away!"


    "Hey, you insufferable brat, who do you think you''re talking to?" The two wealthy women were both


    embarrassed and humiliated. "Apparently no one ever taught you any manners!"


    "Who do you think you are, talking like that? Who says he hasn''t any manners?" Emmeline was


    enraged and rolled up her sleeves, ready to protect her son with stronger measures if necessary.


    "Be quiet!" na was afraid that if Oscar was disturbed by the squabbling, he would think that his


    future daughter-inw was not a considerate person.


    She red at Emmeline. After giving birth, her cousin had somehow be even more enchanting


    than before. Emmeline''splexion was porcin-smooth and fair, and her eyes were luminous and


    clear. In fact, she was utterly alluring through and through.


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    She had to get this woman out of here! Abel would bending very soon; she could not afford to let him


    see Emmeline!


    na controlled herself, suppressing her anger. "Emmeline. I know you''re here to see Old Mr. Ryker,


    but you really aren''t in a position to do so. Just look at that fruit basket of yours. It''s so shabby, it''s


    disgraceful. You''d better go before Mrs. Rykeres out of the room; that''ll save me the trouble of


    throwing you out!"


    "Exactly! It isn''t just anybody who gets to see Mr. Oscar Ryker, even if they bring gifts worth several


    hundred thousand dors. You think you can get in to see him with just that measly little basket of


    fruits? You must be dreaming!"


    "Such a shameless hussy! You really don''t know your ce!"


    Emmeline tossed the fruit basket into the nearest trash can. Itnded with a loud thump. "So what do


    you think Oscar Ryker would like as a gift, hmm?"


    "Oh, plenty of things, but can you even afford them?"


    "That''s right. You''re mighty thick-skinned, aren''t you, talking big like that?"


    "I certainly can''t afford presents worth several hundred thousand dors," Emmeline returned ndly


    with a faint smile. "Well then, I''ll just present your Old Mr. Ryker with a great-grandson. He ought to like


    that. Offspring are really important to the older generation for carrying on the family line, right?"


    Great-grandson?


    The area outside the VIP suite was suddenly so quiet one could hear a pin drop. Everyone''s eyes


    turned to young Hesperus.


    This adorable little boy with the porcin-fairplexion was…


    My goodness, one look at his brow and beautiful eyes, and one could see the Ryker family


    resemnce!


    Could he…could this little boy truly be the child of one of Oscar’s sons?