Stuart gazed at Jepherson in the rearview mirror. "Why is Mr. Jepherson quiet?" he thought. "This is such shocking news. Yet, he's calm and collected. That s surprising indeed." "Mr. Jepherson hasn t been particularly close to Mr. Santiago, but..." "But they re siblings after all." "Could it be true then that Mr. Jepherson hates Mr. Santiago?" As they arrived at Richards Manor, a group of reporters could be seen waiting at the entrance. Be that as it may, Jepherson refused to wait in the car. At that moment, the crowd of reporters had surrounded the car. Stuart got out of the car immediately and went to the rear door panel. Then, he lifted the door handle. Jepherson got out of the car. He had always been his unapproachable self, where he came across as cool and stone-faced. Right then, he looked exceedingly intimidating. There was an aura of regality about his demeanor. No reporters dared to come closer. Instead, they retreated. Stuart lowered his head.
Hansen frowned as he received a call from his son. "Is Deanna alright?" he asked, quirking his brow. "She's doing well now, but we shouldn t remain silen any longer," Jepherson said as he strolled along the walkway. After a brief pause, Hansen said, "Mr. Whalen s not going to let this go if he knows what happened to Deanna." You ve been negligent though," he added. "I ll meet up with Raeleigh one of these days." "Well, come back if you would like to," Jepherson said as he smirked. "I may not be able to leave once I m back though," Hanson said. "What's more, you aspire to build a successful career. As your father, I need to back off, so that you can prove to others that you re worth your salt." Jepherson smirked. He then turned around and glanced at Stuart. Stuart immediately lowered his head as he happened to overhear the conversation. "Older people are indeed wiser," Stuart thought. "Other than Mr. Hansen, nobody can outwit Mr. Jepherson."
Raeleigh raised her head after groaning in pain for a while. They were standing opposite each other. Santiago furrowed his brows and gave her an indifferent look as he waited for her to remove her hands off her forehead. Nonetheless, Raeleigh showed no signs of wanting to let go. Santiago then walked towards her. She was still holding her forehead. Irritated, Santiago then grabbed hold of her arms as he lowered his head to stare at her. Santiago was stunned as Raeleigh glowered at him. It was not that her gaze was frightening. Rather, it was because he noticed that there were bruises on her forehead. Santiago knitted his brows repeatedly and said, "Hey, it was just a flick." Raeleigh stood motionlessly. She was alright, merely feeling a painful sensation on her forehead. Santiago glanced at Scarlette. She knew something was amiss. However, she didn't dare to walk towards Raeleigh. "Can you stop fooling around?" Raeleigh said. Santiago clasped Raeleig
Upon their return to the intensive care unit, Raeleigh took a seat while Jepherson had a few words with Santiago. "Don t you ever hurt her again," Jepherson said before he left. "No worries, I won't," Santiago said. Jepherson then turned around and left. He had arranged for the hospital to be put under lockdown before he got in the car and left. At the backyard of the Moore family's home. "Hey, Cynthia. What can I do for you?" Flynt asked. He headed straight to the backyard the moment he was told that Cynthia was looking for him. He had always been on good terms with his sisters. "Nah, don't worry about it," Cynthia said while sitting on the bed. "I was merely asking where you have been." Ever since she learnt of Santiago s passing, she had not got much of an appetite. In fact, she had not been eating for the past two days. She was aware that Flynt would be back that day. Therefore, she had instructed a servant to get him to meet her as soon as he return
Raeleigh reckoned that Santiago had an attitude problem. "Well, if you don't own up to your mistakes and make amends, I ve got to let Jepherson know so that he ll intervene," Raeleigh said. Santiago seemed to shrug her off. "I'm a grown-up, I know what I'm doing," Santiago said as he shook his leg. That air of nonchalance annoyed Raeleigh. "Yeah, right," Raeleigh said. "You aren t sensible enough. Hence, you ve got it all wrong." While Raeleigh was reprimanding Santiago, Scarlette wondered what happened. "What has Mr. Santiago done?" she thought. "Raeleigh has always been mild-mannered. The fact that she wants to bring this up to Mr. Jepherson is indication enough that Mr. Santiago must have done something that s rather unacceptable." "Well, then. Hurry up, Raeleigh", Scarlette thought. "I can t wait to see Mr. Santiago eating some humble pies." "Are you done b*tching?" Santiago said. He turned hostile all of a sudden, catching Scarlette off guard. She the
To her astonishment, Raeleigh did not see Santiago when she walked out of the washroom. All of a sudden, Santiago could be seen whispering in her ear, "Looking for me, huh?" "Aaaahh!" Scared out of her wits, she hurled her phone away. As she turned around to look at Santiago, her face turned pale while her heart was beating fast. "Whoa, why are you scared sh*tless?" Santiago said. "Somebody s got a guilty conscience, huh?" Raeleigh bit her lip in anger. As she turned around, she noticed her phone had been broken. Raeleigh hurried to pick up her cell phone, only to find that the screen had already shattered. As she held the phone, she gave Santiago a resentful look. It had been functioning well, but right then it had gone kaput. "You d better pay me back," Raeleigh screamed at Santiago. So loud was her voice that it sent chills down Scarlette s spine. Scarlette witnessed what happened. However, she did not dare to walk towards Raeleigh.
Santiago made his way back to the ward after he had lunch. He could be seen holding a cell phone which bore a striking resemblance to Raeleigh s phone, except that it had more advanced features. It was a limited-edition phone. Scarlette walked towards Santiago the moment he arrived at the ward. She then muttered under her breath about Raeleigh tirelessly tending to the siblings. Santiago patted her head and said, "Go. Get Hadrian to buy you a cell phone. It s on me." "Aww, that s very kind of you, Mr. Santiago." Scarlette turned around and left. Santiago kept the phone somewhere outside the ward. Raeleigh was rinsing a towel when Santiago thrusted the door and went into the ward. Although it was a new towel, she insisted on having it rinsed before using it. She snuck a glance as Santiago walked into the ward. As soon as she noticed it was Santiago, she went into the washroom again. Santiago walked towards Zorion and said, "I'm going back to the school t
Raeleigh stayed over at the hospital in the next couple of days. Although she was constantly in touch with Jepherson, she did not bring up Santiago s affair with Cynthia. However, it bothered her to keep mum about it. Now that Zorion and Deanna were recuperating, Raeleigh wanted to return to her school. While Santiago and Raeleigh were heading back to school, Raeleigh subtly brought up the subject of his romance with Cynthia. Although she did not speak straight from the shoulder, she nevertheless warned him to stay out of the affair. Santiago did not respond to her remarks as he was driving. Raeleigh felt a gust of cool air even as she was seated in the rear seat. Santiago did not immediately get out of the car when they reached the school. Instead, he could be seen yawning in the car. Raeleigh got out of the car alongside Scarlette. She then asked Santiago, "Not getting off the car, huh?" "I ve got a personal matter to attend to," Santiago said. "