Raeleigh's legs turned to jelly when she saw Scarlette. She was all alone in an empty room, sitting in a wheelchair with her arms on the armrest. The white-blue plaid hospital gown looked exceptionally glaring; Scarlette's appearance shocked her. "Scarlette," Raeleigh called out as she walked toward her. Scarlette jumped a little but quickly went unresponsive. Raeleigh squatted in front of her, grabbing the wheelchair, teary. Scarlette looked at Raeleigh with her pale, thin face, trembling slightly. Deanna stood beside them, tears flowing like a never-ending waterfall. Finally unable to hold herself back, Raeleigh sobbed. Scarlette's lips trembled. "Why are you here?" Raeleigh could do nothing but cry. Looking at Scarlette, never had she imagined this would happen to her. "If I knew this would happen, I would not have let you go no matter what." Raeleigh choked with sobs. Scarlette held Raeleigh's hands as tears started pooling in her eye
Scarlette trained her whole life, so she had an acute hearing. The moment the door moved, she looked in that direction. However, Raeleigh grabbed her hand, and she looked at her in turn. Raeleigh didn't speak up immediately, but she could sense her calm breathing in the dark. Looking at the curtain, she finally understood what was going on. After closing the door, Jacky glanced at the entrance. Deanna's breathing was different from the others. Furthermore, when he entered, he had heard her talking. "Oh, c'mon, why aren't you two talking? Are you guys already asleep? Or are you exchanging secrets?" Unable to fall asleep, Deanna sat up. When she was about to get out of bed, the curtains separating them moved, and a figure entered. Thinking it was Raeleigh, she muttered, "Oh, now you come." The figure didn't say anything. Deanna frowned and looked in the figure's direction. It took her a long time to figure out it was Jacky, but before she could react, he sealed her lips
Jacky kept staring at Deanna as she sat down to eat. Even Scarlette felt embarrassed, thinking about how shameless they were. "Save some for Raeleigh, or she'll have nothing when she comes out." Scarlette placed the chicken to one side, refusing to let Deanna eat anymore. "You are so stingy." Although Deanna was not happy, she was not picky with her food. She could eat other dishes than chicken. Fine then. Jacky didn't eat anything and waited for Raeleigh to come out. He couldn't help but pinch Deanna's chubby face. Scarlette pretended not to see, waiting for Raeleigh too. "Did you fall into the toilet?" Scarlette immediately glared daggers at Raeleigh when she came out. Raeleigh wiped her hands. "I asked you to eat first, didn't I?" Scarlette rolled her eyes. "You're my guest. How can I eat without you?" Raeleigh said in amusement, "You the host now, huh? Is this room your home?" "I intend to get some money. When
When Raeleigh and Scarlette reached her room and were about to enter, they heard Deanna moaning, and Raeleigh's face flushed in an instant, then pushed Scarlette in the opposite direction. "What a nuisance," Scarlette huffed. Raeleigh lowered her head to look at Scarlette and suggested, "Where's the cafeteria?" Scarlette looked up in turn. "Can you not be so corny?" "Am I really that corny?" Raeleigh rolled her eyes at Scarlette and went to fix her blanket, worried that she was feeling cold. "Yes. So corny that... that..." Raeleigh burst into laughter at Scarlette's upset. "Now tell me where the cafeteria is; I feel cold." "Up ahead, but it isn't a cafeteria; it's a restaurant," Scarlette said while rolling her eyes. "What's the difference?" "How are they the same?" Scarlette refuted, but Raeleigh didn't want to argue further. She pushed her to the restaurant and had their lunch there, then brought some food back for the two l
Raeleigh changed a new set of sheets for Jepherson, ignoring that he was acting like a king. When she was done, she called him over, and he went to lie down without taking off his shoes. The others were still in the room, and Raeleigh didn't know whether he did it on purpose. Regardless, she didn't know how to react to what he did. However, she still took off his shoes and placed them on the ground before tucking his feet in like she was serving a master. When Raeleigh was done, she turned to look at him only to find his eyes already shut. Deanna pulled Raeleigh away warily, "Raeleigh, you treat Jepherson like this. He has gone too far, and he's not a child either. Why should you take off his shoes?" "He's tired." Raeleigh had always thought nobody would understand her feelings. If she decided to love someone, she could give everything. It didn't mean that she'd be lowly. In fact, she was glad; at least she was able to accept and to love. Better than
She thought Raeleigh was vicious; she actually cursed Madam Marissa. But why didn't Mr. Jepherson do anything? Oddly, Jepherson laid back down after sitting for a while. Immediately, she turned her gaze back at Raeleigh, wide-eyed, refusing to believe Raeleigh was unaware he had awoken. "Raeleigh, Mr. Jepherson's blanket." She thought she should remind her. The room was freezing even with an additional heater. With that, Raeleigh stood up, went to Jepherson, and tucked him in again while he looked to be genuinely asleep, lying motionless in bed. After that, she went back to Scarlette and continued talking to her. Scarlette said in disbelief, "Raeleigh, he..." "People come and go, just like plants that could only live for a season. Although life could not last forever, everybody has a shining moment in their lives and a place where they lived for themselves. Plants would also live for the sake of reproduction, ensuring that their species would never g
Seeing Hadrian, Scarlette's face turned extremely grim. Never in her wildest imaginations had she thought he would appear in front of her and travel-worn at that. Where he came from was obviously just as cold as the sanatorium as he was wearing a black below-the-knee puffer jacket, with a white sweater and black pants. It was the first time she saw him in winter boots; he looked utterly lifeless. He was also slinging a black backpack, Scarlette's favorite, on his right shoulder while carrying a handbag in his left hand, Hadrian's favorite. It seemed that he was not surprised to see her. After putting the two bags down, he walked to her and looked at her with his head low. "Great, now that your legs are broken, let's see where else you can go." Hadrian gritted his teeth. It seemed that he wanted to rain millions of hatred on her, but he couldn't utter a word, feeling a dull pain in his chest. Tears fell from her ghastly face thereupon. Raeleigh looked
However, Raeleigh shook her head and refused. "It's fine; I can deal with it myself. I'll look for him if I really need to." In actuality, she had no intentions of approaching Zorion, even if she was driven to a corner. Deanna blinked twice. "Raeleigh, I hate owing favors the most." "I didn't say you do, and you don't. Jacky came to me himself; his determination moved me. I merely tagged along on this trip, trying my luck, that's all. I didn't expect to be this lucky." She really didn't like to interact with Zorion. To her, regardless of the reason, since some things did happen in the past, then there was no way she would forget everything. Thus, she didn't want to have much to do with people like him. He was different from Deanna. Deanna was the carefree, harmless type, but he was like a businessman; he had his own views on everything. It wasn't that people like him were bad, but Raeleigh preferred the quiet life, best that she didn't have to social