Hugging Raeleigh from behind, Jepherson asked her, "The snow is stunningly beautiful, isn't it?" Raeleigh turned around and looked at Jepherson. Then, she turned back around and continued to watch the snow fall outside. After a while, she asked Jepherson, "What did Xanthus say to you?" "He told me the reason you were kidnapped was because of a batch of antiques, and the family who was responsible for that is the Richards family." Jepherson whispered in Raeleigh's ear, but she only briefly looked at him. "Did you ask your parents whether it was them?" "Yes, I did, but they say it wasn't them." When Jepherson held Raeleigh in his arms, she said, "But that doesn't mean it wasn't done by someone in your family." "What if it was really us?" "I don't know." .......... It was getting dark outside. After a moment of silence, Jepherson said he wanted to spend the night here, so he led Raeleigh upstairs to her room. Xanthus did not intervene
Raeleigh sat outside of Stuart's ward while she waited for Xanthus to finish examining him. At this time, though Hadrian was nowhere to be seen, there were two new bodyguards standing outside of the ward. They looked relatively young, about twenty years old. They stood guard outside the ward, with an unapproachable air. Staring at them, Raeleigh felt her mind blanking out. Santiago, who sat beside Raeleigh, suddenly kicked her foot. Raeleigh glared at him and rolled her eyes, "The h*ll? Is your streak of insanity acting up again?" "Well, please call me a psycho, then." Santiago said in that couldn't-care-less tone of his. Raeleigh snapped, "I haven't settled the score with you yet." "And how would you do it? How about you take me as your husband?" Santiago pressed his hand on the wall, trapping Raeleigh. Frustrated, she said, "Please be respectful of me, or else from tomorrow onwards, we're not friends anymore." "Well, that's the story for tomorrow. What n
In a state between being awake and being sleepy, Raeleigh raised her hand and touched her head. "Santiago, what do you think you're doing?" "Umm, carrying you?" Santiago paused for a moment. It was too late for Raeleigh to react. He had already unbuckled her seatbelt and was carrying her. Raeleigh stared at Santiago for what seemed like an interminable stretch of time before reaching out and strangling him. "Ouch! You--!" Santiago quickly put Raeleigh on her feet and massaged his neck. Raeleigh regained her balance all while glaring at him. "I barely used any strength. You'd better think twice next time." Raeleigh turned around and made her way into the hospital. Santiago frowned as he followed her. As soon he was within arm's length of her, he reached out, grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms. "Hey it hurts!" After that, Santiago pushed Raeleigh away and strode inside. Raeleigh stood rooted to the spot, staring at him blankly as he walked.
At this time, there were a dozen of cars trying to intercept the ambulance that Jepherson and the rest were travelling in. However, Jepherson, too, was travelling in a convoy, but his convoy was constantly intercepted by the other cars. Every now and then, a loud bang could be heard outside, but Jepherson was unfazed. He sat in the ambulance reading the newspaper without even looking up once. He would occasionally smile at something he read. The rest of the occupants in the ambulance could not help but wonder how a young man like him could be so calm amid this road stunt. As his calm was contagious, the fear that had once beset the rest in the ambulance gradually disappeared. Outside of the ambulance, it was chaos. A couple of cars, part of Jepherson's convoy, were hit by the cars that was chasing the ambulance. The ones that remained at their wheels did their best to protect the ambulance. As the ambulance turned onto another road, suddenly a bus appeared out of nowh
"I remember the year when my mom suggested to my dad that we should conceal our identities. Both Santiago and I were there at the time. My father did not know whether to laugh or cry. He said that since we are already in this pugilistic world, then there's no turning back. Death was the only way out. At that time, my mother felt disgusted and did not take his words seriously. My dad gave us an example afterwards. It was as if we have a blank piece of paper in our hands. If we rubbed the piece of paper on a surface, it would most likely be stained and it would be hard to remove the stains from the paper. In this world, either you choose to be weak or you choose to die, but you had no right to make a decision unless the fate of everyone is in your hands. I have to make this decision in order to protect my family. You can see for yourself. Do you think Stuart got injured because he was careless? Have you ever wondered why Raeleigh and Santiago frequentl
Raeleigh was standing about 10 metres away from the car. Santiago seemed to have a hunch that the car would explode and quickly reached out to shield Raeleigh from the blast. Thankfully, aside from Raeleigh being shaken up, both of them escaped unscathed. By the time Raeleigh came back to her senses, Santiago had released her. He was staring at the bodies of the policemen who had been killed by the blast. Raeleigh immediately looked over at Santiago and said, "They were innocent!" However, Santiago did not reply. Raeleigh immediately called the police and the ambulance. When another team of police officers finally arrived, Santiago gave them a detailed breakdown of what had happened. Although the police officers knew that he was from the Richards family, that did not mean that he was not suspicious. In the end, they decided to bring both Santiago and Raeleigh to the police station for further investigation. When they arrived at the station, Santiago and Raeleigh
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Seibert said, looking a little flustered. He then turned around and walked to the door. However, before he could open the door, someone entered the room. When he saw that it was Santiago, he took a couple of steps backward and greeted, "Mr. Santiago." Santiago was smirking as he walked towards Raeleigh's cell with his hands in his pockets. He said as he walked, "At least you know that I'm Mr. Santiago. I was afraid that you had forgotten who I am. You definitely have the guts. How dare you make decisions on my behalf?" Seibert glanced at the lawyer who was walking behind Santiago. Calmly, the lawyer said, "Seibert, you're such a narcissist! Just because Mr. Jepherson isn't around, so you think there's no one to hold down the fort? You are wrong! The legal advisors of the Richards family are not to be trifled with. We take orders from Stuart, who take orders from Mr. Jepherson. If something happens and you don't want to tell us, th
After getting out of the car, Raeleigh made a call to Xanthus to confirm the time that he was coming home. This time, she managed to get through. "Xanthus..." "I'm back. Where are you?" Xanthus arrived at home not long ago. When he realized that Raeleigh wasn't home, his first thought was that she was most likely with Santiago. So, he got into his car and was about to over to the Richards Group Manor when he received Raeleigh's call. "I just arrived at the Richards Group Manor," Raeleigh said as she entered the house. At this time, Jepherson had just pulled up at the house, but he did not get out of the car. Raeleigh was startled by the headlights and immediately turned around. However, Jepherson instructed the driver, "Why did you stop? Continue driving!" The driver was puzzed. "But Miss Anson..." "I said drive!" At an instant, terror coursed through the driver's veins. He thought to himself, "Mr. Santiago is also here. It seemed like Mr