Raeleigh put down her phone and gazed out of the car window. It had begun snowing again; it wasn't a wonder it snowed heavily at the given season. However, Raeleigh couldn't help feeling the snow had come earlier that year, giving a sense of coldness before people had prepared themselves for it. It wasn't a pleasant feeling. "Pull over at the bakery in front; I want to buy some cake," Raeleigh said to Jared, who was driving. After pulling over at the bakery, Raeleigh emerged from the car, went into the bakery, and chose a lovely cake before following Jared to the company. Reaching the company, Raeleigh instructed someone to send her all their staff's profiles. A young man, Kenny Wilson, 23, from the secretary department, caught Raeleigh's attention. And she had him over to talk in person. After a conversation, Raeleigh confirmed she would take him as her assistant. "Take over these things as soon as possible. I will arrange for a secretary; you
Before Raeleigh could walk far, a loud bang ensued at the gates, causing her to pause for a moment. By the time she went back to the front door, an accident had already transpired at the gates. Seeing the servants making a mad dash there, Raeleigh knew something horrible must've happened. She couldn't turn a blind eye now. The car crash was nasty, and people were injured. Since Jared crashed his car into Crevor's, he was fine, but the car was a scrap now. Raeleigh stood inside the manor impotently, but she did not blow her fuse. What happened had happened; it would be useless even if she killed Jared, let alone blame or yell at him. But... Jared had let his head get the best of him. Coming out of the manor, Raeleigh peered at Crevor, who stood rooted to the spot. She nodded at him. "I'm sorry. How do you want to settle this?" Jared emerged from his car with a bleeding leg. Raeleigh locked her brows into a deep furrow as she looked o
The old housekeeper ran over and wiped away his tears. "Miss..." "I'm fine, you just need to know one thing." Raeleigh's voice was low enough that nobody around her could hear what she said. The old housekeeper said, "Tell me, Miss Raeleigh." "If I go in, I will come out alive, but Jared will undoubtedly die if he goes in." Raeleigh looked pointedly at the old housekeeper. When the police cars and ambulance arrived, she added, "Look after Jared and don't let him come out. Send someone to protect him, lest he gets hurt when I'm not around. If Xanthus' phone can't be put through, keep calling, call until it's connected." "Yes, I understand. Don't worry, Miss Raeleigh, you'll be alright." "I hope so." Raeleigh fidgeted on where she sat, she then leaned sideways and took out her phone to call Jepherson. Jepherson immediately answered the phone. On the other end of the call, Jepherson had just awoke. "Did you miss me?"
When Raeleigh woke up, she was already in the hospital. She looked towards the window where Crevor stood. She moved a little and made a sound of pain as her body throbbed all over. At the sound, Crevor turned around to look at her together with the others in the room. Xanthus, Maverly, and the rest of the gang hurried to her side. At the sight of so many people, Raeleigh paused for a moment and then looked towards Xanthus, "What happened to me?" "What are you thinking sbout?" Xanthus was so frustrated with Raeleigh that all his worries a moment ago were swept clean away. "I'm fine, aren't I?" "How can you be fine when you've been beaten to this state?" Xanthus huffed and puffed with restrained anger, especially towards himself. If his cell phone hadn't been in the living room, if he hadn't just concentrated on everything in the bedroom, a near disaster like this wouldn't have happened. Raeleigh wore a smile, "I am still sick. What are you angry with
Raeleigh stared at him as she laid in bed, "You should go too. I can take care of myself now." "Are you worried about being misunderstood?" Raeleigh gave him a brief look, "Even if you weren't seen here, what can be construed will still be misunderstood." "Jepherson is that distrustful of you?" When Crevor spoke, he had already walked up to Raeleigh's front. She glanced up at him with no immediate reply, though her lips curled up into a smile. "Raeleigh, what are you smiling at?" Crevor stood there as his gaze darkened with a profound look in his eyes. "It's nothing. I just felt like smiling, so I smiled." "You are the most interesting girl I have ever met." Crevor stated. "Just because something is rarely seen, they're always labelled as special. It's just like a species that's born from out of nowhere. There's ordinary grass that grows on a cliff. The seed of that grass couldn't have flown onto the cliff which made it an uncommon possibility.
While being accompanied by Stuart, Raeleigh listened to the lawyer's analysis of the whole case. The lynchpin in this whole matter was that Raeleigh had driven deliberately to hit someone and killed them. Raeleigh sat quietly at the side and contributed nothing to the discussion that was going on as Stuart and the others picked apart the case. After they were done, Raeleigh finally spoke, "Follow according to the legal process to fight against my lawsuit. When the time comes, I will make some arrangements. I will not let him harm me. But at present I can't leave the hospital or they'll put me in the detention centre if I do so. If I enter that place, it'll be easy for there to be an accident." "Do as she says." Jepherson ordered, and as if a signal was given, they left the ward soon after they'd given their affirmation to carry out their duties. Now only Raeleigh and Jepherson were left in the ward. "You and Crevor already knew each other?" she asked. Jepherson
Jepherson did not answer her question immediately. He looked at Raeleigh and instead said. "It's okay if you act dumb, she's still my daughter after all." Jepherson then stood up and poured himself a cup of water. Even after he drank a mouthful and turned towards her, he did not continue his line of questioning. Raeleigh's body gradually recovered while the case went through a few rounds of negotiations. These negotiations were handled by Stuart together with another but they had yet to come to a conclusion. Crevor also came to visit Raeleigh two to three times. However, Raeleigh kept quiet and didn't bother to talk to him during those times. She just laid on the bed, her eyes fixed onto the ceiling of the ward indifferently as she lapsed into a seldom seen tranquility. Occasionally, when Crevor came he would chat with Jepherson, who wouldn't refuse. This made Raeleigh feel perplexed. Jepherson did not like Crevor, but he could calmly sit down and talk to
Everyone looked towards Jared as he was chased out by Jepherson, whose face had turned harsh. Stuart saw the whole scene and quickly went after Jared. "What are you doing?" Although Stuart and Jared were both brought in by Alvin, the two of them seldom mingle together. They didn't see much of each other even when they were young. Other than the fact that they weren't in the same cliques, Jared loved to play with Santiago more back then. Despite that, they still retained a pretty good relationship. Alvin said once before, to treat Jared as a brother. Therefore, Stuart would not leave Jared alone. Jared did not respond to his query, he just stood there with his gaze focused on the scenery outside. Stuart also felt impressed at this point. Why was it that people who interacted with Raeleigh all got turned around by her? "Don't go down the same path as Mr. Santiago. You should know, in Mr. Jepherson's eyes, that there are no two Mr. San