Chapter 1439 Already Paid
"You don''t have to look for him," Santiago stated before turning to Raeleigh and telling her, "Don''t go
anywhere for the next few days and stay close to me."
Raeleigh didn''t answer. That was indeed the best course of action.
Santiago took out his phone and turned away to call Jepherson. "Let me ask you, is there anyone
around Raeleigh aside from me?"
Jepherson had just got in a car. Looking drowsy, he responded, "No."
Santiago hung up the phone, nced at Raeleigh, turned back to the car and asked her to get in.
She got into the car and started it up, heading to Waverly Vige.
...
"Why were you so careless?" Jepherson was rather annoyed, but he was not angry.
The driver, who was exceptionally young, said, "I did change the license te over and over again, and
I didn''t bump into anything. Even so, I was still found."
"That''s because of your habit. In the future, don''t open the window and stretch your arm out when you
drive. Raeleigh is not your average individual. She notices even the smallest details."
The driver lowered his hat slightly and asked, "How about Mr. Santiago?"
"Continue to protect him."
"Got it."
...
Having reached Waverly Vige, Raeleigh got out of the car followed by Santiago. He looked around,
then he went inside the vige with her.
When they had entered, Santiago called Jacky over.
"Okay, so he drove the car straight into the water and no one got out of it?" Santiago refused to believe
that someone could disappear out of thin air. However, there was nothing to salvage, and since he had
driven the car straight into the water, that meant he had had enough time to get out of it.
"I didn''t see anyone get out, and we''ve already searched under the bridge."
Jacky was certain of that. Raeleigh simply stood on one side without saying anything.
Santiago sat down, pondering about it, but he couldn''t figure out who the driver was and how he had
managed to escape.
"Last time, Flynt didn''t seed, so he wouldn''t do it a second time. If he could follow me for so long
without being discovered, what can he do?" Santiago pointed out. Jacky asked, "Wasn''t he following
Raeleigh?"
Amused, Santiago raised his head to look at Jacky. "If he hadn''t run away, then it would have been
because of Raeleigh. However, since he did, it''s not clear anymore."
"Maybe my father sent someone to protect me?" Raeleigh asked. Santiago immediately called
Xanthus.
"Did your family send anyone to protect Raeleigh?"
Santiago went straight to the point. Xanthus, in the middle of grocery shopping, looked around. "There
are indeed a few people following Raeleigh. Why?"
"How many?"
"Four."
Santiago borated, "Someone was following us, but Raeleigh noticed him. The guy drove his car into
the water and disappeared. Can you make sure whether it''s one of your people?"
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"Okay, I''ll let you know once I''ve made it sure, but... it probably isn''t. The men working for us wouldn''t
do that."
He hung up the phone and called Lamar to exin.
Putting down the phone, Santiago looked at Raeleigh. "Fix me something to eat. I''m hungry."
She stood up and turned to prepare food for him, calling Jepherson while she was at it.
He was sitting in his office looking at something when he received her call. He stopped and asked, "Did
something happen?"
"If you''re asking me that, you must have something on your mind. Santiago''s already called you, so
you must have known about it."
Jepherson thought for a moment and questioned, "So, what about it?"
"I only have one question."
"Shoot."
"Yes or no?"
"Yes." Jepherson''s lips twitched. He really could not hide it from her.
"I see. Go ahead with your work. He''s hungry, so I''ll make some food for him."
"Is there nothing else?"
"Nope."
"Raeleigh..."
"Yeah."
"Are you angry?"
"I''m a little irked, but I can understand."
"Stuart isn''t here, so I only have one person avable. He used to protect me secretly as well. I could
only choose one between you and Santiago."
Jepherson rose to his feet and stopped in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing outside.
Raeleigh said, "If it were me, I would have done the same, but there is no one around you..."
There was no one in the kitchen, so she was whispering. He responded, "Even if I were to stand right
out in the open and give them a chance, there aren''t many daredevils who wouldy a finger on me.
I haven''t used my trump card yet."
"Neither have I," Raeleigh replied.
She wore a smile. "Be careful."
"I got you."
...
Raeleigh hung up the phone and started throwing together a meal for Santiago.
...
"What do you n on doing?" Jacky sat down. Santiago raised his head and narrowed his eyes as he
contemted it. "Other than my brother, no one else will send anyone to protect me. But Stuart isn''t
around, so if it was my brother, he would definitely have sent someone he knows."
"What I gather is that, your brother has no one around him?"
Jacky had already sent everyone else out, so no one else would know what they were talking about.
Santiago sat down and looked at him. "But that can''t be."
"How are you so sure that person is following you, not Raeleigh?"
"That''s the thing, I''m not sure. Flynt hasn''t been discharged from the hospital yet. Even if he was, he
can''t do anything right now. The Cole family has a lot of rules. They wouldn''t make trouble around the
New Year."
"If Ste wanted to take action, she would have done it long ago."
"The only person who would follow me is my enemy, but they wouldn''t wait for so long, nor would they
drag it out with Raeleigh."
"If it''s not an enemy, then it has to be a friend, which is why my brother won''t admit that there''s
someone at Raeleigh''s side."
"It''s the most obvious loophole, but I''m not sure if that someone really is following me, or otherwise."
"Okay, so what''s your n B?" Jacky felt that the two brothers were really tiring.
Santiago turned an idea over and over in his mind. "Well, there are two choices: Kill either me or my
brother."
"Come again?"
"Do you want to kill me or my brother?"
Jacky was left in aplete state of helplessness. After a long time, he asked, "Can you use my
people?"
Santiago shook his head. "I''m going to hire someone."
"Hire someone?"
"You heard me."
He stood up and poured himself a ss of water. "I can''t leave my brother to fend for himself."
"How do you n to carry out the test? Together?" Jacky looked at him. Santiago asked, "Together,
then. It''ll be one-sided. We''ll find a loophole for my brother."
Jacky stood up and poured himself some water as well, sighing, "Seriously, it''s the New Years."
"We''ll start tomorrow afternoon."
"Aye aye, captain."
...
When Raeleigh came in from the outside, Santiago and Jacky were sipping water facing each other.
She put down the porridge. She was wondering how he was going to stomach it when he had just
eaten not long ago.
"Food''s ready."
Raeleigh stood aside. Though she didn''t expose Santiago, her gaze was enough to remind him that he
had bullied her.
He put down the cup and walked to her, sitting down to eat the porridge she had made for him. He
wiped his mouth and said, "Can I have more?"
Raeleigh hadn''t cooked much. She didn''t answer him because she was worried that Santiago would be
too full.
"Come on, let''s go out for a walk. It''s very lively here during the New Year," Santiago suggested as he
got up and went to the door. Raeleigh got dressed and followed him outside.
Right then, the streets were decorated all over. Raeleigh seldom went shopping outside during the New
Year.
On one hand, she didn''t have extra money; on the other hand, she wasn''t a fan of bustling ces, so
she chose to stay in.
However, it seemed that the air outside was always better than that of inside a room.
Raeleigh walked over to a souvenir store and held one in her hands, to which the owner asked if she
wanted one. She shook her head immediately. "No, thanks."
Meanwhile, Santiago had already paid for it.