Chapter 884
The ward was spacious enough to amodate a few people, and each and every one of them
had their own beds.
Deanna pulled Jepherson past the door. Zorion stood up and stared at Jepherson for a while before
asking, "How did you know we were here?"
"When there''s a will, there''s a way," Jepherson did not need to exin himself. He looked at
Raeleigh, who was lying on the hospital bed, and asked, "Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah," Raeleigh subconsciously nced at Scarlette and found thetter''s face betraying no
emotions. Her gaze then settled on Jepherson who was standing opposite her.
"Jepherson, you don''t know how nasty Quirina acted! Look at how she tortured Raeleigh," Deanna
pulled Jepherson toward Raeleigh. He just frowned and turned to look at Zorion, "I''ll tell the
university about this."
"That''s your own business. I''m not concerned about it," Zorion turned to one side and sat down,
having nothing else to say.
Raeleighy on the bed and did not get up. She had always treated Jepherson in such an
indifferent way.
Deanna misinterpreted that Jepherson hade to see her. She pulled Jepherson to one side and
asked him a few questions as Scarlette stayed at the other.
As noon drew close, Raeleigh was woken up to have a meal, and Stuart arranged for some dishes
to be sent over. They had lunch in Raeleigh''s ward.
Raeleigh did not eat much. As she had hurt her right hand, she was unable to use it for a while.
However, Raeleigh was quite clever and she quickly learned how to eat with her left hand.
After dinner, Raeleigh went to have a rest as she had nothing else to say to the other people in the
ward. Several times when Jepherson inadvertently looked at Raeleigh, she came off as though she
was looking at a stranger. There was nothing special in her gaze, and she only diverted her eyes to
look at other people.
In the evening, Jepherson got up and was about to leave. As Deanna followed him out, Zorion
stood up and went out as well.
Raeleigh watched as the door closed. Zorion gave her a feeling that he would not rest assured no
matter who Deanna ended up with. He could only feel relieved when he was taking care of her
under his wing.
"Raeleigh, I don''t mean to me you, but you..." Scarlette opened up after ensuring that the others
had left. She wanted toment on Raeleigh''s attitude, but Raeleigh immediately interrupted her,
"Don''t."
Scarlette rolled her eyes and stopped making further remarks. Then, she passed Raeleigh''s cell
phone to her, saying, "There are some things of note inside. You can delete them after going
through them."
Raeleigh raised her hand and took the cellphone over. After pondering for a moment, she unlocked
it and read a text message.
"Take good care of yourself before going back. I will go back first. I will take care of your
grandmother." The text message wasckluster, but Raeleigh only deleted it after reading it for a
good two minutes.
Raeleigh put down the
phone. Zorion and Deanna came back from outside. Raeleigh felt ufortable as she watched
the two siblings walk in, especially upon spotting Deanna.
She did not care if Quirina bullied her as she was the one who was on the suffering end. Quirina
had done many bad things, and Raeleigh believed that she would receive retribution. One day, she
would reap what she sowed. Hence, Raeleigh did not care much about Quirina''s antics. They were
still young. Novalie had also mentioned before that the heavens were always watching them, thus
every bad deed would be punished, and good people would be rewarded.
Raeleigh firmly believed in such a theory, so she nevermitted any heinous deeds.
However, Deanna was different. Although Deanna treated her well, she could tell that Deanna truly
loved Jepherson.
Although she was unclear about Jepherson''s intentions, without her presence, Raeleigh believed
that Deanna would get together with Jepherson.
Deanna came in and saw Raeleigh staring at her. She stepped aside with her hands sped behind
her back. Raeleigh then looked away. Zorion, who was behind her, walked to one side and sat
down. Then, he picked up his cellphone and started to scroll the screen.
"Raeleigh, you were staring at me so intently just now. Did you fall in love with me?" Deanna sat
beside Raeleigh and grabbed an apple, intending to peel it for her.
"I don''t want to eat an apple. Don''t peel it," Raeleigh sat up and leaned against the head of the bed.
As she genuinely liked Deanna, she felt a surge of guilt in her heart.
"If you don''t eat it, Zorion will. I''ll peel it for him," Deanna still peeled the apple, but she gave half of
it to Raeleigh and the rest to Zorion.
Zorion took away the apple and lowered his head to munch on it, not looking up.
Raeleigh held the apple but found it hard to swallow.
Seeing that Raeleigh was unable to eat, Scarlette took it away and helped herself to it, saying, "If
you don''t want to eat it, then give it to me. You don''t know what''s good for you."
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Raeleigh froze for a moment, looking at her. Then, Deanna quickly chimed in, "Don''t talk to
Raeleigh like that, or she''ll think you''re being serious."
"How would you know?" As she ate the apple, Deanna chased after Scarlette, making a fuss. They
were soon having fun. Raeleigh looked at them andughed along happily.
Zorion raised his head to look at Raeleigh. It was the first time for him to see Raeleigh smiling so
happily.
Night befell them. Raeleigh wanted to have a rest, so she did not call out to the others. Sheid
down and closed her eyes first. Soon, the others followed suit. However, Raeleigh could not fall
asleep even after midnight and she got up from the bed. She came down, put on her shoes and a
coat, then went out of the ward as she noticed the others were resting.
When she reached the door, Raeleigh shot the corridor a nce, sat down on a chair, and then
leaned against it to listen to someone else''s conversation.
Raeleigh found that a beautiful girl with tanned skin lived opposite her. Raeleigh thought that
anyone from abroad, who had blonde hair and blue eyes, would not have stic surgery except for
those with blemished skin and obsidian eyes like herself, who loved to undergo stic surgery to
enhance their beauty, thanks to their sky-high beauty standards.
Raeleigh first heard the girl inside sobbing, and then she heard a man cursing in another foreign
language. It was clear that they were quarreling.
After watching them for a while, Raeleigh felt that it was fine to eavesdrop on normal conversations,
but it was a bit ill-mannered for her to listen to an argument. So, she got up and went somewhere
else.
There was a staircase in the hospital. Raeleigh was ustomed to using the stairs from a young
age, so she did not like taking the elevator. She walked down the stairs step-by-step.
Zorion came out of the ward and turned to Raeleigh''s direction, noticing that she was walking down
the stairs. He looked around. The Whalen siblings were always protected by guards whenever they
were outside. After Zorion left, several people immediately stood at the door of the ward. Zorion
went down the stairs step- bystep until he reached where Raeleigh was standing.
Raeleigh stood at the bottom of the stairs, raising her head to look at Zorion, who came down. He
halted in his steps for a moment upon seeing Raeleigh, but he still walked towards her in the end.
Raeleigh said, "I can''t fall asleep, so I came out for a walk. I stopped when I heard someone
following me."
"What do you mean by that?" Zorion''s tone was still unfriendly, but Raeleigh was used to such
treatment.
She did not mind other people treating her icily.
Raeleigh turned around and walked out of the hospital. Zorion looked behind him. It was the first
time for him to be so far away from Deanna, ever since they were six years old.
Raeleigh walked to the door, and Zorion followed her.
Raeleigh felt a little morefortable upon feeling the slight cool wind outside, and the uneasiness
in her heart also dissipated.