Chapter 991
In the dream, Raeleigh was calling for someone. Someone was holding her hand and she looked at
that person. The person pushed Raeleigh to the ground, covering her with a wet quilt. Raeleigh
wanted to look for the person, but then she fell into aa.
By the time she woke up, no one was left. Everyone died in the fire.
Raeleigh opened her eyes and looked at Jepherson, who was holding her in his arms. She was
sweating all over.
Jepherson''s face was full of surprise.
The expression on his face became more and more solemn.
Raeleigh pushed him away. "Why are you hugging me?"
"You had a nightmare. You kept calling for someone. I don''t know what happened." Jepherson
wiped off her sweat with his sleeve. Raeleigh sat across from him and said, "It''s nothing. It may
have been because I was bullied. I was anxious in the dream, so I kept shouting."
After Raeleigh finished her words, she turned around andy back on the ground. She curled her
body into a ball and tucked herself in the quilt.
Jepherson went to the bathroom. When he came back, he lifted the quilt and went back to bed. He
held Raeleigh from behind and tightened his arms on her waist. Then, he let his chin lean on
Raeleigh''s shoulder.
"Who is Arsel?" His voice was low. Raeleigh froze, clutching the quilt tightly. She remembered Arsel.
In fact, he was just a guest, but...
Raeleigh did not answer his question. Instead, she fixed her eyes on the wall and said nothing
more.
Raeleigh got up at six o''clock in the morning. She went outside before Jepherson even got up.
Then, she walked to the yard of the orphanage and watched the kids ying around. The children
came running towards her after noticing her presence.
"Let''s y together, Miss." A little girl took Raeleigh''s hand, tugging it. Raeleigh replied, "Okay, well
y together."
"What''s your name?"
"Raeleigh."
"What a nice name!"
"What about you? What''s your name?"
"My name is Mimi. He''s Lenore, and there''s also
Nana and Arsel..."
Raeleigh paused for a moment, scanning the boy''s features. "Your name is Arsel?"
Raeleigh knelt down and looked at the little boy, who was around five to six years old. The little boy
smiled. He had a cute face.
Upon hearing Raeleigh''s words, Arsel said, "My name is Arsel."
"Really?" Raeleigh stared at Arsel in a daze. She also had a friend named Arsel.
It was a pity that they had only met for a short period of time, leaving only a brief memory. He was
gone because of the fire.
Raeleigh touched Arsel''s little face, smiled at him and said, "You can go and y. I am going to
wash my face."
"Okay, wash your face ande to us. Let''s y together."
After that, the group of children left.
Raeleigh stood up from the ground. Thinking of their meeting, her memory took her back to the
past.
Raeleigh still remembered that there were a lot of people that day when Arsel saw a girl standing at
the door and eating cherries.
At that time, there were only some cherries, and there were a lot of children in the orphanage. Each
person could only get six cherries, but they were content with having a chance to enjoy them.
It was such a waste and a pity to eat these juicy cherries, Raeleigh thought. Raeleigh stood at the
door of the orphanage and looked outside, at the iron cast gates of the orphanage. Like many other
children, Raeleigh was waiting for someone to pick her up at the door, hoping that her parents
woulde.
She stood among many children. Every one of them ate the cherries. Her mouth was puffed up, and
she stood in the orphanagepound like a doll. She was very young. Although she was already
ten years old, she was a head shorter than her peers. For some reason, she looked like a dwarf at
first nce.
Everyone squeezed Raeleigh to the side. She had no choice but to stand at the side.
But at that time, a very dark and beautiful car passed by. They were all excited to see it, hoping that
they would get adopted.
However, the car soon drove past. Just as all the children grew disappointed, the car turned back
and came to a halt.
Two people got out of the car, a man and a woman. The woman smiled very beautifully, patted the
little boy''s face, and said, "Go ahead."
The little boy looked back, rushed to the children
in the orphanage, and distributed a lot of delicious
food to them.
Since Raeleigh was on the sidelines, she did not have the chance to talk with the boy. As she stood
there, she was holding the remaining four cherries in her hand.
By the time the little boy saw Raeleigh, he had nothing on him.
He stood there, and smiled at her. He stared at her red cherries with his big and bright eyes.
Raeleigh lowered her head and looked at her cherries. After thinking for a long time, she gave two
of them to the little boy.
The little boy said, "I will leave them for my brother."
Raeleigh looked at the little boy, thought for another second, and gave him another one. The little
boy put it in his mouth and said that it tasted good.
Raeleigh smiled at him. The boy took thest cherry in her palms and put it in his mouth. He smiled
once more.
Raeleigh took a look at her empty palms, gazing up at the boy. Both of them wore silly smiles on
their faces.
Then, the little boy left.
All the children thought that Raeleigh was pitiful
as she had her cherry taken away, but Raeleigh
stood still at the gates, watching them go back to
their car.
Raeleigh still remembered the smile the woman showed her as they left. It was a beautiful smile.
Three dayster, the little boy came back again. But that time, the beautiful woman and her partner
were not with him, and instead, it was another man.
The little boy ran out of the car. He gave a bottle of colorful candies to Raeleigh.
He told Raeleigh in a teasing voice, "This is your reward. I bought you a lot of candy."
Raeleigh looked at the bottle and wore a smile.
When the door opened, multiple gifts were sent in by order, but the little boy continued ying with
her.
At that time, a lot of people envied Raeleigh, and she didn''t know what to do. The little boy took her
to many ces, although they were only confined within the orphanage.
On that day, the little boy asked her if she was willing to go to his house and be his adopted sibling.
She looked at the little boy, at a loss for words. The little boy said that his name was Arsel.
Raeleigh agreed.
However, the ident happened in the afternoon after they had lunch. They were still ying
together when everything had happened.
Raeleigh fixed her eyes on her surroundings. She recalled that he had told him that his name was
Arsel.
Her memory was very vague. She couldn''t really remember whether it was right.
After the fire, Raeleigh was rescued by her grandmother, Novalie. She inquired many times, but no
survivors were left in the orphanage. Everyone was gone.
"Do you like it here?" Jepherson appeared behind her as she was daydreaming. Raeleigh looked at
him nkly. The clothes he wore were simple and casual. He wore a white sleeveless top, which
was wide and loose,plemented with beige trousers and white sneakers. He looked very
different from his usual self, and more like a boy next door.
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Raeleigh fixed her eyes on Jepherson. She noticed that he had washed his hair and left it to air dry.
He seemed more like a young man, far different from the vice president who always kept a straight
face.
Raeleigh looked at Jepherson in silence. Unlike
Santiago, he was handsome and elegant. He was born with an air of nobility, no matter what he
wore. Compared with Santiago, he seemed to be an emperor who read a lot, while Santiago looked
like an infamous swordsman.
The pair of siblings were indeed different from each other.
But Raeleigh had to admit that they were both excellent. Maybe it was because of their good
gics.