Chapter 1209
Raeleigh awoke the next morning to find Cynthia and Xanthus leaning against each other as they
slept on the couch in the living room. The television was still turned on but it was muted. She
noticed that there were a couple of empty takeaway containers on the table and suddenly
remembered that she had fallen asleep while waiting for them toe home with dinner. Then, she
stood up and began clearing the table.
Cynthia woke up while Raeleigh was cleaning the table, dismayed as she realised that she had
spent the entire night on the couch with Xanthus.
Raeleigh then asked, "Well, I thought you guys went out to have dinner?"
"Umm..." Cynthia did not know how to exin it to Raeleigh. She anxiously held her hands and
waited for Xanthus to rify things, which even after an interminable stretch of time, he never did.
Cynthia was forced to take matters into her own hands.
She said, "We did go out to have dinner and even brought back some porridge for you. By the time
we came back, you were already asleep. We didn''t want the porridge to go to waste, so we decided
to eat it before going to sleep. I didn''t expect to just doze off on the couch with the TV on."
In fact, Raeleigh did not need to hear an exnation at all. However, when she saw how highly-
strung Cynthia was, she immediately nodded her head before heading into the kitchen to prepare
breakfast.
Xanthus did not mind that he had spent the entire night on the couch with Cynthia. He stood up and
made his way into the kitchen to help Raeleigh.
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Cynthia remained on the couch, feeling a little at loss.
"Hey, what''s going on between the two of you?" Raeleigh immediately asked Xanthus when he
entered the kitchen. She was gathering the ingredients to make breakfast. Xanthus shot back,
"Well, what do you think?"
"Is it what I think it is?" Raeleigh asked. In fact, she was surprised to find out that Xanthus actually
had a crush on Cynthia. It had never crossed her mind until then.
"If it is, mind sharing your thoughts?" Xanthus wanted to know what Raeleigh had in mind.
Raeleigh looked at him and grinned, "What thoughts can I have? I''m just asking." "She and
Santiago are friends. I''m sure you must have your own way of thinking," Xanthus looked at
Raeleigh. Raeleigh shrugged in reply, "Such issues are really hard to tell. What''s more, it''s not like
you want anything from this budding rtionship. I''m sure you will respect her decision. Also..."
"Also what?" Xanthus raised his eyebrows. Raeleigh smiled and said, "Granted, she may not like
you - yet - but she can''t stop you from having feelings for her."
"I appreciate that notion of yours," Xanthus smiled and continued making breakfast. Raeleigh
walked over to his side and asked, "What do you like about her?"
In Raeleigh''s opinion, Cynthia was not the kind of woman to attract people''s attention from the get-
go. However, she felt that Xanthus must have liked her from the moment they first met.
Xanthus cracked an egg into the pan, saying, "I like that she''s sensible and sophisticated. But most
importantly, I love her eyes."
Raeleigh looked at Xanthus and teased, "Are you serious?"
"Do I look like I''m joking?"
Xanthus turned around to ask Raeleigh, to which she shook her head and said, "Of course not!"
"Who do you think suits her better? Me or Santiago?" Since they were already on this topic,
Xanthus wanted to talk more about it.
Raeleigh did not expect him to ask her about it bluntly. She thought for a moment before answering,
"You."
"Are you saying that only because I''m your brother?"
"Nope, I swear, that''s my honest opinion," Raeleigh turned around and began rinsing the rice to
make porridge. She continued, "She''s not in good health. I heard from the doctor that she is going
to be hospitalised in the future. I think you are suitable for her because you''re a doctor. You can look
after her. As for Santiago, although he is very thoughtful, he''s still a very impulsive person. It worries
me."
Xanthus smiled and asked, "You chose me only because I''m a doctor?"
"Of course not. You also have a good personality to boot."
"You haven''t seen my bad side just yet. I doubt you''ll think the same once you see it," Xanthus
commented as he exited the kitchen to set the table. Since Xanthus and Raeleigh were already in
the kitchen, Cynthia decided not to go in and help. Hence, she sat on the couch as she waited for
breakfast to be served. She couldn''t help but wonder what was going through Raeleigh''s mind.
What did Jepherson and Raeleigh''s rocky rtionship had to do with Xanthos?
No one could feel Cynthia''s apprehension. She sat on the couch until Xanthus emerged from the
kitchen. She then hurried over to Novalie''s room to help her to the dining table. It was the least she
could do since she was of no help in the kitchen.
Xanthus watched in amusement as Cynthia disappeared into Novalie''s room. He wondered what
was so scary about him.
At this time, Novalie was already awake. She smiled when she saw Cynthia. "Oh, hello. To what do
we owe the pleasure of having you here?"
"I spent the night here. Santiago will being to pick me up after breakfast," Cynthia hurriedly
exined. She was afraid that Novalie would think she was here to make trouble. After all, she was
with Santiago.
Deep down, Novalie knew that Santiago was the one who forced Raeleigh to follow him back to
their previous residence to take care of Cynthia.
When Novalie heard whatever Cynthia had to say, she was a little unhappy, but she said, "Rx,
you sound as if I am not happy that you spent the night here. There''s barely anyone in the house all
day. Although I have Xanthus to apany me, he''s a doctor. He always makes me angry. He is
constantly nagging me about what I should and shouldn''t do. I have had it up to my eyeballs. I think
I''m better off talking to you."
Cynthia did not know what to say. Was Novalie implying that she did not want to talk about things
that made her angry?
"Let''s eat, shall we? Breakfast is ready," She quickly changed the topic as she reached out to help
Novalie out of bed.
By then, breakfast was ready.
Once everyone was seated, they began to dig in.
"Eat more," Xanthus kept urging Cynthia to fill her te. Novalie felt a little cringey watching them.
After breakfast, Cynthia called Santiago and told him that she needed to be picked up. However,
Santiago said that he was busy and would only be free to pick her up at night. That effectively left
her no way to return home.
Cynthia put down her phone and looked at Raeleigh for a while before suggesting, "Why don''t I
follow you to the university?"
She did not mind going anywhere as long as she did not have to be alone with Xanthus. Worse
came to worst, she would have to find her own way home.
Xanthus stood aside and said nothing, but Raeleigh answered, "I don''t mind, but where are you
going to go while I''m in ss? You''re not a student there."
"You''re right," Cynthia was confused. Xanthus took the chance to add, "You can talk to the school
and let her attend the sses on behalf of Santiago. I don''t think it should be a problem."
This was the first time Raeleigh had heard of such a thing. However, since Xanthus said so, it
meant that he had a solution.
Thus, Xanthus then drove Cynthia and Raeleigh to the university. However, his suggestion did not
work. The school did not allow sses to be attended by proxy, even if it was a request by Xanthus.
Raeleigh stood outside the ssroom. She knew that sometimes, there were two sides to a story.
Sure enough, Xanthus came up with another idea, "Why don''t you follow me to the infirmary? I''ll call
the school dean and ask himter."
Although Cynthia was extremely reluctant to do so, since she was already there, she could only
hurry after Xanthus.