Chapter 1275


    Santiago walked towards Raeleigh. The men who were in his way didn''t dare approach him. They


    all knew his temper. He didn''t care about the consequences when he beat others up.


    When he was in front of Raeleigh, Santiago suddenly raised his hand and pinched her face, making


    Raeleigh at a loss for words. He brought his hands together after pinching her. "Not bad, we don''t


    see each other for a day and you''ve gotten yourself in quite the mess."


    She stared nkly at Santiago, unable to utter a single word.


    Behind him, Jacky walked up to him after taking care of the group of men. Santiago turned around


    to look at Jacky, "Thank you!"


    "Heh!" Jacky hummed in amusement.


    "Let''s go home." Santiago turned on his heel and walked out of the alley while looking at the men on


    the ground. He walked over to one of them, squatted down and looked at his face. "Do you know


    what the consequences are for offending me?"


    "Mr. Santiago, we were just following orders. Please forgive us."


    "Sure, I can spare you, but have you thought of letting her go? Have you forgotten how determined


    you were earlier?"


    The man said nothing. Santiago stood up, feeling sorry for him. Though she didn''t know what he


    was going to do, judging from his expression, she knew it wasn''t going to be anything good.


    "Forget it. They were just obeying orders. It''s useless for you to kill them. They did it for a living."


    Santiago turned around and looked at Raeleigh. "You can''t even protect yourself yet you''re still


    worrying about others. Why not use some of that time to take better care of yourself?"


    Raeleigh was speechless after Santiago said that. He was right. She ought to take better care of


    herself.


    She couldn''t even protect herself, but still wanted to help others.


    As Raeleigh kept silent, Santiago fell quiet too. He raised his hand to pinch Raeleigh''s chin, which


    was so soft that Raeleigh turned pale when he did it again.


    "That hurts."


    "Oh, so you do feel pain? I thought you didn''t."


    Raeleigh raised her hand to push Santiago''s away. "I''m not an idiot. How would I not know that it


    hurts?" "Since you know it hurts, you should fight back. All living creatures are able to defend


    themselves, so you should too, no?"


    When he finished speaking, Santiago tugged on Raeleigh''s arm before pulling her towards him. The


    two were leaning closer and closer to each other when Santiago bent over and held Raeleigh in his


    arms.


    Raeleigh felt dizzy. Suddenly, she raised her head and looked at Santiago nkly. "What are you


    doing?"


    "Nothing, let''s just go home."


    Santiago then turned and walked towards the entrance of the alley with Raeleigh in his arms.


    Raeleigh struggled for a while, but she couldn''t break free since Santiago had her locked tightly in


    his arms.


    After leaving the alley, Santiago walked towards a ck car and Jacky opened the door for him.


    He bent down and ced Raeleigh inside the car. Once he closed the car door, he looked up at


    Jacky with a frown and said, "I''ll help you solve some of your problems with Deanna. But you''d


    better think clearly about this. Zorion is just one step forward. If you want to marry her, you''ve still a


    long way to go. I can help you as much as I can,


    but it all depends on how you deal with the Whalen family.


    Based on what I know about Mr. Whalen and his son, you''ll only be stepped on."


    "You don''t need to tell me this, but I can''t see Deanna right now. I want to see her." Jacky''s words


    were extremely firm and arrogant. It sounded as though he absolutely had to do it.


    Raeleigh sat in the car and watched him. Jacky''s handsome face beamed just as brightly as


    Santiago''s. However, inparison, there was a hint of arrogance on his face, and Jacky''s aura


    was inferior to Santiago''s. Perhaps this might have something to do with his age.


    After all, Jacky was getting along in age.


    Santiago ced his hand on the hood of the car and knocked on it twice. He stared at Jacky and


    said, "Seeing Deanna won''t be a problem. The problem is that you''d have to think about the


    consequences thoroughly. If you''re nning on eloping with Deanna, I advise you to forget about


    that."


    Deanna wouldn''t abandon her family and follow you. She''s yful, so this might feel new and


    exciting to her in the first couple of days, but once she''s tired of ying, she''d do anything she can


    to go home.


    You''d better be mentally prepared for that. Whatever happens between you and Deanna, you''d still


    have to live with the Whalen family."


    Jacky gritted his teeth, "No way."This belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    Raeleigh saw Santiagough, saying, "Nothing is impossible. Even brothers would turn against


    each other over a woman. Is anything even impossible?"


    Unless you love her?"


    "I love Deanna." Jacky didn''t hesitate in replying, stunning Raeleigh. At first, her mind was fixed on


    the fact that her brothers had turned against each other because of a woman, but she was shocked


    by Jacky''s deration.


    Raeleigh fell silent as she looked at Jacky''s determined eyes.


    She often heard that all men were superficial, but not all of them were the same; at least not the


    ones she met.


    There were men with feelings everywhere.


    Santiagoughed. "It''s your business whether you love her or not, but that doesn''t necessarily make


    it true love. Some people just lie to themselves."


    "I''m not that kind of person."


    "Who are you then? We''ll find out eventually. You cane over tomorrow to see Raeleigh, and I''ll


    call Deanna over."


    When Santiago came into the car, Xanthus soon followed. Raeleigh looked at Santiago, face full of


    shock. "You want to help Jacky?"


    "Do I look like an ungrateful person?" Santiago looked at Raeleigh. Though she did consider this,


    she left the question unanswered since it wasn''t the case at all.


    As the car slowly pulled away, Jacky stood on the road and watched it leave. Soon, another person


    walked over and stood beside him.


    "Jacky, are you really going to work with Santiago?"


    "Santiago is a reliable man." This was the only praise Jacky ever gave Santiago.


    "But Santiago is known as the Demon Lord of this area. We''re from Waverly vige. If we enter his


    turf, we''ll definitely have to take over some of his family''s territories. Will he give it to us willingly?"


    "This territory wasn''t taken over, it was given to me by him. He made it very clear that he wants to


    work with me. He must have a smidgen of sincerity in him. As long as we don''t cross him, he''d let


    us have the Richard''s family''s territory. He has his own ns."


    "Why? It''s not like hecks anything." "He needs this woman. He wants to protect her." The corners


    of Jacky''s mouth curled up into a smile. It seemed like he really dide here to protect Raeleigh.


    "Then we..."


    "Get the order out to always protect Raeleigh within our territories. I''ll kill whoever starts any


    trouble."


    "Protect Raeleigh?"


    The man was shocked. Wasn''t he protecting Deanna?


    "Didn''t you hear me?" Jacky looked amused. Everyone knew that the most sinister aspect about


    Jacky is that the more he smiled andughed, the more vicious he would get.