Chapter 1605


    After they were home, Raeleigh sat on the sofa and listened to Xanthos ramble on about Hansen''s


    decision. She didn''t bother exining as she knew it wouldn''t matter, so she only listened.


    "Call Hansen; I want to give him a piece of my mind. What the hell are they thinking? They''re not


    going to punish the evildoer but vent their frustrations on a fool like you?"


    Livid, Xanthus shoved his phone into Raeleigh''s hand, but she put her hands behind her back, not


    taking it.


    Hence, Xanthus made the call, but Raeleigh said, "I volunteered to take care of Santiago. He


    wouldn''t be like this if it weren''t for me. Ste hurt Santiago because she wanted to get revenge on


    me. Now I have a thorn in my heart that can''t be pulled out."


    "But still..."


    "I want to take care of him," Raeleigh said nonchntly.


    Xanthus felt a pang in his heart and stood silent.


    Just then, Callis returned, standing at the door. Seeing him, Raeleigh looked at Xanthus and said,


    "Let''s talk about it tomorrow. I''m going out with


    Callis."


    Worried that Xanthus would continue his rambling, she went to Callis, opened the door, and pulled


    him out.


    Out the door, Raeleigh breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Callis and asked, "You haven''t been


    around all day. What have you been doing?"


    Callis nced at Leander, leading him to say, "I have a stomachache; he went to get some pills for


    me."


    "I''m sure Xanthus has some; you should talk to him. I want to go out with Callis; we''ll be back in a


    bit."


    With that, Raeleigh pulled Callis. "Let''s go."


    Callis took a look back at Leander before walking away with Raeleigh, and she took him to the


    walled houses.


    Raeleigh nned to buy a new house, so she told Callis her ideas while he merely walked with her,


    silent as always. When she was tired from all the walking, she asked his opinion on which house he


    thought was good. Callis answered this time, pointing at a walled house not far from them. Raeleigh


    looked over; the three sides of the house were spacious and clean, and they could see the


    surroundings well from there.


    Raeleigh nced at Callis and walked over to knock on the door.


    Only a few lived in the walled house, so Raeleigh wanted to know whether it was newly built. If it


    was, she could buy it.


    However, no one came out even after knocking for a long time. Sometimeter, Raeleigh went


    around to a small window at the back of the house and looked inside, and someone suddenly


    appeared and gave Raeleigh the fright of her life.


    Raeleigh let out a shriek, and the person inside opened the window, looking at Raeleigh.


    "You scared the hell out of me."


    Raeleigh patted her chest and looked at Callis, who was inside. He stared at her nkly, silent.


    Raeleigh asked, "How did you get in?"


    Callis looked at the front door, and Raeleigh walked back to the front and entered from the door.


    Sure enough, the ce was newly built.


    Raeleigh knew the vige was constructing new houses, just that some of them were upied and


    some not.


    However, it wouldn''t be easy to buy an upied house while they had to look for an empty house


    that sold at a low price at the same time.


    After taking a good look downstairs, Raeleigh went up to the loft, then said, "It would be great if we


    could build an elevator here."


    After a quick thought, Callis went to a side and drew a floor n of the house with his finger on the


    ground. Then he removed quite a few of the inner walls and ced a retractable stair in the middle.


    "You know interior design?" Raeleigh asked, and he shook his head. Then Raeleigh concluded, "It''s


    because you often watch people build and renovate then."


    Callis did not answer, and Raeleigh took it as a yes. She pointed to the ground and said, "Although


    it''s good, it''s too troublesome. The currentyout is good; quite a few can stay. It would be spacious


    if there weren''t a lot of things. Xanthus can live upstairs, and I''ll take the downstairs; you and your


    brother can live here. This is the kitchen, bathroom, living room..."


    With that, Raeleigh decided to buy the house.


    Raeleigh took out the money that her parents gave her that night. She looked at the amount on the


    card and thought she might still need a little more since they''d have to renovate the ce.


    She couldn''t sleep that night, knowing she couldn''t ask her parents for money as things would


    be more troublesome if they found out her true purpose.


    Raeleigh knocked on Xanthus''s door, nning on borrowing from him.


    Xanthus''s brows were tightly knitted, seeing it was Raeleigh when he answered the door. "Now you


    remember me?"


    Raeleigh went in and closed the door behind her. "I want to borrow some money."


    Xanthus was rendered at a loss for words.


    He merely sat down and fixed his gaze at her.


    Raeleigh stood in the room and said unceremoniously, "You''re my brother; you''re the only one I can


    ask. I''m sure you don''t want the Richards family to look down on me."


    Xanthus wanted tough but to cry even more. "I''m going to die of anger because of you one day."


    Standing, Raeleigh said bluntly, "Being angry won''t do your health good."


    Mad, Xanthus rubbed his head. "If you make an a*s out of yourself, there will always be someone to


    ride you. You''re here to bully me specifically, aren''t you?"


    Raeleigh said nothing, learning from Callis.


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    "Hire a nurse." Xanthus was at the end of his patience. If Raeleigh wasn''t going topromise, it


    would be the end of the discussion.


    Raeleigh said, "I don''t trust others. I''m okay with hiring, but it''ll take time to look for a suitable


    candidate. Santiago isn''t here yet, and I''m not sure if he''s reallying."


    "Auntie Jenna didn''t agree to the idea."


    "What?" Xanthus was on the verge of going mad!


    Raeleigh exined, "Madam Marissa suffered from a stroke, and Master Trevor suddenly fell ill; he


    doesn''t even have the strength to walk now."


    "Santiago needs someone to look after him, but Uncle Hansen and Auntie Jenna have their hands


    full. Plus, Jepherson is upied with all that''s going on with the Richards family and their business


    in Capital City."


    Xanthus frowned. "Trevor''s ill too?"


    "Yeah."


    Xanthus fell silent at that.


    After a long hesitation, Xanthus said, "I see. I''ll buy you the house while you get the interior design


    ready."


    "I''ll go back to sleep then."


    With that, Raeleigh left Xanthus''s room. Xanthus had a notion he had been set up, but at the


    thought of the Richards family''s current situation, he decided to let it go.


    He could also take care of Santiago. Wasn''t he a doctor?


    He would just treat it as owing a debt to the Richards family. They would be able to leave after


    paying them back.


    The next day, Raeleigh called Hansen and told him she had already gotten down to making ns


    for the new ce, just that it would take some time before it was ready, so Santiago still couldn''t


    After the call, Raeleigh kept her phone away and found that Callis was looking at her.


    "You think there is something wrong with my brain, don''t you? Taking care of my ex-brother-iw


    when I divorced his brother." Raeleigh asked, and Callis remained silent. She continued, "I also


    think something''s wrong with my brain, very wrong."


    Raeleigh looked around and said, "He was hurt because of me. He would be fine if it weren''t for me.


    Someone used his weakness and knew exactly he would fall into their trap if they used me as bait."


    "If I don''t take care of him, I won''t be able to forgive myself for the rest of my life."


    "His brother is his brother, and he''s him. They are different."


    "He trusts me!"


    Callis frowned, and Raeleigh said with a smile, "In actuality, I am also at fault. I knew that he liked


    me long ago, but because of his brother''s love for him, his brother allowed him to continue loving


    me despite knowing it''s wrong."


    "And because I love his brother, I gave him a false sense of hope together with his brother."


    "Now that I think about it, I''m the cruel one. He''s still a kid, yet I took advantage and lied to him


    together with his brother before he had the chance to grow up."


    "Thinking back now, I''m sure he knows everything, just that he never exposed us."


    Seeing Callis staring nkly at her, she said, "I''m sure you can''tprehend all that I''ve said.


    Forget I said anything."


    Raeleigh turned around, intending to walk away, when Callis grabbed her hand. But he let go the


    moment she turned around to look at him.


    He hung his head low, breathing a little heavily.


    Raeleighughed. "What are you afraid of? It''s not a big deal. I know you''re worried about me, but


    I''m fine."