Chapter 1763
Later, Raeleigh was led to Jared''s ward. As Harvey helped to take care of the patient, she leaned
against the wall and soon fell asleep where she sat.
When Jared woke up, the anesthetic had just left his system. The pain was still there but his
expression didn''t reveal it. He just opened his eyes and scanned the four corners of the room.
His eyesnded on Raeleigh who was sleeping very soundly. He stared for a brief moment before
he averted his gaze and looked elsewhere.
Harvey was beside Jared when he saw him woke up. He immediately stood up and went out the
door to call for a doctor. Jared was then given multiple checkups until the doctor was satisfied that
nothing was amiss and left.
By that time, Raeleigh had been jolted awake. She opened her eyes and looked over in Jared''s
direction.
She got off the bed then, and walked over to him," How are you feeling?"
Jared didn''t reply. He just stared at her instead. Raeleigh also didn''t question any further but looked
to the side, "Thank you for all your hard
work."
"You''re too kind, Raeleigh. Jacky said before to treat you as if you were our own sister."
Raeleigh paused at that and couldn''t help butugh. "In this ce, I can only count on Jacky. As for
the others, I..."
"Raeleigh, what you just said is wrong. Don''t tell me I''m that unreliable to count on?" Deanna
stepped into the room. She headed towards Raeleigh as her hands waved about when she talked.
Harvey immediately walked over. "Sister-inw."
"You attend to your business. Raeleigh and I are just going to have a little chat."
Deanna unceremoniously dragged Raeleigh to sit in a corner, then she started to chatter with her.
Raeleigh sat and listened throughout. After a while, Deanna came to the main point of the
conversation, "Is that man the reason for your fight with Jepherson?" she asked.
Raeleigh was stunned silent!
"Who told you that?" Raeleigh asked back in surprise.
"Who else needed to tell me? You''re already here in Waverly Vige, why else but because you
have a fight with Jepherson? I just don''t believe it,
Raeleigh...what''s the reason for the fight this time? Who is that man?"
Raeleigh stared at her, "You don''t know about Jared?"
Deanne stood up, her mouth parted into an ''O'' asprehension dawned on her face. "He is
Jared?"
Deanna had heard of him before, but had never met him.
When she was a child, she had heard from her brother Zorion, that Jepherson had a shadow
assassin beside him, who had pledged his loyalty to him. Moreover, he was also very powerful,
even more powerful than Jepherson, with incredible martial arts in his arsenal.
Deanna got off the bed, her eyes fixated on Jared with a peculiar expression on her face. "You are
Jared?"
It wasn''t that he had not met Deanna before. It was because he had, that he did not favor a good
impression of her.
His dislike towards a character like Deanna, was odd in and of itself.
A twenty-year-old adult with the mentality of a ten-year-old. It was this sort of person that Jared
disliked the most.
As such, he didn''t even bother to pretend.
Deanna pressed her hands onto the bed. She lowered her head to stare at Jared with her big,
luminous eyes. Her eyes never left him for quite some time. Subsequently, she sat back down at
Raeleigh''s side and asked, "Raeleigh? Are you aware of the saying do not judge a book by its
cover?"
Raeleigh nced at her. "What are you trying to say?"
Deanna pouted. "Raeleigh, when I was a child, my brother told me that there was a man named
Jared around Jepherson who was very powerful. There is no contender who can beat him in terms
of strength and he kills people within a blink of an eye. Do you know what I mean by that?"
Raeleigh frowned and shook her head. "I don''t."
"To kill people means to kill them dead, to have a live person be a corpse. All within a blink of
an eye. A snap of finger equals one point six seconds, and in that one point six seconds, there will
be a hundred twenty instances. Take one point six seconds divided by one hundred twenty is zero
point zero one three three three three...seconds. Do you get what I''m saying?"
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Raeleigh faintly knitted her brows. She peered over at Jared whoid there with a nk expression
on his face.
Harvey stood to the side, dumbstruck, before he let loose a helpless giggle.
Raeleigh slowly looked back at Deanna "I never knew you were so good at arithmetic."
"It''s not that I''m good at arithmetic, what I just did was an allusion to Buddhist philosophy. I heard it
from a monk. Since I was curious about it, he exined it to me and I memorized it.
"Is that so?"
Raeleigh was very much at a loss for words.
Deanna added, "But that''s not the point. Raeleigh, do you understand what I''m trying to say?"
Raeleigh looked at her in uncertainty. "I don''t."
Deanna''s lips curled up at the corners. "He kills people with a blink of an eye. He''s much more
powerful than Jepherson, so how could he be beaten so badly by him?"
Raeleigh was silent. She looked at Jared and said, "He is loyal to Jepherson. He would nevery a
hand against him. Which is why he will naturally get hurt if he just stood there and let Jepherson hit
him."
Deanna had an ''oh, I see'' expression when she exined this, then with eyes still on her, prompted,
"Since he''s so loyal, how is it possible for him to have betrayed him?"
Raeleigh frowned. "Deanna, who told you about this?"
"Stuart called me. He said that you quarreled with Jepherson as well as told me about Jared''s
situation. Stuart naturally has good intentions, but I think... Raeleigh, haven''t I said before that in
regards to this matter, what you see with your own two eyes may not necessarily be the truth. Could
it be that Jepherson did this intentionally in a bid to sound out your feelings towards him?"
Raeleigh was silent for a moment. "He won''t do that."
"Then what you mean is, that they''re both fighting over you as rivals in love? Raeleigh, the Richards
family''s regtions are numerous, do you think that''s a possibility?"
Raeleigh said nothing, her eyes now on Jared who only swept a nce over her figure before he
closed his eyes without a word.
Deanne swung her legs for a bit until she piped up, "Raeleigh, I told you before that you''re smart,
and yet you don''t know how not to be too concerned about every little thing. Just like me, I always
felt it''s better not to be overly invested, because the more you are, the more you tire yourself out
from the anxiety."
"I''m not, but I can''t just turn a blind eye either.
Deanna, did youe here today because Stuart asked you to?"
Deanna thought for a moment. "It was because of Stuart. This is the first time that he asked me for
a favor. Even if I didn''t n toe in the first ce, I''ll be all kinds of embarrassed if I did that.
What with the rtionship between the Whalen and Richards familyid out there, which has its
inconvenient moments. Therefore, I helped Stuart now, he''ll definitely help me next time. I know his
type well, one who values friendships above all else and keeps his promises."
"Then the reason Stuart told you toe is to check on me?" Raeleigh questioned. Deanna
thought for a moment again, "No, Stuart wasn''t too concerned about you. He just wanted me to look
in on Jared, why?"
"I knew that Stuart wanted to know about Jared, not me."
Yet Raeleigh didn''t really mind. "It''s natural, but Raeleigh, you can go home now. Jepherson must
also be feeling really regretful. As for Jared, since he''s fine now, you can go back with a peace of
mind."
"Deanna, can you not concern yourself too much over the affairs between me and Jepherson?"
Deanna instantly went silent. Raeleigh had warned her not to be such a busybody. If she said one
more word, Raeleigh would absolutely get thest word in and refused to go back.
After she looked at it from all angles, Deanna eventually decided not to say anything further.
"If you don''t want to go back, then don''t go back. But I won''t go back today either. I''ll stay here and
apany you. Are your hands okay? Let me take a look. I haven''t seen you for so long. You have
no idea how much I think about you until I see you in my dreams."
" " Raeleigh shared a nce with both Jared
and Harvey. She then lowered her head to hide her chuckles, with Harvey doing the same.
"Only those who know you know that you''re my good friend. Those who don''t will wonder what kind
of rtionship we have." she teased.
"What''s wrong with that rtionship? Don''t tell me that others can but we can''t?"
Raeleigh said one thing, while Deanna said another. In the end, it''s best that Raeleigh said nothing.