The ward was spacious enough to amodate a few people, and each and every one of them had their own beds.


    Deannapulled Jepherson past the door. Zorion stood up and stared at Jepherson for a while before asking, “How did you know we were here?”


    “When there’s a will, there’s a way,”Jephersondid not need to exin himself. He looked at Raeleigh, who was lying on the hospital bed, and asked, “Are you feeling better?”


    “Yeah,” Raeleigh subconsciously nced atScarlette and found thetter’s face betraying no emotions. Her gaze then settled on Jepherson who was standing opposite her.


    “Jepherson, you don’t know how nasty Quirina acted! Look at how she tortured Raeleigh,”Deannapulled Jepherson toward Raeleigh. He just frowned and turned to look at Zorion, “I’ll tell the university about this.”


    “That’s your own business. I’m not concerned about it,” Zorion turned to one side and sat down, having nothing else to say.


    Raeleighy on the bed and did not get up. She had always treatedJepherson in such an indifferent way.


    Deanna misinterpreted that Jepherson hade to see her. She pulled Jepherson to one side and asked him a few questions as Scarlettestayed at the other.


    As noon drew close, Raeleigh was woken up to have a meal, and Stuart arranged for some dishes to be sent over. They had lunch in Raeleigh’s ward.


    Raeleigh did not eat much. As she had hurt her right hand, she was unable to use it for a while. However, Raeleigh was quite clever and she quicklylearned how to eat with her left hand.


    After dinner, Raeleigh went to have a rest as she had nothing else to say to the other people in the ward. Several times when Jepherson inadvertently looked at Raeleigh, she came off as though she was looking at a stranger. There was nothing special in her gaze, and she only diverted her eyes to look at other people.


    In the evening,Jephersongot up and was about to leave. As Deannafollowed him out, Zorion stood up and went out as well.


    Raeleigh watched as the door closed. Zorion gave her a feeling that he would not rest assured no matter who Deanna ended up with. He could only feel relieved when he was taking care of her under his wing.


    “Raeleigh, I don’t mean to me you, but you…” Scarlette opened up after ensuring that the others had left. She wanted toment on Raeleigh’s attitude, but Raeleigh immediately interrupted her, “Don’t.”


    Scarlette rolled her eyes and stopped making further remarks. Then, she passed Raeleigh’s cell phone to her, saying, “There are some things of note inside. You can delete them after going through them.”


    Raeleigh raised her hand and took the cellphone over. After pondering for a moment, she unlocked it and read a text message.


    “Take good care of yourself before going back. I will go back first. I will take care of your grandmother.” The text message wasckluster, but Raeleigh only deleted it after reading it for agoodtwo minutes.


    Raeleigh put down the phone.ZorionandDeannacame back from outside. Raeleigh felt ufortable as she watched the two siblings walk in, especially upon spotting Deanna.


    She did not care ifQuirinabullied her as she was the one who was on the suffering end.Quirinahad done many bad things, andRaeleighbelieved that she would receive retribution. One day, she wouldreap what she sowed. Hence, Raeleigh did not care much about Quirina’s antics. They were still young. Novalie had also mentioned before that the heavens were always watching them, thus every bad deed would be punished, and good people would be rewarded.


    Raeleigh firmly believed in such a theory, so she nevermitted any heinous deeds.


    However, Deanna was different. AlthoughDeanna treated her well, she could tell thatDeannatruly loved Jepherson.


    Although she was unclear about Jepherson’s intentions, without her presence, Raeleigh believed thatDeannawould get together withJepherson.


    Deanna came in and saw Raeleigh staring at her. She stepped aside with her hands sped behind her back. Raeleigh then looked away. Zorion, who was behind her, walked to one side and sat down. Then, he picked up his cellphone and started to scroll the screen.


    “Raeleigh, you were staring at me so intently just now. Did you fall in love with me?”Deannasat beside Raeleigh and grabbed an apple, intending to peel it for her.


    “I don’t want to eat an apple. Don’t peel it,” Raeleigh sat up and leaned against the head of the bed. As she genuinely liked Deanna, she felt a surge of guilt in her heart.


    “If you don’t eat it,Zorion will. I’ll peel it for him,”Deannastill peeled the apple, but she gave half of it to Raeleigh and the rest to Zorion.


    Zorion took away the apple and lowered his head to munch on it,not looking up.


    Raeleigh held the apple but found it hard to swallow.


    Seeing that Raeleigh was unable to eat, Scarlette took it away and helped herself to it, saying, “If you don’t want to eat it, then give it to me. You don’t know what’s good for you.”


    Raeleigh froze for a moment, looking at her. Then,Deannaquickly chimed in, “Don’t talk to Raeleigh like that, or she’ll think you’re being serious.”


    “How would you know?” As she ate the apple,Deanna chased after Scarlette, making a fuss. They were soon having fun. Raeleigh looked at them andughed along happily.


    Zorion raised his head to look at Raeleigh. It was the first time for him to see Raeleigh smiling so happily.


    Night befell them. Raeleigh wanted to have a rest, so she did not call out to the others. Sheid down and closed her eyes first. Soon, the others followed suit.However,Raeleigh could not fall asleep even after midnight and she got up from the bed. She came down, put on her shoes and a coat, then went out of the ward as she noticed the others were resting.


    When she reached the door, Raeleigh shot the corridor a nce, sat down on a chair, and then leaned against it to listen to someone else’s conversation.


    Raeleigh found that a beautiful girl with tanned skin lived opposite her. Raeleigh thought that anyone from abroad, who had blonde hair and blue eyes, would not have stic surgery except for those with blemished skin and obsidian eyes like herself, who loved to undergo stic surgery to enhance their beauty, thanks to their sky-high beauty standards.Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.


    Raeleigh first heard the girl inside sobbing, and then she heard a man cursing in another foreignnguage. It was clear that they were quarreling.


    After watching them for a while, Raeleigh felt that it was fine to eavesdrop on normal conversations, but it was a bit ill-mannered for her to listen to an argument. So,she got up and went somewhere else.


    There was a staircase in the hospital. Raeleigh was ustomed to using the stairs from a young age, so she did not like taking the elevator. She walked down the stairs step-by-step.


    Zorion came out of the ward and turned to Raeleigh’s direction, noticing that she was walking down the stairs. He looked around. The Whalen siblings were always protected by guards whenever they were outside. After Zorion left, several people immediately stood at the door of the ward. Zorion went down the stairs step-by-step until he reached where Raeleigh was standing.


    Raeleigh stood at the bottom of the stairs, raising her head to look at Zorion, who came down. He halted in his steps for a moment upon seeing Raeleigh, but he still walked towards her in the end.


    Raeleigh said, “I can’t fall asleep, so I came out for a walk. I stopped when I heard someone following me.”


    “What do you mean by that?” Zorion’s tone was still unfriendly, but Raeleigh was used to such treatment.


    She did not mind other people treating her icily.


    Raeleigh turned around and walked out of the hospital. Zorion looked behind him. It was the first time for him to be so far away from Deanna, ever since they were six years old.


    Raeleigh walked to the door, and Zorion followed her.


    Raeleigh felt a little morefortable upon feeling the slight cool wind outside, and the uneasiness in her heart also dissipated.