Raeleigh didn’t know when she fell asleep. However, when she woke up in the morning, she was in Jepherson’s arms. They still had their pajamas on them. What’s more, Jepherson was lying t on his back, and she was the one hugging him.


    Feeling a little bewildered, Raeleigh hurriedly disentangled herself from Jepherson’s embrace,waking him up in the process.


    When Jepherson awoke, he didn’t say a word. He merely looked at Raeleigh as hey in bed. If it was not because his phone started to ring, he wouldn’t have gotten up.


    Raeleigh had been in a daze for more than ten minutes when Jepherson got down from the bed to get his phone.


    It wasHoraciocalling, the president of Elkton University. He had called specially to askJephersonabout the incident at the school.


    Jepherson gestured towards the curtains. Raeleigh noticed that the light outside the window was shining directly onto Jepherson’s face. He probably found it blinding. They didn’t close the curtains before going to bedst night.


    Raeleigh went to the window and closed the curtains. Then, she turned to look at him.


    Jepherson was sitting up on the bed,leaning against the headboard. Even though he was on the phone,he raised his hand and patted the bed, signaling for Raeleigh to join him in bed for a while.


    Raeleigh shook her head. “There’s no need for that. I slept well.”


    Raeleigh’s words were just a polite rejection.


    But the person on the other end of the phone broke out in a cold sweat. Horacio wondered if they were already living together.


    “I’ll leave it up to you,”Jepherson said and hung up.Horacio stared at the lecturers in front of him.


    “Expel them.”Horaciofelt that that was the best way to go. Since he was working for Jepherson, he had to do his best to protect Jepherson.


    The lecturers exchanged nces. So, it seemed that the rtionship between Raeleigh and Jepherson was real.


    “Understood.”


    “Got it.”


    “Now that you’re clear on that, go and make the necessary arrangements.Clean up Raeleigh’s dorm room without alertingthe other students. Get everything in order and clear the room out. Let’s assign them to a new dorm room.”


    “Mr.Horacio, Zorion is here.”


    As Horaciowas giving out his instructions, someone knocked on the office door.A lecturer came in and informed him of Zorion’s arrival.


    “Show him in.”


    It’s just been one thing after another. They couldn’t afford to offend any one of these people in the university.


    “You all can leave first. I’ll inform you of any other arrangements. I don’t want such things to happen again.” With that, the lecturers left.Then, Zorion and Deanna walked in.


    After the lecturers had all gone, Horacioclosed the door and invited Zorion and Deanna to take a seat.


    Zorion sat opposite Horacio. Deanna immediately went up to Horacio and asked, “Mr. Horacio, what’s going to happen to Raeleigh? They’re bullying Raeleigh, but you don’t care about it.”


    “Deanna, I do care. I’ve already taken action. This time, it’s so serious that I’ve already expelled those who were involved. It stresses me out as well, but rest assured that our university will alwaysput the safety of our students first,”Horacioexined as he poured a ss of water for Deanna. He was treating Deanna with utmost politeness.


    The Whalen family was different from the other influential families in Capital City. Although they aren’t involved in politics, Rayan was someone with a mysterious background, so Horacio couldn’t help feeling uneasy.


    What’s more, the Whalen family was loaded!


    Horacioscrutinized Zorion’s expression.As long as Zorion didn’t say anything, he could handle this matter easily.


    “But those people were still bullying Raeleigh. Why did they bully Raeleigh? Raeleigh is such a nice person.” Deanna looked unhappy, but Horacio could only gaze at her helplessly. He heard that it was Zorion who had hugged Raeleigh and caused all this trouble, yet here they were asking him to settle the matter.


    “I’m not too clear about it either, but I heard that it was because Raeleigh got herself a good boyfriend who saw her off at the campus gate. The girls got jealous of her, so that’s why this happened. However, I’m really not too sure about the details. We’ll have to ask Raeleigh.”


    “Really?” Deanna turned to look at Zorion. “Zorion, isn’t that…”


    Before she could finish her sentence, Zorion had already stood up. Seeing this, Deanna stopped speaking.


    “Deanna, let’s go. Don’t make things difficult for Mr.Horacio. We’ll leave now. Sorry to bother you.” Zorion gave Horacio a polite nod of the head. Horacioimmediately nodded and replied, “It’s no big deal. If there are any other problems, you cane to me at any time.”


    “Sorry to trouble you.” With that, Zorion left Horacio’soffice with Deanna.


    Once they were out the door, Deanna immediately asked, “Zorion, how could those girls be so annoying? Who you like doesn’t have anything to do with them!”


    “Jealousy can kill a person.”


    “But Raeleigh is innocent.” Deanna frowned unhappily. So many things had happened in just one night. She was really worried about how Raeleigh would make it through the next few years at the university.


    Deanna was suddenly struck with a brilliant idea.“Zorion, do you think I should move in and live with Raeleigh?”


    Zorion paused for a moment and looked at Deanna. The siblings lived in a special apartment on campus. However, it wasn’t entirely urate to say that they lived there. They would only stay the night there asionally as they usually went back home. They had only started staying at the apartment more frequently after Raeleigh came.


    Zorion didn’t agree to Deanna’s suggestion immediately. Instead, he stood there pondering for a while.


    When Raeleigh arrived back at the university, it was already the afternoon. She walked into the campus with theptop in her arms. Jepherson had dropped her off at the campus gate and left.


    Raeleigh was afraid of being seen, so after getting down from the car, she quickly walked off with Scarlette.


    As they walked,Scarlette said, “Why are you so heartless? Aren’t you grateful to Jepherson at all? If not for him, we would have spent the night on the street.”


    “We wouldn’t have! He showed up on purpose.” Raeleigh didn’t expose Scarlette, but her tone was firm.


    Scarlette didn’t dare to rebut her.She sensed that Raeleigh had found out about the part she yed.


    “Raeleigh!” From afar, Deanna waved at Raeleigh. Raeleigh froze for a moment when she saw Deanna. Shedidn’t even notice Zorion.


    It was only when Scarletteand her got closer that she saw Zorion standing to the side. He was dressed in a white shirt and a pair of ck cks. His shirt was untucked, giving off a youthful vibe.


    “Raeleigh, I know what happened.


    Are you all right?” Deanna walked around Raeleigh in a circle,pletelyignoringScarlette.


    Confused, Scarlette said, “Deanna, I’m here too.”


    “Yeah, yeah.” Deanna waved her hand dismissively, as if she couldn’t care less.


    Scarlette snorted. “Well, I’m never partnering up with you in the game again. You canforget about getting to the treasure chest.”


    As soon as Scarlette mentioned gaming, Deanna immediately walked over to her and started to cajole her. “Scarlette, I didn’t mean that.To me, you’re so amazing thatothers won’t bully you, soyou’ll be fine, won’t you? On the other hand, Raeleigh needs our help, right?”Ccontent ? exclusive by N?/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    “That’s more like it,” Scarlette said,forgiving Deanna.


    “Raeleigh, you bought aptop?” Deanna turned around and looked at theptop in Raeleigh’s arms.“My oldptop was thrown into a bucket of water.Scarlette sold it off to someone she knows, as well as the phones you bought for us,” Raeleigh exined.


    Scarlette gulped.


    “Theptops were still worth something even though they were soaked? Is that true?” Deanna had a lot of mobile phones andputers at her house that were yet to be discarded.


    “Scarlette, I have manyputers and phones at home. Why don’t you sell them off for me?” Deanna suggested, holding Scarlette’s hand so tightlythat it hurt.


    “It depends on the devices themselves. You just bought us our phones and they’re still new, that’s why they’re worth more.Theptopsweren’t worth much.”


    “Is that so? Even a penny is fine too!”


    Scarlette stared at Deanna, speechless.