They walked inpanionable silence but once they arrived at the market, Raeleigh shook off his hand.


    Jepherson stayed silent. He calmly turned off the shlight and followed Raeleigh into the market. Most of the stalls stillopen were selling fruits.


    Raeleigh walked around and bought some vegetables, then left. Jepherson faithfully behind her.


    When they made their home,Jepherson took the grocery bag from Raeleigh and shifted it so that he could still hold her hand and shine the shlight. It was awkward, to say the least.


    Jepherson was amused with her squirming.


    He was sure Raeleigh liked him. She just was not ready to admit it yet.


    He looked forward to the day she stopped lying to herself and give in to her feelings for him.


    When they arrived at the house, Raeleigh found Stuart still standing at the door.She chidedJepherson, “You should let them wait in the house next time.”


    Raeleigh went in, not noticing that Jepherson stood outside, enjoying the gentle night wind.It was a beautiful night with the bright moon in the sky outshining the stars.


    Raeleigh waited for Jepherson to bring in the groceries. When she saw no signs of him, she went back outside to call him in.


    “What are you doing?” Raeleigh asked when she found him just standing outside. Jepherson went in then went to give Novalie somepany while Raeleigh got started on dinner.


    With all the extra people over, Raeleigh purposely made bigger portions. After she finished cooking,she called everyone to dinner.


    “I’m going to invite Stuart and Hadrian to join us. I made extra portions.” Raeleigh said as she headed outside.


    Stuart briefly looked over at Jepherson, joining only when he did not object.


    Stuart and Hadrian hurriedly ate dinner then excusedthemselves.Their haste contrasted with Jepherson’s leisurely pace. He did not seem to n onleaving anytime soon.


    After dinner, Novalie felt a little tired, so she decided to call it an early night. Raeleigh walked her back to her room, out of earshot, before asking Jepherson, “When do you n on leaving?” Jepherson shrugged.“I don’t n on leaving.”


    Exasperated Raeleigh said,“And where are you nning on sleeping?”


    Jephersondid not answer. He just looked in the direction of her room.


    Raeleigh blushed,“No. No way. You can’t sleep there.”


    Jepherson did not bother arguing. He stood up,entered her room, andy back in her bed, making himself veryfortable.


    “Stop doing that,” Raeleigh grumbled.


    “We can share the bed. I promise I will not touch you,” Jepherson said seriously.Raeleigh sincerely doubted that.


    “Fine. Sleep here. I’llbunk with grandma.”


    Novalie looked up when she came in. “Raeleigh, you don’t have to apany me.” Novalie was shrewd. Raeleigh ignored her protests andy down. She then lookedat her grandmother and asked, “What did he say?”


    “He didn’t have to say anything. I know my granddaughter.” Novalie could tell that Raeleigh was interested in Jepherson.


    One doesn’t get to her age and be blind towhat was going on.


    Raeleigh remained silent for a long time. Then she said, “Grandma, am I useless?”


    Shocked, Novalie started. “Why would you such nonsense?”


    “I’m not ready.”


    “No one is really ready. There are a lot of people who aren’t ready to give birth, but don’t they do it anyway?”


    “You can never be prepared for everything.Especially not matter of the heart.”


    Novalie sighed.Her granddaughter was brilliant but can be so stubborn about her own feelings.


    Raeleigh did not know how long she slept. By the timeshe woke up,Jepherson had been to the grocery store and back and was already busying himself in the kitchen.


    When Raeleigh entered the kitchen to help, he shooed her away.“Go rx out there.It’ll be done in a second.”


    “Let me help you.”


    “There’s no need.”


    Raeleigh stubbornly refused to leave. But two can y this game. Eventually, she gave up and left. He was almost done anyway.


    Jepherson followed with breakfast. Novalie sat down and smiled at the spread with satisfaction,immediately reaching for the food and digging in.


    Raeleigh considered Jepherson then averted her gaze and served herself breakfast.She did not know what to say to him.


    After the meal, Raeleigh asked Jepherson.“When are you leaving?”


    “I think I will stay here for a while.It’s the weekend so there’s nothing much going on in the office.” As he spoke, Jepherson settled down and showed no signs of leaving. Whenever Raeleigh wanted him to leave, he would say something to embarrass her.


    That made Raeleigh so angry her face turned red. She stormed out of the room and Jepherson to his own devices.


    The stand-off continued until after lunch. Not thatJepherson seemed to mind. He chatted with Novalie as if nothing happened. After lunch, whenJepherson finally stood up, Raeleigh cheered internally. Finally!


    However, as soon as he got up, he sat back down again.


    “You’re not leaving?” Raeleigh asked unhappily as she looked at Jepherson. The bounder had the cheek tostand up and sit back down again.


    Raeleigh flopped onto the other side of the sofa and pursed her lips.


    Jepherson looked into her eyes and fell for her even more.


    At 2 p. m. Jepherson approached her.“Can I borrow yourputer?”


    Before she could agree. Or disagree for that matter, Jepherson reached out and took herptop, bringing it backto her room and making himselffortable on the bed.


    Raeleigh thought he had an urgent work matter to do. Instead, he wanted to borrow it to watch the live broadcast of an ongoing auto-show.


    When Raeleigh followed him in, Jepherson motioned her over.


    When Raeleigh did not budge. Jepherson looked up from the screen and arched a brow.“Do you want me to carry you over?”


    Raeleigh scowled. She sat down and looked at the cars on disy in the auto-show.


    “This why you want to borrow myptop?”


    “Yup.” Jepherson quipped casually.. Raeleigh finally stopped talking andjoined in watching the autoshow.


    Raeleigh soon fell asleep.


    Jepherson put aside theptop and gently carried Raeleigh over to the bed.


    If only he knew that Raeleigh did not get a good sleep the previous night because she dreamt of Jepherson. Every time she dreamt of him, she would wake up in shock.


    After covering Raeleigh with the quilt, Jephersony back in bed next to Raeleigh. As a result…


    When Raeleigh woke up,she was shocked to find herself in Jepherson’s arms.This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org.


    Raeleigh flushed red and her heart raced. She hurriedly pulled herself out of his arms andgot out of bed. She watched as Jepherson slowly woke up.


    Opening his eyes, Jephersony there for a moment and his eyes sought out Raeleigh’s. Herubbed the sleep from his eyesand sat up.


    “Why are you standing there?”


    Raeleigh chose not to answer. Instead, she walked out of the room. It waste and time forJepherson to leave. It was her house after all.


    However, when she turned around and saw himing out from the room, she could not bring herself to ask him to leave either.


    Grabbing an apple, she sat down in the living room. Instead of eating, she just stared at the apple in her hand.Why is her life so chaotic?


    Jepherson came out, briefly nced her way, then went tothe kitchen.


    When Raeleigh heard the sounds of nging pots,she went to investigate. Arriving, she realised that Jepherson was preparing to make dinner.


    She stared at the scene uprehendingly.


    It boggled the mind. Just what did Jepherson like about her?