Getting My Ex-wife Back

“Okay, I understand. When I come back, uncle will buy you both a plane and a tank, okay?”

“Mm.”

Heitor hung up the phone and Cedric asked, “Is he buying or not?”

“Mm.”

Heitor nodded. Cedric immediately grinned and ran off to play.

Heitor tagged along behind him.

Zorion didn’t know what conclusion his parents would come to over the matter of apologies, but he knew that this time it wouldn’t be handled that easily.

It was still a question of who should apologize to who. No matter how you looked at it, this wasn’t something that could be forgotten just like that.

…

Raeleigh woke up in the morning and went downstairs. She was ready to put out a little and cook some oats to eat. However, just like the previous day, the dishes had already been prepared.

There was bacon, avocado toast, and two sunny-side up eggs for breakfast, together with cereal.

As the table had been set, Raeleigh subconsciously looked around just as the mute returned from being outside. He raised his head and saw Raeleigh standing around. With a little hesitance, he went up to her and moved his eyes to the table, an indication for Raeleigh to go ahead and eat.

“You don’t have to get up early the next day to cook. I can still make breakfast. Aside from that, if there’s something you want to eat, just tell me…”

Raeleigh looked down at her hand, “As long as it’s not something I have to cut, I can do it.”

Then she turned and sat down without hesitation. After the mute handed a pair of cutleries for her, she lowered her head and started on her meal.

He remained silent as he sat opposite Raeleigh and ate his portion.

After their meal, she went to the garden with the mute. To be able to pluck the remaining fruits from the trees once in a while was a buoyant feeling.

Raeleigh returned that afternoon when she saw Deanna at her doorstep. Deanna didn’t leave the village in itself, but this was the first time she met the mute and she was really curious.

“This mute is actually quite good looking. Why are you dressed like this? How about I help you clean up a little?” Deanna ran up towards him and offered, staring at him intently.

The mute didn’t respond, neither did he react.

Raeleigh answered in his stead, “He is an introvert, he normally doesn’t like to talk to other people.”

“Oh? Then, Raeleigh, how did you both meet? Is he a bad guy?” Deanna was immediately on the alert.

“I was acquainted with him before. At that time, you went overseas to ensure your baby’s safety and you didn’t get a chance to see him even when you came back. He saved my life. He isn’t a bad person.”

For Deanna, this was the best explanation given, by telling her that the mute wasn’t a bad guy.

Deanna’s round eyes widened as she stared at him. She circled around him and mumbled, “But I still feel that there’s something wrong with this person. Who are you exactly?”

Deanna scrutinized him intensely but Raeleigh interrupted her, “He can’t speak.”

“Oh,” Deanna said simply before she turned and went elsewhere. But she suddenly turned back around and asked, “Who are you?”

The mute stayed silent as Raeleigh once again reiterated, “Deanna, he saved my life.”

“I didn’t mean anything else. I just asked him who exactly he was. How can you act like this? Forget it, I’ll stop asking.”

Deanna sat to one side and continued to stare at him. He lowered his head and averted his eyes away from her. Raeleigh was worried about what Deanna would do, thus she sent him away to do a little shopping, which gave him an escape from the difficult situation.

Even after he left, Deanna was still persistent. “Raeleigh, I think you are too gullible.”

Raeleigh stood on the side and maintained what she said, “He will not hurt me.”

“Raeleigh, my intuition tells me that the mute is not a simple character.” Deanna wagered.

Raeleigh did not want to continue on this line of questioning. She deliberately didn’t respond to her earlier statement and said instead, “Do you want to grab a bite to eat?”

At the obvious topic change, Deanna also conceded and didn’t speak any further. Just then, Jacky appeared at their sides and added, “This meal is on us, let’s go and have lunch around noon.”

As Raeleigh couldn’t move her hands much, it was just as well.

“Then we’ll be over in the afternoon.”

“Raeleigh…”

The atmosphere had gotten just a little bit better, when Deanna began to talk about the mute again. Raeleigh simply sat down and listened to her. However, even as she said a bunch of words, Raeleigh did not take any of them in

Raeleigh trusted him and thus, remained unmoved by Deanna’s words.

Before she left, Deanna tried again, “One should never intend to do harm unto others, but should guard against harm that others might do unto them. This was what my father told me.

When I was a child and played outside with my brother, I treated others with kindness but in return they still took me away and I was almost sold. Do you think this is good?”

Deanna stood in the doorway as she tried to get her point across to Raeleigh. Jacky stood behind her and minded his own business.

Raeleigh replied, “I know all of this, but I believe in him.”

The mute had also returned right at this moment. Deanna tilted her head and relented a little, “I also think that he is not a bad person, but you have to think about it. He returned when you appeared, and he left when you left. Isn’t that very strange? This time, when you came back, he came back too.”

There were coincidences in the world, but they definitely did not occur repeatedly.

Deanna’s dainty face went taut and she tried to pull on Raeleigh.

“Perhaps this is fate.”

Raeleigh still believed in him from beginning to end. Deanna’s lips curled and she muttered, “My brother said that I was stupid, but from the way I see it, the stupidest person here is you.”

Even Deanna was at her wits end now.

She pulled Jacky away and went home to prepare dinner.

“Let’s go. Sure enough, we can’t carve on rotten wood.”

She said so many things in many different ways and she still didn’t understand, forget it!

Deanna stomped away angrily, which left Zorion and Rossie beside Raeleigh. Soon after, she asked, “We are going over to have dinner later, would you like to have something to snack on before then?”

“Alright, but I’ll do it. You can just watch over things for me.” Rossie turned around and entered the house. There were some apples she had plucked earlier in the room and she was suddenly inspired to make apple pie.

“Raeleigh, let’s make some apple pies.” Rossie said as she prepared the ingredients. Zorion had nothing else to do, hence he went outside to get some air and watched the mute at the same time.

If Deanna had not said anything, he wouldn’t be suspicious, but…

Zorion’s eyes were fixed on him as he took out his mobile phone and dialled Jepherson’s number.

The phone rang a few times before it connected. Then Jepherson’s voice came from the other end. “Did something happened?”

Zorion was momentarily stupefied. He looked up at the mute and said into the phone, “Where are you?”

“I’m at the village entrance.”

Jepherson’s answered indifferently through the phone’s speakers. Zorion probed further, “You didn’t go back?”

“No.”

“Oh, then it’s nothing. I saw someone who looks like you, only he’s a mute.”

The mute looked at Zorion, his brows drawn together, then turned to look elsewhere.

“Who is it?”

“It’s okay. It’s good if it’s not you. I’m hanging up now.”

Zorion disconnected the call and straightened up. He walked towards the mute and regarded him from head to toe. At the same time, he stared at Zorion and their eyes met. Zorion gave a deep frown and murmured under his breath. “No matter how I look, he really does look like him, especially the eyes.”

Before the mute could respond, Zorion turned around and left.

…

Raeleigh assisted on the side as Rossie made apple pie from scratch. “Make more and bring it to Deanna. I’m sure she would like it.” Raeleigh said.

Rossie lowered her head. “Deanna means no harm, but what she says is not without reason. Raeleigh… I also think that there is something wrong with that mute.”Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

It was only after Rossie heard what Deanna said that she realized that something wasn’t right.

Raeleigh looked up at Rossie, “But I believe in him.”

Rossie only laughed. “If you think he’s a good person, then he’s a good person!”