Getting My Ex-wife Back

“It’s me.”

Maverly came over and stared at Raeleigh with a smile.

Raeleigh thought Maverly did not seem as old as she expected – she did not even look older than twenty years old. Raeleigh was surprised, as she did not expect Maverly to be a young girl.

“Dr. Osteen was performing an operation when you called, so I had to go there first. Do you remember?” Maverly explained.

Raeleigh stared at Maverly, who appeared to be a beautiful and intelligent girl, and thought she looked pleasing to the eye. “Are you an intern?” she asked.

“My father is a good friend of Dr. Osteen. I’m still in college, but I often come over to help when I’m free. I’m not a doctor, I study management, so I’ll come work in the hospital after I graduate. However, I’m already taking medical classes.”

Raeleigh flashed her a smile. “I see.”

“Thank you,” Xanthus said to Maverly. Then, she replied, “It’s nothing.”

Maverly excused herself and left the ward but turned around and came back. She called Xanthus and said, “Dr. Osteen, please come see me when you have time. I have something to talk to you about.”

“All right.”

After Maverly left, Xanthus said, “I will call Jepherson and ask Jared to leave. He can no longer stay here. I’m afraid that he will make things worse if something bad really happens to you.”

Raeleigh glanced at the door and said, “It’s not his fault that I came down with a fever. Don’t worry, I will call Jepherson myself if I want him to leave.”

Xanthus did not object. Instead, he got up and left to see Maverly.

Outside the ward, Jared stared at Xanthus’s back and muttered, “That girl likes you.”

Xanthus stopped and turned to glare at him. “A cracked bell can never sound well.”

The corner of Jared’s mouth quivered as he replied, “Whether or not you believe me, that’s your choice.”Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

Xanthus turned around and left. Later, Jared entered the ward. Raeleigh was about to go to sleep when she heard someone coming in. She opened her eyes and stared at the visitor.

Jared closed the door and walked towards the bed. Then, he sat down, his gaze fixed on her. “I thought you would burn.”

“You and I don’t hold a grudge against each other. Why did you do this to me?”

“At that time, I just wanted to see what you looked like when you’re on fire. I didn’t think of anything else.”

…

Raeleigh was rendered speechless by his reply.

When she remained silent for a while, Jared turned around and exited the ward.

He sat down outside and fell asleep on the sofa.

Raeleigh was in the hospital for two days. The day she was discharged from the hospital, Jepherson came.

She waited for him outside, sitting in her car. When Jepherson came out of the airport, he looked around his surroundings and spotted Jared at first glance.

He walked up to Jared, then stopped and glared at him. “It seems that I don’t know you that well anymore.”

Jared subconsciously glanced at Raeleigh inside the car as Jepherson told him, “Do you think I heard that only from her? You really think that I didn’t know you bullied her, don’t you?”

Jared turned to face Jepherson and asked, “Then what do you mean?”

“I don’t mean anything. I just didn’t expect you to do this.”

Jepherson opened the door and got into the car. Meanwhile, Raeleigh flicked her gaze at him, then moved further inside from him.

Surprisingly, she was not in a terrible mood, nor in a good mood, like what she expected.

She fixed her eyes on Jepherson and stared at him indifferently for a while. Then, Jepherson took the red scarf off his neck and wrapped it around Raeleigh’s neck as if he had specially prepared it for her.

“Let’s go.”

They had hired a driver to fetch them as Xanthus would never pick up Jepherson from the airport.

As the driver drove off, Jepherson asked Raeleigh, “Why didn’t you tell me that Jared has been disobedient to you?”

“Aren’t fighting and bargaining with others what keeps us going?”

Raeleigh looked outside the window and continued, “To Jared, I’m to be held responsible for Santiago’s incident. If you had not assigned Jared to my side, nothing bad would have happened to Santiago.”

Not only was she blaming herself, but she felt uneasy too.

…

The scenes from back then had been deeply etched in her heart. She would never forget the moment when Santiago appeared, as well as the sight of his accident. It was like a thorn buried deep in her heart, which she would never be able to pull out.

As time went by, the thorn would continue to stab into her heart.

Santiago had lived a short life, but she would never forget him. Neither would she forget the deathly stillness of Santiago as he lay there all alone.

No matter what others thought of her, her heart would never heal from this.

It was not like she could pretend that nothing had happened by not talking about it.

Sometimes, she had to swallow her tears.

“It’s not your fault.” Jepherson’s gaze was cold. Raeleigh calmly looked back at him and said, “Whatever happened, happened. Indeed, Jared has a problem with me, but I have my own opinions too. He likes to target me, let him do so. He won’t disturb me or cause any harm to me anyway.”

Jepherson raised his hand and held Raeleigh’s chin between his fingers, then lowered his head and kissed her. Initially, she struggled to escape, but he refused to let him go.

Raeleigh’s breathing grew heavy as she lifted her head a little, which made the driver uncomfortable. ‘Young people have no self-control!’ he thought to himself.

Slowly, Jepherson released Raeleigh and held her in his arms. He patted her on the body and said nothing as Raeleigh gasped for air. After all, she was still in the car. So, she did not move because she felt embarrassed.

The car stopped in front of a hotel and Jepherson looked outside in confusion. Then, Raeleigh explained, “It’s not convenient for you to live with me. You’d better stay here.”

Jepherson did not get off the car, nor did he look angry. Raeleigh got off the car, but Jepherson remained inside. Sticking her head into the car window, she said to him, “Get off!”

Jepherson turned around and stared into the vacant space, his face indifferent.

Raeleigh stood there frozen for a moment, then asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

Jepherson sat inside the car unmoving. A few minutes later, although Raeleigh didn’t feel cold, Jepherson patted the place next to him and signalled her to get back in the car.

“I have already booked a hotel for you.”

Jepherson didn’t look at Raeleigh as he continued to pat her.

Raeleigh pursed her lips tight and said, “You have gone overboard.”

Jepherson looked at Raeleigh once more. She glanced at the hotel, and after thinking for a while, she finally got in the car and took him to the manor.

It was only when they arrived at the manor that Raeleigh realized something was amiss. This time, aside from the two sentences that Jepherson had spoken to her in the car, he had not uttered a single word.