Jepherson said a few words before the meeting ended. Then, he got up to take Raeleigh's laptop. He glanced at Raeleigh and held her hand before leading her out of the conference room.
The conference room was as quiet as a graveyard. Stuart could be seen twitching his lips when he saw Jepherson holding Raeleigh's hand. "Oh wow, what does Mr. Jepherson think he is doing?" he thought.
As they walked out of the conference room, Raeleigh attempted to pull away from Jepherson. However, he refused to let her go. Feeling helpless, she gave in and said, "Somebody's watching."
"Are you scared though?" Jepherson asked while he was walking. Raeleigh shook her head and said, "You're the boss. No one dares to spill the tea."
"I'm glad you're aware," Jepherson said. "Stuart, can you make some arrangements? A flight in the afternoon. I’m bringing Raeleigh along. You don't have to come though."
Jepherson then led Raeleigh to his office. "Where are we going?" Raeleigh asked.
"We're travelling overseas," Jepherson explained. "I've got a matter to attend to." By the time Jepherson went into his office, Stuart had already booked a ticket. Puzzled, Raeleigh asked, "Where is it though?"
"Somewhere out of the country."
Raeleigh reckoned that she must have been out of her mind. Otherwise, she would not have agreed to join Jepherson despite not knowing where she was travelling.
At the airport, Raeleigh called Scarlette to inform her that she would be travelling abroad. "Right, I'm aware." Scarlette said.
Raeleigh frowned. "How the h*ll did you know?" she said.
Scarlette could be seen eating a popsicle as she walked into the airport. As soon as she saw Raeleigh, she said, "I'm walking into the airport. Your passport is with me."
Bewildered, Raeleigh turned around. True enough, she saw Scarlette holding her belongings. Scarlette then hung up on her and walked towards her.
"There you go, that's your passport," Scarlette said as she handed Raeleigh her personal belongings. "How did you know that I'm travelling though?"
Raeleigh said.
"Mr. Jepherson got Stuart to inform me," Scarlette said. "And then I came here right away. I'm helpful, don’t you think so? Call me up as soon as the plane touches down. Don’t worry about your grandmother. Hadrian and I will pay her a visit this weekend."
"Thank you so much," Raeleigh said.
"Well, just get Mr. Santiago to help me pass level 100 when you're back," Scarlette said. "I'll buy you lunch then. How about that?" Scarlette took the opportunity to get Raeleigh to do her a favor. Raeleigh rolled her eyes at her and said, "Got to go now."
Raeleigh turned around and left alongside Jepherson. Scarlette heaved a sigh of relief. She thought that Mr. Jepherson was wise enough to bring her along. Otherwise, she would have gone berserk having had to face Deanna all day long.
Scarlette was relieved as she walked out of the airport. She headed straight to Santiago's car and got into his car.
As soon as she got into the car, Scarlette said, "Let’ s head to the Internet cafe for some games instead of going back to the dormitory, shall we? We can get Hadrian to treat us. What do you think? Otherwise, we'll have to put up with Deanna all day long. She's perpetually clingy. I bet she’s going to ask where Raeleigh is."
Santiago glanced at Scarlette and said, "Well, why don’t you treat us then?"
"Mr. Santiago..."
"On you, please."
Feeling irritated, Scarlette remained silent as she sat in the back passenger seat. Why did she have to pay when she barely had enough money?
Scarlette reluctantly joined Santiago as they headed to the Internet cafe. As soon as they reached there, she got out of the car and loitered around outside the shops. She was undecided if she should walk into the bigger Internet cafe. The facilities would be better than the smaller ones. However, it would be more costly too.
After a moment of hesitation, Scarlette made up her mind. Just as she was about to enter, Santiago's phone rang. Scarlette snuck a glance at his phone and saw a certain Cynthia’s name on the phone screen.
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