"Yeah, now." Hanging up, Santiago raced his car to Raeleigh's house. Upon arrival, he got out of the car and went in to find Cynthia, who had yet to change her clothes.
"Get changed and let's go," Santiago said decisively. Cynthia chewed on it for a moment before she turned to take her coat and went out with Santiago. While she was in the car, she said, "I don't think it's the right time for us to hang out."
"There is nothing right or wrong about it. Look, you've been busy for a week, and you owe this timeout to yourself." Santiago cracked a smile. At first, Cynthia wanted to tell him that she hadn't done much, but the words remained unspoken.
He sped to a jewelry shop, got out of the car, and went in to purchase a diamond bracelet for Cynthia. She said that she did not want it as it was too lavish a gift. Notwithstanding her objection, he still made the payment and let her put it on before he turned around and left the shop.
Cynthia chased after him from behind like a chick.
She intended to continue expressing her refusal after getting into the car, but Santiago stuffed a candy into her mouth, shutting her up.
Later, he brought her to the cinema. Getting out of the car, they browsed the list of movies that were scheduled for later. They chose a romantic movie, bought some snacks, and he then pulled her into the auditorium.
She looked down at her hand that was clasped by Santiago. Not daring to break free, she followed him inside.
After entering, the two of them sat down and waited for the movie to begin.
Cynthia was still spilling tears after the movie had ended. She lowered her head and wiped the tears. Romantic movies were beautiful as ever.
Santiago stripped off his jacket, pulled her over, hugged her close to him, and wrapped it around her as they walked out.
Outside, the reporters had been staking out for a crumb of news for a long time. The pair appearing was their cue to take pictures immediately. It was just that Santiago had never been afraid of this.
Getting into the car, Cynthia noticed the reporters and instantly shielded her face.
"It's not like you're having an affair with a married man. What are you so afraid of?" Santiago started the car, and lifted his hand to reveal her covered face. Only then did he drive back.
The sky had darkened by the time they reached
home. After going in, Cynthia went to look for Raeleigh, only to find her still sleeping. Xanthos had also moved in and stayed in a room above Raeleigh's, so that he could give treatment to Raeleigh round the clock. In short, he had become her personal doctor.
Cynthia had wanted to raise her opinions, but after Santiago's tacit agreement, she no longer bothered with it.
Although she was not used to Xanthos's presence in this villa, she recollected the fact that she was also a guest here, and that made her reticent.
At dinner time, Santiago went upstairs to get Raeleigh, who had just reluctantly gotten up, but she did not come out. Novalie had told her that she would be room-bound for at least a month before she started moving around, and she actually followed Novalie's instruction to the letter.
A month later, late autumn had arrived when Raeleigh began to walk downstairs. She heard that the term break was around the corner.
However, for a university like theirs, the break was not very long. It was considered lucky to have a dozen days of break, and the break was usually during Christmas.
It sounded like the break would start soon, but Raeleigh felt that there was a long time between it. She wondered why so many people had already been discussing the break.
"I want to resign." On the first day Raeleigh went downstairs, she talked to Santiago about this. Santiago was watching television when she came up to him. He turned around and shot a strange look at her, as if he had heard something he should not have. He then leaned against the couch and fixed his piercing eyes on her.
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