Raeleigh decided to skip dinner and entered her room. Meanwhile, Cynthia and Xanthos were still chatting at the dining table, the topic revolving around Cynthia's aspiration to be a doctor.
"I also want to be a doctor. I'm wondering how long it'll take," Cynthia was highly interested in Xanthos' job and was planning to follow him to the university again the next day.
Raeleigh returned to her room after sitting on the balcony for a while.
Life was indeed full of surprises, just like Cynthia's.
She wondered how Cynthia's life would be had she not met Santiago. Would she still be interested in being a doctor if she had not met Xanthos?
Raeleigh was lying on the bed as she thought about her own life. Perhaps, life was predestined. If it weren't for those people's revenge on her parents, she wouldn't have met her grandmother, and that orphanage would not have been burnt down by the fire. Therefore, she felt that fate had already planned her life out for her.
She knew that she and Jepherson were destined to meet. She did not want to think too much about it. If everything was already written in the stars, there would be no meaning to life.
Raeleigh soon fell asleep. She had no idea that her grandmother had retreated into the room until the sound of her phone ringing jolted her awake. It was a call from Scarlette.
Raeleigh sat up in bed. Novalie asked her, "Who's calling at this hour? It almost scared the life out of me.
"It's Scarlette. I'll go out and answer the phone."
"Oh, I see."
Novalie was no longer mad when she heard that it was Scarlette. She closed her eyes and continued sleeping.
Raeleigh stepped out of the room and answered the phone. Scarlette was crying on the other end of the line. It took Raeleigh quite a while to figure out that Hadrian had found her.
"Don't cry. Calm down, and try to tell me everything," Raeleigh sat down on the sofa. Cynthia only decided to come out of the room when she heard Raeleigh.
Raeleigh briefly glanced over at Cynthia and mouthed, "It's Scarlette."
"What's wrong?" Cynthia frowned. Raeleigh shook her head and said, "I'm in the middle of asking her."
Scarlette cried for a long time before finally saying in between tears, "Hadrian locked me up in the room. He refuses to let me out."
"Then why are you crying?" Raeleigh knew that Scarlette was a person who did not give up easily. Although she was locked up, she knew that she would find a way to escape.
"He's going to kill my landlord. What should I do?" Scarlette was worried about her landlord.
Raeleigh froze for a moment before muttering, "Do you have a new boyfriend?"
She knew that Scarlette was a person who liked to mess around. There was nothing wrong with that, but Hadrian would believe whatever she said.
"What should I do?" Scarlette was sobbing.
"I'll call Santiago and see what he can do. Don't cry. I doubt Hadrian will dare to actually kill your landlord. Where are you now?"
"I'm on Sicily Island."
"That's far! Don't worry, I know what to do. Just stop crying."
Raeleigh hung up the phone and immediately called Santiago. It was only when Santiago received her call that he suddenly remembered her and Cynthia.
"What's up?" Santiago glanced at Jepherson who couldn't help sitting upright in bed. Thankfully, Jepherson was already feeling much better.
"Hadrian found Scarlette and locked her up. He's just gone to find her landlord, and she's crying. She's worried that something will happen. Can you please call Hadrian and tell him not to be so impulsive?" Raeleigh pleaded. Santiago glanced at Jepherson and put his phone on speaker so that he could hear what Raeleigh said.
"I can't find Hadrian, but Jepherson can. Why don't you come over and ask him?" Santiago suggested. Raeleigh was silent for a moment before she replied, "If so, please pass him the phone."
"He's not up yet. He's still asleep," Santiago lied.
Raeleigh was immediately rendered speechless.
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