Raeleigh and the others knew how Deanna and Zorion felt about each other as siblings. There must have been a reason for her to have said such things all of a sudden, but what was it?
"Deanna, let's leave and talk elsewhere."
When Zorion approached her, she quickly hid from him. "I'm not going back. I'm going to Waverly Village. That's where I want to go. You can leave. I'll tell Dad and Mom about it."
"Deanna, let's go home."
Zorion was only ever mild-tempered when he was with his younger sister. Deanna. However, he didn't appreciate it. Instead, she hid behind Jacky and refused to see him.
"No, I won't."
"Deanna, you are way too unpredictable. You can spend time outside, but you should always come back home. Do you understand?" Zorion attempted a conciliatory tone, but she couldn't and refused to understand him. She was very anxious and shouted at Zorion, "No, never! I will never go back home."
"Deanna." Worried that something bad might happen to her, Jacky immediately wrapped his arm around her shoulders. He didn't want her to get too agitated. Otherwise, she might hurt the baby or herself.
She felt terribly wronged and shrieked at Jacky, "Are you going back on your word? Do you intend to hand me over to this horrible person? He wants to kill my baby! He's a bad person!"
Deanna started screaming at the top of her lungs. Raeleigh and Scarlette were shocked at how violent she had become. Hadrian suddenly stood up and pulled Scarlette close to him and said, "Go back to the room."
With the baby still in its mother's belly, it wasn't good for her to see this. It wasn't good for the baby. Hadrian was very worried about this.
Scarlette didn't want to leave, but Hadrian bent down and picked her up and went straight into their room.
After watching them leave, Raeleigh looked at Deanna. Jacky slowly turned around and looked at Zorion.
He knew that something must have happened. Deanna didn't want to say it, but he didn't expect her to.
While glowering at Zorion, Jacky said, "She's your younger sister." Zorion sneered. "I know she is, but she's only nineteen years old. Are you going to let her get pregnant even before she's even married?" "What do you want her to do then?"
Zorion shouted this at Jacky angrily. Jacky gritted his teeth. "The child in her belly is your nephew. How can you be this way?"
"Why can't I? She's my sister. I can't let my sister get pregnant before getting married. I can't let her marry a gangster who has nothing."
Zorion was furious. Jacky laughed. "What's wrong with being a gangster? Aren't I human too?"
"A ruffian like you doesn't deserve her."
"What a joke!"
Jacky's face stiffened as he took a deep breath. "You will never touch her, and you can forget about ever seeing my child. From today onwards, we're sworn enemies."
"Oh, really? Do you seriously believe that you can take over the entirety of Capital City with Santiago's help? It's not that easy."
"We won't know if we don't try. Zorion, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. Deanna is your sister, yet you treat her like this..."
He let his sentence hang.
Silently, Jacky turned around and looked at Deanna. He then cupped her face with both of his hands. "Don't be afraid. I'll protect you. No one will hurt our baby. Remember, no one is allowed to."
Jacky bent down and picked her up. He turned around and was about to head upstairs when Zorion stepped towards them. Raeleigh saw that Jacky was acting aggressively and quickly tried to stop him. However, she didn't expect that Zorion would get so angry. Zorion jostled Raeleigh aside. She fell and hit her head on the corner of the table. She fell onto the floor and lay motionless. She had fallen unconscious.
By the time Santiago ran over, Raeleigh had already fainted. Jacky turned around to look at her. He froze for a moment before turning towards Zorion. Zorion's face had turned pale as well. This whole thing had turned into a terrible mess. Hadrian came out of his room. He took a deep breath and immediately called Jepherson.
Raeleigh was sent to the hospital. Jepherson rushed over as soon as he heard the news.
He glanced coldly at Zorion, but didn't say anything to him. Instead, he walked over Santiago and asked, "How is it going?"
"The doctor's tending to her. She should have woken up by now." Santiago stood outside with a grim look on his face. If it weren't for Raeleigh's sake, then he would have acted out by then.
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