Later, Raeleigh was led to Jared's ward. As Harvey helped to take care of the patient, she leaned against the wall and soon fell asleep where she sat.
When Jared woke up, the anesthetic had just left his system. The pain was still there but his expression didn't reveal it. He just opened his eyes and scanned the four corners of the room.
His eyes landed on Raeleigh who was sleeping very soundly. He stared for a brief moment before he averted his gaze and looked elsewhere.
Harvey was beside Jared when he saw him woke up. He immediately stood up and went out the door to call for a doctor. Jared was then given multiple checkups until the doctor was satisfied that nothing was amiss and left.
By that time, Raeleigh had been jolted awake. She opened her eyes and looked over in Jared's direction.
She got off the bed then, and walked over to him," How are you feeling?"
Jared didn't reply. He just stared at her instead. Raeleigh also didn't question any further but looked to the side, "Thank you for all your hard
work."
"You're too kind, Raeleigh. Jacky said before to treat you as if you were our own sister."
Raeleigh paused at that and couldn't help but laugh. "In this place, I can only count on Jacky. As for the others, I..."
"Raeleigh, what you just said is wrong. Don't tell me I'm that unreliable to count on?" Deanna stepped into the room. She headed towards Raeleigh as her hands waved about when she talked.
Harvey immediately walked over. "Sister-in-law."
"You attend to your business. Raeleigh and I are just going to have a little chat."
Deanna unceremoniously dragged Raeleigh to sit in a corner, then she started to chatter with her.
Raeleigh sat and listened throughout. After a while, Deanna came to the main point of the conversation, "Is that man the reason for your fight with Jepherson?" she asked.
Raeleigh was stunned silent!
"Who told you that?" Raeleigh asked back in surprise.
"Who else needed to tell me? You're already here in Waverly Village, why else but because you have a fight with Jepherson? I just don't believe it,
Raeleigh...what's the reason for the fight this time? Who is that man?"
Raeleigh stared at her, "You don't know about Jared?"
Deanne stood up, her mouth parted into an 'O' as comprehension dawned on her face. "He is Jared?"
Deanna had heard of him before, but had never met him.
When she was a child, she had heard from her brother Zorion, that Jepherson had a shadow assassin beside him, who had pledged his loyalty to him. Moreover, he was also very powerful, even more powerful than Jepherson, with incredible martial arts in his arsenal.
Deanna got off the bed, her eyes fixated on Jared with a peculiar expression on her face. "You are Jared?"
It wasn't that he had not met Deanna before. It was because he had, that he did not favor a good impression of her.
His dislike towards a character like Deanna, was odd in and of itself.
A twenty-year-old adult with the mentality of a ten-year-old. It was this sort of person that Jared disliked the most.
As such, he didn't even bother to pretend.
Deanna pressed her hands onto the bed. She lowered her head to stare at Jared with her big, luminous eyes. Her eyes never left him for quite some time. Subsequently, she sat back down at Raeleigh's side and asked, "Raeleigh? Are you aware of the saying do not judge a book by its cover?"
Raeleigh glanced at her. "What are you trying to say?"
Deanna pouted. "Raeleigh, when I was a child, my brother told me that there was a man named Jared around Jepherson who was very powerful. There is no contender who can beat him in terms of strength and he kills people within a blink of an eye. Do you know what I mean by that?"
Raeleigh frowned and shook her head. "I don't."
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