Raeleigh didn't know when she fell asleep. However, when she woke up in the morning, she was in Jepherson's arms. They still had their pajamas on them. What's more, Jepherson was lying flat on his back, and she was the one hugging him.
Feeling a little bewildered, Raeleigh hurriedly disentangled herself from Jepherson's embrace, waking him up in the process.
When Jepherson awoke, he didn't say a word. He merely looked at Raeleigh as he lay in bed. If it was not because his phone started to ring, he wouldn't have gotten up.
Raeleigh had been in a daze for more than ten minutes when Jepherson got down from the bed to get his phone.
It was Horacio calling, the president of Elkton University. He had called specially to ask Jepherson about the incident at the school.
Jepherson gestured towards the curtains. Raeleigh noticed that the light outside the window was shining directly onto Jepherson's face. He probably found it blinding. They didn't close the curtains before going to bed last night.
Raeleigh went to the window and closed the curtains. Then, she turned to look at him.
Jepherson was sitting up on the bed, leaning against the headboard. Even though he was on the phone, he raised his hand and patted the bed, signaling for Raeleigh to join him in bed for a while.
Raeleigh shook her head. "There's no need for that. I slept well."
Raeleigh's words were just a polite rejection.
But the person on the other end of the phone broke out in a cold sweat. Horacio wondered if they were already living together.
"I'll leave it up to you," Jepherson said and hung up. Horacio stared at the lecturers in front of him.
"Expel them." Horacio felt that that was the best way to go. Since he was working for Jepherson, he had to do his best to protect Jepherson.
The lecturers exchanged glances. So, it seemed that the relationship between Raeleigh and Jepherson was real.
"Understood."
"Got it."
"Now that you're clear on that, go and make the necessary arrangements. Clean up Raeleigh's dorm room without alerting the other students.
Get everything in order and clear the room out. Let's assign them to a new dorm room."
"Mr. Horacio, Zorion is here."
As Horacio was giving out his instructions, someone knocked on the office door. A lecturer came in and informed him of Zorion's arrival.
"Show him in."
It's just been one thing after another. They couldn't afford to offend any one of these people in the university.
"You all can leave first. I'll inform you of any other arrangements. I don't want such things to happen again." With that, the lecturers left. Then, Zorion and Deanna walked in.
After the lecturers had all gone, Horacio closed the door and invited Zorion and Deanna to take a seat.
Zorion sat opposite Horacio. Deanna immediately went up to Horacio and asked, "Mr. Horacio, what's going to happen to Raeleigh? They're bullying Raeleigh, but you don't care about it."
"Deanna, I do care. I've already taken action. This time, it's so serious that I've already expelled those who were involved. It stresses me out as well, but rest assured that our university will always put the safety of our students first," Horacio explained as he poured a glass of water for Deanna. He was treating Deanna with utmost politeness.
The Whalen family was different from the other influential families in Capital City. Although they aren't involved in politics, Rayan was someone with a mysterious background, so Horacio couldn't help feeling uneasy.
What's more, the Whalen family was loaded!
Horacio scrutinized Zorion's expression. As long as Zorion didn't say anything, he could handle this matter easily.
"But those people were still bullying Raeleigh. Why did they bully Raeleigh? Raeleigh is such a nice person." Deanna looked unhappy, but Horacio could only gaze at her helplessly. He heard that it was Zorion who had hugged Raeleigh and caused all this trouble, yet here they were asking him to settle the matter.
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