Raeleigh, Deanna, and Zorion went to the police station immediately. Everything was taken care of quickly and discreetly by their lawyers. The Whalen family wanted to keep a low profile and settle things as soon as possible.
When everything was done, Raeleigh walked out of the station and was surprised to see that there were no reporters at the gate.
"Raeleigh, it's getting late. You can stay at ours tonight," Deanna said as she stood next to the car. She had already planned to invite Raeleigh over.
"No, thanks. I'd like to head back to the campus. The semester is almost ending and there are a lot of things that I need to catch up on."
"Okay then. Zorion will send you back. As for Scarlette, you can come with me," Deanna said as she got into the car. Scarlette quickly answered, "No, it's fine. Just have one of your drivers send us back. You can go home, don't worry about us."
"Scarlette, you don't seem to like me very much." Annoyed, Deanna stepped forward to grab Scarlette's arm, dragging her into her car.
Raeleigh knew that it was all planned as Zorion didn't try to stop Deanna.
Without a word, Raeleigh got into Zorion's car. It made Scarlette's blood boil to see Raeleigh get into his car just like that.
As the door closed, Zorion's gaze fell on Raeleigh. He was expressionless, but he watched her closely.
The driver started the car and drove away slowly.
"Scarlette, you're always trying to keep my brother away from Raeleigh. Don't you think that they look like a perfect couple?" Deanna complained as she got in the car. The driver held back his laughter. Deanna indeed had a way of making people tongue-tied.
Scarlette was so mad that she wanted to kick the door open and get down from the car, but she gritted her teeth and sat still.
"How have you been these past two days?" Zorion asked after a while, breaking the silence. Calmly, Raeleigh replied, "Good. Nothing much happened."
"I'm attending an event tomorrow. Would you care to join me?"
Lifting her head, she gave him a puzzled look. "Why don't you bring Deanna?"
"Deanna has someone in mind that she wants to go with."
Raeleigh guessed that she was going to invite Jepherson.
If that was the case, what would Jepherson think when he saw her as Zorion's plus one?
Raeleigh thought for a moment before answering, "I'm busy tomorrow. You should ask someone else."
"Okay." Zorion turned to look out the window and they didn't exchange another word. Upon arriving at the university, the driver got out and opened the door for Raeleigh. As she turning to leave, Zorion called out her name.
Raeleigh turned around and Zorion handed a book to her.
She glanced at it and saw that it was a book about cars.
"I borrowed it from someone else, thinking that you may be interested. You can have a read. I'll return it when you're done," Zorion explained, smiling. Without responding, Raeleigh simply closed the door and stood waiting for Scarlette. A moment later, Deanna's car arrived.
To her surprise, Scarlette got out of the car in silence.
Raeleigh thought that that was rather abnormal.
"What's wrong?" Raeleigh asked. Scarlette just shook her head and said, "Have you ever met someone who is so skilled at tormenting people with their words? I almost died listening to
Deanna back there.
Raeleigh, I think you'll be a match for her. You should just give up."
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