Raeleigh stood still before walking to Santiago's side. She snatched her cell phone away from him and walked towards her room, dragging Santiago's wrist.
Santiago turned around and looked at Zorion. He didn't say anything and just followed her.
Scarlette wasn't here, so she didn't want to offend anyone.
With the help of Santiago, Raeleigh wouldn't suffer any losses, so she didn't intend to leave the room at all.
After returning to her room, she let go of Santiago's hand and glanced at him. Sometimes, she wished that she knew Santiago sooner. That way, no one would bully her or misunderstand her, much less disturb her. Everything would've been peaceful.
One needed to take a look at her right then. The whole world was against her, and she was exhausted by the situation.
Raeleigh opened the door to her dormitory as Santiago followed Raeleigh into the room. When she entered the room, she went to lie down, and so did Santiago. Scarlette was pretending to be
asleep.
"I just want to survive through college." Raeleigh told Santiago after lying down for a while. That time, Scarlette opened her eyes and turned her face to look at Raeleigh. Others might not know what Raeleigh was thinking, but she was clear about one thing. Raeleigh was very eager to finish college.
Raeleigh had a grandmother, and it was enough to make a difference.
She was alone, so she had no one to care for her.
As for Raeleigh, it seemed like she had more than just her grandmother who had her back.
Santiago didn't even open his eyes as he said, "Don't worry. As long as I'm here, it won't be a problem for you to finish your college education."
Raeleigh didn't say anything as she knew that she was safe with them by her side.
Santiago knew what Raeleigh was thinking about. He lay there for a while and said, "If you can't finish your studies here, then I can send you to a university overseas. You can go wherever you want."
Raeleigh said nothing. She did not want that to happen.
She couldn't afford to owe him such a great favor.
Raeleigh was unable to fall asleep. When she had
gone abroad for the operation, Zorion had paid for
her. She had incurred quite a huge amount of
debt.
She didn't sleep much for the whole night. Raeleigh got up early in the morning. Scarlette and Santiago hadn't woken up yet, so Raeleigh went to wash up. While she was washing up, she received a text message from Deanna on her cell phone.
Raeleigh looked down and opened the text message. When she read the text, she froze.
"Come out, I have something to tell you, it's me, Deanna." The contents of the text message was not much, but judging by the tone, it sounded like Deanna.
Raeleigh stepped outside after making her judgment. She walked out of the door and looked around. As expected, she saw Deanna.
Deanna lost a lot of weight, her cheekbones were jutting out. Raeleigh felt sorry for her when she saw her, as she thought that it was her fault.
No matter what others said, it was her fault. If it weren't for her, then how could all of this have happened?
Raeleigh took the initiative to walk towards her, and said, "I'm sorry." "Don't say sorry, it doesn't make sense. If you feel
sorry for me, then you will leave Jepherson of your own accord. But you took him away." Deanna was still saddened by the fact. She stared at Raeleigh and wanted to cry. She regarded Raeleigh as her best friend, but she stole Jepherson away.
Jepherson neither cared about her nor did he want her anymore.
Deanna looked at Raeleigh and cried, but she didn't want to embarrass herself in front of Raeleigh, so she wiped away her tears immediately.
Raeleigh felt uncomfortable as she looked at Deanna. She couldn't say anything. Deanna was still immature after all.
"Deanna, I didn't mean it." Raeleigh didn't know what to say. Deanna wiped away her tears as she saw the mark on Raeleigh's neck. Then, she lowered her head and said, "Thank you."
Raeleigh froze, looking at Deanna with confusion. Deanna continued. "Without you, I would not have been saved. Those people in the Moore family are evil. I owe you a favor."
"It's all because of me that you were taken away. I should have saved you. Besides, I did nothing. It was Santiago who saved you."
"No, you're injured. You shed a lot of blood. I owe you, Raeleigh. I'll pay you back in the future. But
you still owe me. You took away Jepherson, and I
won't forgive you easily. But I didn't come to you
for these things."
As Deanna said this, she wiped away her tears and looked at Raeleigh, who was in a daze.
"Raeleigh, do you remember the money you owe our family?" Deanna finally brought up the subject. Raeleigh could not help but to feel guilty because she was incapable of paying them back right then.
"But I don't have any money right now."
"It doesn't matter if you don't have the money. You can return it to us with something else," said Deanna. Raeleigh stared at her and creased her brow. She had an idea of what Deanna was talking about.
"Go ahead."
"I don't care about what happened between you and Jepherson. You can take Jepherson away from me. It's my fault that I wasn't able to charm Jepherson. But you have to pay back the money you owe me. We used to be friends, so I was fine with you not paying me back. But now, we're not friends anymore. Shouldn't you pay it back to me?" Deanna came up with a lot of excuses to persuade Raeleigh, and she nodded without hesitation.
"If you don't have money, then you can pay it back
with something else." Deanna's tone was deadly. She clenched her teeth and spoke her mind.
Raeleigh said nothing. Deanna said, "My brother likes you. He has not eaten for two days because of you. The day I was taken away by that b*stard, Flynt, my brother was blocked by more than a dozen cars outside. You should know that my brother can't take action in public as it would affect our reputation."
"When you and Santiago saved us, something had happened. My brother could only deal with one of them at the time. It was not that he didn't care about you. Santiago said that our family was ungrateful. In fact, he destroyed my brother's plan. If he didn't take you in, then it didn't matter that my brother came a little later. My brother already had a plan for Flynt to hand me over, but you guys ruined it."
"It's Santiago's fault."
Deanna was so angry that she couldn't bear it, and she was also unhappy that she was safe and sound in the face of unexpected disasters.
Raeleigh was silent. "It was not Santiago who wanted to go in, but me. It has nothing to do with Santiago. He went there because of you."
Deanna pouted aggrievedly. Thinking back to Raeleigh who had been tied up in order to save
her, she felt a little uncomfortable. However, she
could not go back in time to change how things
were.
She stared at Raeleigh with tears in her eyes as she said, "If you start liking my brother, then consider the debt paid. If you want to pay it back, then you have to do it now. But if you borrow the money from Jepherson and Santiago, then Raeleigh, I will think lowly of you."
Raeleigh felt helpless as she could not bear being forced by Deanna like this.
"I understand. I will talk to your brother. I'll contact him. I will also break up with Jepherson. However, you must know that Santiago is here. He will not let me contact your brother so easily. I have already..."
"I'll take care of Santiago."
Raeleigh had nothing to say but to nod her head.
her, she felt a little uncomfortable. However, she
could not go back in time to change how things
were.
She stared at Raeleigh with tears in her eyes as she said, "If you start liking my brother, then consider the debt paid. If you want to pay it back, then you have to do it now. But if you borrow the money from Jepherson and Santiago, then Raeleigh, I will think lowly of you."
Raeleigh felt helpless as she could not bear being forced by Deanna like this.
"I understand. I will talk to your brother. I'll contact him. I will also break up ^rth Jepherson. However, you must know that Santiago is here. He will not let me contact your brother so easily. I have already..."
"I'll take care of Santiago."
Raeleigh had nothing to say but to nod her head.
her, she felt a little uncomfortable. However, she
could not go back in time to change how things
were.
She stared at Raeleigh with tears in her eyes as she said, "If you start liking my brother, then consider the debt paid. If you want to pay it back, then you have to do it now. But if you borrow the money from Jepherson and Santiago, then Raeleigh, I will think lowly of you."
Raeleigh felt helpless as she could not bear being forced by Deanna like this.
"I understand. I will talk to your brother. I'll contact him. I will also break up^ith Jepherson. However, you must know that Santiago is here. He will not let me contact your brother so easily. I have already..."
"I'll take care of Santiago."
Raeleigh had nothing to say but to nod her head.
her, she felt a little uncomfortable. However, she
could not go back in time to change how things
were.
She stared at Raeleigh with tears in her eyes as she said, "If you start liking my brother, then consider the debt paid. If you want to pay it back, then you have to do it now. But if you borrow the money from Jepherson and Santiago, then Raeleigh, I will think lowly of you."
Raeleigh felt helpless as she could not bear being forced by Deanna like this.
"I understand. I will talk to your brother. I'll contact him. I will also break up^ith Jepherson. However, you must know that Santiago is here. He will not let me contact your brother so easily. I have already..."
"I'll take care of Santiago."
Raeleigh had nothing to say but to nod her head.
her, she felt a little uncomfortable. However, she
could not go back in time to change how things
were.
She stared at Raeleigh with tears in her eyes as she said, "If you start liking my brother, then consider the debt paid. If you want to pay it back, then you have to do it now. But if you borrow the money from Jepherson and Santiago, then Raeleigh, I will think lowly of you."
Raeleigh felt helpless as she could not bear being forced by Deanna like this.
"I understand. I will talk to your brother. I'll contact him. I will also break up with Jepherson. However, you must know that Santiago is here. He will not let me contact your brother so easily. I have already..."
"I'll take care of Santiago."
Raeleigh had nothing to say but to nod her head.
her, she felt a little uncomfortable. However, she
could not go back in time to change how things
were.
She stared at Raeleigh with tears in her eyes as she said, "If you start liking my brother, then consider the debt paid. If you want to pay it back, then you have to do it now. But if you borrow the money from Jepherson and Santiago, then Raeleigh, I will think lowly of you."
Raeleigh felt helpless as she could not bear being forced by Deanna like this.
"I understand. I will talk to your brother. I'll contact him. I will also break up with Jepherson. However, you must know that Santiago is here. He will not let me contact your brother so easily. I have already..."
"I'll take care of Santiago."
Raeleigh had nothing to say but to nod her head.
her, she felt a little uncomfortable. However, she
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