Getting My Ex-wife Back

When Raeleigh stirred the next morning, she saw that Jepherson was sitting opposite to her. The doctors were also in the ward. Perhaps it was because she’d been in a deep slumber that she didn’t realize they had entered the ward. Looking at them, she got up from the bed.

Santiago was being examined by them. Xanthus was standing with his back towards Raeleigh.

Raeleigh stared at Xanthus. It was not until he had finished examining Santiago and turned around that she talked to him.

“I woke up late.”

Xanthus thought for a moment. “Maybe you’ve been too tired. Come back with me now. Santiago is fine. Let’s go back.”

Jepherson sat aside. “Raeleigh is going to rest here. I have something to…”

“Mr. Richards, I’m afraid you’ve misunderstood. I’m talking to Raeleigh, not you.” Xanthus’s face fell in an instant, a complete one-eighty.

Raeleigh stood up and slipped into her shoes.

Xanthus’s expression was not what one would call pleasant, but he was rather gentle to Raeleigh.

Raeleigh fell silent briefly before she said, “I will go back first.”

“Xanthus, don’t you go too far with this. I haven’t said anything yet. Raeleigh has done nothing wrong to you.”

Santiago almost couldn’t catch his breath. Xanthus cast a glance at him. “You better behave yourself, boy. We don’t want any medical malpractice, now, do we?”

After that, Xanthus led the doctors outside. Raeleigh followed too.

After getting out through the door, Raeleigh started to explain the incident from the previous day to Xanthus. Xanthus remained conservative with his words as he was in a vile mood. With that being said, he wasn’t taking out his anger on Raeleigh.

“Everyone, go back first. I have something to say to Raeleigh.”

Xanthus returned to the floor where Stuart’s ward was located. There, he spoke to the doctors, who then left quickly. After they left, Raeleigh still wanted to explain herself, but Xanthus directly embraced her.

Raeleigh stood rooted to the spot without any reactions. Xanthus said, “This must be the only time. It can’t happen again.”

Raeleigh gazed at Xanthus, with confusion glazing over her eyes. If it weren’t for the fact that she had just risen, then she wouldn’t have believed what was happening before her eyes. After all, she had gone to find Santiago the previous day, and many hours had passed since then. Despite being her elder brother, the aftermath of the escapade had only begun to sink in. Indeed, he had taken a long time to ‘warm up’ his nervous system.

Nevertheless, Raeleigh was glad, for Xanthus was the best brother she could ask for.

“No, there won’t be a next time.”

Raeleigh promised that she would not do it again. Only then did Xanthus heave a sigh of relief. He had been pretending when he gave her the stick. In fact, he was not slow-witted at all. He was just instilling the fear in her so that she would not make the same mistakes in the future.

“Let’s go back and rest.”

Xanthus maintained his poker face until he had sent Raeleigh back. Subsequently, he said that he wanted to visit Stuart and left.

Staring at the closed door, Raeleigh went back to lie down. She had created such a great deal of trouble that time around.Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

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Raeleigh did not leave home for two days. Jepherson came to look for her once, but Xanthus stopped him.

Actually, to her, it was a good thing not to see Jepherson. If they met, then she really didn’t know what to do with his extremely awful temperament.

However, she received another call from Jepherson that day.

Xanthus was not around, so she didn’t answer it.

While preparing the meal in the kitchen, Raeleigh heard a click behind her. She turned around to find that someone had come in, and the one who came was none other than Jepherson.

“What are you doing here? Why are you looking for me?” Raeleigh was a little frightened of him, especially when they met alone. It was because of this that Raeleigh refused to meet him.

“I had to come since you didn’t pick up the call.” Jepherson closed the door and stood by it momentarily. After that, he walked towards Raeleigh, who got keyed up right away.

“Bloody h*ll, I won’t eat you up, alright. Why are you so alarmed at the sight of me? Since you’re so scared of me, why did you dress up like that and go to that godforsaken place?”

Raeleigh swallowed hard. As he said, she was afraid of him.

Jepherson perceived all her micro expressions. He approached her and gazed out of the window. “Do you know how a man will treat his disobedient girlfriend?”

Raeleigh stepped back a bit. At first, she didn’t want to show her fear in front of him, but she couldn’t help it.

Raeleigh found that she had grown more and more afraid of him.

She thought to herself, “I’m too spineless. What’s there to be afraid of?”

“Do I give you the creeps?” Jepherson stared at her with his unfathomable eyes, and it sent her heart slamming against her chest. She managed to regain her composure and replied, “You are tall and ripped, and you will molest me like a beast every so often. Why shouldn’t I be afraid of you?”

Raeleigh’s palms broke out in cold sweat. Jepherson was a wayward person. He might smile at someone one second, but in the next second, he would bowl that person over. So, when Raeleigh spoke, she had been observing Jepherson’s expression.

Surely enough, when Raeleigh finished her words, she perceived the sadness on his face, a face that would ring anyone’s Hot Guy Alert. Then, he pressed her against the kitchen counter.

Raeleigh blanched in terror as she stared at Jepherson. While still holding a spatula with one hand, she tried to stop him by pushing his shoulder with the other hand.

Raeleigh was almost out of breath.

Jepherson lowered his head and leaned over, enveloping her ear with his mouth. “It turns out that in your eyes, I’m the kind of person whose s*xual desires need to be satisfied anywhere and anytime?”

Raeleigh said worriedly, “What else could it be? See, now you’re doing things that I dislike.”

Jepherson sucked her ear affectionately. “You make me tick, Raeleigh.”

“Yeah, right.”

Raeleigh was annoyed. In what way had she made him tick? He was the one, she thought, who was addicted to s*x.

Jepherson was amused. “Don’t do it again. Otherwise, I’ll show you who’s the boss.”

Letting go of her, he looked at her scared face and kissed her on the lips. Recalling her seductive appearance at the bar the previous night, his s*xual desire was triggered, and warm blood was coursing through his entire body.

Raeleigh blushed as she felt something grinding against her crotch.

“Jepher… hmm…”

Before she could finish her words, he blocked her mouth with his lips at once, pushing her against the wall. Raeleigh tried to struggle, but it further stimulated him. The kiss got more intense until Raeleigh was out of breath.

Only then did he let go of her lips. He cuddled her and drew circles on her back with his hands. Raeleigh couldn’t control it, but she felt worn out.

Jepherson hugged Raeleigh for a while before he slowly let go of her. He held her hand. “Thank you for saving Santiago, but I can’t have you risking your own life again. Don’t make me warn you again, or else the consequences will be more than just biting your lips.”

Raeleigh’s eyes widened as she touched her own lips, only to find them bleeding.

Raeleigh had been so riled up totally that she shot daggers at him and gave him a nasty push. It was just that he still stood firmly like a statue. Seeing that, she turned around furiously.

Jepherson lingered for a short time. “I’m going to the company this afternoon to discuss the publicity campaign. Now that Santiago has been injured, it may need to be reconsidered.”

Raeleigh turned to look at him in incredulity.