Getting My Ex-wife Back

“How’s the investigation on Seibert going? Did you find out who he’s working for?” Jepherson slurped up the last of his noodles before bringing the bowl into the kitchen. Santiago followed him. The two brothers talked about this matter as they walked.

“I asked, but boy, he wouldn’t breath a word! I did find a suspicious number in his phone, and when I called, Flynt was the one who answered.”

“Since when did they start contacting each other?”

“Well, your guess is as good as mine. We’re still investigating.”

“Just put it aside for now. Raeleigh’s in a bad mood and I’m planning to stay and take care of her. Zorion will be spending New Year’s alone. Why don’t you and Jacky crash at his place, give him a little pick-me-up?”

“What about us?”

“I will inform Mom and Dad. I’m planning to accompany Raeleigh to her parents’. I have something I need to ask them.”

Santiago gave Jacky a call and was surprised to hear that he was actually standing outside of Raeleigh’s house. So, Santiago went to open the door for him.

“I’m not here for you, I’m here for Raeleigh.”

“What for?”

Santiago then turned around and head upstairs. Jacky quickly hung up his coat before following Santiago.

Santiago asked, “Why are you looking for my boo?”

Goosebumps crawled all over Jacky’s body when he heard how Santiago referred to Raeleigh, but he did not say anything.

Santiago knocked twice on Raeleigh’s door, but she did not answer. At this time, she was lying in bed with the quilt wrapped tightly around her body. When she heard someone opening the door, she turned to look at it. She froze for a while before she got out of bed.

Raeleigh had already changed into her pyjamas. It wasn’t until she saw Jacky standing behind Santiago that she got out bed.

Otherwise, she would have stayed in bed.

“Are you here for Deanna?”

Raeleigh suddenly remembered the promise she’d made with Jacky.

Jacky entered the room and said, “I did not mean to disturb you. I wouldn’t have come if I’d known you were sick.”

“No worries. Give me a minute.”Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

Raeleigh tried to rummage for her phone on the bedside table, but realised that it wasn’t there anymore.

As she searched, she muttered to herself, “Where the hell is my phone?”

She suddenly recalled Jepherson’s words. Only then she turned around and look at Santiago.

“Your phone? Oh, it’s been infected with virus. I’ve already dumped it,” Santiago said as he sat down on the bed and lay down.

Jacky asked, “Then what should we do?”

Raeleigh thought for a moment. “Do you have your phone with you?”

“Yes, I do.”

Jacky took out his phone and passed it to Raeleigh. She opened it and typed in the number. She was once worried that she would either lose her phone or it would stop working. Who would have thought that her prophecy was right on the mark?

Fortunately, Raeleigh had memorised the number, or else she did not know what she would have done.

Raeleigh prayed that her memory did not fail her. She typed in the number and pressed dial.

“Hello?”

Deanna was very carefully when answering call these days.

Raeleigh breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Deanna’s voice. “Deanna! It’s me, Raeleigh. I have a bad news for you, I lost my phone and I am unable to retrieve my old number. I’m currently down with the flu, so I can’t go out and get a new number either.”

“This is Xanthus’s number. From now on, I will contact you with this number. Do you understand?”

Deanna’s eyes twitched. “Yes, I understand.”

Raeleigh exhaled a long breath. She then looked at Jacky before asking Deanna, “Are you free to talk? I want to catch up. I’ll most probably call you everyday since I’m stuck in bed. Scarlette’s not here to accompany me. I’m bored out of my mind.”

Deanna had put her phone on loudspeaker for her parents to listen into their conversation before answering the phone. Hannah knew that her daughter did it on purpose. She knew her intentions. As her mother, how could she not know?

“Keep the noise down. Up you go.” Hannah could not stand it anymore and drove her daughter away.

Deanna hurriedly scuttled upstairs to her room.

Hannah leaned on Rayan’s shoulders and sighed. As much as she loved her daughter, she knew that they were on borrowed time. Eventually Deanna would have to leave, and they would be left to cope with their empty nest syndrome.

As her parents, they wanted to give her the world, but unfortunately they could not provide her with the love from her spouse, who would be responsible for the rest of her life.

“Raeleigh, I’m back in my room.”

Deanna was excited to have received this call. She had known that this phone number belonged to Jacky, but she kept her excitement in check.

Raeleigh handed back Jacky his phone, to which he said, “I owe you one.”

Jacky walked out the room as he talked to Deanna. Raeleigh watched him leave before turning around to kick Santiago with her feet. “Rise and shine, you sod.”

Santiago did not move. “I’m tired. Just for a few minutes.”

“Get. Up.”

Raeleigh nudged him again, but he made no move to stand up.

In the end, Raeleigh resorted to pulling him up from the bed. However, she was yanked into his arms instead.

Raeleigh turned pale with fright. Before she could get up, she heard someone enter the room.

Raeleigh and Santiago looked towards the door and saw Jepherson standing there with a cup of water in his hand. He was staring at the two of them, his gaze frosting over.

Raeleigh was on top of Santiago, who had his hands around her waist.

Raeleigh blushed furiously, a wave of uneasiness washed through her entire body.

Raeleigh swallowed a mouthful of saliva, not knowing what to do.

She felt as if she and Santiago had been caught red handed.

Raeleigh wanted to stand up but Santiago did not let her go.

Jepherson closed the door behind him and continued staring at them.

Raeleigh was startled by his voice when he suddenly spoke: “Are you going to let go of her?”

Jepherson’s voice was as cold as if there were a blizzard in the room. Raeleigh felt fear trickling down her spine.

However, Santiago, calm as ever, eventually removed his hands from her waist.

Raeleigh immediately scooted to one side and away from Santiago. She was still blushing furiously at this point.

Santiago sat up and looked at Raeleigh. “Girl, you look like a human sauna.”

After saying that, Santiago laughed out loud. Raeleigh was so angry that she gritted her teeth and dared not look at Jepherson.

“Mind you, a clear conscience fears no accusation. Why the guilt?” Santiago teased Raeleigh. When she glared back at him, only then he kept quiet and remained lying on the bed with the devil’s own smirk on his face.

“You should get out.” Raeleigh felt a flash of irritation.

Santiago neither moved nor spoke.

Her patience snapped, Raeleigh picked up the pillow and hit him. Santiago raised his arm to protect himself, but he did not strike back.

Raeleigh finally stopped when she was tired. She threw away the pillow and continued giving Santiago the if-looks-could-kill glare.

Raeleigh curled up on the bed with her arms around her legs. She felt angry and resentful, as though she was forced to partake in a cat and mouse game, with the brothers as the gargantuan apex predator of a feline.

Raeleigh pursed her lips and wore an unhappy look on her face.

Jepherson walked to the side and gave him his famous one-word orders. “Leave.”

Only then did Santiago sit up from the bed and left. Jepherson put down the cup in his hand and closed the door. He sat beside Raeleigh. “Are you angry?”

At first, Jepherson intended to touch Raeleigh’s face, but did not expect her to slap his hand away.

Jepherson paused and looked at Raeleigh. “You can take out your anger on me.”

Raeleigh looked at Jepherson. Furious, she raised her hand and thumped Jepherson.

However, her hands hurt. Jepherson hugged her in his arms and patted her back. “You know that Santiago is still a kid, right?”

“I’m sure if it were someone else, you would not have allowed it, right?” Raeleigh murmured into his chest.

Jepherson held Raeleigh tightly. “Yes, I will not tolerate it if it were someone else.”