Getting My Ex-wife Back

Santiago ushered Xanthus and Raeleigh into his car and put their luggage into the trunk.

Then, he brought them for some food.

Raeleigh hadn’t intended on going because she was feeling lethargic, but Santiago didn’t even ask what their plans were. He drove them straight to a restaurant.

She was almost asleep when they reached their destination. She opened her eyes and looked around blearily. Once they were in the restaurant, she sat down and started nodding off again.

Santiago touched her hand, but she did not react at all.

“Why are you so sleepy? Have you not slept for days?”

Raeleigh opened her eyes groggily and watched as Santiago put his hand back on his thigh. She looked around and saw that they weren’t in a private room like usual, but were instead in the main dining hall.

“I ordered steak. What would you like to eat?” Santiago asked Raeleigh. She took the menu and ordered something similar to what Santiago had ordered.

Raeleigh didn’t speak much through the meal. After eating, she rested while Santiago watched her as he ate. He flirted with her occasionally, but Raeleigh seemed not to have heard it. She had already gotten used to Santiago’s bad habits.

After eating, Raeleigh wanted to go home, so he drove them back.

Raeleigh got out of the car and asked Santiago, “How did you know I was coming back today?”

After thinking about all the possibilities, she concluded that this did not seem to be a coincidence.

“I can find out anything if I put my mind to it. I have something else to do, take this.” Santiago took a bag out from the car and put it on top of her luggage before leaving.

Once he was gone, Xanthus walked over to the bag and opened it up.

The bag fell to the ground, revealing a red fur coat. Raeleigh frowned as Xanthus draped it over her. “It looks good.”

Raeleigh touched it. Indeed, it was warm and beautiful, but it was too red!

“It’s too red.” Raeleigh wanted to take it off, but Xanthus asked, “How old do you think you are? It’s a beautiful colour, and everyone’s dressed like this for the holidays.”

Raeleigh said nothing and took off the coat. “Why’d he get me this all of a sudden?”

“A New Year’s present, perhaps.”

Raeleigh didn’t respond. She’d just leave it at that.

She turned and walked into the house with the fur coat in her arms while Xanthus dragged their luggage along.

She went back to her room and scrutinised the fur coat. Should she wear it?

Speaking of New Year’s presents, it seemed that she had not sent any yet.

Raeleigh called Jepherson, and he answered it within two rings.

“Miss me?” Jepherson didn’t know about Raeleigh and Xanthus’s return, so he flirted with her.

Raeleigh hesitated for a moment. “I do miss you a little.”

Jepherson raised an eyebrow. “That’s a surprise.”

He put his work aside and walked over to the French window.

Raeleigh hummed. “But…”

“But what?” Jepherson’s curiosity was piqued. It seemed that this was a special day.

“Aren’t you going to send me a gift for New Year?” Raeleigh said directly. Jepherson thought for a moment. “What do you want?”

“I want to see you,” Raeleigh answered. Jepherson held the phone away from his ear and looked at it suspiciously. The called ID showed that the number wasn’t a local one.

He held the phone to his ear again and said, “I’ll fly over there right now.”

“No, forget it. You might not even be able to see me if you were to come here. Anyway, maybe I’ll lose the desire to see you once you’re here.”Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

In truth, Raeleigh was exhausted. She wanted nothing more than to get some much deserved sleep.

“It won’t take long.” Jepherson’s mind raced over gift ideas.

He narrowed his eyes and placed his free hand under the other one as he pondered.

Raeleigh yawned. “I’m going to sleep.”

After that, she hung up. Jepherson pushed all his work aside and arranged for several top jewellery designers to help him design a pair of rings.

“How long will they take?” Jepherson hoped it wouldn’t be long.

After discussion, he was told that it would take three days.

Jepherson immediately booked a ticket, ready to leave at a moment’s notice.

These jewellery designers were all under Jepherson as he had some involvement in the industry. After all, the Richards family had several jewellery stores in Capital City, and it was easy for him to design something special.

It was just that others would take a few months to get it done, while his people would have to finish it in a matter of days.

Even so, Jepherson was still worried. He wanted to supervise the workers himself.

When Raeleigh finally got enough sleep, she called Jepherson, but his phone was off. In fact, he was closely overseeing the creation of their rings.

After eating, Raeleigh continued to call Jepherson, but his phone remained off.

“Do you miss him that much?” Xanthus asked jokingly. She merely glanced at him. “I want to see him.”

Xanthus glanced outside. “Now?”

Seeing that it was already dark outside, Raeleigh changed her mind.

“I’ll go see him tomorrow, then.” She headed back upstairs. The next day, she was just about to call Jepherson when Scarlette called and asked whether she was back. Raeleigh answered, “Yeah.”

“Why didn’t you come and see me, then? I’ve already got food ready, and bring Dr. Osteen along with you. Mr. Santiago said that he might have a way of curing me.”

Scarlette was a little embarrassed, but she definitely wanted to be able to walk again.

After that, Scarlette hung up. Thinking about how Scarlette was, Raeleigh looked at Xanthus and asked, “Xanthus, can you help Scarlette?”

In truth, Xanthus didn’t know about Scarlette’s condition. He was absent when Raeleigh met her the last time.

“I won’t know until I see her.” Raeleigh had brought it up to him before, but it hadn’t left much of an impression. Anyway, he wasn’t the type to proactively help those in need.

Since Raeleigh was asking him, there was no doubt that he’d agree to help, of course.

“Let’s go have a look, then.” Since she was going to see Scarlette, she’d have to forget about Jepherson for the time being. The two of them headed over to Scarlette’s.

The two girls had plenty to catch up on, so Hadrian sat with Xanthus. However, he wasn’t much of a talker, so they spent most of their time in silence.

After the meal, Raeleigh asked Xanthus, “Can you take a look at Scarlette and see whether you can do anything about her legs?”

“Carry her over to the sofa and I’ll take a look.” Xanthus had come prepared, bringing his gloves and medical equipment along. After putting on his gloves, he pushed Scarlette’s top up and pressed each vertebrate of her backbone.

She didn’t show much response at all. After checking, Xanthus started to clean up. Hadrian asked, “How is it?”

Xanthus said, “It’s not completely hopeless, but I need to think about it.”

“What do you mean?” Hadrian asked in confusion.

Xanthus answered without hesitation, “It’s a difficult surgery and I need to think about whether it’s feasible. The success rate is less than 1 per cent, and if it fails, she’ll lose all hope of ever standing again.”