Getting My Ex-wife Back

Raeleigh held onto the lantern while she walked and looked around. Though she didn’t make it obvious, Santiago could tell that she liked it very much.

Every family in Waverly Village had a lantern like that. However, the ones they had weren’t the ones being sold right then, but rather the leftovers after sales, which Raeleigh had managed to get for herself. Not to mention, there was a festival coming up soon.

She didn’t have any intention of celebrating. She had felt envious when she saw other children having fun as a child.

She hadn’t felt much since she had grown up, but she was very happy that someone had bought one for her.

Seeing Raeleigh gripping onto the lantern like a child, Santiago raised his hand and patted her cap. She looked up and asked, “What are you doing?”

“Look at you. You’ve been struck dumb.” He took his hand back and pulled Raeleigh’s sleeve, taking her back.

She didn’t want to arrive so soon, so he slowed his pace. They wandered for a while more.

Noon came quickly. After lunch, Santiago told Raeleigh to take a nap. Raeleigh left early, knowing that he and Jacky had something to discuss.

When she woke up, she saw Santiago sitting beside her with his legs crossed. He was staring at her. Santiago asked her if she had slept well. She got out of bed after laying down for a while.

“I forgot to change the bandages on your back. Let me do it for you.”

“It’s almost healed, there’s no need to.”

“Let me do it.”

Raeleigh left to look for what she needed. She came back, ready to help change his bandages. Santiago took his clothes off.

She checked on his wound and found that there was a scab.

“In the olden days, people said there was this power that could cure anything. I don’t believe it, but this is indeed pretty effective.”

Santiago was amused. “I guess it works if you believe in it. If you dream about me getting better soon, then of course I will.”

After she was done, Santiago put on his clothes while Raeleigh tidied up. “You don’t take anything seriously. You’re young now, but in a few years, you’ll get old and lose all your teeth. You’ll know what it’s like to be in pain when you can’t even chew on tofu.”

Santiago was lying on the bed. “Don’t even mention it. I can’t even eat it now.”

He raised his eyelids. She looked down and saw herself reflected in his eyes. She turned around and sat down.

“You don’t believe anything I say. You always do things your own way. I don’t care. You can do whatever you want. When you get old, you’ll know how good I am.”

Raeleigh turned around and went outside to prepare dinner for him.

After the door closed, Santiago stared at the wall across from him. He smiled and murmured to himself, “I already know how good you are, but what’s the use?”

…

Raeleigh thought it was odd when she stepped out and didn’t see Jacky. She asked the people downstairs, “Where’s Jacky?”

“He isn’t here. He’s out for business. Is something the matter, Miss Anson?”

She shook her head. “I’m fine. I was just asking.”

She went to prepare dinner, but had a constant feeling that something was off. Why had Jacky left even though Santiago was still there?

When she was done, Raeleigh asked another person, “Is Jacky not coming back for dinner today?”

“I’m not sure.” It was even stranger that they wouldn’t tell her.Têxt belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

She sat down and sent a message to Jepherson which read, “Jacky isn’t here. Santiago might be wondering why too.”

Jepherson glanced at the text. “Got it. Stop all contact and delete your chat records.”

Raeleigh deleted the messages and downloaded an online game on her phone. She remembered that when she first played the game, she had really wanted to ask whether it was Jepherson.

When dinner was ready, she went to wake Santiago up to eat together. He woke up in a daze. He walked into the kitchen and asked the people who worked for Jacky, “When will Jacky be back?”

“We don’t know either.”

Santiago sat down and looked at the food that had been prepared and asked Raeleigh to sit down and eat. She sat down and called Xanthus. “I’m eating outside. In a moment, I’ll…”

“We’re going back tomorrow,” Santiago interrupted her suddenly. She gave him a blank stare. She said to Xanthus on the phone, “We’ll be coming back tomorrow.”

“Be careful.”

Xanthus said, “Give him the phone.”

She handed the phone to Santiago and started eating. Xanthus told him, “It’s not someone from my family.”

“Understood.” Santiago hung up the phone. Raeleigh gave him a stare. “How do you know that it’s not someone from my family?”

“Your brother just said everything, didn’t you hear?”

She kept silent. Since he didn’t want to tell her, she didn’t continue probing. Why bother asking if he was unwilling to tell her?

After she finished her meal and went back to rest, Santiago entered the room as well. He didn’t insist on taking a bath that day. He got up and laid down stomach-first on the bed to rest. She sat by the side and waited for him to fall asleep, then stood up and grabbed a blanket. However, as soon as she reached the door, he stopped her.

“You can’t sleep on the ground tonight.”

Raeleigh turned to Santiago who had gone back to sleep. She thought for a moment and walked back. She laid down and pulled the blanket aside. She glanced at Santiago, who was lying next to her. “Does your back hurt?”

He didn’t say anything, but she had a feeling that was the case. If it was not, why did he have to lie down stomach-first?

Without a word, she reached out to cover him with the blanket. Santiago raised his hand to grasp hers and pressed it to the side.

Raeleigh turned around to look at her hand. He closed his eyes. “Sleep properly.”

She tried to pull her hand away. “Let go.”

Santiago let go of her hand. She sat up and covered herself with the blanket, then laid down and turned off the light.

“Take care of yourself. Don’t become a burden to others when you get old,” Raeleigh scolded with her eyes closed.

He chuckled. “If I die tomorrow, then I’ll never grow old, will I?”

She froze for a moment. “You’re talking nonsense again.”

“Sure, of course I am.” He did not say anything more. Raeleigh looked at Santiago. “I’m being serious.”

“Yeah, I know. I have to take good care of myself and live till I’m 99 years old.”

Raeleigh was speechless for a while, considering that was clearly not what she had meant, but she had nothing to say.

She pursed her lips and turned onto her other side. She was a little restless that night.

The next morning, she got up and made breakfast early. Santiago got up as well and had his meal. He didn’t say anything about going back. Raeleigh asked him when they were going to go back. He told her it would be a bit later. He wanted to enjoy the festival.

“It’s not like the festival is today. If you want to do that before you go back, doesn’t that mean we’ll only be going back tomorrow?”

Santiago glanced at her. “Do you have to ask so much? I just want to go back a little later. Okay?”

“Fine!”

Raeleigh stood at the door, looking at the whole street with colorful decorations and streamers. She wore a childlike grin on her face.

“What are you smiling at?”

Raeleigh replied, “If I had the choice, I’d be willing to be born here. It doesn’t matter if I’d be poor. Even if I were a beggar, I’d still be willing.”