Getting My Ex-wife Back

“You… Why did you yell at her?” Xanthus growled. Santiago let out a sigh and asked, “How much did you take?”

Santiago was done making Xanthus talk at this point. Since Xanthus was conscious, he could probably make it through.

However, Xanthus was upset, refusing to speak.

Raeleigh moved to sit beside Xanthus and squeezed his hand. “Say it.”

“Sixty grams,” Xanthus replied weakly.

Santiago looked at Jacky. Then, Jacky said, “Meth cannot be consumed directly but with water. Did you swallow directly?”

Xanthus nodded, and Jacky continued, “Thirty grams can already cause poisoning, and even enough to cause a fatal overdose, let alone to ingest sixty and to swallow directly at that.”Content © NôvelDrama.Org 2024.

“What should we do?”

“I can make it through.” Xanthus gripped Raeleigh’s hand tightly. She looked at him, holding back her tears.

Santiago stood up. “Let’s go to the hospital.”

Xanthus shook his head. “I can’t. I’m a doctor; ingesting meth is against the law.”

“Doesn’t mean you should risk your life over it,” Santiago said.

Xanthus insisted, “I’m fine; it’s just a reaction. I can make it through. It’s normal to feel uncomfortable for the first time; I’ll be fine.”

Santiago turned to Jacky. “What do you suggest?”

“Give him some water.”

With that, he went to the kitchen and poured some cold water into a kettle. Raeleigh hurried over and said, “You can’t give him water. Xanthus said not to.”

Jacky turned around and looked at Raeleigh, “He’ll feel better after drinking water.”

“No, no water.” Raeleigh insisted.

She put down the kettle and returned to Xanthus’s side.

When Jacky came out of the room, Raeleigh covered Xanthus with the throw and held his hand tightly. “I’m here. You’ll be fine.”

The corners of Xanthus’s mouth curled up into a faint smile. “Okay.”

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Jacky opened it to let the doctor from Waverly Village enter. The doctor greeted Jacky and rushed inside. When he saw Xanthus, he was stunned.

The doctor pulled the throw away and took a look while Jacky explained Xanthus’s situation to him. The doctor opened his medical kit and took out a syringe, then gave Xanthus an injection.

“What did you give him?” Raeleigh asked nervously. The doctor said, “It’s not an antidote; I’m only giving him epinephrine to reduce his blood pressure and treat his arrhythmia.”

“But it won’t help much. Fortunately, he has already gone through most of it; he’ll be fine as long as he can hold on for the rest of the night.”

Raeleigh let out a sigh of relief but still dared not let her guard down, holding Xanthus’s hand tightly.

During the several times Xanthus groaned in pain, Raeleigh turned to the doctor. The doctor explained, “Normally, when patients are in critical danger, the doctors will administer epinephrine when their heartbeat is about to stop, or their pulse grows weak. It helps their heart to beat stronger.”

“His heart is beating strongly now; what he has is arrhythmia, but we can’t keep giving him epinephrine.”

Raeleigh bit her lip and looked at Xanthus. Xanthus opened his eyes slowly. “I don’t feel so uncomfortable anymore. Relax.”

Raeleigh nodded and wiped his sweat; she had already stopped crying.

After experiencing such a traumatic event, Raeleigh dared not cry anymore.

Xanthus looked at the people in front of him as he leaned against Raeleigh motionlessly if twitching didn’t count.

Raeleigh sat on the sofa, hugging Xanthus, who was on the verge of death. She closed her eyes and clutched his hand tightly.

Santiago sat on one side with his head raised and his eyes closed, not wearing a shirt.

Jacky and the doctor were probably the only ones doing alright then, but it was an agonizing night for every one of them.

The rashes on Xanthus’s body finally gradually faded as dawn came. Raeleigh had fallen asleep unknowingly, waking up with a start.

She immediately went to check on Xanthus after she got up. Seeing the rashes were, she was overjoyed, smiling like a child, and did a quick check on his body.

Xanthus slowly opened his eyes and stared at Raeleigh as she jumped around like a child, then said, “Those who know, know you’re my sister, or they might think you were trying to take advantage of me.”

Raeleigh’s face fell, but when she saw Xanthus’s pale face, her anger dissipated.

“Do you still feel uncomfortable anywhere?” she asked.

“I just feel weak. I want to lie down; help me. I may still feel unwell for a couple of days.”

Raeleigh got up and helped Xanthus to lie down, then went to get some water. She planned to help him wash up.

Santiago saw Raeleigh helping Xanthus and said, “Leave it. Jacky, go and help him wash up.”

If Santiago could move his arms, he would’ve done it himself.

Jacky bent down and helped Xanthus up, then led him to the bathroom. Raeleigh hurriedly went to stop him. “My brother can’t move around yet; he just recovered. Leave him be.”

The doctor defended, “It would help remove the toxins from his body if he takes a hot bath and sweats it out.”

Raeleigh looked at the doctor, “Really?”

“Yes. Based on his condition, it would take at least a week or up to a month for him to recover.”

Raeleigh quickly moved aside upon hearing the doctor’s words and let Jacky help Xanthus take a bath. Meanwhile, Raeleigh went upstairs to find some clean clothes for Xanthus; she searched around and prepared a complete set of clothes for him, sending them to the bathroom.

Santiago was already at the door as if he knew what Raeleigh was about to do. He stopped Raeleigh outside, then took the clothes from her. He opened the bathroom door and went in to put them down, then came out immediately.

“What would you like to eat?”

“What?”

Raeleigh stared at Santiago, her mind completely blank. Eating was the last thing on her mind right then.

Santiago pulled out his phone and said, “Nine o’clock. Food for five. Well-balanced diet.”

Raeleigh came to her senses and realized that he was ordering takeout, then asked, “Which restaurant?”

“Richards Group Manor.”

Santiago then went back to the room and stared at the doctor. “How are you with cleaning up?”

“Don’t worry about it; I’ll do it. You guys just sit.” Raeleigh said.

While Xanthus was still in the bathroom, Raeleigh cleaned up every corner of the living room. When Xanthus came out from the bath, she asked him if he wanted to go upstairs; he refused and told her he wanted to watch the TV instead.

Xanthus kept sweating even when he was lying down, and Raeleigh could never seem to wipe them off.

Raeleigh asked the doctor about it, and he answered, “It will last for a while. I suggest you take him for an examination, or he may suffer permanent injuries.”

“I will.” Raeleigh had already planned to take Xanthus for a checkup once he had gotten better.

When the food arrived, Jacky went to open the door and was stunned by the visitors. He turned to look at Santiago, who was lying on the sofa, preparing to eat.

Sensing Jacky’s gaze from the door, Santiago asked, without even looking at him, “Do I have something on my face?”

Jacky stepped aside, and Jepherson came in with a couple of servants while Raeleigh asked, “Where are we eating?”

When she raised her head, she saw Jepherson coming in, and her face instantly glum. It wasn’t that she was upset but unable to feel happy at all.