Cutie, Please Marry Me Again (Jenna and Hansen)

Chapter 1606

On their walk back home, Callis turned unresponsive again, leaving Raeleigh to talk to herself while he looked around and then back at her from time to time.

The rest of their journey home was quiet; no one spoke.

When they turned a corner, Callis pulled her over and shielded her.

She also sensed the unusualness, as if someone was approaching them, and they were all strangers.

Raeleigh grabbed Callis's arm, asking, "Who are they?"

He looked back at her and shook his head, his gaze gradually turning cold.

It didn't take long for the gang to reach them. Raeleigh grew nervous, but she still pulled her phone out and called Jacky.

Jacky immediately told his men to go to them when he received the call. Meanwhile, the gang was then only a few steps away from Callis and Raeleigh. Callis swept his gaze across the ground and picked up a wooden stick, giving it to Raeleigh. She looked at him and asked, "Are you asking me to protect myself?"

He looked at her with an unfathomable expression, then turned to look at the approaching gang.

One of them had a knife in his hand.

"Hand her over to us, and you can walk away unscathed," One of them said.

Callis shook his head, leading the man to smirk, "You asked for it."

With that, the man pounced on Callis while Raeleigh fixed her gaze on the man as she held the stick tightly, knowing they were outnumbered.

"Leave, Callis."

Raeleigh didn't want to drag Callis down.

However, Callis only put an arm out to protect Raeleigh as he took a step back, looking somewhere not far away.

Raeleigh followed his gaze and saw many people approaching them, surrounding the gang. Strange, she looked at Callis.

"How do you know there are people nearby?"

He didn't answer, nor did he explain.

Raeleigh was used to it; he wasn't one for explanations.

Soon the gang was subdued and taken to an open space to be tied up.

Xanthus and Leander got to Raeleigh and Callis soon.

But when they arrived, Raeleigh was dozing off as she sat down with Callis beside her.

Jacky was the last to arrive, but only a few seconds short after Xanthus.

Xanthus rushed to check on Raeleigh and was relieved to see that she was alright.

"How is it that even Waverly Village isn't safe now?"

Jacky was approaching just as Xanthus spoke. Callis raised his head to look at Jacky, who held a stick in his hand, walking toward the gang with a menacing look.

Raeleigh looked over only to see Jacky swing his stick on one of the gang member's heads, and the man blacked out immediately, a trail of blood flowing out of his head. Shocked, Raeleigh's eyes flew wide open, and Callis immediately covered her eyes with his hand. With Raeleigh's face buried in his chest, he took her away. Raeleigh's breaths were short and heavy, looking as if she had a panic attack.

Those tied up retreated together. They were all surprised that Jacky beat one of them into a pulp without even questioning.

As the gang retreated, Jacky spat a spat of saliva to the side and continued beating them up, not caring for anything else. After around ten- plus minutes, the entire gang was on the ground, motionless, bloodied.

Raeleigh only heard sounds of begging, but it was too late. Jacky beat them up as if they were ants, ruthless, with no intention of sparing their lives.

After that, he threw the bloody stick in his hand to the ground.

Xanthus was dumbfounded. He had never seen such a bloody scene; Jacky had taken those lives as if they were nothing.

Xanthus felt a little dizzy. Although he was no saint, the scene in front of his eyes shocked him.

He was a doctor. He admitted he wasn't a dutiful one, but he had never sat by and let anyone die just like that.

Just as he was in a daze, Raeleigh wanted to move Callis's hand away from her eyes. But he didn't let her and looked over at Leander.

Leander said, "Callis, take Miss Anson home. This is not a place for her."

Callis got up and took Raeleigh forcibly away. She never saw how the gang died. But she could imagine how Jacky would deal with them in his territory.

When Raeleigh reached home, Leander returned with Xanthus as well.

Seeing how pale Xanhus looked, Raeleigh went to him and asked, "Were you frightened?"

He grabbed her hand and took her into the house. As they sat on the sofa, Raeleigh looked at Xanthus and suggested, "I'll get you some water."

Hearing that, Xanthus grabbed her wrist, his palm all sweaty.

Shaking his head, Xanthus said, "When this is all over, promise me, well go home and never come back. This is not a place for someone like us to stay."

He looked at her with an ashen face. Seeing the tiredness in his eyes, Raeleigh nodded her head, well aware of how it felt to see such a bloody scene for the first time.

"I know. Well go to Mom and Dad after I've sorted everything out here."

Xanthus pulled Raeleigh into his arms, and the siblings hugged.

He said, "This is no heaven but hell. Everyone is like a flesh-eating monster; they would kill people without even batting an eyelash."

Raeleigh patted Xanthus on the back and said, "We can leave as soon as all of this is over."

Hugging her, he fell silent.

The siblings only separated when Jacky came. Seeing him, Xanthus stood up, saying, "Go to your room, Raeleigh."

Seeing that Raeleigh did not move, Xanthus said, "There's still blood on him. Go."

With that, Raeleigh retreated and eavesdropped by the door only to hear nothing even after a while.

Meanwhile, Xanthus looked at Jacky and asked, "Didn't you know Raeleigh was there?"

Jacky didn't say anything, still bloody.

Fuming, Xanthus spat, "Have you forgotten you're a father as well? You have two children. What do you regard human lives as? You should do more good as your children don't suffer from your karma."

Jacky looked at Xanthus, amused. "You're telling this to a man who runs the underworld?"

"You're still a human no matter what!"

With that, Xanthus headed to Raeleigh's room. Surprised by his appearance, she stood up just as she sat.

Looking at him, she asked, "Why did you come to my room?"

"Nothing. I just want company." Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

Raeleigh could tell Xanthus was still upset with

Jacky's way of dealing with the matter.

Sitting down, she comforted, "You can't get worked up for all of those who have died. Sometimes people like Jacky have no choice; they live in the underworld. They had to kill to survive; they'd be

dead if they let their guard down even for a minute."

Xanthus looked at Raeleigh and said, "Don't learn from them."

"I won't. We'll leave this place and look for Mom and Dad after this is all over."

"Okay."

Raeleigh didn't expect Xanthus to have times when he was as vulnerable as a child.