Dear Sweetheart

Chapter 39 A Fantastic Job

Not just anyone was qualified to head to the Norham branch.

Furthermore, Rayna did not wish to be alone and far from home. It would be tough for her. She was neither ambitious nor in any urgent need of money. Moreover, her family was close by, and everything she had in life right now was more than enough for her.

Curtis knew Rayna was determined to stay, so he did not insist.

After all, he had no right to intervene in her choice.

For the rest of the afternoon, the study was quiet. Both were busy dealing with their own matters. By the time Rayna lifted her head after completing her last document, she realized that the sky was already dark.

Before she knew it, she had stayed in Curtis’ house for an entire day.

When Rayna saw that Curtis was still lost in his pile of work, she decided not to disturb him and discreetly left the study, thinking of preparing dinner before heading back. While she was on her way downstairs, she received a call from Jessica.

“Rayna, are you still out working?”

“I’m at Mr. Faymon’s place.” Rayna had told Jessica about what happened during the cocktail reception, and she even roasted Jessica for her inaccurate fortune-telling—Rayna met no soulmates there.

“Oh? You’re in Mr. Faymon’s house? Are you staying the night there?” Jessica said in a sing-song voice.

“What are you thinking about? I’m only here to return the favor.” Rayna was speechless when Jessica leaped to conclusions. “Weren’t you talking about how indecent Mr. Faymon is a while ago?”

“I only said that Mr. Faymon will be marrying later in life; I didn’t say he was indecent,” Jessica refuted with an innocent-sounding voice. “Moreover, it’s not as if I’m asking you to marry him. If you click with him, why don’t you try dating him?”

Rayna huffed in exasperation. “No thank you. I’m not interested. Didn’t you see what happened the last time? Look at how fierce Kristie was. Any woman who gets together with Mr. Faymon won’t have an easy time.”

There was clearly nothing special about Rayna’s relationship with Curtis, but Kristie still bore a grudge against her.

Things would become worse if something really did bloom between them.

When Rayna noticed how late it was, she hastily prepped dinner after telling Jessica not to buy takeout, for she was going to bring food back. At that, Jessica kissed the receiver of her phone in gratitude.

afternoon was done, so she took the pot off the stove. All of a sudden,

A power outage?

outside were still lit. Thus, Rayna guessed that the circuit breaker had tripped,

knocked on the study door. “Do you know where the fuse

“Mr. Faymon?”

no one answered it. When she entered the room, she found no signs of Curtis around. She tensed up in the

still in the study when I went downstairs to

long one, and there were seven to eight rooms there. It was such a huge space, but it was silent, and the

the walls as her legs quaked. “Where are you?

simply could not wrap her mind around why someone who stayed alone

sudden. As she walked down the corridor,

is that you inside?” Rayna patted the bedroom

me?” Curtis sounded muffled. “The bathroom door is stuck, so come

wait for me.” Rayna opened the door and

the bathroom right after she illuminated the room with her phone torch. It was then she realized that the mat’s corner was

stuck,” she said to him before reaching out to pull the mat out. However, it was rather stuck, and she failed to do so after several attempts. “Why don’t you move aside?

that powerful?” Curtis dubiously

lock and noted that it was a normal one.

“All right.”

took a step back and sucked in

first time

the door again,

see that Curtis’ sleeves were stained red by blood. Evidently, his injury was torn.

The moment she stepped

grab

Losing balance, Curtis

and water splashed

then, the lights

Once the lights were back on, she quickly turned off the faucet. When she turned back around, she realized Curtis was as disheveled as

rack and handed it to him with trembling