Dear Sweetheart

Chapter 578

“It’s not spicy enough.” Rayna smacked her lips. “Why are you asking me whether the beef tastes good when I’m talking about the incident with Mr. Nicholson?” She was speechless at his attempt to change the topic.

Curtis took a slice of beef and tried it himself. “That’s enough. Your stomach can’t handle anything too spicy.”

“Curtis, did you do it?” Rayna smacked him in the arm.

“How is it possible for me to counter Mr. Nicholson when Theodore is still unconscious?” Curtis smiled unaffectedly. “What goes around comes around. He’ll have to account for his sins eventually.”

His words echoed Rayna’s thoughts.

It would be implausible for Curtis to hurt Noel without Theodore’s connections, as the latter was still unconscious in Xyperia.

She became suspicious about what Curtis and Jefferson were up to when they were so busy that they never replied to her WhatsApp messages previously.

Rayna was jerked free from her musings when Curtis swatted her bottom.

“Why don’t you get the plates and cutlery ready for our meal?”

“You—” Rayna was so astonished that she felt like her bum was on fire. “Don’t be surprised when I sue you for sexual harassment!”

“Are you planning to sue the father of your children?” Curtis smirked.

Rayna cursed him under her breath and opened the cupboard to retrieve the plates and cutlery from the cabinet grudgingly.

Besides the roast beef, Curtis had also prepared a salad and lentil soup. It was a veritable feast.

The beef was roasted to perfection, and Rayna devoured all of it.

Curtis was very pleased with her appetite, and his lips curled into a smile. “Has my culinary skills improved?”

It was evident that his cooking had improved by leaps and bounds from the taste of the beef.

nitpick instead. “Everything from the ingredients to seasoning was already laid out for you. You merely had to follow the steps given. Even a dog

the cut of beef and marinated it myself.” Curtis corrected her. “Even the salad was

him. “No

to choose a rib-eye as it’s your favorite. How do you find

was—” Rayna’s voice was

had been in such a hurry to speak that she choked on

glass of lemonade

her back.

pulled back from his proximity. “Let’s

seat after ensuring that Rayna was all right. Much to her astonishment, he finished the remaining lemonade in her glass before pouring

flushed as she groused, “Can’t you drink from your own glass instead

of watermelon juice. “This was supposed to be yours while the

first time this has happened to me. I’m already used to it,” Curtis

his red wine.

you find fault with me for drinking your

tickled by her poor attempt at appearing indignant. “Whatever

being herself in front of him. It gave him a sense of comfort as

afternoon by the

feeling drowsy after the meal and had the mind to usher Curtis out so that she could take a nap. Curtis, however, told her he’d sent a message to Carl and that he

by the time she woke up

considered bringing Carl out for pizza as it had been a while since she’d had it herself, and she wanted

are you still here?” She was confused at the sight

darted a glance at her as he continued on with his work and replied placidly, “Carl called me saying he’ll be staying over

cat to keep me company.” Rayna pointed at

incapable of taking care of you since they aren’t

look as she had run out of ideas to make him leave. She trudged to the farthest corner of

was pin-drop silent except for the tapping sound

laptop and massaged his aching forehead, lifting

exactly what a family

his hands before taking a seat beside her. He took hold of the leftover tangerine. “You should only eat half of this as