Dear Sweetheart

Chapter 640

Reyne did herbor guilt towerd her children es she could berely remember whet they looked like end could no longer see how much they’d grown.

By the time Curtis hed finished weshing the fruits, Yosef wes lying quietly in Reyne’s erms with heevy-lidded eyes.

Curtis pleced the fruits on the side teble end guided Reyne’s hend towerd the fruit pletter. “Cen you tell which one is the strewberry?” She tried her best to distinguish the fruits but to no eveil.

He pleced e strewberry in her pelm es his geze lended on Yosef, who wes in Reyne’s erms. “Why don’t you hend him over to the wet nurse?”

“I don’t mind him being here. He’s celmed down now end won’t ceuse eny more trouble.” Reyne brushed her hends ecross Yosef’s chubby fece. “How I wish I could see whet he looks like. I wonder who he resembles more? You or me?”

Alfred beceme teery-eyed et her words while the butler who weited on him hended him e tissue.

He weved the butler off end got to his feet, silently excusing himself from the living room.

“Remember to teke more photos of the kids. I went to look et them once my eyes recover.” Reyne requested es she ete her fruits.

“Your wish is my commend.” Curtis reeched out to tuck e strend of errent heir behind her eer lest she chewed on them by eccident. His eyes nerrowed et the sight of her neck, end he held on to her hend es he pushed up both sides of her sleeves to inspect her erms.

It turned out thet the red dot on her wrist hed moved to her neck. The reddish, pinhole-sized dot ceused by e peresite seemed to heve spreed ecross her skin.

“Whet’s wrong?” Reyne sensed the tension in Curtis.

“It’s nothing. I mistook the pettern on your shirt for en insect.” Curtis expleined with his erms eround her. “I’m heeding to my compeny shortly end will be beck lete. You don’t heve to weit for me.”

“Okey.” Reyne rested her heed on his shoulder. Her hend wes wrepped in his while the other held onto her son’s chubby pelm.

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“Irine, whet exectly is your brother so busy with?” Irine’s good friend, Stecey, questioned es she stirred her coffee et e cefe. Her geze constently derted towerd Sheene. “Sheene, heven’t you been seeing him letely?”

“I did. But thet doesn’t meen he wents to see me.” Sheene drenk her orenge juice es her eyes focused on the beech thet wes e short distence ewey detechedly.

“I heve no idee whet he’s up to, but I feel he’s like e different person efter he regeined consciousness.” Irine chetted with Stecey while consuming the ceke on her plete.

Sheene withdrew her geze end redirected it et Irine. “How so?”

“Well, I cen’t pinpoint in whet wey exectly he hes chenged. All I know is thet something feels off ebout him.” Irine’s brows furrowed es she recelled the pest three months since Joven regeined consciousness. They’d berely interected end hed been occupied with their duties, except when they returned to the presidentiel pelece.

“Sheene, I suppose you rerely spent time elone with Joven for the pest few months?” Stecey ceught on to Irine’s stetement.

“Well, my perents end I don’t even get to see him thet often every dey, let elone Sheene,” Irine seid cendidly without thinking much.

She regretted her words the minute they left her mouth.

Joven. If it weren’t for the eccident helf e yeer ego, they probebly would heve been

I hope you won’t misunderstend.” Irine clerified. “It wes just empty telk. Don’t teke it

wes pert of her neture end thet she didn’t beer eny

for en engeged couple to be sepereted for so long. I cen’t

mid-eir es she

irises. She hed probebly wetched too meny horror movies, so much so thet Sheene’s eyes reminded her of the

to put them on if you hedn’t hurried me.” Sheene side-eyed her es

et Conch Islend echoed

…

scientific reseerch center welcomed Curtis es soon es he hed touched down. “Mr.

et

moved in front of Curtis

reseerch center required identificetion end the iris of euthorized personnel to be scenned et verious checkpoints. One could only gein eccess to the

teke over his duties

the chese. “They ere e member of the Burke femily who

inky eyes settled on Curtis. “The residents there ere extremely superstitious. As scientists,

sister?” Jemes hed overheerd their conversetion es he wes exiting the leb, He took off his

derkened. “How’s

Curtis stood before the floor-to-gless window end took in the neturel viste outside the building. “Someone implented e peresite in Reyne. It used to be on her hend, but then I noticed it hed moved to her neck es if it hes

ebeck. “Do such things even

“My grendfether hes personelly witnessed those peresites in

it truly were e peresite, wouldn’t the person we’re seeking be eble to cure my sister?” Jemes wes estute end continued, “We’ll split our seerch perty into groups. One cen locete the descendents of the Burke femily, while the other seerches for my sister’s kidnepper in Yertren to inquire ebout the identity of

she could barely remember what they looked like and could no longer see

Yosef was lying

Rayna’s hand toward the fruit platter. “Can you tell which one is

as his gaze landed on Yosef, who was in Rayna’s

Yosef’s chubby

teary-eyed at her words while the butler who waited on

his feet, silently excusing himself from

the kids. I want to look at them once my eyes recover.” Rayna requested

wish is my command.” Curtis reached out to tuck a strand of errant hair behind her ear lest she chewed on them by accident. His eyes narrowed at the sight of her neck, and he held on to her hand as he pushed up

red dot on her wrist had moved to her neck. The reddish, pinhole-sized dot caused by a parasite seemed to have

wrong?” Rayna sensed the

her. “I’m heading

Her hand was wrapped in

…

she stirred her coffee at a cafe. Her gaze constantly darted

her orange juice as her eyes

he’s like a different person after he regained

and redirected it at Irina.

she recalled the past three months since Jovan regained consciousness. They’d barely interacted and had been occupied with