His Precious Love

Chapter 349

“You’re the best, Mom! I’ve always known you dote on me the most,” Rayna said in a piping voice..

Linda replied, “Save it. It’s not because I feel sorry for you. I’m only acquiescing in your request because I’m worried you’ll drag me down and make me the brunt of gossip if no one wants to marry you since it’ll be your second marriage. I don’t have the energy to make another dress for Roxanne.”

“Mom, could you stop harping about how it’s my second marriage-”

“It’s the truth.”

It seemed as though Rayna knew she would fail in winning the argument with Linda, considering that she stopped talking and went about helping her mother with some housework. A long time passed before Curtis saw her appear on the screen again.

When Rayna noticed that the video was still recording, she gasped and turned beet red. “Oh my gosh! I completely forgot to stop recording. It didn’t capture my conversation with Mom just now, did it? No, that won’t do. I’ll have to edit that bit lest Mr. Faymon see it.”

As she muttered under her breath, Linda happened to call her to have her meal. The video ended after she responded to her mother.

Curtis sat on the couch and stared at the camera silently for a long time.

The forty–minute–long video replayed in his mind again and again. The way Rayna had looked and her words stirred a fire within him, and he felt angry and distressed.

If she loved me so much, why did she take Jefferson’s side without hesitation when a problem arose? Was it just because he had nothing and was the weaker one? What did I have, then?

The memory of that phone call in which she cried because of Jefferson and resolutely decided to remain in Frosa, abandoning him, made him seethe with hatred, and his gaze gradually turned icy.

Curtis tossed the camera carelessly onto the coffee table, then rose to his feet to go upstairs.

When Lucky saw him get up, it sprang to its feet and followed him while wagging its tail. Its owner merely glanced at it out of the corner of his eye and kept walking.

the pair

sight of Lucky lying quietly on the carpet had him furrowing his

anyway, I’ll let it lie wherever

to the bed, he was stunned to spot the light

I put it in the closet? How did it end up on

his gaze reflecting his mixed feelings. Picking it up, he found a

moment, he was at a loss for

gazed at him with wide, innocent eyes and wagged its tail. The corners of his mouth twitched as he asked, “Are you testing

at him

to some work matters.

it was already after eleven o’clock at night. In ten minutes,

so, a new year won’t bring any changes.

bed. As he reached out to turn on the lamp on his nightstand, his hand brushed against the dark blue silk scarf. He

leaving only him behind. It puzzled him as to

scarf around her neck whenever she wears off–shoulder dresses or low–cut tops. Although she has porcelain skin, the dark–colored silk scarf wouldn’t age her. Instead, it only further enhances her beauty. When I happened to pass by the Department of Regulators or even during meetings, there were many times when I saw her talking with a fierce and dazzling aura while wearing this exact scarf. Once, it even served as a blindfold tied around my eyes. Despite not being able to see, I could feel the warmth of her skin beneath my fingers and smell her faint

he would acquire it and force it

ache, filling him

closed his eyes, he recalled how she would snuggle in his arms languidly. He did not know where she picked it up, but she had a bad habit of playfully pressing on

his resentment, he could not stop his heart from aching at the thought of her being all alone in the cold weather of Frosa. After trying to suppress his emotions for

voice rang out. “Curtis, I heard from Mr. Tylinski that you’re not going to the Faymon residence for New Year’s Eve dinner tonight. Do you want me and Wyatt to

“There’s no need for

regarding Ms.

spot–on guess. “Why would you think that? You haven’t seen me for

angry. You prefer having some time alone to gather yourself before contacting us. I asked Mr. Tylinski, and he said you’ve been very busy these few days.