Chapter 354

Right after Rayna sent out the message, she heard faint footsteps behind her. In swift movements, she put her phone on the countertop and washed her face. By the time she turned around, her expression was back to normal.

Jefferson had already entered the kitchen. When he saw her reddened eyes, he hastily asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Everything’s fine. It’s the chili pepper.” Rayna pointed at the chili pepper on the chopping board and said pitifully. “It hurts my eyes so bad that I had to rinse them a few times.”

He then took out a piece of tissue to wipe off the water droplets on her face.

“It’s all right. I can do it myself.” However, she quickly drew the tissue from his hand. “You should wait outside. We agreed that I’ll be preparing today’s breakfast”

At her insistence, Jefferson nodded in agreement. When he was about to leave the kitchen, he saw the phone on the countertop. His eyes darkened as though something had popped into his mind.

After breakfast, Rayna wanted to change the bed sheets. He offered to help, but she turned him down. “It’s not a lot of work. I just need to throw these into the washing machine. Why don’t you check on the garden?”

“All right,” he replied.

The environment in the garden shed encouraged plant growth, and that was why the rows of green roses they planted two weeks ago sprouted so soon. Once the stems grew taller and the buds formed, the roses would bloom in no time.

Jefferson wished they could grow even faster. Daily new chapters upload Only On Alaniniz(dot)com He wanted to harvest them as soon as possible and put a bouquet in the living room and another in Rayna’s room. The green roses emanated a sweet scent, which he believed would help her sleep better..

After that, he returned to the house and realized no one was in the living room. Rayna seemed to still be busy with her chores upstairs.

While cleaning up the space, he spotted a phone on the coffee table. It was Rayna’s.

Upon recalling her reddened eyes that morning, he unconsciously reached out and picked up the phone.

Jefferson could access the device easily as it did not require a passcode. The phone had only a few applications alongside two numbers in the contact list. The call log showed she answered a call that morning.

Frosa’s

instant, he figured out who the caller was,

to the unknown number: Curtis, I miss you so much. Forgive me for being willful. The research on Ixora is going very well, and I still need to wait for fifteen more days.

a red exclamation mark right next to it. She must have accidentally

moment he read the message. Feeling suffocated, he clutched the

my side, but it was

as he muttered, “Why didn’t I behave more selfish back then? Why did I allow her to

love of his life, yet, someone stepped in and snatched her away, refusing

of menace arose. At that point, he only had one thought–he wanted to keep her by his side and never let

to Chanaea if he could get Curtis to ditch

mind. He made a call with his phone and instructed the person to reprogram

the person on the other end

data, and clicked on her messaging application.

reality, it was stuck because the messaging application on her phone was reprogrammed. Likewise, she would not receive any incoming messages, even though the senders had sent

getting everything done, Jefferson put Rayna’s

not feel an ounce of remorse. The man did not

was destined to be with him since they had known each other before Curtis

stairs with light footsteps, asked when she saw Jefferson in the living room. She then quickened her pace and went to switch on the heater. “It’s raining outside now, so it’s very

feel cold,” Jefferson said, giving her a warm smile as if he had done nothing earlier. At the sight of Rayna leaving after taking her phone, he asked, “Where are you going? I’ll come with you.”

going to the mall to get some new bedding. The dryer’s not functioning, but the technician can only come tomorrow since he doesn’t work on the weekend. I’ll be back

about you.”

her coat. “You’d better stay home. The air

her out and exhorted, “Drive carefully.”

“I will!”

open–air parking lot in the drizzle. After driving out of Verdant Vine Garden, she headed

at the store, she went straight to

then proceeded to the payment counter and handed the cashier

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