His Precious Love

She could clearly hear the noise as her earplugs had fallen off.

“Who’s there?” Rayna asked loudly while she got out of bed and put on her slippers.

Just then, she seemed to have recalled something and turned to look at the vacant space on the bed next to her. She did not notice when Curtis left.

Rayna yawned as she walked toward the bedroom door before opening it without much thought.

Claire, Vivi’s mother-in-law, was standing at the door.

Rayna wondered why the woman was looking for her that early in the morning. Claire’s face contorted with rage when she saw Rayna and lunged at her before Rayna could speak.

“Return my grandchildren to me! How can a young lady like you be so evil?”

As Rayna was completely unprepared for the assault, she almost lost her balance and fell.

She quickly put a hand against the door to steady herself while using her other hand to block her face, guarding herself against Claire’s continuous attacks. “Mdm. Myers, why are you hitting me? Why are you asking me to return your grandchildren to you? What do you mean by that?”

“Stop pretending!” Claire bellowed hysterically while throwing punches at Rayna. “My daughter-in-law had a miscarriage after finishing the duck stew you had given her!”

“What?” Rayna looked at Claire in disbelief. “The duck stew caused Vivi to have a miscarriage? That’s impossible. That duck stew was—”

It was given to her by Curtis.

Before Rayna could complete her sentence, she was interrupted by Claire. “The stew contained herbs that are not safe for pregnant women to consume. Knowing that Vivi was pregnant, why did you still give it to her? What were your intentions? Vivi has been so nice to you. How can you be so vicious?”

While scolding Rayna, Claire continued hitting the woman and pulling her hair.

“Did my grandchildren offend you? Why did you harm them? I really regret accepting your duck stew and letting Vivi eat it. I will never forgive you! Bring my grandchildren back to me!”

shocked that her body was shaking, and her mind went blank. Even though Claire

kind of herbs are there in

was completely unaware of that and had assumed that it was just a

had overeaten and was feeling bloated, she decided to give the stew to Vivi, who was also pregnant, through

Curtis was not unaware of her pregnancy, it was unlikely that he would instruct the kitchen staff to include

the beating had stopped. When she looked up, she saw Curtis. He was grabbing Claire’s hand, which stopped the woman from hitting

expression darkened. With a crease between his brows, he asked Claire, “What’s going on? Why did you come here to attack her

out of the man’s grip and continued resentfully, “Let go

stunned when he heard that. “What do

were you the one who asked the kitchen staff to prepare the duck stew last night?” Rayna asked anxiously before Claire

relieved if he could clarify that he had no

was there when they packed the stew into the lunch box,” Curtis replied and continued, “Was there a problem with

instant, Rayna’s

he would have seen the additional

Maybe…

have hit Rayna as a shiver ran down her spine, and she gritted

saw that all color had drained from the woman’s face. “Rayna, was there a problem with the duck stew? Tell

and staggered out of the room as if

after Rayna, wanting to continue hitting her, but Curtis pulled her back and repeated the question he

were some herbs in the stew that could potentially kill a pregnant woman!” Claire hollered. “Vivi had a miscarriage and almost died after eating that

Curtis froze in shock.

finally understood why Claire was so agitated and looked like she wanted to murder Rayna. It also made sense that Rayna’s face

got nothing to do with it. It was me.” Curtis composed himself and said, “Mdm. Myers, I’m so sorry. I had instructed the kitchen to prepare the duck stew yesterday

would she insist that I bring it home

have done that. I know her character very well. Besides, the two of them are friends. It was

on ranting, Curtis continued to speak. “I am really sorry that this happened. I will get the best doctors here to take care of Vivi.

walked out of the homestay

that Curtis might have known everything and intentionally instructed the kitchen staff to include those additional herbs in her food

I hid it so well. There was no way he could have