I merely regarded Rayna as fragile, wishing to keep her safe by constraining her within my circle of protection. Never had it crossed my mind to tell her whatever I’d done and face everything together.

Propping a hand against his forehead, Jefferson gave a bark of self-deprecating laughter. “A single mistake led to countless more mistakes down the road. Well, it turned out that I lost to you in this aspect.”

If I could turn back time to return to when we got acquainted and cast my concerns aside, would we have ended up together instead?

At that precise moment, a knock sounded on the private room door.

A server stepped in and handed the small box in his hand to Curtis. “Here’s the item you requested, Mr. Faymon.”

“Thank you.” Curtis slid the box over to Jefferson. “In it is the plant capable of regenerating cells I obtained from that village in Tyrandas when I went there with Rayna back then. Its research has succeeded.”

Jefferson gaped at him, questioning incredulously, “Didn’t Jeremy’s lab explode and all research specimens get destroyed? Why do you still have it?”

“A total of six stalks of Ixora were preserved, and five were kept at the lab. Jeremy wanted to try out his new equipment, so he took a stalk away,” Curtis explained.

Subsequently, Jefferson opened the box.

A capsule encased with green liquid came into sight, so vivid that it gave off a sense of vibrant life.

“The research was incredibly successful, but this drug has side effects in and of itself. It can only extend your lifespan by thirty to thirty-five years. I think you need it now even if the efficacy is limited.”

At Curtis’ words, Jefferson’s lips turned up. “Thirty years is already a miracle. The lifespan of the average person is merely sixty to seventy years anyway. Considering my condition, living up to fifty years old is God’s grace.”

He then asked, “You could’ve exchanged this drug for the sum of an elderly rich man’s assets and expanded Faymon Group. Why are you giving such a priceless treasure to me?”

Curtis chuckled, his voice solemn and tinged with a hint of gratitude. “As you said, it’s a priceless treasure. Money can’t compare to it. This is my gift of thanks to you for taking such good care of Rayna.”

“I didn’t do it for your sake but because I love her!” Jefferson riposted.

Curtis merely grunted in acknowledgment. “I know, but that doesn’t change the fact that I’d like to thank you. I know she has been searching everywhere for someone to save you. She doesn’t want you to die so early. As such, neither do I.”

was already so late, he worried Rayna would really throw a tantrum and refuse to

her place to look in on her. I’ll have a server

door, Jefferson’s voice

them, but she was probably afraid that Arnaud would take advantage of your weakness. By the time I rushed to the hospital, she had already taken an abortifacient. I was

it weren’t for me getting soft-hearted and going to the hospital to stop her from doing so, your children would’ve long since been gone. There would no longer have been anything linking you

eyes for a moment before replying in a relatively calm voice, “Thank you. If you want to visit the Faymon residence, you may do so

private room

the green capsule in the box, his thoughts taking a sardonic turn. Curtis and

excruciating agony. “At the end of the day, I’m still too

to see her sad. If I had forcibly taken her to

for him. Worried that Rayna hadn’t any food at her condominium, he even had the server go to the establishment’s kitchen

Rayna’s doorstep with a bag of groceries in

remained closed even

through the peephole, so she’s pretending to be asleep and

the door, or I’m going to bust my way in. You won’t be able to sleep at night if the door is

door in front of

griped in chagrin, “How could you see any light when this door

asleep, huh?” Curtis arched

upon Rayna that she had fallen into his trap, her temper spiked, and she made to slam the door shut in a towering rage. “I want to

a pair of black

him for having such severe color blindness that he couldn’t

seized the opportunity when she did so to pull her into his arms lest he knocked into her. Effortlessly making

around it all, she smacked his hand off her, shaking in fury. “You’re a downright b*stard, Curtis! I may be a touch muddled due to my

fall for

her eyes, Curtis carried

only a glass of water on it. As soon as he entered the kitchen, he discovered that it was even emptier. On top of that, a layer of dust blanketed the countertop. At a glance, he could tell that the kitchen hadn’t been used in a long

He heaved a sigh.

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