“It’s not spicy enough.” Rayna smacked her lips. “Why are you asking me whether the beef tastes good when I’m talking about the incident with Mr. Nicholson?” She was speechless at his attempt to change the topic.

Curtis took a slice of beef and tried it himself. “That’s enough. Your stomach can’t handle anything too spicy.”

“Curtis, did you do it?” Rayna smacked him in the arm.

“How is it possible for me to counter Mr. Nicholson when Theodore is still unconscious?” Curtis smiled unaffectedly. “What goes around comes around. He’ll have to account for his sins eventually.”

His words echoed Rayna’s thoughts.

It would be implausible for Curtis to hurt Noel without Theodore’s connections, as the latter was still unconscious in Xyperia.

She became suspicious about what Curtis and Jefferson were up to when they were so busy that they never replied to her WhatsApp messages previously.

Rayna was jerked free from her musings when Curtis swatted her bottom.

“Why don’t you get the plates and cutlery ready for our meal?”

“You—” Rayna was so astonished that she felt like her bum was on fire. “Don’t be surprised when I sue you for sexual harassment!”

“Are you planning to sue the father of your children?” Curtis smirked.

Rayna cursed him under her breath and opened the cupboard to retrieve the plates and cutlery from the cabinet grudgingly.

Besides the roast beef, Curtis had also prepared a salad and lentil soup. It was a veritable feast.

The beef was roasted to perfection, and Rayna devoured all of it.

Curtis was very pleased with her appetite, and his lips curled into a smile. “Has my culinary skills improved?”

It was evident that his cooking had improved by leaps and bounds from the taste of the beef.

Nonetheless, Rayna had no desire to praise him and decided to nitpick instead. “Everything from the ingredients to seasoning was already laid out for you. You merely had to follow the steps given. Even a dog could do it!”

chose the cut of beef and marinated it myself.” Curtis corrected

she looked up at him. “No wonder it

a slice of roast. “I made sure to choose a rib-eye as

it was—” Rayna’s voice was

had been in such a hurry to speak that she choked on her

downed half a glass of lemonade before

her back. “How are

fine.” Rayna pulled back from

ensuring that Rayna was all right. Much to her astonishment, he finished the remaining lemonade in her glass before pouring himself

“Can’t you drink from your own glass instead

glass of watermelon juice. “This was supposed to be yours

has happened to

at a club when she’d accidentally drank his red wine. She immediately straightened herself to

with me for drinking

poor attempt at

fond of this petulant side of Rayna that was not afraid of being herself in front of

three in the afternoon by the time they

so that she could take a nap. Curtis, however, told her he’d sent a message to Carl and that he would leave only

by the time she woke up from

for pizza as it had been a while since she’d had it

at the sight of Curtis alone in the

as he continued on with his work and replied placidly, “Carl called me saying he’ll

and cat to keep me company.” Rayna pointed at the two pets lounging next to

taking care of you

run out of ideas to make him leave. She trudged to the farthest corner of

for the tapping sound of Curtis typing on

and massaged his aching forehead, lifting his gaze to the sight of Rayna lazing on the

what a family living harmoniously looked

beside her. He took hold of the leftover tangerine. “You should only eat half of this as you’ve eaten

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