Dear Sweetheart novel

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!”

beef and marinated it myself.” Curtis corrected her. “Even the salad was made from

“No

her a slice of roast. “I made sure to choose a rib-eye as it’s your favorite. How do you

was—” Rayna’s voice was muffled as she

hurry to speak that she choked

half a glass of lemonade before Curtis could

back.

from his proximity. “Let’s

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

groused, “Can’t you

and reached for a glass of watermelon juice. “This was supposed to be yours while the lemonade was

This isn’t the first time this has happened

their second meeting. They’d been discussing business at a club when she’d accidentally drank his red wine. She immediately straightened herself to hide her growing embarrassment and patted her

find fault with me for drinking your lemonade when I’m

at appearing indignant. “Whatever you say, Mrs.

that was not afraid of being herself in front of him. It gave him a sense of

already three in the afternoon by the time

could take a nap.

the time she woke up from her

finished washing up, she considered bringing Carl out for pizza as it had been a while since she’d had it herself, and she wanted

at the sight

her as he continued on with his work and replied placidly, “Carl called me saying he’ll be staying over at Jeremy’s. I worry for your safety if you were to be left alone

me company.” Rayna pointed at the two pets lounging next

taking care of you since

make him leave. She trudged to the farthest corner of the living room away from him and reached for a

living room was pin-drop silent except for the tapping sound of Curtis typing on

his work half an hour later. He shut his laptop and massaged his aching forehead, lifting his gaze to

was exactly what a family living harmoniously

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