“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!”

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

him. “No wonder it took you more than an hour to prepare

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

thought it was—” Rayna’s voice was muffled

a hurry to

downed half a glass of lemonade

her back. “How are

pulled back from

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

flushed as she groused, “Can’t you drink from your own

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

time this has happened to me. I’m

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

you find fault with me for drinking your lemonade

tickled by her poor attempt at

being herself in front of him. It gave

was already three in the afternoon by the time they

began feeling drowsy after the meal and had the mind to usher Curtis out so that she could take a nap. Curtis, however, told her he’d

dark by the time she woke up from her nap

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

She was confused at the sight of Curtis

placidly, “Carl called me saying he’ll be

company.” Rayna

taking care of you since they

trudged to the farthest corner of

the tapping sound

finished up his work half an hour later. He shut his laptop and massaged his aching

exactly what a family living harmoniously looked

taking a seat beside her. He took hold of the leftover tangerine. “You

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