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!”

myself.” Curtis

at him. “No wonder it

sure to choose a rib-eye as it’s your favorite. How do

it was—” Rayna’s voice was

in such a hurry to speak that she

half a glass of lemonade before Curtis

her back.

fine.” Rayna pulled back from his proximity. “Let’s continue

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

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

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

This isn’t the first time this has happened to me. I’m already

discussing business at a club when she’d accidentally drank his red wine. She immediately straightened herself to hide her growing

me for drinking your lemonade when I’m carrying your

her poor attempt at appearing indignant. “Whatever you

Rayna that was not afraid of being herself in front of him. It gave him a sense of comfort as this meant that she still cared for

three in the afternoon by the time they

the mind to usher Curtis out so that she could take a nap. Curtis, however, told her he’d sent a message to Carl and that he would

the time she woke up from her nap at six in the

up, she considered bringing Carl out for pizza as it had been a

here?” She was confused at the sight of Curtis alone in

darted a glance at 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

Rayna pointed

of taking care of

him a resentful look as she had run out of ideas to make him leave. She trudged to the

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

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

what a family living harmoniously looked

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