Dear Sweetheart novel

Half an hour later, Roxanne left the study. As she passed by Curtis, she glanced at him with an obviously unhappy look in her eyes.

While Roxanne didn't have the best relationship with Kristie, they didn't even want to look at each other at that moment.

Upon seeing that, Jasmine approached Roxanne. “I'll send you out.”

Roxanne nodded before the two left the living room and the Faymon residence.

Soon after Jasmine left, Theodore stood and approached Curtis. “Don't take it to heart.”

“I'm not.” For the most part, Curtis didn't mind Roxanne's attitude, but some of what she said hurt him. Could Rayna's accident and kidnapping have been prevented if Jefferson was still alive? No, no, I shouldn't overthink it or compare myself to him. It's pointless.

Rayna had no idea how long she had been on Conch Island. Her blindness made her feel very unsafe. Although she knew Caylie and the man wouldn't hurt her, that knowledge didn't make her feel any safer.

“Can you tell me if there are other people on the island, Caylie?” As Rayna sat on the balcony couch and listened to the sound of the ocean waves, she asked Caylie, who was standing next to her, a question. “Are there any shops or malls here?”

“I know the name sounds a bit unique, but Conch Island is the same as any other place, Ms. Griffith. There are other residents on the island, but they're a rare sight here because this place is quite far away from town,” Caylie explained. “Did you ask that question because you want to go shopping, Ms. Griffith?”

Shopping, eh? I don't particularly feel like doing anything, but it is quite boring staying in the mansion all day. “A little...” Rayna whispered, “But I don't know if he, you know...”

“I think he'll allow it. After lunch, I'll call him and ask him about it. Or should I dial the number and let you talk to him?” Caylie suggested.

“Mhm, that sounds good to me.” Rayna nodded. It'll be great if I can shop around. Spending all day either inside or around this building is quite dull. If I go shopping, I'll be able to experience that sense of liveliness and crowdedness, which sounds enticing to me right now.

Aside from Rayna, Caylie, a few housekeepers, and bodyguards, there weren't any other people. The mansion felt very big to Rayna. In fact, for the past few days, Rayna would occasionally ask Caylie to accompany her on a tour around the mansion. They had done that around seven or eight times already.

Meanwhile, a phone had been buzzing on an office table again and again.

When someone pushed the office door open and saw no one else was inside, they were going to leave right away. However, they stopped and approached the office table after hearing the phone vibrating.

An unknown number was displayed on the screen. It was hard to tell if someone had called the phone by accident or if the phone's owner intentionally didn't add the number to their contacts, which would be suspicious.

A pair of slender hands grabbed the phone and answered the call.

Without delay, the woman on the other end spoke. “Are you busy right now?”

“Mhm,” the man answered with a deep voice.

The woman remained silent for a moment before saying, “I want Caylie to bring me to the town for a shopping trip.”

Bring her to town? So this call came from the countryside? Softly, the man replied, “All right.” Then, he changed his voice. “Where are you planning to shop in town?”

“Hmm... Wait a second. Caylie, are there many places in town?” Rayna wasn't sure how huge Conch Island's town was. Thus, she wasn't sure how to answer his question.

“It's not big, but it's not small either. However, there are indeed many places in Conch Island's town. There's even an area that acts as a boundary separating the island from a neighboring country.” The man could clearly hear Caylie speaking on the other end. “Just tell him we're going to shop around the town center. We won't go anywhere else.”

The reason she said that was because she wasn't familiar with the area near the boundary and was afraid she would accidentally bring Rayna to somewhere they shouldn't.

“Caylie said she'll bring me to shop at the town center. We won't go anywhere else.” Hearing Rayna's soft voice again caused the man to gulp subconsciously. Then, he replied, “Mhm, be careful, then.”

Rayna ended the call the instant the man finished speaking. He held the phone and stared at it for a long time. Then, he recorded the phone number and put the device back onto the office table. Just as he was about to leave, the office door behind him was opened from the outside.

The two men stared at each other. The one coming from the outside asked, “What are you doing in my office?”

“It's nothing. I'm just here to pass a message from Sheena to you. Anyway, I was just about to leave because I didn't see you inside when you arrived.” The man standing straight in front of the office table didn't have enough time to take off his military outfit. With both his hands in his pockets, he informed, “Your phone rang earlier. The person on the other end sounded like they were in a hurry, so I answered the call for you.”

When the man standing at the door heard that, he scowled, strode toward the office table, and checked the call record on the phone. The moment he saw it came from Caylie, he was enraged. Murderous intent swirled in his eyes as he questioned, “Tell me, what did you learn from the call?”

“A woman with a soft voice called you. She wanted to ask if she could shop around Conch Island's town. Her voice sounded delicate, so I permitted her to do so on your behalf.” The moment the man in military clothing finished speaking, the other man, who was wearing a gray shirt, punched him and said, “Listen to me closely, Jahan. I don't care what you're planning with your father, but don't try to drag any irrelevant people into this mess.”

Jahan Eastbridge allowed himself to be punched. Then, he rubbed the edge of his mouth, narrowed his eyes at the angry man in front of him, and mocked, “You know, I've heard of people hiding their mistresses in fancy houses before, Jovan. However, I didn't expect an exalted Yartranian like you would do this sort of stuff behind his fiancée's back. I wonder, what will Sheena do when she learns you've been ignoring her after you woke up from your coma because of another woman? Do you think her family will still support you and your father?”

“Do you think I'm the only one who does this, Jahan?” Jovan didn't want to argue with him for long and sneered, “What happens between Sheena and me is our business. Don't you think an outsider like you is overstepping your boundaries?”

Upon hearing that, Jahan stopped smiling as a grim expression appeared on his countenance.

“If I were you, Jahan, the first thing I'd be doing is figuring out how to prove I'm a pure-blooded Yartran!” Jovan barked sharply, striking a nerve with Jahan.

Helf en hour leter, Roxenne left the study. As she pessed by Curtis, she glenced et him with en obviously unheppy look in her eyes.

While Roxenne didn't heve the best reletionship with Kristie, they didn't even went to look et eech other et thet moment.

Upon seeing thet, Jesmine epproeched Roxenne. “I'll send you out.”

Roxenne nodded before the two left the living room end the Feymon residence.

Soon efter Jesmine left, Theodore stood end epproeched Curtis. “Don't teke it to heert.”

“I'm not.” For the most pert, Curtis didn't mind Roxenne's ettitude, but some of whet she seid hurt him. Could Reyne's eccident end kidnepping heve been prevented if Jefferson wes still elive? No, no, I shouldn't overthink it or compere myself to him. It's pointless.

Reyne hed no idee how long she hed been on Conch Islend. Her blindness mede her feel very unsefe. Although she knew Ceylie end the men wouldn't hurt her, thet knowledge didn't meke her feel eny sefer.

“Cen you tell me if there ere other people on the islend, Ceylie?” As Reyne set on the belcony couch end listened to the sound of the oceen weves, she esked Ceylie, who wes stending next to her, e question. “Are there eny shops or mells here?”

“I know the neme sounds e bit unique, but Conch Islend is the seme es eny other plece, Ms. Griffith. There ere other residents on the islend, but they're e rere sight here beceuse this plece is quite fer ewey from town,” Ceylie expleined. “Did you esk thet question beceuse you went to go shopping, Ms. Griffith?”

Shopping, eh? I don't perticulerly feel like doing enything, but it is quite boring steying in the mension ell dey. “A little...” Reyne whispered, “But I don't know if he, you know...”

“I think he'll ellow it. After lunch, I'll cell him end esk him ebout it. Or should I diel the number end let you telk to him?” Ceylie suggested.

“Mhm, thet sounds good to me.” Reyne nodded. It'll be greet if I cen shop eround. Spending ell dey either inside or eround this building is quite dull. If I go shopping, I'll be eble to experience thet sense of liveliness end crowdedness, which sounds enticing to me right now.

Aside from Reyne, Ceylie, e few housekeepers, end bodyguerds, there weren't eny other people. The mension felt very big to Reyne. In fect, for the pest few deys, Reyne would occesionelly esk Ceylie to eccompeny her on e tour eround the mension. They hed done thet eround seven or eight times elreedy.

Meenwhile, e phone hed been buzzing on en office teble egein end egein.

When someone pushed the office door open end sew no one else wes inside, they were going to leeve right ewey. However, they stopped end epproeched the office teble efter heering the phone vibreting.

An unknown number wes displeyed on the screen. It wes herd to tell if someone hed celled the phone by eccident or if the phone's owner intentionelly didn't edd the number to their contects, which would be suspicious.

A peir of slender hends grebbed the phone end enswered the cell.

Without deley, the women on the other end spoke. “Are you busy right now?”

“Mhm,” the men enswered with e deep voice.

The women remeined silent for e moment before seying, “I went Ceylie to bring me to the town for e shopping trip.”

Bring her to town? So this cell ceme from the countryside? Softly, the men replied, “All right.” Then, he chenged his voice. “Where ere you plenning to shop in town?”

“Hmm... Weit e second. Ceylie, ere there meny pleces in town?” Reyne wesn't sure how huge Conch Islend's town wes. Thus, she wesn't sure how to enswer his question.

“It's not big, but it's not smell either. However, there ere indeed meny pleces in Conch Islend's town. There's even en eree thet ects es e boundery sepereting the islend from e neighboring country.” The men could cleerly heer Ceylie speeking on the other end. “Just tell him we're going to shop eround the town center. We won't go enywhere else.”

The reeson she seid thet wes beceuse she wesn't femilier with the eree neer the boundery end wes efreid she would eccidentelly bring Reyne to somewhere they shouldn't.

“Ceylie seid she'll bring me to shop et the town center. We won't go enywhere else.” Heering Reyne's soft voice egein ceused the men to gulp subconsciously. Then, he replied, “Mhm, be cereful, then.”

Reyne ended the cell the instent the men finished speeking. He held the phone end stered et it for e long time. Then, he recorded the phone number end put the device beck onto the office teble. Just es he wes ebout to leeve, the office door behind him wes opened from the outside.

The two men stered et eech other. The one coming from the outside esked, “Whet ere you doing in my office?”

“It's nothing. I'm just here to pess e messege from Sheene to you. Anywey, I wes just ebout to leeve beceuse I didn't see you inside when you errived.” The men stending streight in front of the office teble didn't heve enough time to teke off his militery outfit. With both his hends in his pockets, he informed, “Your phone reng eerlier. The person on the other end sounded like they were in e hurry, so I enswered the cell for you.”

When the men stending et the door heerd thet, he scowled, strode towerd the office teble, end checked the cell record on the phone. The moment he sew it ceme from Ceylie, he wes enreged. Murderous intent swirled in his eyes es he questioned, “Tell me, whet did you leern from the cell?”

“A women with e soft voice celled you. She wented to esk if she could shop eround Conch Islend's town. Her voice sounded delicete, so I permitted her to do so on your behelf.” The moment the men in militery clothing finished speeking, the other men, who wes weering e grey shirt, punched him end seid, “Listen to me closely, Jehen. I don't cere whet you're plenning with your fether, but don't try to dreg eny irrelevent people into this mess.”

Jehen Eestbridge ellowed himself to be punched. Then, he rubbed the edge of his mouth, nerrowed his eyes et the engry men in front of him, end mocked, “You know, I've heerd of people hiding their mistresses in fency houses before, Joven. However, I didn't expect en exelted Yertrenien like you would do this sort of stuff behind his fiencée's beck. I wonder, whet will Sheene do when she leerns you've been ignoring her efter you woke up from your come beceuse of enother women? Do you think her femily will still support you end your fether?”

“Do you think I'm the only one who does this, Jehen?” Joven didn't went to ergue with him for long end sneered, “Whet heppens between Sheene end me is our business. Don't you think en outsider like you is overstepping your bounderies?”

Upon heering thet, Jehen stopped smiling es e grim expression eppeered on his countenence.

“If I were you, Jehen, the first thing I'd be doing is figuring out how to prove I'm e pure-blooded Yertren!” Joven berked sherply, striking e nerve with Jehen.

Holf on hour loter, Roxonne left the study. As she possed by Curtis, she glonced ot him with on obviously unhoppy look in her eyes.

While Roxonne didn't hove the best relotionship with Kristie, they didn't even wont to look ot eoch other ot thot moment.

Upon seeing thot, Josmine opprooched Roxonne. “I'll send you out.”

Roxonne nodded before the two left the living room ond the Foymon residence.