Dear Sweetheart novel

Chapter 687 Trapped

“Who is Nando? Why is Cassidy scolding him?” Rayna asked Yasmin in bafflement.

Yasmin translated the words while eavesdropping on the conversation upstairs. “Ms. Cassidy chided Andy for secretly leaving a fluffy thing outside the door of her house and asking someone to hack into the surveillance cameras in her home.”

A fluffy thing?

The corner of Rayna's lips twitched uncontrollably when she heard that term being used. Then, she was reminded of Cassidy's reaction when she saw Fluffy earlier. It dawned on her that Cassidy was afraid of such hairy animals.

However, she couldn't understand why a girl would fear fluffy animals that much.

Rayna was in disbelief because Cassidy didn't seem like someone who would be afraid of small, hairy creatures since the latter even dared to capture insects.

Sensing Rayna's doubt about how Cassidy would rebuke someone, Yasmin explained, “Ms. Cassidy is really scolding him. Nando is Ms. Cassidy's fiancé. The two were engaged in an arranged childhood marriage since a very long time ago.”

“Arranged childhood marriage?” Rayna chuckled. “Is that still a trend nowadays?”

“We live in a rural village. This place cannot be compared to Ulmrich, the significant city you came from. Arranged childhood marriage is still being practiced here,” Yasmin uttered resignedly.

“Are you engaged in an arranged childhood marriage then, Yasmin?” Rayna looked at Yasmin curiously.

“I'm not.” A forlorn look spread across Yasmin's face as she spoke. “An arranged childhood marriage can only be established if both parties' parents are still alive. I grew up in an orphanage, so that's not possible for me.”

“Oh, I see. I'm sorry.” Rayna didn't expect her casual question to touch Yasmin's sore point.

“That's all right. I'm used to it. Besides, I'm in a good place now, staying with Ms. Cassidy,” Yasmin chirped with a smile, seemingly unfazed. Still, to Rayna, the young lady was just putting up a tough facade for there was nothing she could do about her misfortune.

Rayna waited for Curtis in the living room, but he didn't return even after a long time. “That's weird. Why isn't he back after being gone for so long?”

As she uttered those words, she got up from the couch while holding Fluffy in her arms. She was about to move toward the doorway when someone abruptly opened the door connecting the front and back yard.

“Is Cassidy Gilroy here?” A burly man stepped into the backyard. Trailing behind him were two men with a similar physical build as him.

Yasmin hurriedly went out to check out the situation after hearing the commotion. When she saw those men, she hastily dragged Rayna further into the house. “Come in. Come inside at once.”

Yasmin forcefully pushed Rayna into the living room. Then, Rayna heard the door closing behind her, followed by Yasmin's reminder. “Don't come out.”

After that, Yasmin said to those men inside the courtyard, “Ms. Cassidy went out today.”

At the same time, Cassidy, who was scolding Nando on the phone upstairs, immediately shut her mouth and kept quiet after hearing that man's voice.

Curtis, who was about to exit the warehouse, tactfully stopped in his tracks when he heard the conversation taking place in the backyard.

“She went out?” That man snorted, evidently unconvinced by Yasmin's words. “The rain has been pouring non-stop in the past few days. Why did she go out? Did she go to gather herbs on the mountain? Is she tired of living?”

Yasmin contemplated briefly before saying, “She really went to the mountain. Alpsons thrive in the mountain after rain, and it is considered an expensive herb in developed cities. They can be dried, made into powder, and sold to pharmacies in the cities. One pound of Alpson powder is worth over ten thousand!”

The man standing in the middle of the backyard grimaced after hearing that. “Did she truly go to the mountain?”

“Yes. I'm telling you the truth,” Yasmin reassured him sincerely.

His stance seemed to waver a little, but he remained doubtful. He looked toward the shut door behind Yasmin and asked, “Who was the person who entered just now?”

“She's a patient who came here to seek treatment,” Yasmin explained.

However, that man appeared to have lost interest in listening to Yasmin after the latter reaffirmed that Cassidy had gone to the mountain. “Which mountain did she go to?”

“She went to Yama Mountain,” Yasmin mentioned a tall herb mountain far from Jayfort. “Ms. Cassidy said the herbs there are of the highest quality and could fetch the best prices.”

Subsequently, that man turned around and walked out of the courtyard while muttering continuously, “I can't believe she went to the mountain to gather herbs during this stormy weather. Did she hurt her head when Fernando injured her?”

Everyone waited for the sound of the door being slammed shut before making a move. Curtis exited the storage room, and Cassidy crept downstairs. “Is he gone?”

“He's gone.” Yasmin turned around to gaze at Cassidy.

“Go outside and take a look,” Cassidy instructed Yasmin to head to the front yard and reconfirm the man's departure.

Yasmin glanced at her helplessly before advancing toward the main entrance at the front yard. She closed and locked the door after seeing the three men leave the place on their electric scooters.

“They left. Come on out,” Yasmin said to the others in the backyard.

Rayna, who was shut inside the living room, knocked on the door. “Curtis, Curtis. Are you there?”

Curtis strode up to the door and noticed it was locked. He turned around to ask for the key from Cassidy, “Where's the key?”

Cassidy glanced at the locked living room door before looking awkwardly at Curtis. “This door... Who closed it?”

At that moment, Yasmin returned from the front yard. When she saw Curtis and Cassidy standing before the door and noticed Cassidy's troubled expression, she approached them in perplexity. “Ms. Cassidy, what's the matter?”

“Yasmin, did you close this door?” Cassidy gazed at Yasmin in astonishment.