Chapter 706 Taken Advantage Of At The Marketplace

After breakfast, Rayna and Curtis headed to the marketplace in town with Cassidy.

Once they parked the car outside of the open-air marketplace, Curtis frowned at the crowd.

Just as Rayna was about to get out of the car with Cassidy's help, she heard Curtis say, “Don't come down yet, Rayna.”

One of Rayna's feet was hovering right above the ground, and she wondered if she should retract it. “What's the matter?”

With both hands on the steering wheel, Curtis turned to look at Cassidy, who had already gotten off the car, and asked, “Is there only one marketplace around?”

“Yup,” Cassidy casually replied. When her gaze landed on Curtis' look of disdain, she folded her arms in front of her chest and said, “You don't have to head inside if you think it's dirty. Belle and I will go.”

“No,” Curtis immediately disagreed with Cassidy's suggestion. “Rayna's eyes aren't fully healed yet. I don't feel at ease with you leading her around.”

The man's words enraged Cassidy. “What do you mean by that? Why do you not feel at ease? Are you saying that I'll hurt her?”

At that, Curtis shot Cassidy a cold look.

Cassidy's aggression wilted as soon as she met the man's gaze. “Don't... Don't look at me like that.” With that, she reached out to tug the hem of Rayna's shirt.

“Cassidy said there's only one marketplace in this town. We shouldn't waste our time, so let's just buy our stuff now since we're here.” As Rayna said that, she set her foot on the ground.

When her white sneakers came into contact with the muddy ground, some mud splashed in response.

Rayna then got out of the front passenger seat. When her maxi dress slid off the seat, it brushed past the car and was soiled.

“Come down too,” Rayna said to the man in the driver's seat once she was out of the car.


Curtis then pulled out the car keys and came down. The second he stepped on the ground, he frowned in displeasure. It felt as if he had stepped right into a swamp.

Nevertheless, he walked over to Rayna and held her hand. Then, he gave Cassidy a look, gesturing for her to lead the way.

Cassidy, who was holding Rayna's hand, pursed her lips and let go of Rayna.

Yasmin followed Cassidy and whispered, “Ms. Cassidy, you find him scary too, right?”

Hearing that, Cassidy lowered her gaze to glance at Yasmin. “I'm not scared of him.” I just don't want to end up offending my god of fortune.

The moment Rayna and Curtis entered the marketplace, they immediately felt the sensation of being packed like sardines.

Rayna had been to such marketplaces when she was younger, so it was nothing unusual for her. In fact, she felt nostalgic.

Curtis, on the other hand, felt uncomfortable, as he wasn't used to such places.

He could see people sneezing and spitting on the side of the road, which was a common sight in places like these.

“Should've worn a mask out,” was what he muttered to Rayna.

Right then, a middle-aged man with his mouth wide open, looking as if he was going to yawn, walked past Rayna. Promptly, Curtis reached out to cover Rayna's nose and mouth and pulled her closer to him.

“It's fine,” Rayna reassured with a soft chuckle as she held his hand. “Let's just make the shopping trip quick so that we can go back earlier.”

“Okay,” the man agreed.

“Let Cassidy pick the vegetables. She's more familiar with this place, so I'm sure she knows which stall sells fresh vegetables,” Rayna said to Curtis. “You just need to pay for them.”

Most of the stall owners in a marketplace like this were middle-aged people.

Rayna was certain that they would never be able to leave the marketplace by the end of the day if Curtis was the one to pick the vegetables.

Cassidy was walking in front of Rayna and Curtis. When she turned around and saw that the two were far behind her, she shouted, “Can you be faster? Will we even get to have lunch at this rate?”

Upon hearing that, Curtis threw a glare at Cassidy before saying to Rayna, who had quickened her pace, “Walk slower. It's slippery here. You might fall if you walk too fast.”

Rayna bobbed her head in response, but she did not slow down.

“By the way, did you tell Robin about us heading out?” Rayna belatedly remembered that Robin was left alone in Cassidy's place.

“He's still sleeping, and he won't wake any time soon,” Curtis dismissively replied. When he walked past the stalls, he would rake his gaze across the goods to see if there was anything he was interested in.

Rayna could only shake her head in exasperation at his response.

When they walked past a fishmonger's stall, the stall owner noticed the attractive Curtis. When she realized that the man had his arm wrapped tightly around the woman beside him, she grew curious.

Upon seeing Rayna's cloudy eyes, she curled her lips into a smirk.
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