Curtis lifted his head and stared at him icily. “Are you telling me to teach that woman a lesson? If I’m going to do it myself, why did I hire you in the first place?”
“Oh…” Gabriel immediately understood what he was implying. He could not help but think of himself as an all-rounder. “Mr. Faymon, I might not be able to give birth to your child, but for everything else, you can count on me.”
Curtis’ face darkened when he heard what his assistant said.
Upon noticing that, Gabriel chuckled to conceal his embarrassment. “I was just kidding, Mr. Faymon.”
“Shut up and drive!” Curtis roared.
Gabriel instantly paid full attention to the road, as he did not dare to step on the man’s toes again.
Sitting in the back passenger seat, Curtis scrolled through his phone and seemed to have come across a piece of information.
Two minutes later, he asked Gabriel, “Where did the money Jessica gave to Vivi come from?”
“Oh, the money.” Gabriel investigated that this morning. He replied, “She has Mr. Lopez’s credit card with her, so she made an online transaction to Vivi’s account. But Mr. Faymon, Mrs. Faymon has sent Jessica out of the country.”
“Where did she send her to?” Curtis asked.
“Based on my investigation, her flight was bound for Yartran. But I don’t know if she’d transit to other places.”
Curtis lowered his eyes and went deep in thought.
He did not pay much attention to Wyatt and Jessica because he felt they should take care of their own business. Nonetheless, he knew Rayna made this arrangement to keep Wyatt away from Jessica.
Gabriel added, “Mr. Faymon, Mr. Lopez wanted me to inform him about Ms. Marsh if I have updates about her.”
“Don’t you have enough things to do? Do you want me to give you more assignments?” Curtis threatened him.
“No, no, no. I have enough assignments to work on!” Gabriel instantly knew what Curtis was implying. He responded with a bitter smile and said, “Please have mercy on me, Mr. Faymon. I won’t be able to spend time with my girlfriend if you give me additional work…”
Curtis’ eyes darkened. He said calmly, “Don’t bother about Wyatt. He has gone overboard lately.”
He owed Jessica a favor. Had Jessica not negotiated with Vivi and made the latter withdraw the lawsuit, Rayna would still be in dire straits.
Moreover, he had yet to reconcile with Rayna. It’ll be disastrous if I still side with Wyatt.
Rayna was a little lost when she woke up and found herself in her condominium.
She could not believe last night’s dreamlike incident was real.
After lazing around on the bed for a few more minutes, Rayna freshened up, changed into a new pair of clothes, and went to knock on Carl’s door.
“Carl, are you still asleep?”
“No!” Carl’s voice came through the door.
About ten seconds later, the little boy opened the door while rubbing his eyes. “Yes, Ms. Rayna?”
“Go and wash your face. We’re going to Aunt Kristie’s for breakfast.” Rayna realized her pregnancy had worn her out. She decided to eat at Kristie’s since she had run out of energy to prepare breakfast.
Upon noticing a smell from his room, she knitted her brows. “Did you sneak food into the room last night?”
Feeling nervous, Carl stammered, “N-No…”
“Don’t try to fool my nose. I can smell crawfish in the room.” Rayna gently hit the back of his head. “Why didn’t you open the window? How could you sleep with the smell in the room?”
Carl rubbed his head and chuckled. “I didn’t eat my fill during dinner, so…”
“All right, all right. Go freshen up right now!”
“I don’t want to eat!” the grim-faced Rayna roared, “I lost all my appetite when I thought of what you and Curtis did!”
“Didn’t I just apologize to you?”
Rayna responded icily, “Yes, you did, but not Curtis! How dare he barge into the church and take me to the hospital? Have he no shame?”
James was rendered speechless. “Then you should vent your frustration at Mr. Faymon. Why come at me?”
“So I can’t be mad at you know, huh?”
“T-That’s not what I meant…” James replied sheepishly.
“You heartless rascal!” Rayna gave him a murderous glare. “You’re such a handful—much worse than Roxanne!”
James decided not to say anything to agitate her further. He lowered his head and focused on his work.
In just a blink of an eye, he whipped a sumptuous breakfast. When he finished laying all the dishes on the table, Kristie had woken up.
Kristie was disinterested in the breakfast. She ran up to Rayna, sat beside her, and asked about her conversation with Curtis last night. Rayna could not help but opine Kristie was even chattier than Carl.
Fury surged through Rayna when she heard Curtis’ name. To all Kristie’s questions, she just gave cursory answers.
Throughout the small talk, Rayna learned that they had fainted at the airport. It was James who carried her to the hospital.
She also learned that James had been back for a while now after assuming a new identity and staying by Kristie’s side. So many things happened when I thought he had died.
After breakfast, Rayna dragged James aside. With conflicting emotions in her eyes, she asked, “He told you to stay here?”
James bobbed his head in response. “Mr. Curtis took really good care of me, Rayna. You should put aside your prejudice against him. I wouldn’t be able to stay close to Kristie had he not given me another chance.”
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