“Please let me know if you manage to find him. This is all my fault. I was so useless that I couldn’t even keep Kristie safe,” Rayna said with a guilty look on her face.
She was so afraid of James hating her that she didn’t dare call him after that.
Seeing her so upset reminded Jefferson of his phone call with Ringo. He had told Ringo to let Arnaud’s men follow Kristie, which led to that horrific incident.
If anything, it was his greed that led to Kristie’s tragedy.
Suppressing his feelings of guilt, Jefferson said, “I’ll be sure to contact you as soon as I find him. Now, try to relax. Stressing yourself out is bad for the babies.”
“Yeah, you’re right. I can’t let myself get too worked up. It’s bad for my babies.” Rayna then took a few deep breaths to calm herself down before continuing, “How is Arnaud now?”
“The bullet was coated with a nasty poison. He had his right arm amputated after being rushed to the hospital last night,” Jefferson said with a hint of glee in his voice.
The look in Rayna’s eyes grew cold as she let out a chuckle. “Haha! I can’t wait to see him eat with his left hand when he has nothing left!”
“Oh, this reminds me… Marcus came to see me last night. He signed the document,” Jefferson said while handing her a folder.
Rayna took it over and skimmed through it. “Really? I was so worried about it this morning. I was afraid you won’t get the inheritance right. Why was he willing to sign it, though?”
As she glanced at Jeremy’s signature, she saw that it looked a little different from the one she had someone forge.
That was when she thought of Curtis and realized what happened.
It must’ve been Curtis! I know he has the power to pull it off, and he’s probably the only one who would help me in secret like this.
At the thought of his love for her, she felt a lump in her throat.
Rayna rubbed her teary eyes and exclaimed with a chuckle, “You’ve collected all the signatures you need, so you should have no issues passing this test!”
“Yeah.” Jefferson felt slightly bitter when he saw the bright smile on her face.
He tightened his grip on the newspaper that Ringo had given him a while ago.
After hesitating for a bit, he handed it to Rayna and said, “Here, you should take a look at this paper.”
“What is it? Don’t tell me it’s the news of Arnaud being shot—” Rayna asked, only to pause mid-sentence when she saw the picture and news article.
Jefferson leaned in close and pointed at the picture of a man and a woman who were leaning intimately against each other. “This woman is Stella Zink. She’s the newly-appointed general manager of Faymon Group’s Department of Regulators.”
“Didn’t the Department of Regulators get disbanded? Jessie told me about this over the phone. After breaking up with me, Curtis had the Department of Regulators disbanded and all of its staff transferred to other departments.”
Rayna was so worked up that she didn’t even realize how hard she was gripping the newspaper.
“Yeah, much better.”
Jefferson shot her a glance as he asked in a gentle voice, “I saw Curtis at the party last night. Did he contact you?”
Still feeling jealous after thinking of the wad of cash and the newspaper article, Rayna didn’t want to talk about him at all. “No, he didn’t.”
Jefferson knew she was lying, but he chose not to expose her. Instead, he simply leaned in close and said, “You saw the news article, Belle. It’s obvious that he no longer has feelings for you after the breakup. He may be a successful businessman, but he probably won’t make a good father. He is okay with having children with any woman in the world, including Stella. I don’t think he’ll treat your kids right.”
Rayna lowered her head. “I haven’t told him that I’m pregnant.”
I wanted to tell him about it last night, but I was too tired and fell asleep. I always thought he taught me all those stuff out of love. I thought I held a special place in his heart, but I was wrong. Apparently, he can train another woman to help him out just the same. It hurts so much… I feel tempted to go confront him about this, but we’ve already broken up, so I’m in no position to do so…
“Don’t cry.” Jefferson reached out to wipe her tears off her face. It pained him to see the woman he loved crying, but the fact that she still loved Curtis also angered him deeply. “Belle, I want you to love yourself a little more. Stop thinking about him. I could be your source of support if you need one. I’m willing to give you everything I have.”
Had I not screwed things up, Rayna would’ve been mine long ago! She would never have met Julian and Curtis at all!
“I’m not thinking about him. I don’t know why, but I tend to get emotional easily since I became pregnant,” Rayna replied in a hoarse voice, refusing to admit her feelings.
She then tried to change the topic by asking, “How much longer until we reach the manor? I’m a little hungry. Huh? This doesn’t look like the road we usually take. Where are we going?”
Jefferson shot her a helpless look as he replied, “You’re almost four months into your pregnancy, and yet, you’ve never gotten an examination to see if your babies are developing well. Arnaud is still in the hospital, so his men don’t have time to worry about us right now. This is a perfect opportunity for us to get you an examination. I’m taking you to a private hospital owned by Ringo’s brother-in-law.”
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