Dear Sweetheart

Chapter 618
Curtis noted Rayna’s emotion. He was aware of her concerns in the past few days, though he had never put things on the table
with her.
To him, all three children were his. As such, the issue of favoritism did not exist.
As for Xareni’s name, it was merely a superficial term of address.
Indeed, he harbored some anger within him recently. However, it was not toward the children but his own wife.
Regretfully, Rayna simply could not perceive it. The mere thought of it gave him a pounding headache.
After the couple had brought Xareni back to their bedroom, Curtis went out of the room and ordered the housekeeper to move
the crib in the guestroom over.
Rayna gently placed Xareni onto the crib. No sooner had she done so than Curtis came out of the bathroom. He went over to her
and offered, “I’ll look after her. Go and take a bath. I’ve already drawn one for you.”
“Okay.” In response, Rayna nodded. When she turned around and brushed past the man, she went on tiptoes and pecked him
on the cheek. “Thank you, Darling.”
Curtis pinched her slightly rounded cheek, his lips quirking into a smile. “Go on.”
When Rayna exited the bathroom, the sight of Curtis lying on the bed with a laptop on his lap came into view. He had one hand
moving across the keyboard and the other resting on the crib beside him, rocking it gently.
Seeing that she was done bathing, Curtis closed the laptop and flipped open the covers to get up.
Rayna removed the elastic band around her hair before tightening the belt at her waist. “Where are you going?” she asked while
eyeing him in puzzlement.
Instead of giving her an answer, Curtis flashed her a faint smile.
She did not think much about it, walking over to the dressing table, where she sat down and took out a comb to brush her
unbound hair. About three minutes later, Curtis returned to the bedroom from the living area with a pink brocade box in hand.

“This is for me?” Rayna put down the comb in her hand and lifted her eyes to stare at Curtis, stunned for a moment.
She racked her brain for a while but found nothing special about that day. He’s giving me a gift out of the blue when it isn’t even a
special occasion?
“Yeah. Open it and have a look.” Curtis motioned for her to open the brocade box.
After taking it from him, Rayna opened it, and the four pocket watches within came to view. Each was of a different color and
style. Most importantly, they were all engraved with a zodiac sign. Hers was different, while the other three pocket watches had
the same signs, their designs varying.
One was also of a bigger size, whereas the other three were smaller and made of silver. She picked up the pocket watch with
her zodiac sign and opened it, only to find a dancing figurine inside. On the other side of it was a miniature family portrait.
“When did you prepare these?” Imbued with joy, Rayna spoke in a soft and tender voice. “I noticed you’d been coming home late
in the past few days. Don’t tell me you’d been getting these together?”
Leaning down, Curtis stretched out a hand and booped her on the nose. His eyes were brimming with infinite love. “My girl is
always so smart.”
Rayna reached out a hand and grasped the index finger and thumb of the man’s right hand. Her voice was tinged with a hint of
distress as she said the following words. “The wounds on your hand match the pin on this pocket watch.”
“I made them myself. Do you like them?” He caressed her face, his magnetic voice very much seductive.
“Yeah. The kids will love them too.” Rayna placed the brocade box on the dressing table, hooked her hands around his neck, and
raised her head to kiss him.
She merely planned to give him a peck to express her gratitude to him, not expecting to spark his desire inadvertently.
Curtis unfastened the belt at her waist directly. When his hand came into contact with her slender waist, the fright almost made
her shriek aloud. But in the next second, she remembered that there was still a baby in their master bedroom and swallowed her
cry in the nick of time.
“Cut it out.” Her cheeks were flushed from the kiss earlier, rendering her extraordinarily stunning under the illumination of the
yellow light in the bedroom. She grabbed the man’s hand that was roaming around her waist, warning, “You’re going to wake
Xareni.”

Following her words, a deep pucker formed between Curtis’ eyebrows. He shifted his gaze to the baby sleeping soundly in the
crib before bringing his lip close to her ear. “It’s irresponsible to start something without finishing it, Darling.”
That had Rayna’s cheeks flame even hotter, but still, she did not loosen her grip on his hand. “No way. Xareni is here, and it’d be
bad if she were to witness it.”
When Curtis heard that, utter regret swamped him. Had I known this would happen, I wouldn’t have suggested bringing Xareni
into our bedroom!
“Go and relieve yourself in the bathroom, okay? Please?” As Rayna spoke, she kissed him on the cheek again.
She initially planned on using that kiss to appease him. Unexpectedly, it only fanned the flames of lust within Curtis, who
scooped her up in his arms and strode out of the bedroom.
“Where are we going? Xareni is still in the room.” Rayna shot out a hand to nudge him.
He carried her into the bathroom in the living area outside the master bedroom. It was some distance from the master bedroom,
and the door’s sound insulation was relatively good, so no noise would be audible if they shut the door.
“It’ll be bad if Xareni wakes up and there’s no one in the room.” Rayna clutched at her clothes tightly, allowing him no opportunity
to do anything to her.
“That’s not a problem.” While saying that, Curtis reached out an arm and turned on a screen on the bathroom’s inner wall, which
displayed the surveillance footage of the master bedroom. Everything happening in there was indicated on it, and they could
even hear Xareni’s even breathing. Taking advantage of Rayna’s inattention as she stared at the surveillance footage, he pulled
her into his arms and captured her lips.
Meanwhile, Chandler was on the way home in a minivan after working the entire evening. He gazed out the car window at the
streets with few pedestrians. A while later, he asked Nora, “What’s the progress with the matter I told you to investigate two days
ago?”
Nora nudged the glasses on the bridge of her nose before taking out a stack of information from her backpack and giving it to the
man. “There isn’t much information. This is all the private detective could find.”
Chandler reached out to take the file and opened it. Once he pulled the papers out, he scanned his eyes over a few pages and
found the contents similar to everything he had previously learned. However, a photo inside snagged his attention.

The photo was of a young man and woman locked in an embrace, the woman smiling happily.
“Who is this man?” Curtis demanded, pointing at the man in the photo.
Nora took a glance at it before shaking her head. “The private detective couldn’t find anything on this man. It was as though his
information had been deliberately erased.”
When Chandler heard that, a flash of something peculiar flittered across his brown eyes.
“By the way, Chandler, I bumped into Mr. Wingate yesterday, and he asked that I relay his words to you. He wants you to focus
on your work and not involve yourself overly much in irrelevant matters.” As Nora spoke, she reached out a hand and tugged at
the hem of Chandler’s shirt, her gaze falling on the document in his hands. “I think he’s right. Chandler... let’s just concentrate on
shooting movies and accepting gigs. It’s enough that we’ve done such a thing once. If we get caught... Well, we can’t afford to
offend them.”
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