Chapter 706


    Chapter 706 Taken Advantage Of At The Marketce


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


    Once they parked the car outside of the open-air marketce, 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''te


    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 marketce around?”


    “Yup,” Cassidy casually replied. When her gazended 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 marketce 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 sshed 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 nce 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 marketce, they immediately felt the sensation of being


    packed like sardines.


    Rayna had been to such marketces when she was younger, so it was nothing unusual for her. In


    fact, she felt nostalgic.


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


    He could see people sneezing and spitting on the side of the road, which was amon sight in


    ces 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 ce, 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 marketce like this were middle-aged people.


    Rayna was certain that they would never be able to leave the marketce by the end of the day ifThis is the property of N?-velDrama.Org.


    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 re 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 btedly remembered that Robin was


    left alone in Cassidy''s ce.


    “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.


    “Doe over and take a look. We have fresh fish we just caught today.” The middle-aged woman


    motioned Rayna and Curtis toward her.


    Curtis tried to pull Rayna in his direction, but the back of his hand touched the middle-aged woman''s


    outstretched hand.


    “Handsome one, why don''t you take a look at our fish? They''re very fresh, and the texture is tender!”


    The middle-aged woman took the opportunity to grab Curtis'' hand and tried to convince him to buy her


    fish.


    Curtis quickly shrugged off the woman''s hand before giving her an icy look.


    “Hey, why are you so feisty?” The middle-aged woman chuckled and curled her lips in disdain when


    she sensed Curtis'' anger.


    “You—” Just as Curtis was about to argue with the middle-aged woman, Rayna tugged him and softly


    said, “Just ignore her, Curtis.”


    Curtis lowered his head to glimpse at Rayna before taking out a piece of tissue to wipe his hand. After


    that, right as he was about to turn around with his arm wrapped around Rayna, he identally bumped


    into a pregnant woman.


    The pregnant woman instinctively took a few steps backward in response, but as the floor was slippery,


    she ended up falling backward instead.


    Everyone around the pregnant woman was nervously watching everything unfold, but no one was


    reaching out to catch her. At that, Curtis shot out his arm to help her, but his reaction was too slow.


    Right as the pregnant woman was about to fall to the ground, someone supported her with their back


    and broke her fall.


    It was Cassidy, who was holding the pregnant woman up with her back. Only after the other woman


    had regained her bnce did Cassidy slowly straighten up.


    At one point, the middle-aged stall owner had walked over to the pregnant woman to support her. She


    even began yelling at Curtis, “What''s going on with you? Are you blind?”


    As she chided Curtis, she gave the pregnant woman a once-over. “My daughter, are you okay? Is the


    baby okay?”


    The pregnant woman had a hand on her stomach as she gripped her mother''s hand with her other


    hand. Her face was colorless from the moment of fright earlier.


    “Do you hear how unreasonable you are? You were trying to take advantage of my friend''s husband


    just now! He only bumped into your daughter because he was trying to avoid your touch!” Cassidy


    retorted, her expression grim. “It''s your fault if anything happens to your daughter.”


    “What does this have to do with you, you bearer of misfortune?” the middle-aged woman snapped


    when she realized it was Cassidy.