Chapter 671
“Okay. We''ll go over at once,” Milo replied before casting a look at Curtis and Robin. “Please excuse
us.”
Seeing that Milo was leaving, Simone followed suit. Before doing so, she again stressed that it was
imperative that Curtis give the medicine to Rayna and remember to collect more when it was close to
running out.
Curtis gave his word that he would do so. When they had both left, he went over to the hospital bed
and bent down to scoop Rayna up in his arms. “Go and drive the car over, Robin. We''ll go to Jayfort
first. Also, notify Harvey to go straight to Jayfort,” he instructed Robin as he walked out of the ward.
Robin gave an answer in acknowledgment and walked in front of them to pave the way for them.
A ck Maybach slowly drove away from the entrance of the hospital. Across the road was a white car
with a man in the driver''s seat. He watched as the ck Maybach left before taking out a cigarette from
his pocket. Just as he was about to light it, his gaze fell on the spot between his thumb and index finger
of his right hand. After putting the cigarette back into the box, he started the car and drove forward
unhurriedly.
During the drive to Jayfort, Rayna, who initially had her eyes closed, slowly opened her eyes. The first
thing she did was to direct her gaze to the person beside her. Upon confirming that it was Curtis, she
lifted her hand slowly to touch his cheek. s, a sharp stinging pain assailed her hand when she did
so. Just as her hand was about to fall, he grabbed her wrist and looked down at her. “You''re awake.
Are you still in great pain?”
“It''s still bearable,” she replied in a hoarse voice. Honks drifted into her ears, upon which she asked,
“Where are we going?”
“Jayfort.” Grasping her hand, Curtis kissed her on the forehead and promised, “I''ll never leave you
behind anymore. It''ll never happen again.”
This time, it''s already a miracle that I found her in a day. If the previous incident were to repeat itself,
and she was taken abroad, what would be of me if I really couldn''t find her forever? I don''t even
dare to think of that possibility.
“Oh yes, how''s the matter with the elderly traditional medical practitioner?” All of a sudden, Rayna
recalled that their trip there was meant to locate the elderly traditional medical practitioner.
Curtis did not keep her in the dark anymore, answering honestly, “He''s dead. One of the men who took
you away from the hotel that day was his brother. As for the identity of the other young man, I''ve
already ordered someone to look into it.”
Only after she heard his response did realization gradually dawn upon her. “I see. No wonder, then. I
didn''t suspect anything when the man imed to be the elderly traditional medicine practitioner himself,
but Iter found him to be overly aggressive and was very much puzzled about it.”
“How so?” Curtis inquired.
“As far as I remember, that elderly traditional medicine practitioner was exceedingly gentle in nature.
Besides, he talks really slowly. If you''re impatient, you''ll even get an anxiety attack speaking to him.” At
that point, a smile quirked her lips. “By the way, do you know who''s the person that saved me when we
left the beach?”
At her question, Curtis arched a brow, responding in a low and unhurried voice, “No.”
On the heels of that, he added, “You''re not well yet, so don''t think about all this. Rest well. Right now,
the most important thing is to recuperate.” Verily, he did not want her to spend thest vestiges of her
energy deciphering those people''s true identities.
“You''re right,” Rayna affirmed with a nod and nestled in his embrace. When the car drove onto a small
street, the shouts of hawkers and the sounds of locals washing their clothes by the river could be heard
from outside the car window. “I''ve always heard that the pace at Jayfort is very sedate. From the look of
things now, it''s true.”
“Do you like this ce?” Curtis stretched out a hand to stroke her hair which was a touch messy.
“Yeah,” the woman confessed, bobbing her head. She was fond of a ssic scenic town with
waterways like Jayfort, for it gave people a sense offort in their loneliness.
“If you like it, we''ll buy a house here. In the future, we cane here often with the kids.” Curtis had
his lips beside her ear, sounding incredibly indulgent.
“Sure.” A faint smile appeared on Rayna''s pale face. Then, shemented softly, “It feels like we''ve
never spent such a long time together in the past.”
That casualment of hers promptly turned his expression solemn. “That won''t happen again. I''ll
spend more time with you and the kids in the future.”
Indeed, the amount of time they spent together daily throughout the course of their rtionship could
not even begin topare with that of the recent two months.
Suddenly, Rayna murmured, “I''m sorry. Because of me, you can''t live your life peacefully. Previously, I
even dragged you into the internal strife between Jefferson and Ternc Group when you were already
swamped with the matters of Faymon Group. The dust had just settled, and Faymon Group is facing
another impending crisis, yet you''ve got to bustle around for my sake. I''m sorry, Curtis.”
“Why are you apologizing, silly? It had never been you dragging me down but the other way around.”
That time around, the incidents befalling Rayna came too sudden and bizarre. It was definitely
premeditated, or Curtis would not still be in the dark about the mastermind''s intention even after two
months had passed.
His instincts screamed that it was a plot orchestrated by the mastermind. The ultimate goal was
undoubtedly Faymon Group and him instead of Rayna. Perhaps she was but a pawn in the whole
scheme.
After Faymon Group encountered a crisis in the real estate project in Yartran, its share prices had been
dropping even till then. Despite the asional rises, they were never on par with the decline.
At the same time, the progress of Glory''s newly developed product had also been hampered. Just a
little over a week ago, some consumers lodged reports of Glory''s cosmetic products causing damage
to the skin. Worse still, some imed that Glory''s perfumes contained a minute amount of refined
poppy that would make clients addicted after inhaling them.
Curtis did not mention any of that to Rayna. On top of that, he even instructed E to keep silent,
forbidding thetter from saying a word to her.
In his eyes,pany matters paled inparison to Rayna''s affairs.
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At present, Faymon Group was controlled by Alfred behind the scenes, so he was not worried. As for
Glory, he entrusted it to Jasmine, letting her handle things secretly. The current focus was on dealing
with the investigation by Market Regtion Bureau.
In truth, he was confident in solving the few problems Glory was facing. Having been in the business
field for so many years, he had witnessed numerous tactics used in sabotaging others. The only thing
he needed to do right then was to ferret out the person making trouble for Glory on the sly.
Curtis took his phone out of his pocket and flipped to the photos taken by the bodyguards he sent to
the seaside mansion. As soon as he saw the great pile ofboratory equipment in the living room, his
first thought was that the culprit wanted to experiment on Rayna. Precisely speaking, they were
targeting the parasite within her.
While that was merely his conjecture, he was totally convinced that it could be nothing else but the
truth.
He scrolled through the photos on his phone. The moment his gazended on a tiny bit of nt in a
shattered ss vessel, his eyes glinted coldly.
Only when he lowered his eyes did he put away the chilliness in them. He studied the woman in his
arms, then directed his gaze on the emerald bracelet on her wrist. A sh of something dark flittered
across his eyes.