Chapter 234: Chapter 234

Dear Sweetheart Chapter 234 Surrounded By Reporters “Curtis...”

“And you said you wanted to spend a month there,” Curtis cut him off. “In that case, I’ll ask the secretarial department to prepare a redeployment contract.”

Just as Curtis was about to make a call, Wyatt immediately halted his movement. If I sign the contract, I won’t be able to come back! ”I haven’t been visiting you lately at all, Curtis. How have I offended you?”

“I just don’t like looking at you.”

Wyatt was rendered speechless.

Rayna received a WhatsApp message from Carl asking her if she had free time. It turned out he had thought he was wrong for getting angry with Jasmine, so he wanted to buy a gift for her with his own money.

As Rayna had nothing going on in the afternoon, she went to pick up Carl.

The boy was wearing a classic black-gray outfit. It looked cool on him. When he got into the car, he greeted Rayna sweetly and even bought her coffee.

Pinching his cheek, Rayna joked, “You’re so handsome, Carl. When you grow up, I bet you’ll have a lot of women chasing after you!”

“No,” Carl replied seriously. “I’m going to join the military in the future. I won’t be interacting with any women at all.”

“Your mommy has taught you well.” Rayna sighed. Most children his age are in school and enjoying their childhood right now, while he already has a plan for his life.

However, his next sentence unsettled her a little. “Since you’ll be getting married and giving birth to a child in the future, I want to get engaged to your daughter. Once I grow up, I’ll marry her. That’ll be great.”

Even though he’s still so young, he’s already thinking about so many things. Rayna wasn’t sure if she should laugh or cry. “What if my child is a boy?”

“No, that won’t happen. It’ll be a shame if no one inherits your beauty.”

Rayna was so happy to hear that that she rubbed his short hair hard. “You’re so adorable!”

The two of them headed to the shopping mall.

Rayna had met Jasmine a couple of times before, so she roughly knew what outfits the latter wore. Armed with that knowledge, she brought Carl to a suitable clothing store.

After they browsed through the items in the shop for a while, he laid his eyes on a pair of branded, leather high-heels of classic design.

Upon noticing the new merchandise in the shop, Rayna couldn’t help but buy a few clothes and two pairs of shoes for herself.

Three hours flew by without them noticing.

After she brought Carl out of the shop, she asked, “Do you want to go back now or do you want me to take you to dinner?”

“No, thank you. I appreciate your offer, but I want to have dinner with Mommy and give her this present.”

Rayna smiled. “Your mommy will undoubtedly like it.”

Just as they were still joking around when they stepped out of the mall, a group of people charged toward them and surrounded them. The microphones in those people’s hands were so close to Rayna that they were about to touch her face.

“I heard you married young and already have a child, Ms. Garland. Is that true?”

“Is that your son?”

“Did you have a shopping date with someone? Who’s your partner, Ms. Garland?”

The reporters bombarded Rayna with question after question, making her dumbfounded. I don’t think I’m a star. I don’t even have fans! Why am I getting targeted by reporters?

The moment she saw someone trying to yank Carl’s hat and mask away, she immediately pulled him into her arms and wrapped him under her coat. She roared, “That’s enough! Don’t any of you dare go overboard! Even if I’m married and have children, that’s my private matter! None of you have any right to question me about it or interfere with my life! If you continue to surround me, I’m going to sue you all for violating my personal rights!”

The reporters thought the rumors were true when they saw how anxious she was.

There were scandals about this woman and Mr. Faymon of Faymon Group in the past. Not only that, but she also has ties with Mr. Xavier! Most importantly, if the vice CEO of Hatchair Group really is married and has children, then this is going to be an explosive piece of news!

The reporters got even more excited and began asking more questions.

The reporters here are all from a variety of media companies. Even if Hatchair Group wants to sue us all, it’ll be very exhausting for them to do so!

“How would you explain your relationship with Mr. Xavier, Ms. Garland?”

“Please answer the question, Ms. Garland!”

“Ms. Garland!”

No matter how many questions the reporters hurled in her direction, Rayna refused to answer any of them. She tried to leave while protecting Carl, but the reporters were steadfast in their efforts to prevent her from escaping. No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn’t squeeze past them.

Then Carl, still hiding in her coat, asked, “Do you need my help? I can fight them. A lot of them.”

“Don’t move,” Rayna advised. If I let them see Carl, the two of us will be trending tomorrow, which means Theodore will know. I swore to Jasmine that I’d keep the secret, and I intend to fulfill my promise.

Just as the reporters were forcing her into a very difficult situation, a young man and woman pushed the reporters away before reaching her.

“What are you all doing? Is it really necessary to force my friend for a bit of news?” the man roared at the reporters, effectively scaring them back by a few steps.

The young woman, on the other hand, approached Rayna and hastily informed, “Mr. Faymon sent us to help you, Ms. Garland.”

Of course, Rayna would not trust a random stranger.

The young woman added, “Mr. Faymon says there’s a mole on your right shoulder.”

Rayna wore a pretty tight shirt under her coat, so there was no way the stranger could’ve seen it. She blushed. Can’t Curtis tell her a less embarrassing secret about me? Why does he have to mention that?

“I’ll be counting on you two,” she replied.

At that moment, some reporters had already identified who the young man was. He was an executive in Faymon Group. As for the woman, they recognized that she was an actress. Hence, the reporters’ attention was expeditiously drawn to her.

The woman pulled Carl into her arms and spoke to the reporters. “I’m very sorry for hiding my marriage and child from everyone.

I just want to protect my family.”

“Stop taking pictures,” the man warned. “Ms. Garland is my and my wife’s friend. She was merely shopping with our child. Why are you all making such a big deal out of it?”

“I hope all of you will stop now.” Upon bowing at the reporters, the woman continued politely, “If Ms. Garland’s reputation is tarnished because of this incident, it’ll be my fault. So, please pay attention to my new movie instead. Thank you.”

The reporters thought there was going to be a big scoop. While they didn’t expect things to change so quickly, they still found the actress’ marriage newsworthy, so they promptly shifted their attention to her.

Using that opportunity, Rayna fled. Since the two of them are Curtis’ people, I’m sure they’ll send Carl home safely.

Upon her arrival at the underground parking lot, she saw Curtis standing next to her car. He was holding a phone as he chatted with someone.

When he noticed her presence, he uttered a few more words before hanging up the call. “Where are they?”

“They’re still being questioned by the reporters, so they’re still stuck. How did you know I was here and would be surrounded by reporters? Were you stalking me, Mr. Faymon?”

With a deep voice, Curtis answered, “I’m not that free to check where you are every day. The spy I planted in a newspaper company sent me a message earlier, informing me many other newspaper companies received a tip. They were told you were married, that you already had a child, and where you’d be shopping today. I called you multiple times, but you didn’t pick up your phone. I expected you to exit through the main entrance, so I asked Gabriel to look for help.”

“My phone’s dead, so I left it charging in the car,” Rayna said, thinking that was probably when he called her. “Thank you. The people you found were amazing. They could lie as naturally as they breathe.”

“Of course they’re amazing,” Curtis sneered. “They each cost five hundred thousand an hour, after all.”

Rayna wanted to slap herself at that moment. If I hadn’t spent so much time reading my emails, my phone wouldn’t have run out of power that quickly, and I would’ve been able to answer his call!