Chapter 434: Chapter 434

“Do you think you two will get back together someday?” Carl asked.

Rayna’s eyes teared up a little as she said, “It’s unlikely. Curtis has already found someone that he loves even more.”

“Huh... But I think you two are the most suitable for each other.”

Rayna gave him another pinch on the nose. “All right, let’s stop talking about Curtis. I may not be dating him, but I’ll still treat you all the same. Don’t tell me you’re giving up on my daughter just because Curtis and I aren’t together?”

Carl shook his head and said confidently, “I stand firm on my decision! I will be your son-in-law no matter who you marry in the future!”

Rayna nodded with a satisfied grin. “That’s more like it.”

She brought Carl into her office and handed him a box of snacks that she bought online.

“Whoa! You’ve got so many snacks! And here I thought you’d count your calories like my mom always does! She’s really scared of getting fat! I don’t even eat this many snacks in half a year!” Carl exclaimed while rummaging through the box of snacks.

“I’m not afraid of being fat, so I can eat whatever I like.” Feeling a little hungry, Rayna grabbed a chocolate bar from the box and started munching away.

For some reason, she had been eating really well ever since she returned to Chanaea. Seeing her tummy slowly get bigger set her heart at ease.

She decided to go get an examination when she wasn’t so busy with work.

Since she still had some work to do, she handed Carl a tablet to keep him entertained as he waited.

Carl sat on the couch and snacked on some chips while watching an Anglandurn film on the tablet.

He was halfway through the film when his phone vibrated inside his pocket.

A glance at the screen revealed that it was a text from Curtis: Your mom went overseas this morning. Do you want to come to stay with me? Or would you prefer to remain at your house? I’ll have the housekeeper look after you if you choose to stay home.

Carl replied: I’m surprised you still care about me, Mr. Curtis!

Curtis: Who else would care about you if I don’t?

Carl: My future mother-in-law, of course!

Curtis: Do you even know what the word “mother-in-law” means?

Carl: I may be young, but I’ve inherited my mom’s IQ. I know more than you think.

He took a picture of Rayna working at her desk and sent it to Curtis with the caption: My future mother-in-law!

Curtis: ...

About ten seconds later, Curtis sent another text: If you’re staying with her, then I have nothing to worry about.

Carl: Did you and Ms. Rayna get into a fight, Mr. Curtis?

As though Curtis didn’t see that last text from him, Carl never received a reply from him.

He shifted his gaze between Rayna, who was still busy working, and his text conversation with Curtis.

It seems that they really have broken up, but why would they break up? Ms. Rayna seemed really upset when I asked her if they would get back together. I feel she actually wants to break up with him. Now that I think about it, Ms. Rayna looks just like Mom whenever she’s upset. Mom would say she hates Dad and wants to get me a rich father, but her love for Dad was all I could see in her eyes. Did Mr. Curtis really break up with Ms. Rayna because he fell in love with another woman? But he and Ms. Rayna are perfect for each other...

Carl stared at the tablet while thinking long and hard about the situation. Eventually, he came up with an absolutely brilliant idea.

It was almost time to leave the office by the time Rayna was done with her work.

“Come on, I’ll take you out for dinner. After that, we’ll go to your house and pack your clothes,” Rayna said while putting on her coat. Upon noticing the bright smile on Carl’s face, however, she shuddered and asked, “What are you plotting?”

“Nothing! I’m just in a good mood after watching a comedy series!” Carl replied with a shrug.

Rayna couldn’t help but feel that he was up to mischief when she saw him grinning from ear to ear.

Carl said he wanted to have some hamburgers, so Rayna brought him to a fast-food restaurant. They ordered so much food that she was worried they wouldn’t be able to finish it.

However, Rayna’s appetite turned out to be much better than Carl’s. She finished half of the food all by herself.

Even Carl was shocked when he saw that. “You’re amazing, Ms. Rayna! I can’t believe you ate three hamburgers!” he exclaimed while giving her a thumbs-up.

Rayna blushed slightly and cleared her throat as she replied, “I just got a little hungry because I didn’t eat much for lunch today.”

After dinner, she brought Carl home to pack his clothes.

Jasmine had left the house long ago, but the housekeepers were still present at the time. Seeing as she was with Carl, they decided to ask her for further instructions.

Jasmine still needs to manage Sanders Group, so she shouldn’t be gone for too long. With that in mind, Rayna told the housekeepers to go on vacation and clean the house fortnightly until Jasmine returned.

Carl came downstairs with his clothes all packed in a suitcase about ten minutes later, and Rayna drove him back to her condominium.

“I don’t have a lot of snacks at home. What would you like to eat? We’ll drop by the supermarket to stock up on snacks and get you some toiletries.”

Carl shot her a glance and stammered, “M-Ms. Rayna, could I go stay with Mr. Curtis instead?”

“What?”

“I gave it some thought earlier. You seem to be really busy with work, so I don’t want to bother you. Besides, I’m a boy, so it’ll be a lot easier if I stay with Mr. Curtis,” Carl replied.

Rayna let out a chuckle and asked, “What, you don’t like living with me just because I’m a woman?”

Carl nodded. “Kind of. I just want you to have a comfortable environment. I might end up disturbing you a lot if I stayed with you.

Things would be different if I stayed with Mr. Curtis, though. I could even go jogging with him every morning.”

I thought he was being considerate, but I was wrong. He’s clearly just trying to avoid me!

After giving it some thought, Rayna let out a helpless sigh and said, “Oh, all right. If you like staying with Curtis so much, then I won’t stop you. I don’t know where his house is, though. Let me call him and ask for his address.”

As she pulled out her phone and was about to give Curtis a call, she recalled wanting to distance herself from him.

Carl wanting to stay with him probably isn’t a good enough reason for me to call him. Besides, what if it’s Stella who answers the phone instead?

After conjuring up all sorts of possible outcomes in her head, Rayna decided to just text Curtis for his address.

When Rayna didn’t receive a reply after waiting for a few minutes, she grew impatient and texted Gabriel instead.

Gabriel was in Faymon Group’s file archive searching for a document that Stella needed.

Upon receiving Rayna’s text, he told Stella to carry on searching. “It should be in the second drawer. I’ll be back after I reply to this text.”

He ran up to a corner and pulled up Rayna’s message.

He nearly lost his temper when he saw that she was asking where Curtis was. I know that you two are no longer dating, but you could have just called him directly!

Even so, he still went to ask Tilly about Curtis’ schedule for the day. After confirming that Curtis had no important plans that night, he replied: Mr. Faymon has probably returned to the Faymon residence or his own house.

Meanwhile, Stella was still searching through the files for the document she needed.

Suddenly, she noticed one with the letter “R” written on it. Since Gabriel was still texting in the corner, she pulled out the file and opened it.