His Precious Love

Emma argued unreasonably, “She and that child next to her disrespected their elder! I can’t believe that

little boy had enough strength to push me into the fountain!”

The boy was here? Promptly, Theodore turned to the entrance. Sadly, Curtis and the others were already

gone. Now that I think about it, Rayna did seem like she was trying to hide something behind her. I guess

that something must be the boy.

“You know Curtis’ personality, Mom.” Pursing his lip, he continued, “If you piss him off, you’ll get chased

out of Norwal City. I won’t help you if that happens.”

“Am I still your mother, Theodore?” Emma didn’t expect her son would speak to her like that. “I’m doing

this for your own good! If you hadn’t kept thinking about Jasmine and that woman as soon as you

returned, I wouldn’t have acted like this! There are so many women in the world, so why must you love a

woman like her? Her family background isn’t good enough!”

Annoyed, he rebuffed, “We’ve already broken up!”

Grabbing his hand, Emma examined the ring on his finger. It seems like Jasmine didn’t lie to me!

She questioned, “In that case, what is this? Ah, I see. After you learned about Jasmine’s fake marriage

with Curtis, you ran to their wedding because you plan to wait until he leaves before you jump in and

marry her. Did I get it right?”

“So what if that’s the case?”

“So what?” Raising her voice, she shouted, “Let me tell you something, Theodore. I would rather you

marry a poor, homeless woman than Jasmine! I’ll never accept her! If I let her into the Xavier family, what

do you think others will say?”

“Are you done?” Theodore’s expression was as black as ink. “Why do you refuse to leave her be? Are

you saying people who don’t have a good family background don’t even deserve human rights?”

A smile formed on Emma’s countenance. “You sure know a lot. I bet you’ve always been paying attention

to her matters in secret. If you think about her again, I’ll divorce your father, Theodore!”

Coldly, he questioned, “Now you’re just being tyrannical! What does this have to do with my father?”

“It’s his fault for not raising a good son!”

“You’re still wet. Let me send you back.” Sanders Group was the host of the event, so Theodore didn’t

want to argue with her there.

Upon shoving him away, Emma tidied her gown. “I can go back by myself. You’d better use this

opportunity today to talk things through with Jasmine. I don’t care how high she climbs. She’ll never be

part of the Xavier family!”

Hearing that, Theodore rubbed his eyebrows, feeling very exasperated.

After Rayna left the hotel, she hailed a taxi and stuffed Carl inside. Then she waited for another taxi

before entering the vehicle with Curtis.

“You’re sending him back home alone? Why? We’re heading back to the condominium anyway, aren’t

we?” Curtis asked.

“He may be young, but he’s excellent. You don’t need to worry about him.” Waving her hand, she

continued, “Also, we’re not going to the condominium. We’ll go to your house.”

“Mhm,” he muttered.

His plain response made her panic a little. There was a brief silence before Rayna asked, “You’re not

going to ask me why we’re going to your place?”

“It’s not the first time you’re going there, so why would I ask?” Glimpsing at her, Curtis continued,

“Compared to that, I’m more interested in the ‘contract’ you and Mrs. Xavier spoke of.”

“It’s…” The contents of the contract were quite complicated, so she wasn’t sure how to explain it.

“Is there something going on behind the scene?” His voice deepened.

“No, no, I can tell you about it. Just… don’t get angry, okay?”

“Well, it depends.”

This man is way too calm! I know he’ll learn about it sooner or later, even if I keep my mouth shut. If he

learns the truth from Theodore or Mrs. Xavier instead, I bet he’ll be even more furious. I don’t think I have

a choice here. Upon steeling herself, she told him everything without hiding any details, from the first

time Theodore met her to why Emma looked for her earlier.

Three minutes after she finished her story, Curtis was still sitting there silently with his legs crossed. His

expression didn’t change at all. While his look darkened, it didn’t seem like he was livid.

Pressing her hand on her chest, Rayna thought, Things aren’t actually that bad, so he shouldn’t be

angry.

The next moment, he inquired in a deep voice, “So, Theodore came looking for you with the contract to

ask you to keep your distance from me. The contract states that, as long as I marry Jasmine, you’ll get a

few houses and sports cars. Then, you signed the contract without hesitation. Did I get it right?”

“Yes… No!” She quickly changed her answer. “Mr. Xavier thinks Ms. Sanders likes you and that I’m a

third wheel bothering you two. That’s why he came to me with the contract.”

“And you signed it without hesitation?”

“I had no choice.” Rayna apologized to Theodore in her mind and explained, “You know how…

intimidating Mr. Xavier can be. If I refused to sign, I was afraid he would bully the elders in my family.”

Curtis snorted. “Is that so? I didn’t know Theodore likes to take his frustration out on old people when he

fails.”

A sheepish smile was set on her face. “Maybe I was overthinking it.”

“Are you blind, Rayna? Hmm?” He clasped her face as he stared at her with a slightly darkened look.

“You’re willing to sell a gold mine like me out for a little benefit from someone else?”

Upon weakly raising her hand, Rayna informed in a small voice, “I swear, Mr. Xavier forced me to sign

the contract. Besides, it’s partly your fault, too. You were the one who told Mr. Xavier about your fake

marriage, resulting in him getting jealous and dragging me into this mess.”