Dear sweetheart novel (Rayna and Julian) novel Chapter 561

Plagued with guilt and heartache, all Curtis could do was try his best to comfort her, “It’s my fault for not arriving sooner. You can scold me however you like. You’ve been shot in the leg, so we need to get you to Jeremy’s place as soon as possible.”

As Rayna was injured while pregnant, Curtis didn’t dare waste a second and quickly carried her out of the building.

The intense pain coursing through her body caused Rayna to break out in a cold sweat as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

Despite being in a lot of pain herself, she did not forget about Carl. “Where’s Carl?”

Before Curtis could even respond, Rayna noticed a man lying on the ground with blood pouring out of his chest.

Jefferson scooped Carl into his arms and wrapped him up with his shirt.

Rayna stuck her head out of Curtis’ embrace and asked anxiously, “What happened to him?”

“He fainted after having his neck twisted.”

Noticing the blood on Rayna’s calf, Jefferson tied his necktie around her wound like a tourniquet and urged Curtis to leave as soon as possible.

Just like that, they left the abandoned nursing home and headed for the hospital in two separate cars.

Curtis didn’t dare drive too fast due to Rayna being pregnant. His heart ached when he saw that she was drenched in cold sweat.

Upon arrival at the hospital, Curtis carried Rayna out of the back seat and ran straight inside.

Having received the call a while ago, Jeremy and his team were already waiting for him in the emergency department.

He quickly ran up to Curtis when he saw him running over with Rayna in his arms. Upon noticing Rayna’s pale face and the blood on her leg, Jeremy quickly had the doctors prepare the operating room.

Worried about Rayna, Curtis didn’t dare go anywhere and simply paced about outside the operating room. He would glance at it from time to time while his hands trembled slightly in anxiety.

It was the first time he had felt so anxious.

Thanks to Rayna’s ability to remain calm and stall Selena, she had bought him enough time to get there and save her.

The door to the operating room remained shut as time continued to tick by.

After handing Carl over to the doctors, Jefferson asked where Curtis and Rayna were and rushed over as quickly as he could.

“Is she still inside?”

“Yeah…” Curtis massaged his aching forehead as he asked, “How is Carl doing?”

“The doctors are tending to his injury. He should be waking up soon,” Jefferson replied as he stood next to Curtis and waited.

Neither of them said anything further after that.

Eventually, it was Jefferson who broke the silence in the corridor by asking, “That ring on her finger. She used to wear it on her finger all the time. She stopped wearing it after I bought her a pink diamond ring, so I thought she had gotten rid of it. I’m glad she has been keeping it with her all this while.”

Neither of them dared imagine what would happen if Rayna didn’t have the ring with her that day.

Curtis nodded. “Yeah, I’m glad too. I thought she’d be fine with Carl by her side, so I left my phone in my office during the meeting. That was a mistake on my part.”

I should’ve been more alert. If I had seen the distress signal sooner, I would’ve been able to stop Selena from taking her away!

Jefferson shot Curtis a glance and lowered his gaze.

He had assumed that his love for Rayna was equal to, if not more than Curtis’.