Dear sweetheart novel (Rayna and Julian) novel Chapter 653

Chapter 653

Inside Rayna's dream, the man walked until he stood right in front of her, then stretched a hand toward her. Seeing that she gave no response, he grabbed her and tried to drag her away.

“I'm not going with you. I won't,” she mumbled in her sleep until she woke up with a start.

Curtis was doing some work in the study when he heard a noise from the bedroom. He rushed over immediately, taking long strides. The moment he pushed the door open, he saw Rayna sitting on the bed. drenched in a cold sweat. Her face was deathly pale.

He hurried over to the bed and placed a hand on her forehead. However, she did not seem to be running a fever. “What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?”

“Mm-hmm,” she murmured in response. As she reached out and held his arm, he could clearly feel the slight tremble in her hand. It seemed she had yet to recover from her bad dream.

He stood next to the bed and hugged her, waiting until she calmed down before letting her go. “I'll get a towel to wipe your face.”

“Okay,” Rayna answered. She loosened her grip on liis arm, but she did so ever so slowly with a hint of reluctance.

Seeing that, Curtis sighed softly before scooping her up from the bed and carrying her into the bathroom.

Since she could no longer see. a chair had been prepared in the bathroom so she could sit on it while he helped her wrash up.

As she sat in the chair in front of the bathroom counter, he used a warm w’et towel to dab at her face with gentle motions.

He spoke to her tenderly while cleaning her face before moving on to her hands, wiping them carefully.

Then, he took another towel, dampened it, and began patiently wiping her back.

Being drenched in a cold sweat had left Rayna feeling a little chilly. However, after Curtis' careful ministrations with the warm towel, her body slowly started winning up.

Thinking about howr attentive he had been toward her over the past few’ days, she felt moved yet worried. “Curtis, what if I never regain my eyesight—”

“You will,” he said, cutting her off before she could finish her sentence.

I know7, what she w’ants to say. However, even if her eyesight never gets better, it has never crossed my mind to abandon her.

“We'll go to Shvomhid Mountain and find that traditional medicine practitioner. After pairing liis treatment with Dr. Galopin's, your eyesight will be on the mend,” he continued as he rinsed the towels and hung them up to diy. Then, he turned and carried her out of the bathroom.

Just as he was about to lower her onto the bed, she clutched his shirt and asked. “What time is it now?”

Curtis glanced at the clock on the bedside table. It was three in the morning.

“It's still early, so you should sleep a little longer,” he replied as he put her down on the bed. He reached for the covers and was about to tuck her in when she lifted a hand to grab his.

“You've been up all night, haven't you?” She recalled that she had been alone in bed w’hen she aw’oke earlier, and the other half of the covers had been cold.

“I'll come over later. I still have several international video conferences to attend,” he replied softly. There was gentleness and reassurance in his tone.

Slowly, Rayna relaxed the fingers gripping his shirt and lay down on the bed. He pulled the covers over her and said, “I'll wrait until you fall asleep before leaving.”

Curtis climbed in under the covers and sat holding her until she dozed back to sleep. Then, he got up gingerly and left the bedroom. Upon returning to liis study, he turned on liis computer and resumed liis international video conference.

Wlien one of the video conference's attendees—a silver-haired man—noticed that Curtis had rejoined the meeting, he reported, “Tilings have been a little tricky over here in Yartran. People from the Civil Engineering Bureau have been coming by constantly.”

Here, a young, baby-faced man chimed in, “Evidently, someone in Yartran's inner circles is up to something. It seems a reshuffle in the candidates for Yartran's royal family is poised to happen, so internal pow7er struggles have been more intense. I think it's highly likely that someone from the other party was the one wdio caused it.”