Reclaiming Her Heart

After mourning, Selena looked up, finding a suit on her shoulder, unknown when Raymond put it on.noveldrama

She handed it back to him. Raymond raised his hand to take it, and their fingertips accidentally touched-one cold, one warm. He resisted the urge to grab her hand and lied, "Grandpa said you promised him something?"

He didn't mention William's last words at all; instead, he was deceiving Selena.

On the day at the cliff, did William say anything to her?

But in fact, William said nothing that night. The entire night was a conspiracy, a plot by Christopher's alter ego.

This conspiracy involved William, everyone on the hike that day, and even Selena herself.

She thought about how even the name Mario was fake. What was his true identity? Why was he targeting the Montague family?

Now that Raymond was asking her, she remembered she had promised William to have a child for the Montague family.

That was a promise.

But she couldn't bring herself to tell Raymond about it.

She turned around, pretending to walk down the mountain.

Raymond knew he wouldn't get any answers, so he slowly followed.

The descent was faster than the climb, and he inexplicably thought of the hiking trail where he carried her, and she told him stories from her childhood.

He and Selena had been through life and death together, but they lacked the most tender moments, so when he thought about it, it felt barren.

When they reached the car, he wanted to take her back, but her bodyguard had already driven the car over.

Without even saying "goodbye," she got into the car.

Raymond opened his mouth but ended up knocking on her car window.

The window rolled down.

"How about dinner tonight?"

Selena glanced at her phone, "I have something to do today."

"How about tomorrow?"

"I have a meeting tomorrow."

"An all-day meeting?"

A smart person would stop asking after hearing she had a meeting; it was obviously an excuse.

But Raymond insisted on getting a clear answer, making the atmosphere awkward.

"Selena, don't you want to know Mario's true identity?"

This question successfully grabbed Selena's attention; she did want to know.

No matter how much the people at Ashbourne Manor investigated, the information about him was too vague. He had no background, no photos, just a name.

"My people and Paul's people are investigating him. We should know soon. Do you want me to tell you first?"

Raymond's words were clearly a trap. If she wanted to know, they would have to have dinner together.

Selena frowned, "Tell me when you find out."

His fingers clung tightly to the car window, pretending not to understand, "But I need to eat first to have the energy to investigate." Raymond, the rascal!

Selena even wanted to close the window directly, hoping to hurt his fingers.

His fingertips seemed to press casually on the window, but he was using a lot of force, so much that even though Selena pressed the button to raise the window, it didn't go up. She finally compromised, "Raymond, what do you really want?"

"I want to take you back."

There was no point in arguing with him, so Selena got out of the car and walked to his car.

Raymond didn't expect her to agree so quickly and stood there stunned until he heard her ask, "Aren't we leaving?"

Only then did he quickly walk to his car.

His chest was tingling with excitement.

But the place Selena wanted to go wasn't Ashbourne Manor; it was the high school where she had met Lucille.

It was Saturday, and Vance had a basketball competition today.

She asked Raymond to wait outside while she went in first.

As soon as she reached the basketball court, she saw Vance playing, surrounded by students. When Vance successfully stole the ball, the girls on the scene erupted in cheers. A beautiful three-pointer.

Six feet tall, with a stunning and aloof face, full of youthful hormones.

A boy like Vance must be very popular.

Selena heard footsteps behind her and knew Raymond wouldn't obediently wait in the car.

Noticing her gaze, his tone was jealous.

"So you came to see a high school boy."

He was puzzled as to why Selena suddenly wanted to come to the high school. Now, seeing the most eye-catching Vance, he was almost dying of jealousy.

He might as well have stayed in the car.