Reclaiming Her Heart

Raymond paused his hand while drawing a card, genuinely impressed by Tessa's shamelessness.

Outside the hall, Selena froze as she listened to the voice on the phone.

Because the caller was William, who was still missing.

"Selena." William's voice paused, followed by a few sudden coughs.

"Mr. Montague." Selena thought she was hearing things and quickly spoke up. "Where are you now? Raymond has been looking for you." "Selena, let's meet tomorrow night. Don't tell Raymond," William said.

Tomorrow night?

By that time, they would already be in the mountains, spending the night there.

This meant William was nearby but unwilling to show up.

Selena had many questions in her mind, but then she heard William say, "There are some things I want to ask you privately. Raymond can't know."

After speaking, William started coughing heavily again.

When William left, he was already on the brink of death, and now he probably couldn't hold on much longer.

"Mr. William Montague, I'll have Raymond track this signal address," Selena said.

"Selena, this is my dying wish. I want to see you, to clear up some things, so I beg you, don't tell Raymond," William said.

"Okay." Selena agreed.

After hanging up the phone and returning to the crowd, Selena couldn't find Raymond.

She politely asked the woman sitting next to her, who rolled her eyes. "You really can't be away from him for even a moment, can you? It's just a phone call, for goodness' sake." Selena was at a loss for words but decided not to argue. Otherwise, if a conflict arose, Raymond would get upset again.

She searched around the scene but couldn't find him. Finally, someone kindly mentioned, "He's in the entertainment venue."

As for Carter, he had fallen in love at first sight with Blizzard today and spent the whole evening playing with it away from the crowd.

Selena entered the entertainment venue and immediately spotted Tessa sitting next to Raymond.

Tessa was leaning in towards Raymond, smiling and chatting animatedly.

Tessa, the daughter of the Smith family, was clearly trying to cozy up to Raymond. She hadn't done anything illegal, so Raymond couldn't use that as an excuse to push her away, but his expression showed he was clearly displeased. When Raymond saw Selena enter, he sighed in relief and quickly stood up. "Selena, come join us."

Selena, preoccupied, couldn't get into the mood and shook her head. "I'm going to sleep first. I just came to let you know."

Raymond also felt the need to rest, especially since he and Selena had just left their intimate moment unfinished, and the thought of it made him feel warm all over.

But Alex and Lawrence wouldn't let Raymond leave.

Lawrence was the first to object, "You won one round and want to run?"

"Raymond, it's not even ten o'clock yet. Stay a bit longer," Lawrence insisted.

Raymond frowned but sat back down to avoid embarrassing Lawrence.

Selena walked up to him, and as she bent down, her scent wafted into his nose. "Raymond, I'm going to rest now."

"Okay." Raymond nodded.

Back in her room, Selena couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned, thinking about the phone call.

Downstairs, the waitstaff had started serving drinks.

Tessa was particularly enthusiastic, asking Lawrence what he wanted to drink one moment and Raymond the next.

"Red wine," Raymond replied, loosening the tie around his neck with an irritated expression.This content belongs to Nô/velDra/ma.Org .

Tessa immediately went to arrange it and, while no one was looking, discreetly slipped some powder into the red wine.

As Tessa did all this, Wind watched from the side, his brow furrowed.

"Ms. Smith, if something happens to Raymond tonight, this trip might..." he began, concern evident in his voice.

Tessa wrapped her arms around his neck and spoke in a playful tone, "Wind, it's just some hallucinogens. I want Lawrence to know that Raymond and I have an ambiguous relationship. That way, Lawrence will side with me."