Reclaiming Her Heart

Raymond didn't expect Tessa to suddenly hug him. Just as he was about to push her away, she let go on her own and then looked up to talk to him. He was a bit dazed, his fingertips still absentmindedly touching the fabric from earlier.

After a while, he lowered his hand and heard Tessa ask, "Raymond, how about having dinner with me tonight?"

Raymond lowered his eyes, and Selena's face flashed through his mind for a moment before he quickly pushed it away.

"Okay."

Tessa's gaze went past him, looking at Selena in the distance, with a provocative expression.

"Alright, you decide the restaurant, and let me know."

Selena knew Tessa was trying to provoke her, and Tessa had succeeded. She was indeed disgusted now.

She turned around and retreated back into the elevator.

When the elevator doors closed, she leaned back, feeling exhausted.

When she reached the lobby on the first floor, she ran into John.

John was holding a bouquet of flowers and looked a bit embarrassed when he saw her.

"Ms. Fair."

Selena knew the flowers weren't for her; they must be for Tessa.

She forced a smile, nodded, and left directly.

John, holding the flowers, didn't know what to say for a moment.

However, the flowers were for the wife of a CEO he worked closely with. The flowers were bought by the CEO, and John was just delivering them. He hadn't expected to run into Selena.

Then he went to Tessa's room and left with Raymond. As they went out of the room, he said, "I ran into Ms. Fair."

Raymond thought he meant at the Montague Group Building, nodded, and his expression remained indifferent. "John, see if there's a good restaurant nearby."

"Mr. Montague, are you going to have dinner with Ms. Smith?"

"Yes."

Raymond's thin lips pressed together, his gaze occasionally falling on the piece of fabric.

John didn't dare disobey his order and immediately started looking.

Raymond returned to the Montague Group to continue working, but he felt restless.

After a while, he went to the Montague Group's surveillance room and found the footage of Selena taking the elevator. From the moment she entered the Montague Group's lobby, she was very calm, without a hint of guilt. That was just like her. He lit a cigarette, and although the surveillance video was only a few minutes long, he watched it hundreds of times. When the surveillance room employee returned and saw him, they were startled, quickly closed the door, and ran away.

After finishing a cigarette, Raymond's eyes were a bit red. He kept watching the surveillance video repeatedly. After finishing his fifth cigarette, he finally coughed a few times and waved away the smoke in front of him. Then he got up and walked out.

The surveillance room employee had been standing in the hallway, not daring to disturb him.

Only after confirming Raymond had left did he enter the room.

The room was filled with smoke, and the ashtray was full of cigarette butts. Smoking was prohibited in this room, but the employee didn't dare say anything.

He felt that when Raymond opened the door just now, he no longer looked like the confident Raymond.

It was as if Raymond had been pulled down from his pedestal to the mortal world.

However, even in his melancholy, Raymond still seemed unattainable.

The employee didn't dare tell anyone about seeing Raymond in the surveillance room, and the surveillance footage was still on. He recognized Selena, the designer who used to be by Raymond's side. These wealthy people, when chasing love, were just like fools, just like ordinary people. The employee sighed, emptied the ashtray into the trash, and turned off the surveillance. When Raymond returned to his office, he stared blankly at the documents in front of him. The words on the documents looked like twisted tadpoles, and he couldn't focus on them.novelbin

When John came in, he still wanted to ask about Selena.

"Sir, Ms. Fair..."

Before he could finish, Raymond picked up the file next to him and forced himself to open it. "There's a meeting later."

In other words, John shouldn't bring up anything unrelated to work in front of him.

John closed his mouth and sighed softly.

Raymond worked overtime until the evening, and his phone received the information about the restaurant.

He personally went to pick up Tessa, feeling a bit dazed on the way, and his car rear-ended the one in front.

When the person in front got out, he realized it was Caterlington.

Caterlington raised an eyebrow slightly when he saw him.

"Well, Mr. Montague, huh?"

Raymond ignored him and called the insurance company.

Caterlington wasn't about to miss this opportunity and approached him.

"Mr. Montague, I heard you plan to accept Tessa from the Smith family. I'm really envious of you. Even after leaving Selena, you still have a backup option. Unlike me, who only has eyes for one person. Now that I hear she's single, I'm planning to pursue her right away. Wish me luck, Mr. Montague."