Reclaiming Her Heart

Paul swore that he had never been so embarrassed in his life. He repeatedly explained to Raymond that it was just a statue, but Raymond wouldn't listen. There was no other way. The truck dragged both Raymond and the statue back to Manston Manor, and Raymond even slept with the statue in his arms for a night. Paul couldn't be bothered to stay and watch him. Victor was also exhausted. The two of them just told John to keep an eye on him and then left.

The next morning, when Raymond woke up, he felt uncomfortable, as if someone had been pressing down on him all night.

When he looked up, he saw a hard object in his arms and froze.

He threw the statue aside, thinking someone was trying to harm him. Otherwise, why would they use such a heavy statue to press on him, almost suffocating him? He took a deep breath, feeling sore all over.

"John." He called out, and John, who had been listening at the door, quickly came in when he heard Raymond wake up.

"Mr. Montague."

"What's with this statue?"

"Mr. Montague, you got drunk at Sky Gallery last night and insisted on bringing it back."

John omitted the part where Raymond mistook the statue for Selena, saving him some face.

Raymond couldn't remember what he had done and thought he had just been acting out while drunk, but he never acted out when drunk.

He raised his hand to rub his sore shoulder, which was almost immobile and in great pain.

As he slowly got up to wash up, a scene of him shouting "Selena" at the statue suddenly flashed in his mind.

His hand holding the toothbrush froze, and his brow furrowed.

After washing up, another scene of him crying about Selena's cruelty while leaning on the table came to mind.

Raymond felt his whole body heat up with embarrassment.

"John, have someone send the statue back."

John had just finished a phone call. "Mr. Montague, they said they bought a new one overnight. If you like it, you can keep it." Raymond was immediately annoyed and embarrassed. "I don't like it!"

John quickly made a call to have the statue sent back.

As soon as Raymond sat down at the Montague Group, Paul called him.

"Are you still keeping that statue?"

It was rare for Paul to use a teasing tone, and Raymond hung up immediately.

But then Victor called.

"After sleeping with a statue all night, if you're feeling unwell, you can come to my place for a free check-up today."

How did he not know Victor could be so sarcastic!

He hung up again!

Raymond wished he could go back to last night and slap his embarrassing self awake.

Then he opened Twitter and saw more news about Austin, still trending with that tag.

[Austin's gaze at her was not innocent.]

The comments below had exceeded a million, as Austin had won the Best Actor award last night, placing him among the top tier.novelbin

Netizens were still digging into Selena's background but hadn't found anything.

Until someone revealed that she was the CEO of S.M Corporation, Selena.

Netizens then began to mock her under that comment.

[You must be Selena's alt account, stop bragging.]

[Someone already posted that photo before. Selena is just a fat woman with a vicious heart. I hope Austin stays away from her and doesn't get entangled.]

[Someone sent that photo to Selena herself in a private message, and she didn't reply. It must be true.]

The online argument was intense, and the trending topic about Selena pestering Raymond had disappeared, probably because the hype had died down. Raymond looked up at John.

"Go buy that trending topic back up."

John was stunned, then nodded and quickly left.

In less than ten minutes, the topic about Selena pestering Raymond was trending again, and this time, Selena was being criticized even more harshly. Raymond didn't care and stared blankly at the documents in front of him.

Meanwhile, Selena also saw the trending topic being bought back up. Strangely, it wasn't the company's doing this time. Who could have bought it? But no matter who it was, they had inadvertently helped her.

The higher her profile, the more intense the criticism now, and the greater the contrast effect when her true identity was revealed.

For the next half month, she and Raymond didn't see each other or call.

But there were always rumors in the circle that Raymond was accompanying Tessa in the hospital.

Selena didn't deliberately inquire about it until Betty returned to Silver Bay City.