"Go on. I didn't tell you to stop." She hugged him, much to his surprise.

"You aren't asking me to stop?"

Selena knew how stressful his job could be. Back then, she used to be a smoker, and she knew most of the time, men smoked to relieve the stress within him. She was fine with it if a cigarette could take away some of his sadness.

"Tone it down. It's bad for you." That was all she said, and she trusted that he would understand. Upon hearing that, Pierre chuckled and opened the window for the smoke to drift outside.

In the meantime, Selena leaned against his chest. "Since we're getting married, we're going to face everything together. Don't keep everything bottled up. Tell me if anything is bothering you. I know I might not be of help, but at least I can listen to your troubles."

stared down at her for a moment,

"Sorry?"

mother's name. Francesca

Movies were a novelty back then, and

and she was the first actress to film overseas. However, Francesca suddenly stopped acting at the zenith of her fame, and there were no more works with her in it. It turned out that she had

posters with the actress in it around the house when she was little. Since her mother, Cecilia, was also a fan of Francesca, she let Roland do what he wanted with them, but later, Jezebelle married Roland, and she

had back then, and then the posters were burned. It was obvious that Francesca was more famous than anyone of her era, but Selena never expected her to be so devoted to love. She never expected

because that geezer had an affair." Pierre never called John 'Dad'. He'd call him a geezer most of the time, though he would still call John

family for him. She was willing to become an ordinary housewife just for him, but then she found out about his affair, and it broke her." Pierre paused. "And she took

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