Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 1 I Don't Want Money

Selena Fair woke up, only to find the man beside her still asleep. Enduring the discomfort between her legs, she got out of bed. Just as she was about to pick up the clothes scattered on the floor, a cold voice came from behind her. "How much do you want?" he remarked in an indifferent tone, sounding nothing like the guy who cooed dirty talk in her ear last night.

Selena paused, feeling absurd.

After three years of marriage, her husband didn't even know who she was. Three years ago, she accidentally saved Cassius Montague, the patriarch of the Montague family, from death. At that time, her father's company encountered difficulties during its first round of financing. So Cassius offered her a deal: if Selena married his grandson Raymond Montague, he would invest three billion dollars into her dad's business.

Raymond never appeared during their marriage ceremony, and it wasn't until she received her marriage certificate that Selena found out he had gone abroad.

Since then, she'd been dubbed as "Mrs. Montague Who Never Was."

She never expected their first encounter to take place in a bed, of all places.

That was right, her "one-night stand" was her husband, who hadn't even met her before.

Selena struggled to put on her clothes, her head spinning from the hangover.

"I don't want money," she managed to say, her voice wavering.

you want me instead?" Raymond's piercing gaze examined every inch of her body, his sneer betraying his skepticism. She was undeniably

money, but don't expect we'll become a thing just because of

a woman, even in my drunken state. So, it must be the drink. There

welcoming banquet for Raymond Montague, attracting all the celebrities and affluent individuals. Since he was about to take over the family business, every guest was dying to befriend him. Cassius had invited Selena. Initially, she planned to make a brief appearance and bail, but her father stopped her and offered her two glasses of wine, telling her to talk to Raymond. The evening then had taken

of Raymond's resistance to their arranged marriage. In this regard, she couldn't help but wonder, 'How am I gonna convince him that what happened last night was not part of my plan when he already hates our marriage

in her eyes, and she hesitated

the phone on the

on the speaker and a respectful male voice then came from the other side, "Mr. Montague, we've arrived at Miss Fair's apartment. She's not home.

to the window. His brow furrowed as he gazed at the distant view of the river. He had

says she's good-natured. According to him, she never engages in conflicts or covets others' possessions. And she's an exceptional Harvard graduate. But so what? The Fair

responded with a ruthless and cold tone, "Keep contacting her and let

reading James Fair's message on her phone screen. James: [Selena, did you leave early last night? Beatrice asked me if Raymond drank

it

time today, please come and visit Alice in the hospital. She said

learned Beatrice was

James got worried. He thus called her and asked if she needed any hangover medicine, sounding full