Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 425 Domestic Violence

"How long have you been working here?" Selena asked.

"Two years," the woman responded.

That meant she knew about James' family living in a villa and running a company in New York even before Steven, possibly even before Victoria. She had kept silent all this time. It was also her who had notified James last night. Selena noticed the bruised skin peeping from beneath the woman's sleeve. It seemed that even now, Steven had never ceased his violent ways at home.

When Lily Fair saw that Selena had nothing more to say, she suddenly burst into tears.

"Miss. Fair, please don't fire me."

Selena was startled and quickly pulled her up, "What are you doing?"

Lily Fair looked down. "I know you never really liked our family..."

Selena was silent. She didn't have a strong impression of Lily Fair. Now, seeing her small and frail, with a face marked by hardships and exposed skin covered in bruises, Selena couldn't help but feel a surge of compassion. "I never considered firing you. Just cooperate with the police to give your statement for now."

Lily Fair, fearing Selena might regret her leniency, hurriedly nodded and left.

Once she was gone, Selena felt a slight alleviation of her headache.

Lily Fair had been working here for two years, and her father hadn't even realized that she was his brother's wife.

Selena was about to dive into her work files when a message from Raymond popped up. Sent to her personal number, it was clearly intended for his wife.

A brief message read: "Take the money."

fully realizing what the money meant. First, it was compensation for last

money to keep her from telling

a divorce, I am ready to

dark all of last night, her face shrouded;

then again, Raymond had told James that he knew exactly

thing? He didn't know her at all, acting

words could even

misunderstanding lay between

was not

anger when he read

previous attempts to seduce

mocking laugh; Selena sure could

night's incident was a drama orchestrated by her to gain

why would the

furrowed his brow, his

tossed his phone aside without

a reply. She immersed herself in work, staying busy until evening arrived, her mood lifting a bit when she learned that the police had taken away those involved from her company for questioning. She

the office until dusk before making a trip to Manhattan. She was eager to finalize the house deal, hoping to minimize her

has a good reputation in the industry, so they're still to be trusted. Selena went up to the second floor to check the progress. She had prepared an exceptionally large master bedroom for

it was the last house she designed; she only wanted

Raymond a message from her

you have quite a talent for painting when we were

over at Alex's place, where Alex had invited some friends for a small gathering at