Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 437 The Unexpected

Selena had been standing for a full two hours and nearly passed out. Now feeling dizzy and unable to drive, she had to sit down and rest. Plus, she felt waves of nausea coming over her.

Glancing down at her knees, she couldn't help but roll up her pant leg. Underneath the thin fabric, her skinned knee made her frown with pain.

The painting her mentor had given her, which was torn in two and left in the car, crossed her mind. Her eyelashes drooped as she quietly observed the wound on her knee. In another car not too far away.

John couldn't help but notice Selena. Since the traffic had started moving again, he felt compelled to say something. "Mr. Montague, I think that's Miss Selena."

Despite his initial hesitation, Raymond told John to pull over, grabbed a bottle of water and an umbrella from beside him, and stepped out of the car.

Selena had chosen a shady spot to sit, conveniently under a tree. However, sitting out like this with the day's heat could easily make her ill.

Without a word, Raymond approached and handed her the bottle of water coolly.

His sharp eyes spotted the abrasion on her knee, and he furrowed his brow at the sight.

Selena's gaze landed on the water bottle appearing before her. She looked up and momentarily froze by the sight of him, failing to take it. Raymond made a move to retract his offer, but just then she took the bottle, uttering a low, "Thank you."

Standing there, umbrella in hand, he looked effortlessly refined. The silver handle enhanced the distinguished appearance of his fingers. After a moment, Raymond abruptly reached out, grasped her hand-the one holding the water bottle and hoisted her to her feet.

Selena was caught off guard and stumbled into his arms. A chill from his presence invaded her senses.

brimstone the

last encounter and

"What happened?"

"It's nothing."

skeptical but didn't press further, simply

in a daze, and the next second, he swept her up into his arms,

were in the car, Selena had

gas. Selena discreetly arranged for her driver from Ashbourne Manor to come and take her car back to

up her other pant leg, exposing another wounded knee the skin was

sight of Raymond's elegant hands continuing to roll up her pant leg to her thigh, revealing more of her leg. Somehow, she

remained impeccably dressed in his unwrinkled

the severity of the wounds on her beautiful

the hotel, Selena was whisked away and carried up through the private

sofa in

a different side to Raymond, a

might sting," he said as he reached for

nodded, and then the

a flinch, but she just sat there silently, lashes lowered

call him twenty times

a bittersweet realization; a woman who could endure pain like that was not necessarily in a