Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 491Utter Reliance on Him

Raymond pursued his advances relentlessly, his teeth sinking into her neck in a primal display of possession.

A surge of hormones overwhelmed him, asserting their dominance.

Tears cascaded from Selena's eyes, her body quaking beneath him.

Engulfed in the heat of the moment, Raymond was abruptly yanked back to reality by the chatter of passing waitstaff and a sliver of light slicing through the room from the slightly ajar door.

A terrified Selena sought refuge, burying her face into the crook of his neck.

A tingling wave of pleasure coursed through Raymond, pooling at the crown of his head.

"Get out," he commanded, his voice a harsh bark that echoed in the room.

The waitstaff, who had come to prepare the private room for later use, scurried away, cowed by his authoritative tone.

"Sorry, sorry," they stammered, their apologies trailing behind them as they retreated.

had gone, the room was filled with nothing

back, hoisting her higher against him. He had always savored this position, relishing in the feeling of her

change in her physique, her weight loss more apparent in his arms than in the dimly lit room where he could barely

week?" His brow furrowed in concern as

his neck, the cool, commanding scent of him

himself unable to distinguish whether

head, he gently nipped at

Selena shivered in response.

found himself catching

rumble, each word trailing off with a blend of softness and a hint of heat. Selena finally broke

that he had only saved Olivia from the burning building. Resentful that he had remained silent when she needed him the most. Her grievances were numerous, and

up at him, her eyes still glistening with tears but regaining some

too," she declared calmly, and then the room fell into an eerie silence. So quiet, one could hear a pin

in anger, but there was an

down, turned her around, and leaned over

her neck, his fingers slid into her mouth without hesitation, pinching her tongue a silent command for her to cease speaking, to stop uttering words he didn't want to hear. "You're just

echoed in the room long after he had spoken, and although Selena wanted

her face as she trembled, but he was relentless, treating her as