Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 713 Showing Weakness Was More Effective Than the Sweetest Words

The next morning, while Selena was still catching some Z's, Raymond yanked her up.

"Let's go snag some gifts," Raymond said.

Selena, totally wiped from last night's shenanigans, was dead tired. She slumped into the car, practically melting into his shoulder to catch some more sleep. Raymond shifted her to a comfier spot, juggling his docs with one hand and keeping her head from bobbing with the other.

When they rolled up to the mall, the doors were locked tight. John, their driver, finally clued in. "Mr. Montague, the mall doesn't open till nine."

It was only seven, and the place was still shut.

John had never hit the mall early and forgot to give them a heads-up. Oops.

Raymond and Selena weren't morning shoppers either, so they were clueless.

Hearing John, Selena cracked her eyes open and chuckled. "Mr. Montague, should we head back first?"

Two hours till the mall opened.

kept his eyes on his

saw a flicker of impatience in him, like a kid

but

freeze. Then he dropped the pen and held her hand without

she felt a scar on his back. No clue if it was old or new. Selena opened her mouth to ask, but Raymond's phone buzzed. Seeing the caller ID, he frowned. Selena

how Catherine had trashed her at this

tonight. Your dad's coming back, and I need you to talk him out of divorcing me. Raymond, have you been digging into Christopher's case?

all these family dramas.

not coming for

How will the Montague family see me if I can't even keep my own son or husband? Raymond, how can you be so heartless! Do you want me to be the laughingstock? Your dad wants to divorce me, and you say nothing. Do you even see me as your

eyes got colder, but inside, he

lips together, staying silent, his

suggestion. "By the way, I met that Selena last week. Find a chance to sleep with her again, get

who Selena was because when the drama went down, he was already divorced, so John hadn't mentioned

a bit puzzled, 'Who the

asking Catherine,

I want you to get her pregnant and then make her get an abortion. She seems to care about you; she's really