Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 805 Not a Pet Kept in a Cage

"It's just like that."

Raymond's answer made Alex let out a big ol' sigh of relief.

"Alright, just a heads up, man. Don't wait 'til you mess up big time and then regret it. Not everything gets a free pass, and a girl like Selena ain't some pet you can lock up. You gotta let her breathe, then she'll dig you," Alex said. "I don't get it," Raymond replied.

He thought, 'If you like someone, shouldn't you keep 'em close? Doesn't matter how, as long as she's with you, it's all good.'

"You'll get it someday," Alex said.

After hanging up, Raymond looked down at Selena's face.

She was out cold from all the drama and hadn't woken up.

He slowly lay down, holding her tight, finally feeling some peace.

A small smile crept up as he held her close.

By his nature, he should've let her rot in jail a bit longer so she'd be more grateful.

But sitting in that conference room, he couldn't focus on anything.

kept worrying if someone would mess with her or if she'd cry alone in

couldn't chill, his mind

call gave him the perfect excuse, and

he realized this was what

"Selena?" he called out.

deep in sleep

later, Raymond quietly called out

to call her by her name for so long, and now that he knew she was

though Selena didn't respond, he

minutes later, he finally called out

"Selena?"

"Selena?"

Selena snapped, "Shut up!"

face turned awkward,

the "Selena" calls she heard in her dream were just that a dream. But she was definitely at

and saw her clothes already laid out on the

getting dressed and freshening up, she

the couch,

he did yesterday, her face darkened, and she headed straight for

the document, saying, "You haven't eaten

hungry," Selena shot