Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 829 She Won't Talk to Him

Back in the day, he was too chicken to face his feelings for her and too lazy to dig deeper, which led to a bunch of screw-ups.

Lately, Jacob's drama just added more fuel to the fire, so no wonder she's giving him the cold shoulder now.

Selena stiffened and shoved his hand away, worried the ink from her pen might spill all over the paper, so she didn't dare to use too much force.

She was working on a delicate piece, and even a tiny mistake could mess up the whole painting.

"Raymond, if you're bored, go downstairs. Don't bug me," Selena said.

Raymond went quiet, just holding her waist without saying a word.

Selena talked to him, but he didn't listen, so she decided to ignore him and kept working on her painting.

Someone knocked on the door outside; probably a servant bringing water.

Selena quickly pushed him away, but he clung to her again.

She had noticed before that Raymond had a bit of a childish streak-stubborn, with a temper that flipped like a switch, and cold and indifferent to outsiders. "Let go." Selena spoke up.

Raymond reluctantly let her go and walked back to a chair.

Selena called out, "Come in."

As expected, it was a servant carrying two cups of tea. "Mr. Raymond Montague, Ms. Fair, you've worked hard. Mr. William Montague asked me to bring these in." The servant placed the two cups of tea on the table, bowed, and then left.

Selena cleaned her pen and was about to switch to a slightly bigger one when she saw Raymond coming over again.

help you,"

used pen first and started washing

to say much, so she switched

some movement beside her, and soon a shadow fell over her. Turns out he had taken another pen and

when he was seriously painting, his face was

she had stared blankly

the most naturally gifted

gaze, her hand steady as she continued

minutes, she finally put down her pen, feeling a bit of cramp in her

was

was about to massage her shoulders, a

felt so good that she couldn't help but hum, but then she realized it was Raymond's hand and

can do it myself," Selena said. As soon as she finished speaking, his other hand landed on

and waist being massaged, the sensation was

gaze locked on her. Selena's breathing was all over the place, and she tried to push his hand away. But then he

was happening, she quickly snapped, "Raymond!" Raymond finally stopped and asked,

panting, her

but he was clearly

and this time William's voice came from outside, "Raymond, Selena, is the painting done? It's

quickly stood up

she hurried to the door and

smiled, "No need, let's go downstairs and look at the

the garden

William enjoyed

"Okay, let's go

He wanted to say something but just