Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 842 He Was Like a Cloud in the Sky

For a sec, she thought she was totally trippin'.

The dude's hand grabbed hers for a hot minute before he pulled back all gentleman-like.

Selena wanted to spin around, but her body was like, "Nah, not today."

She tried to say something, but it felt like her throat was in a chokehold.

Her brain was a total mess.

Footsteps faded away, then came back, and someone plopped a warm corn tortilla in her hand.

The heat snapped her back to reality. She turned, but no one was there.

If it wasn't for the spaghetti scattered on the ground and the warm tortilla in her hand, she'd think she was hearing things.

Spaghetti and corn tortillas were her go-to when she was cramming to finish her art projects in college.

'Cause they were easy, and the couple who ran the place used super clean ingredients.

Selena didn't eat right then; she just started looking around.

Nada.

wanted to shout a name but then remembered she didn't

in the sky, and she was chasing it like crazy, but it always stayed out of

it would vanish

on the stuff they couldn't have when they were young, turning them into regrets. Then, when they finally found it, the joy of getting it back hit

all over Silver Bay University and ended up back where the spaghetti

and tossed it in

of frustration gnawed at

she circled

she got back to Ashbourne Manor, it was already

stone cold. She couldn't bring herself to eat it, and her stomach started to ache from hunger. Opening the door, she looked up to see Raymond sitting on

were bold and cocky, and when he was mad, his whole

like a spouse who'd been out messing around and

up,"

up, walked over,

she quietly squatted down to change

squatted down too, his tone icy. "Selena, you can't even look me in the

out a casual lie. "There was something

'Cause I called your office, and you left at seven," Raymond

but when she heard that, the heels

drove to the underground garage

softening. "Where's the stomach

too. Get well soon and head back

that, she walked