Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 975 Wait Until He Is Willing to Accept Me

Alex chimed in, "Yeah, Selena's pretty sharp. She called a few of us and then took off. If she'd stuck around any longer, Elbert and Harry would've been on her tail. She even managed to sort everything out at the company before she left." Alex and Paul's words dripped with sarcasm, taking jabs at Raymond's poor judgment.

Victor, who knew the real story, wasn't around tonight, so no one was there to defend Selena.

Normally, Raymond would've snapped back at Alex and Paul. But now, he just stayed quiet, nursing his glass of wine.

It felt like all the bitterness in the world was churning in his stomach. He tried to drown it with wine, but each sip only made it worse, adding a layer of melancholy.

Turns out, if Selena didn't like him, nothing he did mattered.

Raymond swirled the wine in his glass, and after a few more sips, Richard walked in. "Raymond, come outside with me for a sec."

Raymond frowned and looked up, slightly drunk. "Get lost."

Richard, pissed off, grabbed him. "Tessa's in Silver Bay City. You need to take care of her; she's got a heart condition."

Raymond, annoyed, tried to push Richard away, but then he heard Richard say, "Didn't you and Selena break up? What's wrong with meeting Tessa?"

I broke up with Selena, I'm not interested in

up. "Richard, Raymond must be feeling really bad right now. Can you let him go? You're being rude." Everyone turned to look at the door,

to the nines and looked pretty, but

"I told you not to

slowly. "But Raymond's here, so I wanted to see

and nodded politely. "Hi everyone, I'm Tessa Smith, Richard's sister." Her voice was clear and innocent, like a child's, with

to Raymond and gently patted his back. "Honey,

bold, calling

him. When I heard about his situation, I came all the way from Vistalia. I had already made arrangements with the people here, but it turns out he could handle it himself. He's

as she looked at Raymond,

wanted. But to be so open in pursuing a

Tessa's family background matched well

a loss for words

Vistalia, and it was known she had a heart

say marriages should be between families of equal

another dig at Selena. Because Selena's family