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?"

coldly, "Even if I broke up with Selena,

darkened, and just as he was about to lose it, Tessa spoke up. "Richard, Raymond must be feeling really bad right now. Can you let him go? You're being rude."

and looked pretty, but her pale complexion showed she was often

and frowned. "I told you not

and walked in slowly. "But Raymond's here, so I wanted to

sister." Her voice was clear and innocent, like a child's, with no

over to Raymond and gently patted his

"Ms. Smith, you're pretty bold, calling him that right off the

laughed at. I just like him. When I heard about his situation, I came all the way from Vistalia.

as she looked at Raymond, openly showing

always gotten what she wanted. But to be so

family background matched well

at a loss for words due to

Vistalia, and it was known she had a heart condition. She must

they say marriages should be between families

another dig at Selena. Because Selena's family wasn't wealthy, she left

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