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?"

"Even if I broke up with Selena,

about to lose it, Tessa spoke up. "Richard, Raymond must be feeling really bad right now. Can

nines and looked pretty, but

go of Raymond and frowned. "I told you not to come to places like

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

"Hi everyone, I'm Tessa Smith, Richard's sister." Her voice was clear and innocent, like a child's, with no

patted his back. "Honey, how are you

Smith, you're pretty bold, calling him that right off

"This is my way of showing I'm serious about Raymond. I'm not afraid of being laughed at. I just like 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

at Raymond,

the Smith family, Tessa had always gotten what she wanted. But to be so open in pursuing a man, she must

background matched well

a loss for words due to her

after hearing about Raymond's trouble, Tessa came all the way from Vistalia, and it was known she

smirked, "No wonder they say marriages should be between

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