"I mean it. He said so. Do you know how gallantly he asked me to look after his future grandchild? I'm really impressed."
Luca spoke very convincingly to his colleagues. Those who heard him seemed impressed too and it seemed that they would start to take more care of Selena, in the sense of looking after the baby she was carrying, who would one day become Damian's son or daughter."I'm really curious, will it be a boy or a girl. If it's a girl, I think there will be another one. If it's a boy, maybe he'll be the only one until he grows up and asks for a sibling on his own." One of them laughed."That's true. It's usually always like that.""It doesn't matter if this one will be born a boy or a girl, but we just need to ensure Miss Selena's safety and comfort," Luca said more seriously."But, what about the wedding? Is the wedding going to be postponed or what?"Luca was silent for a moment. He hadn't actually heard anything from Damian regarding the wedDamian held his forehead, now his head was hurting too. Today he couldn't move at all. His body condition worsened after he contracted Selena's morning sickness. The feeling of vomiting was still there in his chest, but he really didn't want to let it out. "If you hold it in, your body won't feel good at all," Luca said. Selena giggled as she applied a fever-reducing plaster as Damian's temperature rose. She was doing fine, and felt better when Damian wasn't. This was the first time Selena had seen Damian sick, where he looked so helpless. "I hate taking it out. If I take it out, it won't be one time. There would be several more waves. Then, a few minutes apart, it would come again. I hate that feeling." Damian lay on his bed, paler because he didn't want to eat anything. "Yes, that's what generally happens. But it will actually make you better. It's a sign that there's still a lot your stomach can't digest. If you get it all out, your stomach will be empty and m
"Selena was not raised by her mother. I found her name on the orphanage list." The young man serving Derek handed over his tab. Where he had gathered everything he could about Selena. Some of the information he had gotten seemed very useful to Derek. What's more when Derek received the tab and saw the figure of little Selena among some of the other orphanage children. Which made him a little teary-eyed as soon as he saw her. "Orphanage, huh?" muttered Derek as he zoomed in on the photo of Selena. The young man had already improved the quality of the photo, which made it possible that when enlarged, it wouldn't be so blurry. And so it proved with Derek now letting out a long sigh, being able to clearly see little Selena, who quite resembled his daughter as a child as well. "She seemed to have just cried then." Derek looked at her compassionately. "That photo was taken after about a week of Selena's admission to the orphanage. It seems that life at the orphana
Alice Raguano laughed at the words of the woman who insisted on seeing her with the lure of a big piece of information. She laughed with amusement at this. "Who else would use the name Raguano besides our family members?" she replied while laughing softly with amusement, although there was a momentary anxiety in her heart.Meanwhile, the butler took something out of his bag and handed her a photo. An old photo of Selena taken when Damian was stalking her before kidnapping her. A photo that was enough to illustrate the answer to Alice's question just now. Alice was still smiling before taking a good look at the photo. She accepted it casually and looked at the photo. Her face had not changed at all as she stared at the photo. "Oh my, what is this?" Alice stared at the photo for a long time, her forehead furrowed as she felt familiar with the photo. Then, Alice stared at the butler for a while with a changed look on her face. She then stared at the photo and gr
"You can cancel the reservation, why are you confused?" Luca asked. "I can't just cancel it. Even if I don't feel well, we'll still have dinner there. Did you forget that we have to go to Beijing tomorrow?" Damian looked at Luca. "Of course I remembered. I remember your schedule better than you do," Luca replies. "We're going to stay a few days in Beijing. And it feels like, if I just leave... Ugh, how to explain that?" Damian holds his forehead, one hand resting on his waist. Luca widened his eyes and chuckled softly. He understood why Damian insisted on coming to the restaurant. The guy was even willing to push himself like that for a girl. Normally, he wouldn't bother with something like this. While the two of them were still in Damian's workroom in the mansion, and Damian also had to check a few things because he had not been actively working all day. There were also some documents that he had to double-check. It made him have to be active at night.
Selena whimpered softly as Damian bit her shoulder. Then, Damian's lips brushed her collarbone, until Damian's face was on Selena's nape at this moment. The man sniffed Selena's neck, and kissed her as if it was a sign of apology after biting her shoulder. "Sorry, next time I won't talk about Axel anymore." Selena understood what Damian wanted. Damian only cleared his throat in response. But for now he wouldn't just let Selena go. He bit lightly on the skin of Selena's neck, which made Selena have to squeal softly.After a few bites, Damian sucks on the skin of Selena's neck in several spots. Sucking long enough to leave red marks that wouldn't disappear overnight. His hands don't stay still, Damian's hands explore Selena's body. Damian's breathing was labored, his voice getting lower as well. While Selena squirmed under Damian's body. She didn't resist. Damian's touch was much more but than she remembered, she had no reason to resist. After all, Damian had also b
"Huh... always me." Grace sighed as she accompanied Selena to her room. "If you don't want to, that's fine. You just have to say it. I don't want to. That's it." Selena looked at Grace, she could understand that Grace might be sick of being with her all the time. "It's not like that. It's not that I don't want to." Grace was a little panicked that Selena thought so. "It's just... no. It's impossible to refuse his orders. But I'm happy to be able to take a walk with you even if I have to go to the hospital again later. Today, I'm allowed to take you out and drive." Grace looked excited today. Because she would be out with Selena all day. Selena was also surprised that Damian would let her go out for a walk just like that. It made her think about what Damian had said about who she would meet tonight and eat with. "He's going out to dinner with a girl. I think that's why he let me out. Probably so I wouldn't get upset or jealous. But does he really think about my fe
["She was here earlier. She said she was going to look around the front near the main door. I meant it, she was with me earlier. I just left her for a while to do a transaction. It really doesn't make sense for her to run away."]Grace gripped her front hair in frustration at not finding Selena with her. She had no idea where Selena had gone. And all she could think about now was how she should deal with this situation. Meanwhile, Luca, who was being contacted by Grace now in a panic, rushed out of the store with Damian. Damian didn't look panicked, he just looked annoyed and angry at the moment. "You just ask the people at the boutique to check the CCTV and tell me which way Selena went," Luca said. "So she ran off after everything she told me? She played me? I won't let you get away, Selena." Damian clenched his fists at the sides of his shoulders. ["I've asked them to check the CCTV and they've given me permission. In a moment, they're checking it."]L
"What kind of atmosphere is this?" Damian got goosebumps after hearing what his father said. "Be direct and upfront. Do you know who's behind this? What you just said suggests that you really do know who's behind this."["Of course. Who else if not the Raguano family?"]"But how did they find out about Selena? I never even intentionally-"["I was the one who told Selena's father about Selena's whereabouts. Before coming to you, I naturally found out who the girl was. And it was quite surprising to find out that she was Derek's daughter. It's just that I was certainly confused about his unknown daughter. Finally, I and I talked for a while on the phone about Selena."] "How could you-"["Wait a minute. You should listen to me first. I warned Derek. I'm going to make Selena my daughter-in-law, I told him. So, he shouldn't try to bother Selena at all. I also promised to keep his family's good name as long as he keeps quiet. Most likely, Mrs. Raguano knew this too. T
After what happened that morning, Selena finally asked to go home. Selena asked to return to Dravenor as soon as possible. And Jian of course had to go home with Selena too, which made her a little moody because she had to say goodbye to the man she met at the masked ball. The man comes to the airport to say goodbye to Jian. He rubbed Jian's head delicately, and Jian leaned against him like a typical, spoiled girl. She didn't look like the usual Jian when she was with the man, making Selena stare at them while sighing. "If you really still want to be here, you don't have to force yourself to come home with me. You can stay here a few more days," Selena said, she felt guilty for her. "No, I can't. My purpose here is just to keep you company beforehand. And if you go home, then of course I have to go home. That means my work is done," Jian replied. "You can stay with me, if you're worried about the money you have to spend to live here." The man sounded like he was
Damian pushed Selena until she was lying on the sofa. And his hand gently rubbed Selena's shoulder. His soft, comforting touch lulls Selena into her game for the umpteenth time. Selena enjoyed the touch of Damian's lips that she hadn't felt in a long time. And Damian vented his longing with a bit of brutality. The evening was spent watching television. Selena refuses to make love even though Damian clearly wants to. Still, for whatever reason, Damian respects Selena's decision to do nothing but watch together. Selena and Damian lay on the couch, enjoying the movie Selena was watching earlier. Damian's arm was around Selena's shoulders, while Selena just stayed in Damian's arms. Morning came. The two of them fell asleep together in front of the television. Damian hugged Selena quite tightly, in a spooning cuddle position. Damian's hands wrapped around Selena's waist, and Selena who lay on her back seemed to surrender to Damian's position. "My phone was stolen yest
Selena's legs wrapped around Damian's waist became tighter. Selena's hands on his broad shoulders also seemed to have doubts about Damian's strength supporting her body. Realizing this, Damian only raised one corner of his lips. "Calm down. Do you doubt me? If you doubt me, I can really let you go. Don't doubt me! Calm down..." Damian said as he rubbed Selena's backside lightly. "How can I calm down? Watch your hands! Don't touch me carelessly!" protested Selena, as she tried to stop Damian's hand with one of hers, she also squirmed a little at the touch of Damian's hand.Damian chuckled softly and stopped his hand. Damian glanced at the movie Selena was watching. And saw how the spacious sofa was made comfortable for herself with a blanket, along with snacks and drinks on the table. She was really enjoying herself. "This is all you do after you're not with me? You left me just for this? I can give you all this comfort," Damian said as he looked at Selena. Sl
Since her location is known to Axel, he always makes time to visit. Just to see what Selena was doing or to bring her some food. And that morning, Axel brought her breakfast just as Selena was about to go out for breakfast. "Oh, you surprised me!" squealed Selena as she opened the door, Axel was already there."Do you want to have breakfast together?" Axel held up the parcel he had brought as he smiled at her.While Selena hissed, looking at him sarcastically for a few moments before letting out a long sigh. This was food. She could save time and money if Axel just brought it to her. She let Axel in to have breakfast with her in her apartment.Selena set the cutlery on the dining table, as Axel opened what he had brought for breakfast that day. It was simple enough, cream soup and roast chicken. However, it seemed that Selena, who was already confused about what to eat, seemed eager to eat her food. Axel ate with her in silence. What Axel felt was like he was s
"Let's go home!" whispered Selena while pulling Jian's hand, she shook her body with fear like she had just seen a demon. While Jian furrowed her brow in confusion and looked at Damian as well as Axel who were now staring at Selena's back with an unhappy look. It made Jian suspect that Selena might have made a mistake in coming to the masquerade ball for the first time. "What are you doing? Why are they looking at you so intently?" whispered Jian. "I'm not doing anything. Let's just go home! I'm really uncomfortable, you know!" urged Selena, she kept shaking Jian's hand like a little girl asking for a toy."She has a problem with me." Damian walked over, just looking at Selena's movements he could tell that the girl wanted to leave the place immediately. "Problem? Tell me, what are you doing?" Jian looked at Selena seriously. Quickly, Damian won Selena's hand again, he would not let Selena go again this time. This girl always ran away from him, and he kn
"Ha! How can I believe that? You seem to still love Axel. You're glad you miscarried because you can break up with me and go back to Axel? That's so funny! I thought you really just wanted to be alone for a while." Damian clucked, looking at Selena whose brow was furrowed. Selena certainly didn't agree with Damian's words. After all, she did want to be alone. She had also rejected Axel before. This time, it was just a coincidence that she was alone at a party and it would have been a relief to be with Axel, someone she knew. However, Damian's presence also made things worse. "No! I really wanted to be alone," Selena denied again, she didn't know what else to say to deny all of Damian's accusations that were completely untrue. She also didn't know why she was doing that. The girl could have just casually accepted the untrue accusations thrown at her. However, instead of that, Selena who was trying so hard to deny seemed to unknowingly have another intention. Yes, she d
Without lingering in the room full of people, Axel took Selena out of the room, both of them standing on a balcony. They were the only two there. Selena seemed relieved to be able to meet Axel and Axel quickly found her. "Wow, this is such a relief. Jian just left me as soon as a man approached her, whispered and then pulled her hand away. How rude! Does he have no manners? Jian is with me, right? He should have at least asked permission and said goodbye!" chided Selena. Selena expressed her frustration. While Axel looked at her steadily, he stared at Selena as if he would never look at her again or even never look at her at all. The smile on his face painted a picture of how happy he was to see Selena on a show like this. "Tsk, bitch!" Selena was still grumbling to herself. Her arms raised, Selena took a sip of the drink she had taken from the waiter who had brought her a drink. Then, she frowned as she stared at her glass in confusion. S
After rejecting Axel, Selena brooded in her room with the television on. She ate the food she had just bought while thinking carefully about what she had said to Axel. What she felt was that she was different from her old self. However, she also felt that she was the same as before. She was just an opinionated girl who was firm in her decisions. Although sometimes she always felt like she needed someone to be by her side. This time, things were a little different. She didn't have to work hard and think about money. "I'm bored..." muttered Selena. Selena spent her time watching some movies she had wanted to see before, while eating snacks. She had been eating a lot lately, but didn't realize that she had gained weight. Her cheeks were even thicker than when she left Damian's mansion. At midnight, Jian returned to the apartment. She found Selena had not slept and was engrossed in her snacks and watching. "You're not sleeping? You're even eating snacks at this
Derek's words managed to make Damian think about his words on the way home. . How could he not? Derek had mentioned that there was something wrong with him that Selena had left him. And what was wrong with him? "What's wrong with me?" Damian asked as he glanced at Luca who was next to him, sitting and looking questioning as usual anywhere and anytime. Luca turned to Damian with a hint of doubt on his face. He glanced at the street for a moment, thinking about what kind of answer he could give Damian. "Actually, it's just because of our different backgrounds. We run a legal company with an illegal business, so the way we deal with the problem is certainly not so morally minded. Selena, on the other hand, is just an innocent citizen who probably doesn't even know where and how businessmen like you operate," Luca explained.Damian could understand Luca's statement clearly even though Luca didn't say it in detail. Clearly, Selena was probably more informed and underst