Perhaps the only one who was kind and friendly to her in the mansion at that time was only one. The gardener who was cheerful and seemed to live a carefree life. She seemed to serve Damian sincerely, living simply in a small cottage built on the estate.
"What's your name?" asked Selena as she ate the boiled sweet potato with gusto, it was really sweet."I'm Xena," she replied, smiling sweetly at Selena."Xena? We have almost the same name. Selena, Xena!" Selena looked cheerful as she met someone who was able to put anyone in a good mood."Oh, right. I just realized that." Xena laughed.The two chatted while separating the garbage pleasantly. Until Xena noticed that Selena's face was covered in sweat even though what she was doing was not strenuous. And she wasn't outside the mansion either, she was still inside."Are you okay?" Xena watched her with concern."I'm fine," Selena replied."You look exhausted, you better get some rest," she said w"Keep tracking Axel's base! This time I won't make any peace at all." Damian looked at his men who now seemed to be gathered in a meeting room. "Yes!" They answered in unison in the affirmative. Damian held his forehead. Just a moment ago he was too fragile to think about something like this. He was getting better, but his heart still couldn't accept that what had happened a few days ago was starting to sink into his mind. Luca got a call, which made Damian glance at Luca as the man picked up his ringing cell phone. "What's wrong? You know I'm-""It's an emergency. Can you come back to the mansion with Master immediately? It's a real emergency and I think Master should know this."Luca was silent for a moment. He didn't know what made this sound like such an emergency and the tone of his colleague at the mansion also made him uneasy. "What is it? Can you tell me clearly now? We're in a meeting right now. And I'm sure Master won't be coming home for n
"Calm down! What's wrong with you today? You just had a great time with Selena last night. And as soon as you found out she was pregnant, you acted like that to her?" "So? You expect me to get all teary-eyed and hug her, then tell her it's the right time because my father is urging me to get married and have kids? And she got pregnant at the right time, is that what you're saying?" Damian looked at Luca with an annoyed expression. Luca sighed. He was also annoyed at Damian for speaking to Grace in such a high tone. While he himself knew that just a few moments ago, Damian had been in a bad mood due to being pressured by shareholders for his business. Lately, Damian has been rather unfocused in running his business because he has been using the available resources inefficiently to find Axel's whereabouts and intend to retaliate. The shareholders are of course furious with Damian's arbitrary actions. Conflicts between managing directors and shareholders are prone t
"Is she in a relationship with Harvest?" Damian glances at Luca, as if asking because Luca seems to know more about his people than Damian himself. "She's pretty private, so it's not really clear what she's thinking," Luca replied. "I'll just go there for now," Damian said as he got up from his seat. Damian seemed to be curious about what one of his subordinates was doing at Harvest's place. Even though Harvest wasn't an opponent, everyone knew how bad their relationship had gotten since Damian lost his chip, because he trusted Harvest back then. "H-hey, are you going to that guy's place?" asked Selena as she looked at Damian, her voice sounding hesitant to ask such a question. "None of your business," Damian replied as he was about to walk out of the room. "Don't trust him too much!" said Selena a little louder to be heard. Even Luca immediately stopped his steps as well and looked at Selena. Selena shouldn't know anything about Harvest, but it se
"Take Selena to her room!" Damian left the room while talking to his men in front of his room and he then walked out of the room. Luca was even surprised by Damian's change in demeanor. In attitude, Damian was completely unpredictable and incomprehensible. His feelings seemed to be always changing, which was what Selena felt during her time with him. Everything that happened depended on his mood and the person he was dealing with. Luca followed Damian quickly. When Selena was escorted to her room by the person Damian had just ordered. Selena stared at Damian's back as he walked in the opposite direction. She was confused by Damian's actions just now. Meanwhile, Damian and Luca headed to Harvest's place. Luca kept busy with his tab and contacted several people at once. He was busy while Damian by his side just sat back and stared out the window. "I got her medical records. As Selena said, there were some fresh wounds, which got her transferred earlier. Those are i
Damian sat on a chair in the front yard of Harvest's mansion. He then looked at Harvest who was now still lying on the floor. His men immediately approached and helped him get up. Harvest then stabilized his condition first while looking at Damian with a confused look and fear in his eyes. "You said you didn't find Axel's base because you managed to drop the helicopter at low altitude. That's not what Selena told me," Damian said. Harvest wrinkled his forehead. He then widened his eyes, because it seemed like Selena was telling Damian everything. Although he didn't know the extent of what Selena knew and he understood about how it all happened. "You're very disappointing." Damian looked at Harvest with a cynical and annoyed look. "Is that it? You betrayed me because of that girl?" Harvest looked a little shaken. "Me? Betrayed you? Didn't you do it first? About Selena... I'm not doing this because of Selena, but because you betrayed me in the first place." Da
"You should have cornered him even worse. You've been kinder than usual lately. What's wrong with you? Damian, are you believing the facts about-" "You're talking informally." Damian cut Luca off, making Luca immediately close his mouth and bite his upper and lower lips at once. "You never protest when Selena does it. I mean, you. Selena doesn't even call you master or anything," Luca retorted in a lower voice. Damian was silent. He hadn't even realized that. And in fact, come to think of it, he was the one who asked Selena to only call him by his name. Especially when they were in bed and he knew that Selena was about to reach her peak. She liked it when Selena called his name when she was at her peak. "Yeah, I guess you can do that, if only between us," Damian replied later. "But, why do you seem so emotional about Harvest? Didn't you say at the time that we should at least maintain a relationship with her?" "He did something i
"No wonder. It's better than not paying attention at all. Thank you," Selena said with a smile, because she hadn't been treated that well in a long time. Luca just smiled. He felt guilty for involving Selena all this time. Which Selena herself seemed to be tired of all she had to deal with.Luca ordered donuts for Selena. As soon as it arrived, Luca quietly took the box of donuts and headed to the medical unit. Where he called Grace and the others. They all headed to Selena's room and it was an unexpected impromptu visit. Selena looked at them all in confusion. What's more when she saw Luca seemed to be on purpose. Because he ordered two boxes of donuts. It made Selena look at Luca full of question marks. "You don't mind, do you?" Luca asked. "I don't mind, it's just..." Selena hissed softly. "Then let's just eat the donuts! I want them already!" complained Grace. In the end, Selena let them all in. Grace, her two friends and Luca, the four of them
Damian and his men arrive at Axel's headquarters. Axel is enjoying his breakfast while reading a document. He looked like he hadn't slept for a few days, shown by his eye bags that were already quite blackened and almost burnt. "Sir!" A man moved quickly towards Axel. "You have to see this!" Axel turned to his subordinate and was silent for a moment. He stopped chewing right then and there and got up to follow his subordinate. He walked down the hallway of the building. And the alarm that went off made Axel realize that something was wrong right away. Axel arrived at the supervisory control room, where the CCTVs of all the rooms in the building were. He looked at the CCTV of the lobby, where there were many strangers. Axel approached and frowned, he looked at one of the people in different clothes. Damian. Damian stared at the CCTV, as if he knew Axel was watching him there. He took out a handgun from under his jacket
"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
Damian held Selena's clothes in his mansion. He inhaled until he found the scent he usually found from Selena. It seemed crazy, but that was Damian's current state. He's crazy because he hasn't found Selena for the past few days. His obsession makes him now have to vent his longing for Selena using unusual means. Like this moment. Selena's abandoned clothes are the only thing he intentionally uses to fulfill his own fantasies. He longed for that slender body in his hands. He desperately wanted to hold her again like she was his. "Where are you, Selena? Where exactly are you hiding from me?" Damian growled softly, closing his eyes quite tightly, hinting at his current frustration. "Uh... Ohh..." In the bathroom, the sound of him moaning could be heard. Trying to vent all his longing alone. He missed her unilaterally. He had no idea that everything he did would be connected to Selena and haunt her. Having managed to let go of everything he wanted to let go of,
"It makes no difference if you keep seeing me!" Selena grumbled as Damian interrupted her first day of freedom, even somewhat forcing her to eat ice cream together that afternoon. Damian accepted two ice creams. They were near the ice cream food truck and sat on a street bench. Damian thrust the ice cream at Selena, watching Selena who was still pouting as if she was reluctant to see him at all."It's obviously different," Damian replied as he savored the ice cream from the cup he was holding after Selena accepted another cup. "It's the same as us not breaking up." "Did we break up? Did we have a committed relationship before?" "Not really, anyway." Selena snorted as Damian said something that left her cornered and a little embarrassed that their understanding of their relationship was different. Selena looked at the ice cream in front of her. It reminded her of when Damian did some bad things to her. However, she didn't feel scared or traumatized either
"Selena!" Angela's joyful scream greeted Selena as she entered a sizable and luxurious house. She was also greeted by the servants who looked after the house. Selena looked confused at Angela and the servants who welcomed her. Even so, she smiled slightly to see Angela so cheerfully welcoming her. All Selena could feel was that the little girl didn't know anything, she was still naive about this. "Hello," greeted Selena kindly to her sister. "Sorry, Angela's attitude is too neutral to have anyone to hate. It's different with Arsella. Arsella... I hope you understand," Derek said with a subtle smile at Selena. "We're the same age, we're no longer children and we're adults. I understand." Derek was a little disappointed when he looked at Selena who didn't seem to have any intention of a close relationship, and was probably just using her as a foothold to get out of Damian's mansion. Even so, he thought this was better than having to go through Damian and
'She doesn't want me anymore.' Damian looked directly into Selena's eyes, trying to find a lie but what he found was her earnestness. Something that made him feel angry, upset, even visibly disappointed. "Please, I just want to be free. You took away my freedom all this time," Selena pleaded. "I love you, that's why I did it," Damian replied quickly. To hell with prestige and shame, Damian was currently using every means possible to keep Selena by his side, to keep her from going anywhere. And if Selena was a gentle and understanding person, just as she wanted to stay because of the child she was carrying, then the way he had to use was to gain her understanding. The moment Damian spoke of love, Selena frowned. It was as if she no longer believed in love. And what she saw in the ring Damian was currently offering were handcuffs that would continue to shackle her life. She had been oppressed all this time under Damian.