Reclaiming Her Heart

Selena never thought Raymond would be so determined to bring Blizzard back.

Blizzard's personality was a lot like Raymond's-bossy and proud with strangers, but totally obedient when Raymond was around.

Right now, Selena and Raymond were back at Ashbourne Manor. Raymond, still fuming, gave Blizzard a good smack on the rear. "You'd go home with anyone, huh? Why do I even bother with you?"

Selena was chilling nearby with a fruit platter Fiona had set up. She popped a grape into her mouth and, watching Raymond, couldn't help but picture him scolding their future kid the same way. The thought made her blush a bit. Blizzard lay down submissively, shaking as if to say, "Please don't be mad, Raymond."

Raymond was both pissed and amused. Just as he was about to keep scolding Blizzard, he saw another white figure dart over to Selena.

It was Max. Max had been with Selena for years and was a pro at getting her attention.

Max immediately rested its head on her knee, ears twitching.

Whenever Selena was down, Max would do this to cheer her up.

Seeing Max like this, Selena felt happy and patted its head. "Good boy, Max."

Raymond felt a weird pang of jealousy seeing this.

Even the pet from a rival knew how to make Selena happy, while the one he gave her had quietly accepted Tessa as its master.

The more Raymond thought about it, the angrier he got.

He pushed Blizzard away. "No treats for two days."

Blizzard seemed to know it was pointless to try and please Raymond and quickly squeezed next to Selena, pushing Max aside and placing its head on her knee. Selena was silent.

When Max did this, it looked cute and obedient.

But when Blizzard did it, Selena couldn't shake the feeling that if it could talk, it would definitely say, "I'm doing this, so you better pet me quickly, or else I'll get mad."

Her eyes landed on Raymond. "Did Blizzard used to follow you around a lot?"

Otherwise, how could it have picked up his personality?

Seeing Blizzard like this, Raymond's anger eased a bit. Blizzard was still well-trained by him.

"Selena." Raymond wanted to take advantage of her good mood to talk about getting a check-up, but as soon as he started, Selena pulled her hand back and quietly petted Blizzard's head.

Selena knew what Raymond wanted to say, and her whole body resisted.

Raymond opened his mouth, grabbed her hand again, but in the end, didn't say a word.

That night, when they went to bed, Selena turned her back to him.

Raymond knew she was in a bad mood, so he contacted Alex and asked if they could organize an outdoor activity.

Selena had almost never done such activities before, so Alex readily agreed, saying they would go hiking in the mountains the next day.

When Raymond told Selena about it, she was pretty excited.

The mountain trail was usually used by rich kids for racing. The scenery was great, but the terrain was also dangerous.

Selena sat in the passenger seat, with Blizzard in the back.

As they were about to set off, Blizzard kept nudging her foot, clearly wanting to come along.

Max was wagging its tail like crazy too, but Selena was worried it hadn't fully recovered, so she only brought Blizzard this time.

Before leaving, she petted Max's head repeatedly, assuring him that he was still her favorite dog, even if he couldn't understand. Then, she got into the car with Blizzard. Blizzard was so big that a regular car couldn't fit it. Raymond had specially brought another modified Bentley to barely accommodate Blizzard.

As Selena got into the passenger seat, he sarcastically asked, "Max is your favorite dog?"

"Max can't come along, so I had to say something nice to appease it," Selena said.

Raymond fell silent.

The mountain road was long, stretching for miles. It was said there was a villa at the top, used by the owner for vacations.

Every year, the rich kids would gather there for a meal, especially when there were news reports of meteor showers.

Selena only learned about this from Carter an hour before departure.

She thought not many people would show up this time, but when they arrived in the evening, there was quite a crowd, with Tessa being the most noticeable in the center. Raymond's expression immediately darkened, his gaze shifting to Alex.

Alex shrugged, indicating it wasn't his doing.