Reclaiming Her Heart
Chapter 226 Like Sugar Melting in Water

Raymond pulled his arm back and nodded at Harrison.

"Mr. Rockefeller, it's been a while."

Harrison had stood up by now and smiled as he patted Raymond's shoulder.

"You, disappeared for three years without a word."

It seemed like forever since Raymond was forced out of the country three years ago due to his marriage situation.

"I haven't been here before."

Selena couldn't immediately figure out the relationship between the Montague family and Harrison. Perhaps Harrison knew Mr. Montague Sr., so he referred to Raymond as Uncle as well.

Rosalind chimed in, "If it were me, I would run away too. Marrying a woman you don't even know, I wonder what the old man was thinking."

Harrison glared at her and said, "Their family matters are none of your business. Raymond, please have a seat. It just so happens that there is a disciple of Mr. Butler's here, so you can get to know each other. Both of you are talented young adults.."

Being the other party involved in the marriage, Selena suddenly felt a sense of alienation. However, she was not familiar with these people in the first place, so there was no sense of loss.

She simply nodded politely when Harrison introduced her.

"Mr. Rockefeller, I have already met Mr. Montague."

Upon hearing this, Raymond realized that Selena hadn't told Harrison that the house was designed for him. But what he didn't expect to hear was that she was actually a disciple of Mr. Butler's. Harrison was quite surprised when he heard Selena's words.

"How did you two meet?"

If they wanted to be exact, they had met in bed, and their connection developed after that encounter.

Before Selena could answer, she heard Rosalind exclaim in an exaggerated tone, "Raymond, why are your trousers dirty? Did you go to the mountains?"

Selena looked down and noticed that Raymond's expensive trousers were stained with some mud, presumably from the personal inspection he had conducted with Han's group in the mountains.

He probably didn't anticipate that the road there would be rough, resulting in dirty pants.

"It's fine."

His voice was clear and when he saw that Rosalind was about to take a wet wipe to clean it, he barely perceptibly furrowed his eyebrows.

Harrison sighed as he saw his daughter eagerly trying to gain favor.

"Rosa, Raymond is already the CEO. He even personally comes inspects the mountains himself. An honest day's work. Look at you, you want to apply for the New York Academy of Fine Arts, but you don't even care about normal exams and your mind is elsewhere when you're painting."

Rosalind stuck her tongue out and her fingertips were about to touch Raymond's trousers but he stopped her.

"I have a spare pair. I'll change later."

Rosalind stood up and didn't feel the slightest bit embarrassed. Instead, she pulled his arm again.

"Stay tonight, won't you? My dad went fishing yesterday and caught some wild fish and mushrooms. They're really fresh, something you can't get in the city."

Rosalind loved city life, but she had to admit that the food from the wilderness tasted better.

Raymond glanced at Selena, realizing that no one really knew how to talk to her, she seemed a bit lonely.

He didn't know where the sudden suffocation came from, so he had to ask her.

"Did you draw this on the table?"

With this opening, Harrison quickly introduced, "Selena is truly a disciple of Master Butler. She paints very well. I just showed it to Rosa's teacher and he gave it a perfect score." Rosalind was overshadowed and somewhat unhappy, especially when she heard Raymond complimenting.

"It's indeed not bad."

Selena had heard Carter mention before that Raymond had a discerning eye for art, but she didn't expect him to praise her.

At that moment he walked up to Selena, and said, "Let's go back together later."

Because their shoulders were close, they could almost feel each other's fabric.

Breath, and even body temperature, had already spread and melted like sugar in water.