Reclaiming Her Heart
Chapter 284 She felt her palms burning

At this moment, the three of them had already arrived on the second floor. The doctor responsible for guiding Selena pointed to a nearby sofa.

"Max's operating room is right here. You can sit here and wait."

After speaking, the doctor turned to Olivia.

"Miss Stone, it'll take about twenty minutes for the cat to be dealt with. You and your..."

The doctor hesitated, not knowing what to say. Olivia saw this as an opportunity and raised her chin.

"Boyfriend."

The doctor chuckled.

"The two of you can sit in another room's sofa. Please follow me, we'll try to be quicker."

When Olivia said "boyfriend," Raymond's peripheral vision glanced at Selena. However, Selena was only anxiously staring at the room where Max was undergoing surgery, seemingly not paying attention at all. Raymond lowered his eyelashes slightly and was dragged by Olivia to another room.

Seeing that the two of them had no interaction, Olivia relaxed.

Once they sat down in the room, she continued without forgetting.

"Did you notice the marks on Selena's neck? Did she used to come to work with these marks before?"

She implied that she and the man often did this and that, and in the end, she wasn't worth marrying.

Raymond remained silent, leaning his back slightly.

"Raymond, I'm asking you a question."

Olivia's tone was somewhat coaxing. "Does she often come to work with marks?"

Raymond thought about the first night. The marks on that occasion were more pronounced than this time.

"Once," he replied indifferently, as if not interested in such a topic.

But in Olivia's view, it meant that he wasn't interested in Selena.

Now Olivia was completely relieved, but then she felt a bit uneasy. Could those two strands of hair belong to Raymond's wife?

"Raymond, your grandpa must really want you and your wife to have a child. You and her..."

If Raymond didn't care when other women were mentioned, then when his wife was brought up, he clearly disliked and resisted it.

His lips tightened into a thin line, and even the strands of hair expressed his disgust for that woman.

Olivia chuckled softly, remembering the words Raymond said at the hotel.

"Olivia, I remember we haven't made up."

The smile slowly faded.

Now was a good opportunity. Just as she was about to speak, the servant's timid voice came from the entrance. "Miss, the gentleman wants you to go back first and leave me here. He will bring the cat back when it's done."

All the softness on Olivia's face disappeared, replaced by a harshness that pierced the servant.

The servant lowered their head in fear.

Olivia took a deep breath. She had been around Raymond ever since she returned to the country a few days ago and had indeed neglected her family.

Her father probably knew that she came to replace Raymond tonight, wanting to know if she succeeded.

"You go back first. I'll wait here. Don't let this kind of thing happen again next time."

She realized that slapping him earlier was simply out of anger. Now that she had calmed down, she knew it was not appropriate. After all, Raymond was still by her side, and it might make him feel resentful. At this moment, Raymond stood up and said he was going to the restroom.

The hospital restrooms were separated for men and women, but they were only a meter and two centimeters apart. The men's and women's restrooms were adjacent, with a shared sink in between, equipped with a single faucet. Selena left the restroom and stood in front of the sink, squeezing some hand sanitizer into her palms.

There were many bacteria in the pet hospital, so she had to be careful.

Just as she was rubbing the hand sanitizer in her palms, a person came out of the adjacent men's restroom and stood beside her, bending slightly and squeezing hand sanitizer into their palms as well.

Selena noticed with her peripheral vision that it was a pair of extremely good-looking hands.

Her heart skipped a beat. She looked up at the mirror in front of her and indeed, it was Raymond.

A severe and cold aura emanated from his bones. In this cold light, his skin appeared delicate like porcelain. With his pitch-black hair, inky eyebrows, and deep red lips, he made the entire space feel filled with his presence. Selena quickly rubbed each of her fingers, about to reach for the faucet, but Raymond's hand had already reached it.

So, the water that trickled down flowed through his fingertips, and the foam, filled with his breath, landed on her palm. Even though it was cold water, she felt her palm was burning hot.