Reclaiming Her Heart
Chapter 710 Just an Emotionless Monster

At this point, no matter how much she yapped, it was better for Ann to figure it out on her own.

Selena just shrugged. "Alright, you can bounce early today."

Ann's face lit up like a Christmas tree. She turned and left, and even from behind, Selena could see her joy. Selena let out a sigh.

By 8 PM, Selena clocked out right on time.

Then it hit her-Raymond hadn't hit her up all day.

He'd promised to stick around for the whole month, and knowing him, he wouldn't just ghost her like that.

Selena whipped out her phone to check if she'd missed any calls from him.

Nada. No missed calls from Raymond.

So, she dialed his number.

But it wasn't Raymond who picked up it was John.

"Ms. Cooper," John greeted.

"Mr. Walker, where's Mr. Montague?" Selena asked.

"Mr. Montague's on a business trip this week, back next week. His flight's later, but he wanted me to tell you to deck out Manston Manor for his return. Next week's Christmas," John explained. With that reminder, Selena suddenly remembered Christmas was around the corner.

But who was she gonna spend it with?

The Fair family was history, she'd cut ties with her uncle in Ridgefield, and Shelley was heading back to the Harper family.

She realized she'd been dodging this issue.

But now that Raymond had asked her to spruce up Manston Manor, she felt a weird warmth inside. At least she wouldn't be twiddling her thumbs as Christmas rolled in.

No wonder the big shots at work seemed so jolly lately. Christmas was coming, and they were gearing up for the holidays and gifts.

"Got it." Selena hung up and stared at the heavy snow outside the car window, suddenly unable to remember the last Christmas that meant anything.

When James was still around, going home for Christmas just meant dealing with Beatrice's snark, so she always found excuses to stay at school for extra classes.

After she started working, she claimed to be too busy to go back and watch the happy family of four. She always felt like an outsider who didn't belong.

She hadn't prepped any gifts or decorations for years and didn't even know what to buy.

She pulled out her phone and searched online, then drove to the mall. After ages, she only picked out some cute Christmas stickers.

She was about to pay but then remembered Raymond probably wouldn't dig such kiddie stuff in that fancy villa.

So, she walked out of the mall empty-handed.

Back in the car, she worried Raymond might flip out, so she rubbed her temples and decided to go back and buy something, just to have something to show for it. But as she walked back into the mall, she bumped into Catherine.

Catherine and Donovan were still in the middle of a messy divorce, and she looked rough. Donovan had been dodging her, only letting his lawyer deal with her, which made her feel even more desperate. Seeing Selena now, her eyes narrowed fiercely.

In her mind, it was all Selena's fault that she and Donovan were in this mess.

"Selena!" Catherine shouted, storming toward her.

Selena worried Catherine might cause a scene at the mall entrance, so she quickly turned to head back to her car.

But Catherine had already grabbed her hand and pointed to a nearby baby store. "Selena, are you still messing around with Raymond? You're not cut out to marry into the Montague family. How many times do I have to tell you? See that store? You lost a kid for Raymond, but does he even care?"

This time, Catherine hit Selena where it hurt. She didn't curse at Selena like before; she just laid out the cold, hard truth.

Even though the truth was pretty brutal.