Reclaiming Her Heart
Chapter 777 The Real Husband Was Himself

"Hey, how's it goin' with you and your fiancé?" Selena asked.

"He's been swamped lately, always pulling overtime." Ann sighed. "But I used to travel a lot for work too, so I get it. Work's gotta come first."

Selena raised an eyebrow. "He's been getting pretty chummy with Jessica. You might wanna keep an eye on that."

That was basically a red flag waving in Ann's face about Brody.

But Ann had mad trust in Brody; they'd been together for seven years, after all.

"I know, it's cool. It's all for work," she said.

"You sure? I saw him sharing a spoon with Jessica," Selena said.

Ann's face went from zero to pissed real quick. "I'll talk to him about it."

Selena nodded and then went on a mission to track down Ronald, planning to meet him that evening.

But now, every move she made, Raymond was all over it.

Knowing she wanted a top agent, he immediately sent two people to S.M Corporation to report.

Even during a meeting, he was frowning, worried she might get screwed over if she went to All Star Entertainment, so he shot her a text while the execs were yammering. Raymond: [If there's anything you can't handle, come to me.]

But the phone screen showed: [Your message has been sent but was rejected by the recipient.]

His face darkened instantly. He raised his hand to signal the execs to pause and then called Selena.

The execs sitting there were clueless, just looking at John all confused.

John shook his head slightly, so everyone just kept quiet.

Raymond made the call, but it rang forever with no answer.

He took a deep breath and coldly told John, "You call Selena."

This time, Selena picked up. Clearly, she had only blocked Raymond, not John.

Talk about playing favorites!

A flash of anger crossed Raymond's face but quickly vanished. Thinking about his past screw-ups, he couldn't stay mad and just grabbed John's phone in frustration. "You blocked me?" Raymond asked.

Selena sounded a bit surprised to hear his voice.

"Mr. Montague," she said.

"I told you to call me Raymond!"

"Didn't we agree to settle things? I'm super happy with that piece of land."

It saved her a ton of cash, and she could soon start filming her second movie.

Raymond was at a loss for words for a moment, gritting his teeth. "Selena, why are you so unambitious? Can't you ask me for more?"

John, listening on the side, silently lowered his eyes, thinking, 'Raymond is beyond help.'

Selena went quiet. 'Is Raymond seriously whining about having too much cash? Is this what rich people problems look like?'

She opened her mouth, but words failed her for a moment. After a long sigh, she said, "I gotta get back to work. Talk later." "Selena!"

But she had already hung up.

Raymond was so pissed he almost chucked the phone at the wall, but then remembered it was John's phone.

Fuming, he slowly sat back down and signaled the execs to continue.

The execs were on edge. Raymond had been in a good mood just a minute ago, what the heck happened?

No one dared to guess, and they soon found out what it meant to be in the hot seat.

When one exec brought up a point, Raymond let out a cold laugh.

That exec nearly wet himself, thinking he must've said something wrong.

His voice dropped to a whisper.

But Raymond was too busy stewing over Selena's cold shoulder to pay any attention to the meeting.

When it finally ended, the execs felt like they'd just escaped a death trap, not knowing how many times they'd endured Raymond's icy glares, and felt lucky to be alive.

As soon as the meeting wrapped up, Raymond called Alan from Cornerstone Construction, telling him to bring Lucas over.

Alan didn't waste any time and had Lucas at Montague Group within half an hour.

When Lucas walked in, he felt like he was about to get chewed out by Raymond.

Raymond looked at him, wondering how he ever thought this guy was Selena's husband.

"Mr. Montague." Lucas couldn't even look him in the eye.

"What's the deal with you and Penny?" Raymond asked.

Lucas wasn't perfect, but he'd always been loyal to Selena, so he just kept his head down, scared out of his mind.

"I want the details. Don't worry, I won't make things tough for her," Raymond said.

Lucas let out a breath of relief and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"Ms. Cooper found me back then, asked me to be her fake husband, paid me monthly, and even bought me a car. I thought, why not? It was a sweet deal, and she's really beautiful." "She bought you a car?" Raymond asked.

Lucas felt a chill in the office, shivering a bit.

"Yeah," he replied.

"Did you ever sleep with her?"

Raymond's eyes were like daggers when he asked this.

"I wouldn't dare. I only saw Ms. Cooper as my boss," Lucas replied.

Hearing this, Raymond's expression softened a bit. It was just a fake husband after all. Back then, the real husband was himself, though now he had been kicked to the curb.