John immediately linked what Raymond asked to what he had seen earlier in the room. Shocked, he hurried to respond, "I'll go check right away..."
Raymond pursed his lips as his face darkened. 'Playing cat and mouse is so degrading. Maybe she wants me to look into her. I can't fall into her trap. Since she has tried so hard to put on such a scene, I'm sure she'll turn up again.'
Thus, Raymond stopped John. "Don't. She'll come back."
Selena hurried back to her apartment and washed herself thoroughly several times before collapsing onto the bed. Once she closed her eyes, all she could think about was Raymond's ferocity during sex. At first, she could hardly bear it, but later that extreme pleasure seemed to penetrate into her bones.
To be honest, Selena didn't find it intolerable to lose her virginity to Raymond was acceptable. What she couldn't accept was the fact that he was calling the name of another woman while having sex with Selena.
"Olivia..."
Olivia Stone was the reason why he wanted a divorce from her.
Though exhausted, Selena stayed awake because of the great pain. She turned over but still felt uncomfortable. Thus, she gave up on sleeping and instead, got up and opened a drawer where there were two marriage certificates.
Back then at the city hall, Raymond didn't show up. However, with Cassius' help, she managed to obtain the certificate in Raymond's absence.
This was the first time she had opened them and faced the man who shared the same certificate with her. After just one glance at it though, she threw everything back into the drawer. She then set off to visit her sister Alice Fair instead.
When Selena arrived at the hospital at noon, Alice was left alone in the ward as her nurse was on a lunch break. Alice looked pale in bed, yet when she saw Selena, her pretty face was filled with joy and surprise.
"Selena! What brought you here?" Alice sat up eagerly upon seeing Selena come through the door, "Dad is being paranoid again, isn't he? Oh, come on! I'm totally fine! I told him not to let you know that I'm here! How could he spill the beans?"
Selena sat down beside Alice's bed and handed over some water to her. "Dad is worried about you."
Alice had been susceptible to illness ever since she was born. When her condition worsened, she would have to stay in the hospital for a few days at a time. Thus, James had always paid extra attention to her.
"But I really hate being hospitalized! Mom is always watching me like a hawk. I can only have some milk as food." Alice pouted pitifully while licking her lips. "The nurses were talking about this new burger shop that just opened up nearby for a few days. It's driving me crazy!"
She grabbed Selena's hand excitedly with doggy eyes.
"Selena, you're the best! Can we go there together? Just one bite won't hurt."
Alice was so thrilled that Selena couldn't resist buying some burgers on their way back.
"You can only have a taste but you can't swallow it," Selena reminded her repeatedly as she handed Alice the Burger. Yet suddenly Beatrice Fair's voice came from outside the door.
"What are you doing?!" Beatrice looked shocked and angry as she walked quickly towards them. She then snatched away the burger and binned it. "You wanna kill your sister while I'm gone? I always knew you had bad intentions!"
Selena was pushed aside by Beatrice. She then glanced at the burger in the trash bin, feeling somewhat self-mockingly bitter inside.
"What else did she feed you? Are you feeling unwell?" Beatrice looked at Alice angrily while considering calling James to complain about what happened.
However, Alice pulled on her arm anxiously, trying to explain, "Mom, don't get Selena wrong! It was my fault."
Beatrice paused for a moment but didn't feel embarrassed or awkward at all. She said coldly, looking over towards Selena, "Alice doesn't know what could happen, yet you must do, right? Then why did you listen to her?" She then turned to Alicia and continued, "If it weren't for her, how could your dad ignore us for such a long time? You wouldn't have suffered that much!"
"Mom, please stop. Selena is busy with work and she came all the way here just to visit me," Alice said.
Beatrice snorted while looking at Selena, who remained silent beside them.
She didn't have much affection towards Selena as she was the daughter of her husband's ex-wife.
'I only bear with her because the chick could still be of use to our family.' Thinking of it, she glanced over Selena's neck where there were no marks or signs. 'I wonder if my plan has worked out last night. If it weren't for Alice's physical condition, I wouldn't have yielded such an excellent young man to her!'
Beatrice was even more annoyed and her tone became even worse. "Raymond has returned to New York now. You are his wife. Don't just think about yourself. You need to think about how to get support from the Montague family for your father's sake."
Having heard that, Selena smiled faintly and said, "It sounds like you're blaming me for not helping my dad enough. Is this what you think or is it what Dad thinks?"
Beatrice was speechless while Alice quickly interjected, "The doctor prescribed some medicine for me. Selena, can you go get it for me please?"
As she left the ward, she could hear Beatrice's reproachful voice coming from behind. "It's been years! James doesn't owe her anything now! She has a grudge against me! Her mother died of overwork, yet it was not my fault! I think she's blaming me for what she used to suffer. How could she do that? It was her mother who didn't have the luck. How does that involve me?"
Selena frowned slightly. In fact, she was hurt quite badly last night. Beatrice couldn't tell it only because she tried hard to endure her pain.
After queuing up for a long time to collect Alice's medication, Selena went to the OB&GYN.
Her vagina had been slightly torn apart. After examining her carefully, the female doctor asked, with a serious expression on her face, hesitantly, "Miss, do you want us to call the police for you?"
Selena didn't see this coming.
She suddenly understood what the doctor was implying. Feeling embarrassed, she replied, "That won't be necessary... It was just my husband. You know, after we've been parting for quite some time..."
Just as Selena walked out of the office, holding her medicine tightly in hand, she saw Nick Fair, Alice's elder brother.
He looked up and his gaze fell on the bag of medicine in Selena's hand. A strange expression flashed across his eyes as he asked, "Selena, are you here to see Alice? But... are you feeling unwell?"