Reclaiming Her Heart

Raymond gently massaged Selena's hand, holding her close and softly patting her back. "Selena, why don't you go inside and get some sleep?"

Selena frowned, the scent wafting around her nose making her even more irritable. She was so agitated that she didn't even want to think about Layla anymore.

"Did you get this incense from Victor? Did you ask for it?"

"Yeah, I saw you couldn't sleep, so I asked him if he had any solutions."

"Raymond, can you take this incense to a professional lab for testing? I just feel uncomfortable smelling it."

She didn't dare mention that she had also smelled similar incense at K's place. After all, Victor had helped her a bit, and planting such a seed of doubt in Raymond's mind could ruin their relationship forever.

If that happened, her conscience would haunt her.

Holding her head, which felt like it was about to explode, she spoke weakly, "I just want to know what's in the incense."

Raymond thought she might be allergic to some ingredients, so he quickly had John take the incense to a testing lab.

An hour later, the lab report came back, showing that the incense contained calming ingredients that were beneficial to the body.

Raymond read the report to her. "Is there something in it you don't like? I can ask Victor to remove that ingredient."

Relieved that there was no harm, Selena's heart finally settled. But she still felt off, too easily angered, and her suspicions were growing stronger.

First, she had hurt Raymond, and now she had slapped him. Even when Layla was tearfully talking about how much Raymond pampered her, Selena felt her own rage barely contained.

She wanted to yell at Raymond, to mock his so-called affection. This was so unlike her usual self.

Could love really make jealousy so ugly?

She reached out and touched his face. "Is your face swollen?"

"No, don't worry."

Layla had been taken away, her luggage with her. She had cried for a long time, but Raymond's cold gaze had left her trembling in fear.

She finally realized that if she didn't look like Selena, she would never have gotten so close to Raymond.

But she was really unwilling to accept this.

She had only wanted to be a stand-in, but who knew Selena would come back?noveldrama

As she left, she glared in Selena's direction, her eyes filled with hatred.

But the blind Selena didn't notice any of this; her head was splitting with pain. Sometimes Raymond's voice seemed close, other times far away.

"Raymond, maybe you should get me a psychologist," Selena spoke up.

Maybe it really was a psychological issue. The sooner she saw a doctor, the sooner she could get better.

Raymond, however, saw the deep resistance she was hiding. Few people were willing to admit they had psychological problems.

"Selena, I'll stay with you. Lie down with you. If you can't sleep, I'll read you some poetry, or we can put on a movie you've seen before, and you can just listen to it." "Okay."

Selena quietly sighed in relief as he helped her back to the master bedroom.

Meanwhile, a man quietly examined the items on the table, a smile playing on his lips. The people standing behind him remained silent, ready for his orders.

The man flicked a bead from his fingers, and it bounced on the table before falling into a net below.

He chuckled softly. "No matter how much this bead struggles, it will still fall into the net. So I don't understand, what's the point of struggling? Wouldn't it be better to accept reality sooner?"

"K, with the high dosage we used before, is her mental state already deteriorating?" someone asked.

Especially since K had increased the dosage on his own.

Anyway, the damage was repairable; it would just make Selena suffer a bit more.

Letting her endure some hardship was good.

Did she think she was safe just because she was back with Raymond?

In fact, that was the most dangerous place.

After all, psychological despair was far more painful than physical suffering.

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He flicked another bead with skill, and it too fell into the small net below.

Finding it boring, he scattered the remaining beads from his hand. But one bead slipped from his grasp, rolling into the corner of the sofa.

This bead was beyond his control.

His eyebrows raised slightly, a hint of interest in his eyes.

"K, the side effects of that drug will gradually manifest, distorting her sense of smell, hearing, and touch. She'll be driven mad. It looks like we can indeed proceed next month."

K's lips curved into a smile. "Of course, before she completely loses her mind, I need to restore her to her original state."

He spoke lightly, as if Selena were just a toy in his hands.

"Also, K, Jason's actions have become increasingly unpredictable. I'm worried he might have found out about Ms. Layman."

K's brow furrowed deeply, then he exhaled slightly.

"He shouldn't know. The events of that year happened too suddenly, and Ms. Layman

is a genius hypnotist. She wouldn't let anyone track her."

The others standing by fell silent, clearly having great faith in him.

K looked out the window, a slight smile on his lips.

The torment of Selena had only just begun.