Selena fell to the floor. Her head hit the floor quite hard and the thin skin of her temple was bleeding after being hit by the fist of one of the maids. The maid seemed to be panting while staring at Selena. In her fist, there was a ring that caused Selena's temple to hurt after she hit her.
The fallen girl whimpered softly while holding her head. She then sat up slowly, her head feeling dizzy at the moment. As she sat and endured the pain, the other maids approached simultaneously. At that moment, they kicked and stomped Selena at the same time.They didn't seem to think about the consequences of their actions.However, it looked like that day they would be safe for a while, until Selena's injuries improved. Because on that day, there was news that Damian would not be home for a few days on business. He was going abroad to do international relations.Selena sat in her room looking at her swollen face in the mirror. She stared at the medicine box the butler hadSelena abandoned her intention to head to the medical unit and helped the other maids to serve snacks in the living room. Where there seemed to be some people Selena didn't recognize there. After that, she also prepared the dining room as lunchtime approached, the guests would have lunch there. Once the guests were seated at the dining table for lunch, Selena was there to serve as well. Several times Selena made eye contact with Damian and the two acted like they didn't know each other. It was really just the alienated slave and his master. "You should get married soon. At what age do you want to give birth to a successor?" An old man chuckled softly while looking at Damian. "You don't have to worry about me. Just worry about your life partner," Damian replied. And the man laughed crisply, as if taking Damian's words as a joke. He was Mr. Hendry, Damian's father. At which point, Hendry looked at the woman he had brought along to introduce to Damian. An elegant, p
"You hurt another servant. Three people, don't you think?" "That's not true!" denied Selena, she looked at Damian seriously. "And then? What about the truth?" Damian looked at Selena, managing to bait her into explaining everything without the need to ask directly as if he was worried about her or knew that all the reports he had received were wrong. "They started first," Selena replied, starting to explain what happened that day. Damian looked at her body. He knew very well that Selena was the victim. It could be seen from the bruises that were all over her body. Which in addition to the purple or green, or bluish bruises, some of the red spots she left a few days ago were still there. And she still remembered where she had left them. "The point is, they baited me first. Made me feel like I had to defend myself. I don't know what they told you. But, I just put up a word fight. I didn't do anything, I didn't act other than my li
A pair of fragile hands clung to the edge of the tub, but her hands slipped several times before she got a grip. Her hand movements were unsteady due to the excessive shaking. Which is what happened to Selena, when Damian was trying to catch his peak. Selena leaned into Damian's body, the remnants of the release making her limp. Damian noticed that and watched Selena who seemed to have no energy. Dan let her rest for a moment before leading her out of the bathroom. Both came out of the bathroom in their bathrobes. Damian rubbed his hair with another towel and approached his closet, grabbing some hair oil which he then applied to his hair. It seemed to be what made his hair thick, shiny black. Selena watched Damian, he was silent in the walk in closet.For a moment, she thought of Axel. After all, she couldn't forget Axel that quickly even though it seemed that sometimes she was no longer thinking about him. Because ever since they broke up, Selena kept herself so
Perhaps the only one who was kind and friendly to her in the mansion at that time was only one. The gardener who was cheerful and seemed to live a carefree life. She seemed to serve Damian sincerely, living simply in a small cottage built on the estate. "What's your name?" asked Selena as she ate the boiled sweet potato with gusto, it was really sweet. "I'm Xena," she replied, smiling sweetly at Selena. "Xena? We have almost the same name. Selena, Xena!" Selena looked cheerful as she met someone who was able to put anyone in a good mood. "Oh, right. I just realized that." Xena laughed. The two chatted while separating the garbage pleasantly. Until Xena noticed that Selena's face was covered in sweat even though what she was doing was not strenuous. And she wasn't outside the mansion either, she was still inside. "Are you okay?" Xena watched her with concern. "I'm fine," Selena replied. "You look exhausted, you better get some rest," she said w
"Keep tracking Axel's base! This time I won't make any peace at all." Damian looked at his men who now seemed to be gathered in a meeting room. "Yes!" They answered in unison in the affirmative. Damian held his forehead. Just a moment ago he was too fragile to think about something like this. He was getting better, but his heart still couldn't accept that what had happened a few days ago was starting to sink into his mind. Luca got a call, which made Damian glance at Luca as the man picked up his ringing cell phone. "What's wrong? You know I'm-""It's an emergency. Can you come back to the mansion with Master immediately? It's a real emergency and I think Master should know this."Luca was silent for a moment. He didn't know what made this sound like such an emergency and the tone of his colleague at the mansion also made him uneasy. "What is it? Can you tell me clearly now? We're in a meeting right now. And I'm sure Master won't be coming home for n
"Calm down! What's wrong with you today? You just had a great time with Selena last night. And as soon as you found out she was pregnant, you acted like that to her?" "So? You expect me to get all teary-eyed and hug her, then tell her it's the right time because my father is urging me to get married and have kids? And she got pregnant at the right time, is that what you're saying?" Damian looked at Luca with an annoyed expression. Luca sighed. He was also annoyed at Damian for speaking to Grace in such a high tone. While he himself knew that just a few moments ago, Damian had been in a bad mood due to being pressured by shareholders for his business. Lately, Damian has been rather unfocused in running his business because he has been using the available resources inefficiently to find Axel's whereabouts and intend to retaliate. The shareholders are of course furious with Damian's arbitrary actions. Conflicts between managing directors and shareholders are prone t
"Is she in a relationship with Harvest?" Damian glances at Luca, as if asking because Luca seems to know more about his people than Damian himself. "She's pretty private, so it's not really clear what she's thinking," Luca replied. "I'll just go there for now," Damian said as he got up from his seat. Damian seemed to be curious about what one of his subordinates was doing at Harvest's place. Even though Harvest wasn't an opponent, everyone knew how bad their relationship had gotten since Damian lost his chip, because he trusted Harvest back then. "H-hey, are you going to that guy's place?" asked Selena as she looked at Damian, her voice sounding hesitant to ask such a question. "None of your business," Damian replied as he was about to walk out of the room. "Don't trust him too much!" said Selena a little louder to be heard. Even Luca immediately stopped his steps as well and looked at Selena. Selena shouldn't know anything about Harvest, but it se
"Take Selena to her room!" Damian left the room while talking to his men in front of his room and he then walked out of the room. Luca was even surprised by Damian's change in demeanor. In attitude, Damian was completely unpredictable and incomprehensible. His feelings seemed to be always changing, which was what Selena felt during her time with him. Everything that happened depended on his mood and the person he was dealing with. Luca followed Damian quickly. When Selena was escorted to her room by the person Damian had just ordered. Selena stared at Damian's back as he walked in the opposite direction. She was confused by Damian's actions just now. Meanwhile, Damian and Luca headed to Harvest's place. Luca kept busy with his tab and contacted several people at once. He was busy while Damian by his side just sat back and stared out the window. "I got her medical records. As Selena said, there were some fresh wounds, which got her transferred earlier. Those are i
Axel quickly arrived at the hospital, where Selena was being treated. He ran from the parking lot, looking around for the ER. His feet stepped quickly, he didn't know where the ER was at that moment. However, as soon as he got close to the ER, he directly bumped into Hendry and Derek. Slightly surprised to see the two, Axel stopped walking and let out his slightly breathless breath. Hendry and Derek, who seemed to be chatting at the time, looked a little surprised. Axel glanced at the little girl who came with the two as well. When Hendry and Derek were about to pass Axel unceremoniously, Axel ventured to greet the two and maybe ask directly about Selena. He was confused as to why they were already this close, as they should have a bad relationship if Selena's father knew what Selena had gone through with Damian. "Where's Selena?" Axel looked at the two middle-aged men with steady breathing.Both of them turned their heads towards Axel. The little girl Derek was l
"I didn't want to burden you like this but my son was right. If anything happens to Selena, then it will definitely be your responsibility." Hendry looked at Derek seriously Derek sighed heavily. Even if the one who hurt his daughter was his own wife, he did have to take responsibility for what his wife did. Not just because he was a husband, but because he was also a father. He was Selena's biological father. "After all, she's my daughter." Hendry looked at him a little pityingly. Because, what Hendry thought before was that Derek would try to eliminate Selena as well for the sake of his good name in the eyes of his own family, in the eyes of his children as well. However, seeing Derek who seemed devastated made Hendry realize that Derek was trying to protect Selena too. "I don't know how my wife found out about Selena. All I wanted was for her not to know anything about her and for Selena to live freely. Unfortunately, she found out too soon." Derek looked
"Listen..." Selena tried to catch her breath, she endured the pain in her stomach as she stood up. "I haven't had anything to do with my own mother since I was little. I don't even know who my father is, even though I use his last name. I don't even know you at all. Can't it stay that way?" Selena looked at Alice. What Alice was doing right now, Selena could tell if Alice hated her as her husband's illegitimate child. That was all she could understand. "You won't. You'll wonder who your father is, what his family is like now and come to destroy your father's family. That's all that will happen in the future, and I'm trying to prevent that from happening. By what? By getting rid of you." Alice took a shaky breath, looking at Selena like someone facing her greatest fear. Alice approached and Selena flung herself to the floor, picking up the knife under her feet with her hands still tied behind her body. She wanted to keep the knife with her, nothing more. She had no int
Damian was breathing heavily. He ran a hand through his slightly messy hair, smoothing it out a bit, at least not blocking his view. And he looked at the butler who was now also catching his breath after being caught by his driver and bodyguard. Meanwhile, Luca was far behind due to his different physical abilities. Damian's driver and bodyguard certainly had more time to strengthen his physique. While he works more with his brain. Even so, his physique could not be underestimated. "You run like you know what will happen if you get caught. I wonder what Harvest promised you that you would betray me. You know, I wouldn't have a problem at all if you were just running away from your responsibilities. But what have you done? You made Selena not take her contraceptive pills, and you harmed her too." Damian took a breath before continuing. "Then you pushed her at the party. I don't understand what you really want." The woman kept her mouth shut. She seemed to have no
"Didn't I warn you not to play with my future daughter-in-law and grandchild? I don't understand why you're brave enough to take such a risk." Hendry took a drag on his cigarette while holding the cell phone to his ear. He was in the middle of contacting Derek when he heard that Selena had been kidnapped from his son. ["What do you mean, Mr. Sagaras? I've clearly agreed to your words, in exchange for her not using my family's name and you not dragging in my family who have nothing to do with your future daughter-in-law."]"But what I heard today from my son is different. Selena was kidnapped by your wife." Hendry sighed, he was also trying to remain relaxed in the face of this and believed that everything would work out fine if everything was done casually and carefully. ["Selena was kidnapped... by my wife?"]["Look, I don't understand what you mean. My wife knows absolutely nothing about Selena. And she should. I wanted my family not to hear anything ab
"What kind of atmosphere is this?" Damian got goosebumps after hearing what his father said. "Be direct and upfront. Do you know who's behind this? What you just said suggests that you really do know who's behind this."["Of course. Who else if not the Raguano family?"]"But how did they find out about Selena? I never even intentionally-"["I was the one who told Selena's father about Selena's whereabouts. Before coming to you, I naturally found out who the girl was. And it was quite surprising to find out that she was Derek's daughter. It's just that I was certainly confused about his unknown daughter. Finally, I and I talked for a while on the phone about Selena."] "How could you-"["Wait a minute. You should listen to me first. I warned Derek. I'm going to make Selena my daughter-in-law, I told him. So, he shouldn't try to bother Selena at all. I also promised to keep his family's good name as long as he keeps quiet. Most likely, Mrs. Raguano knew this too. T
["She was here earlier. She said she was going to look around the front near the main door. I meant it, she was with me earlier. I just left her for a while to do a transaction. It really doesn't make sense for her to run away."]Grace gripped her front hair in frustration at not finding Selena with her. She had no idea where Selena had gone. And all she could think about now was how she should deal with this situation. Meanwhile, Luca, who was being contacted by Grace now in a panic, rushed out of the store with Damian. Damian didn't look panicked, he just looked annoyed and angry at the moment. "You just ask the people at the boutique to check the CCTV and tell me which way Selena went," Luca said. "So she ran off after everything she told me? She played me? I won't let you get away, Selena." Damian clenched his fists at the sides of his shoulders. ["I've asked them to check the CCTV and they've given me permission. In a moment, they're checking it."]L
"Huh... always me." Grace sighed as she accompanied Selena to her room. "If you don't want to, that's fine. You just have to say it. I don't want to. That's it." Selena looked at Grace, she could understand that Grace might be sick of being with her all the time. "It's not like that. It's not that I don't want to." Grace was a little panicked that Selena thought so. "It's just... no. It's impossible to refuse his orders. But I'm happy to be able to take a walk with you even if I have to go to the hospital again later. Today, I'm allowed to take you out and drive." Grace looked excited today. Because she would be out with Selena all day. Selena was also surprised that Damian would let her go out for a walk just like that. It made her think about what Damian had said about who she would meet tonight and eat with. "He's going out to dinner with a girl. I think that's why he let me out. Probably so I wouldn't get upset or jealous. But does he really think about my fe
Selena whimpered softly as Damian bit her shoulder. Then, Damian's lips brushed her collarbone, until Damian's face was on Selena's nape at this moment. The man sniffed Selena's neck, and kissed her as if it was a sign of apology after biting her shoulder. "Sorry, next time I won't talk about Axel anymore." Selena understood what Damian wanted. Damian only cleared his throat in response. But for now he wouldn't just let Selena go. He bit lightly on the skin of Selena's neck, which made Selena have to squeal softly.After a few bites, Damian sucks on the skin of Selena's neck in several spots. Sucking long enough to leave red marks that wouldn't disappear overnight. His hands don't stay still, Damian's hands explore Selena's body. Damian's breathing was labored, his voice getting lower as well. While Selena squirmed under Damian's body. She didn't resist. Damian's touch was much more but than she remembered, she had no reason to resist. After all, Damian had also b