Reclaiming Her Heart

Selena stood at the entrance of the restaurant, feeling hesitant.

Carter whispered softly behind her, "The woman sitting by the French window over there is my mother. She's very powerful. If I can walk out of here alive today, you'll be my savior."

Selena's mouth twitched slightly, and she instinctively wanted to lower her head to hide her face. But Grace Montague had already looked over.

Noticing her gaze, Carter stiffened all over his body. "Excuse me," he said before taking Selena by the waist and walking towards Grace.

Grace's sharp eyes scanned both of them up and down a few times.

As a gentleman, Carter pulled out a chair for Selena with a smile in his eyes. "Mom, this is my girlfriend, Selena. She works as an interior designer. You can call her Selena."

Selena's mind went blank but gradually regained composure after sitting down. Judging from Grace's expression, she probably didn't recognize Selena.

Selena breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that she would soon sever all ties with The Montague family; however, to repay their kindness now, she could only put on a brave face and pretend everything was fine. "Ms. Montague, nice to meet you," said Selena politely.

Grace withdrew her scrutinizing gaze with satisfaction in her eyes. "I thought you were going to bring any random girl here to fool me around," Grace said approvingly, looking at Carter. "Carter, you have grown up." Indeed Carter had planned on bringing just any girl along, even if it meant asking his ex-girlfriend for help. However, when buying gifts, he accidentally made an inappropriate comment, resulting in him getting slapped right then and there (luckily, it wasn't too hard, so no fingerprints were left).

"Mom, Selena is excellent. You know the apartment in Manhattan that belongs to my cousin? It's now being designed by her. So you can be assured that I'm not dating any of those messy women."

Being chosen by Raymond showed Selena's personal ability. Grace was increasingly satisfied and liked her more as she looked at her.

"This is a gift for our first meeting," said Grace, taking off a bracelet from her wrist and handing it over to Selena.

Selena dared not accept it, "Auntie, there's no need. I didn't bring any gifts today."

Grace glared at Carter, "Did you forget to buy something for your girlfriend?" She directly put the bracelet on Selena's wrist and said, "Take it. This is what I give to my future daughter-in-law. Don't feel pressured, though; I am very clear about my son's temperament - he's still young and hasn't settled down yet, so even if you two break up later on, this gift will still be yours."

Selena pursed her lips, thinking of returning it back to Carter later.

Grace looked at his son with satisfaction. "It seems like sending you to The Montague family was the right decision."

"Mom, actually, I came here today just to tell you this. The Montague family is too busy lately and I don't have much time to spend with Selena. So, I don't want to stay in The Montague family anymore. Can you please talk to Cousin Raymond about this? Really! As long as you help me out this time, within two years, I promise we'll have grandchildren soon enough!"

Sending Carter away from his previous girlfriends was why Grace sent him over there in the first place, but now, knowing that he has found a good girlfriend naturally, she couldn't let him go just because of work. Her gaze turned to Selena, and her tone was gentle, "Selena, can you help me keep an eye on Carter?"

Selena nodded. Although her face was pale, she was extremely sincere, "Auntie, don't worry. Carter is actually a very loyal person and very righteous."

Grace laughed lightly at these words and said to Carter, "Okay then. You don't have to go to The Montague family later on. Young couples should spend more time going out together and cultivating relationships." Carter's eyes lit up. Today's goal was finally achieved! After a friendly meal, Carter said goodbye to Grace and took Selena by the wrist.

Once they got in the car, he let go of her hand and apologized, "I'm sorry about that. My mom didn't like my previous girlfriends very much, so she only had good things to say about my ex-girlfriend. So I wanted her to pretend to be my girlfriend. But... you know..."

Selena took off the bracelet and handed it back to him. "I can't accept this. Ms. Montague said it's for her future daughter-in-law."

Carter accepted it when he saw how insistent she was. "Don't worry, I'll introduce you more orders later. You can also design all of the properties under my name for me. By the way, where do you live? Let me take you home first." Selena told him her apartment address.

What neither of them knew was that while they were on their way back home, Grace went straight to the Montague family and sat in Raymond's office. "Why did Auntie come over here suddenly?"

Grace sat down on the sofa and thought about the girl she had just seen with a smile in her eyes.

"Asking Carter to work here was definitely not wrong since he found such a satisfactory girlfriend," Grace continued without answering his question directly.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Carter has another girlfriend? Raymond frowned slightly upon hearing this but listened as Grace continued, "I didn't ask too many questions when I met those young couples earlier today. According to Carter, that girl is designing houses for you. Have you met her before? What is her background?"