Reclaiming Her Heart

In the car in the distance, Raymond was silently smoking. His fingers held the burning cigarette, his other hand resting outside the window, and the inside of the car was bone-chillingly cold.

Because of his rage, the corners of his eyes were tinged with a thin layer of red.

Paul sighed, leaned back, and said, "These people are like ghosts. Every time they show up, they quickly leave by helicopter, and they're all unregistered residents. We can't find any information on them. But this was their biggest operation, so they'll probably show up more often in the future."

Raymond didn't say anything. As powerful as the Montague family was, they had no way of dealing with a group of unregistered residents who weren't afraid of death.

They had caught people before, but just a second before being captured, these people would turn into corpses.

Corpses without identity information couldn't give them the answers they wanted.

Raymond took out his phone and glanced at it, then rubbed his temples. "Let's go back."

That night, only Selena slept soundly until dawn.

The next day at the office, she had just sat down when Austin's agent burst in.

"Penny, something's wrong! Austin is missing!!"

Selena's heart skipped a beat, and she stood up immediately.

"What do you mean by missing?"

The agent was so scared that his speech was incoherent. "Last night... last night, because it was announced on social media that he was leaving his original company, Austin was in a good mood and had a few more drinks. I wanted to take him home myself, but I got a call from my family, so I asked a friend to take Austin back. But my friend just told me that Austin walked the last part of the way home by himself."

Austin was very popular now, and it was highly likely that some crazy fan had targeted him.

Selena immediately called the police and also requested an investigation of the surveillance footage in that area.

But the surveillance showed that it wasn't a fan; a luxury car had taken Austin away.

Selena then had someone investigate the license plate of the car and found out it was Rachel's.

It seemed that Rachel hadn't given up.

She had previously tried to coerce Austin, and this time she took advantage of his drunken state to go after him directly. Selena used her connections to find Rachel's phone number.

But Rachel refused to let him go.

"Penny, Austin chose to stay with me. He signed with a no-name company. What's wrong with coming to me?" Selena was about to say something when she heard Austin's voice on the other end, filled with fear and disgust. Austin had sobered up.

Rachel loved to toy with various men, often leaving them in a state worse than death. Several men had died of depression because of her, but she was powerful and well-connected, and All Star Entertainment was involved in many things, so no one could bring the company down.

Selena didn't have time to continue talking to Rachel on the phone. Rachel had been eyeing Austin for a long time, and it was unlikely that she would let him go.

She immediately thought of Raymond. Rachel had been very wary of Raymond the last time.

She called Raymond and asked where he was.

Raymond was currently at the Montague family's house with William. Since William was discharged from the hospital, he had been in poor health and was still bedridden. Today was Raymond's birthday, so he came to visit him.

But clearly, because Raymond and Selena were divorced, William was displeased with Raymond that he was angry at the sight of him. They couldn't have a proper conversation. Fortunately, Selena called at that moment, and Raymond visibly brightened, while William just sneered.

"Is that the one you've been messing around with outside?"

At this point, Raymond didn't bother to hide it.

"Grandpa, you'll like her too. I'll bring her to meet you sooner or later."

William was furious and pointed outside. "Get out!"

Seeing that William still had the energy to shout, Raymond really left.

Then he answered the call and heard Selena asking where he was.

He instinctively thought Selena was coming to his birthday party.

After what happened last night, he had already told Alex and the others to cancel this year's party, but Selena's question made himfeel a bit happy.

His and his brother Christopher's birthdays were only a few days apart, and the family only remembered Christopher's birthday, never his.

Even though the Montague family was so wealthy, when he was very young, his birthday cake was often the leftovers from Christopher's birthday party a few days earlier. Everyone liked Christopher. He was indeed gentle and charming, while the gloomy and quiet Raymond was considered an oddball.

So Raymond was very resistant to his birthday. Later, when he joined the military, birthdays were not celebrated; surviving a mission was the best gift.

Only in Silver Bay City did a few friends remember his birthday and always threw him a small party.

The party location had been moved to his other villa, and Alex and the others were already preparing for it.

Raymond gave Selena the address.

Men's birthday parties didn't need to be overly decorated, but Alex was known for being a bit of a fussbudget and was currently hanging up tacky balloons. When Raymond arrived and saw the colorful balloons, he frowned but didn't complain about it. After all, it was Alex's idea.

He just said, "Penny is coming over later."

Alex was stunned. "She's willing to come?"

Raymond was a little happy and smiled. "Yeah."

Alex immediately thought that there might still be hope for the two of them.