Braden walked over to Selena and handed her a small bottle. Instinctively, she pulled back. "What's this?"

"It will help with the effects you're feeling," Braden explained.

Selena's eyes lit up. "Oh, really? Something like that exists?"

Taking the bottle, she inhaled deeply. A refreshing minty scent hit her senses, and soon after, the heaviness in her body and the fog in her mind began to lift.

"Where did you get this? It's amazing," she asked, intrigued.

Braden didn't answer, simply taking the bottle back from her hand.

Selena blinked in surprise. "Wait, you're not giving it to me?"

Braden stayed silent, as usual.

to protect her-someone

a cool breeze swept by, the last traces of her discomfort

she called Maria and told her what happened. Maria offered to help, but

as he saw her, he rushed forward and enveloped her in a strong embrace, holding her so tightly that it felt like he wanted to

said, "I'm fine, see? Perfectly

finally loosened his grip slightly and asked, "Where's

the trunk,"

hand, Aaron signaled his bodyguards, who quickly moved to the car, opened the trunk,

basement," Aaron ordered, his voice cold

Braden over and said, "You learned interrogation methods from Lucas, right? Go see if you can get anything out of him."

couldn't help but notice the difference in his demeanor between her and

at Braden's retreating figure, she remarked,

to get too familiar

Selena was speechless.

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