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.

the quiet one," Selena thought, slightly exasperated by his lack of words. She even considered asking Aveline to assign someone else to protect

by, the last traces of her discomfort vanished. She got back into the car and

happened. Maria offered to help, but

and enveloped her in a strong embrace, holding her so tightly that

"I'm fine, see? Perfectly okay. You

slightly and

trunk,"

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

the basement," Aaron ordered, his voice

interrogation methods from Lucas, right? Go see if you can get

left, but Selena couldn't help but notice the difference

at Braden's retreating figure, she remarked,

be. If he ever tries to get

Selena was speechless.

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