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.

asking Aveline to assign someone else to protect her-someone with a

the last traces of her discomfort vanished. She got back into the car and drove toward

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

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 absorb

and said, "I'm

loosened his grip slightly and asked,

the trunk,"

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

the basement," Aaron ordered, his

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

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

remarked, "Hey, he's totally giving us different

"He should be. If he ever tries to get too familiar with you, I won't

Selena was speechless.

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