Chapter 162

Selena’s POV I was standing, smiling, in front of the people I learned to love for the past months. The wind tasted salty because of the ocean nearby as my heart raced inside my chest. It was violent, almost painful. I dated many times. I’ve been with different men, and from the way they looked at me, I could guess their intention. But he’s different. Very different. With him, I always feel like I’m trapped in the dark. I couldn’t understand the way he looked at me. I couldn’t guess what he was thinking. He always surprised me…just like now. The man I learned to love after saving me held the hand of the woman in front of us. Pain was what welcomed me when I got here, replacing the joy and excitement I had earlier. Elias stared into my eyes, gentle but calculated like always. “Rachel, this is Selena. She’s the one I’m talking about.” His parents are behind them. They’re having dinner when I arrived here on a boat. I had to travel two to three hours to get here just to attend his birthda