My Accidental Husband Is My Revenge Partner - Chapter 124

Chapter 124: She Fell
Selene’s eyes widened, her mouth slightly agape, as she listened to Thalia’s narration.

This only meant Robert had not believed her when she made her first appearance, even after they had tried to find out her true identity by giving her an orange which she was allergic to.

“That man is truly evil,” she commented. “But how have you been taking care of the orphanage all this while?” She asked.

Thalia’s father was Robert’s younger brother. Despite their shared prestigious family background, Thalia’s father lacked Robert’s wealth and was accustomed to following his elder brother’s every command.

Selene hadn’t been able to fund the orphanage after she bought the building, so she asked help from her cousin, Thalia and together, they became partners.

That was why Robert was able to get leverage over Selene when he threatened to demolish the orphanage if she didn’t listen to him. Thalia listened to her father and her father listened to Robert. Which was why she had no choice but to obey Robert’s every command in the past.

“I used up most of my savings to keep this place alive. Some of the children have been adopted by a good family, and that’s that,” Thalia responded.

Selene couldn’t be glad that she had partnered with Thalia. Even though things had been tough for her, she didn’t abandon the children.

Immediately, Selene wired some money into Thalia’s account.

“You should use that to fix some things that need to be fixed. And use the rest to take care of yourself, Thalia,” she said.

Thalia appreciated Selene for her kindness. The both of them decided to catch up on a few things, while Thalia teased Selene about having such a handsome husband.

“I’m just glad you were able to escape from Richard’s grasp. That asshole makes my blood boil,” she vented. Sighing, she added, “Take care of yourself, Selene. You can come to the orphanage whenever you want, and if you need help beating up Michelle, you know you can always come to me.”

Selene wasn’t surprised by Thalia’s request. She had always been the violent one between the both of them.

A memory of when Thalia beat up the boys who bullied Selene in college flashed in her mind. Thalia was an army on her own.

“I will.”

Thalia toured Selene around the orphanage, introducing her to the staff whom she hadn’t seen before.

Selene watched Xavier playing with the children at the playground, a smile touching her lips as she observed their joyful interaction. Noticing the children’s reluctance to let him leave, she chose to wait a little longer.

Some of them went on his back so that he would give them piggyback rides.

When some more time had finally passed, Selene and Xavier decided to head back so that she could get some early rest.

“Xavier, you know I can fight now right?” Selene suddenly asked when they were in the car, heading back.

Xavier glanced at her with a curious look.

“You are doing well but…” he drawled, searching for the right word. “You can’t properly fight yet.”

Selene gave him a side eye, but didn’t bother to retort since he was right. No one can learn how to fight in under a week, but Xavier had taught her where to hurt her opponent severely and make a run for it if she ever needed to.

“Anyway, can Kace stop following me around now?” She requested. “He has his life and I don’t want him to keep following me forever.” I also want him to solve whatever issue he has with Allison.

She had seen how they had avoided each other whenever they crossed paths. They seemed to be at odds with each other like oil and water.

Xavier readily gave in to Selene’s request. But made a mental note to get shadow bodyguards who could be protecting her without showing their presence.

Having Ezekiel trying to dig into Selene’s past all of a sudden was highly suspicious, and he feared that one day, the latter might attack her.

The thought of that happening made Xavier’s blood boil. He could have confronted Ezekiel and questioned him why he was meddling, but nothing good was going to come out of it.

He would only leave with regret when Ezekiel brought up the past once more, accusing his family of being responsible for Ava Clark’s disappearance.

“Alright, anything for you babe.”

Pink painted Selene’s cheek when Xavier called her babe.

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“Are you sure you tightened the buckle properly?” Selene asked the man who was assisting her in slipping into the safety harness.

After much argument and disagreement with the director, he still didn’t consent to having a stunt double for the scene.

Selene had to settle on performing the scene with a stunt harness to avoid her blood splattering on the floor like a grisly painting gone awry.

This wasn’t the first time she was wearing a stunt harness but somehow, it felt unusually loose around her waist.

The man assisting her with the stunt harness shot her a pointed look before rechecking the buckle. This was the fifth time she had asked him to verify it, and his patience was wearing thin.

“It’s properly fixed, ma’am,” he replied.

However, Selene still felt it wasn’t. But since she wasn’t the professional here, she decided to let it go and not make things harder for the man.

A test was run on the stunt harness. It lifted Selene up and down.

If it had been anyone, they would have been excited since it felt similar to flying. But Selene didn’t feel the least excited. Her heart thumped hard in her chest whenever she was lifted.

“Action!” The director screamed.

It was the scene where Selene was supposed to escape from the prison before she was caught.

She beat up the prison guards who stood in her way before making her way to the roof of the building.

There were some unsteady pipes attached to it, which she needed to climb down until she reached the wires she would be using to reach the fence and jump.

Just as Selene reached for the fence, she felt the stunt harness loosen around her waist. Unable to grasp the fence, she lost her balance and fell.