"Selena!" Rodney grabbed my wrist. He sighed. "You shouldn't have become like this."
I felt a vague pain in my chest.
"Then what should I be like?" I looked at Rodney and forced out a smile. "I've grown up."
I took my hand out and said, "You're like my own brother. To me, you are as important as Owen and my mother."
"Selena, I wish to make you happy. I came back this time with a reason, which is to take you away." Rodney said from behind me.
I pushed the door open. I wasn't happy at all.
"Don't leave. Stay here tonight." Rodney embraced me from behind and held my clenched fists. "We haven't met in so many years. At least let me see you properly."
His voice was gentle behind me.
He was like this too in the past. He had told me very gently, "Selena, I know where to find the best cake
