Boss, Your Wife Signed the Divorce Agreement Before the Wedding novel Chapter 1

For the first seven years of her marriage, Raelynn Ortiz harbored a massive secret: she had a daughter.

The little girl was five years old now, and her husband had absolutely no idea.

She had never given Sebastian Croix the chance to play daddy.

On her break during the night shift, Raelynn listened to a voice note from her daughter, who was currently being raised out of state. Her sweet, innocent voice drifted through the phone:

"Mommy~ Why haven't I ever met Daddy? Is he dead?"

Raelynn actually gave it some serious thought.

Not dead. But close enough.

Little Lily Hudson was starting to develop her own thoughts, and a new dilemma was brewing in her tiny head.

For instance, the kid had never met her biological father.

Her curiosity was sprouting day by day.

So much so that Raelynn was deeply considering whether she should just come clean to Sebastian. Tell him they actually had a five-year-old together, and he could skip the grueling newborn phase and effortlessly become a father.

Closing the chat window with little Lily, Raelynn did some mental math.

She and Sebastian only had three months left...

Carefully choosing her words, she typed a line in her text thread with Sebastian—a chat history that was already pitifully sparse:

[If we had a baby, would you...]

Before she could hit send, the door was shoved open.

A young nurse rushed in, looking frantic. "Dr. Ortiz! We've got an emergency. Suspected ruptured cyst—looks like they were way too rough in the bedroom during her first trimester"

Raelynn immediately locked her screen.

She shot up and followed the nurse out, her brow furrowed. "Are they out of their minds? You can't be that rough during the first trimester. Could they really not keep their hands off each other for five minutes?"

But as the nurse pulled back the hospital curtain, the reprimand died in Raelynn's throat. She stared at the familiar woman on the bed.

After a two-second pause, she called out the name in disbelief. "Seraphina Vance?"

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