The firelight danced across Raelynn's face. She swiftly intercepted the frame, snatching the wedding photo she had once dreamed of taking right out of his hands, before effortlessly grabbing Shane by the collar.
Raising the heavy wooden frame high in the air, she aimed it straight at his chubby face.
"Raelynn! Are you out of your mind?!"
Seraphina shrieked in panic from behind her.
Raelynn's grip on Shane didn't loosen an inch. The little chubster was wearing a neat bowtie, but as she twisted her fingers into his collar, the fabric snapped taut against his throat.
Shane's face instantly flushed crimson.
Being so small, he was powerless against Raelynn's strength and could only let out a stifled, red-faced wail.
Raelynn glanced back.
Standing there were Sebastian and... Seraphina.
They looked for all the world like a pair of newlyweds returning home together.
Walking side by side, they were a picture-perfect match.
Taking in the hostile scene, Sebastian's predatory gaze locked onto Raelynn. The oppressive silence rolling off him was heavy, though he didn't immediately voice a reprimand.
Seraphina, on the other hand, had gone completely pale. Seeing Shane suspended by his collar, she erupted in furious heartbreak. "He's just a child! Even if you have a problem with me, you shouldn't take it out on a kid!"
"A child? I assumed he was raised by animals, considering he neither understands human words nor acts like one."
Raelynn's tone was surprisingly calm.
She had been married to Sebastian for seven years. Aside from their marriage certificate, these wedding photos—forced upon them by Matilda Croix—were the only pictures they had together.
For years, they had been the sole comfort in her unrequited love.
Even if they were divorcing, even if they were about to become strangers, she no longer cared about the photos she once treasured.
But she absolutely would not allow Seraphina or her family to trash them! To trample on them! To burn them to ashes!
Yet today.
Sebastian had given Seraphina and her brother a free pass into their home!
Seraphina's expression iced over, terrified that Raelynn might completely snap and hurt the boy. "Raelynn, your language is disgusting! Why are you taking out your adult issues on a helpless child?"
Julian stayed out of it.
Given the circumstances.
The heat of his palm was enough to dispel the chill of the early spring air.
But it only buried Raelynn's heart under an endless sheet of ice.
Talk?
Talk about how he planned to defend the other woman?
Seeing Sebastian's gesture, Seraphina pressed her lips into a tight line. "Sebastian?" she called out instinctively.
She despised seeing other women touch him.
Any physical contact made her skin crawl.
As far as she was concerned, Raelynn lacked all sense of boundaries!
Sebastian didn't look back. With a subtle twist of his fingers, he expertly broke Raelynn's grip.
Free at last, Shane shot Raelynn a vicious glare before scrambling toward Seraphina.
Seraphina immediately fussed over the boy, tenderly stroking his oxygen-deprived, red face.

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The readers' comments on the novel: Boss, Your Wife Signed the Divorce Agreement Before the Wedding
I think for as slow as the beginning was, their turning point is just so fast... really hope we actually get to read about R and S and their rekindle.... we did not read 950 pages for their story to be sidelined. Im for this sideline story, but it if it's to separate from the main characters and their story, please make it separate book....
Author please update more chapters...
I really like Zella, she is becoming a good friend to Raelynn. Ian needs to go. The relationship with Chloe is confusing. Some chapters they are cousins, sometimes they're sibling. A little confusing....
Julians role as big brother- I feel comes from a genuine place, but in a relationship thats is just as stained as Raelynns and Sebastians. It hard for me to connect to his big brother role as he too was such a problem before. And while they talked a little bit, the conversation did not give me the believe there was resolution between Raelynn and Julian. For a brute, he should make his feelings clear about the situation to Raelynn and then step back, until there is more foundation for him to stand on....
Knife in my heart. I hurt for Raelynn. She has made it this far, but how much does she have in her, everyone has a breaking point. Some back of me hopes the author is joking to lighten the mood after so many intense chapters, but thats not this kind of story or couple....
My heart cannot take this. This, cannot be how it ends with these too. They need resolution with each other. Raelynn needs to be more humanize with Sebastian. We know she is hurt, but this is the branch. She needs all these answers, if not for them to be together, then for Lily to have both her parents. Stop with the mind games Raelynn!...
Its like the story is just repeating itself...
Timeline is getting lost for me. So many treasured little memories Raelynn has but yet, he was gone for years ? Anyways... still rooting for them! These two need a heart to heart. Lily "forgetting" someone, not possible in this day and age and I hope thats not their storyline....
Sebastian, the man of few words.... needs to find all the words! Needs to fight for her! On note, seven years seems like a long time for this master plan (which I am sure goes back much farther). Rereading this novel, and it seems like everything has played out in a 5-8 month time span. And I feel like all Sebastian's doings/ plan have not been revealed. I hope we get to see the whole picture and have the resolutions we hope. But seven years of mistreatment, I just don't see Raelynn fully coming back. If these was 2-3 years, maybe, and I know it changes some characters around, but it would still work. Rooting for them!...
Literally on edge!...