"Raelynn, this is assault! I could even press attempted murder charges against you!"
Raelynn slowly peeled her hand out of Sebastian's grasp, recoiling from his touch as if he were venomous. "Go ahead. Get a medical evaluation. I'll wait for the lawsuit."
Annoyance and mockery flared in Seraphina's chest.
Was Raelynn calling her bluff because she knew a public figure like her couldn't afford a scandal?
Sebastian watched Raelynn pull away in silence.
Even with his expression completely guarded, Raelynn knew exactly what that dark look meant—he was mentally reprimanding her for being unreasonable and disrespecting his precious soulmate.
After soothing Shane, Seraphina strode over and planted herself firmly by Sebastian's side. She didn't offer Raelynn an apology. Instead, she looked only at him. "I'm sorry. Shane is just young and impulsive, but he has a good heart. I know you understand that."
She had no desire to speak to Raelynn.
It was entirely beneath her.
Sebastian slowly shifted his gaze from Raelynn's face. "Yeah. They're just photos."
Raelynn's heart skipped a painful beat.
He turned to look at the blazing metal drum, the warmth of the fire completely failing to reach his eyes. "If they're burned, they're burned."
That careless, dismissive phrase hit Raelynn harder than the freezing night air. She stared at his sharply sculpted profile, the sheer apathy radiating from him piercing her skin like a thousand icy needles.
Seven years. A seven-year marriage that now felt like a long, hollow dream.
If you fed a stray dog for seven years, it would show you fierce loyalty.
But when a man didn't love a woman, seven years—or even a lifetime—of pouring her heart out meant nothing. To him, she was just a burden. A stone that could never be warmed.
"My brother-in-law said it doesn't matter! The photos don't matter, and you don't matter!" Shane gloated, pointing a triumphant finger at Raelynn.
That phrase: *You don't matter.*
A faint, satisfied smirk touched Seraphina's lips.
Her brother was just speaking the truth, after all.
Raelynn needed to hear it.
Taking advantage of the moment, Shane lunged for the remaining frames on the ground, ready to toss them into the flames.
Seraphina didn't stop him.
But Raelynn moved. She turned and walked toward the burning drum.
Seraphina instantly yanked Shane back to her side, suddenly on high alert.
In her eyes, Raelynn was a bitter, rejected woman on the brink of snapping.
Julian's amused expression vanished.
He unconsciously took a step forward, his hand raising in shock.
How... how could she just burn her own wedding photos?
Was her tantrum really going this far?
She was acting as if she actually wanted a total, irreversible break from her husband.
Raelynn watched the photos burn. Her face, alongside Sebastian's, twisted, melted, and turned to ash until nothing was left.
It was as if she were incinerating the absurdity of the last seven years, wiping the slate completely clean.
She turned around and met Sebastian's deep, emotionless stare. "If my things are going to be thrown out, I'll be the one to do it," she enunciated every word. "It is not for anyone else to decide."
She was talking about the photos.
And she was talking about him.
She was throwing it all away.
No one had stolen him from her.
She simply didn't want him anymore.

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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!...