Boss, Your Wife Signed the Divorce Agreement Before the Wedding novel Chapter 174

Raelynn couldn't see his face in the dark.

But she felt the razor-sharp purpose radiating from him.

He wasn't holding her out of residual marital affection. Even this small act of comfort in the dark was purely transactional.

Even though she no longer cared about him, her cheeks still burned with humiliation.

"Give me one good reason."

"I've already told you, there were no cameras in that stairwell. The police won't find anything conclusive."

His voice was exceptionally cold in the pitch black.

But Raelynn heard the hidden accusation.

"Do you honestly think I pushed her, and you're just trying to bury this ugly love triangle before it blows up in public? Or do you know she's lying, and you just want to protect her from a criminal investigation?"

It had to be one or the other.

But no matter which one it was...

He was dragging her name through the mud.

It wasn't even heartbreak anymore. She just felt nauseous.

The first meant her husband of seven years genuinely believed she was a criminal. The second meant that even if he knew Seraphina was framing her, he didn't care—he only cared about keeping his mistress happy and protecting her reputation.

"Does it really matter what I think?"

Sebastian's eyes had adjusted to the gloom.

He looked down, catching the icy, mocking smile frozen on her face.

He reached out, gently tucking a stray lock of hair behind her ear that had fallen during the jolt. "If this escalates, it will drag the Croix family's reputation into the mud. How will you explain that to Grandma and the Chairman?"

His touch was so gentle.

But his words made her blood run cold.

Raelynn almost laughed out loud, her lungs burning with every breath. "You're using the Croix family to threaten me into silence."

He wasn't worried about her facing the family's wrath.

It was just a threat wrapped in sugar!

Sebastian didn't answer.

The elevator doors pried open.

Light flooded the space.

The second Raelynn could see his face, he had already pulled his arm away from her waist and taken a step back.

He retreated to a perfectly distant, socially acceptable gap—the space reserved for absolute strangers.

No matter how subtle the movement was, she caught it.

A crowd had gathered outside.

Raelynn spotted members of the Kingsford team among them.

She instantly understood why he had pulled away so quickly.

He was afraid people would get the wrong idea.

After all, he was officially Seraphina's boyfriend now. He had to maintain absolute boundaries with all other women—including his own wife.

A look of pure irony flashed through Raelynn's eyes.

Raelynn took one glance and looked away.

They really were devoted to each other.

She had definitely learned her lesson.

Before the snacks arrived, no one had objected to Raelynn changing the formula. But now, murmurs of dissent rippled through the room. Several people subtly complained, defending Seraphina's original work.

However, the Kingsford director ultimately had the final say, and he approved Raelynn's overhaul.

Clinical trials were an exhausting grind.

When Dr. Adrian Moreno—Preston's father and the director of Covenant Medical Center—heard she was running trials in his hospital, he immediately called his junior colleague with a new assignment.

"Since you're already in my territory, I'd be a fool not to put you to work. The Department of Integrative Medicine is slammed right now, and I have an emergency out-of-state trip. Go cover my shifts."

Raelynn sighed. "Am I a workhorse?"

Dr. Moreno chuckled. "A stubborn one, but highly productive."

"..."

Fine.

Raelynn accepted her fate.

The Integrative Medicine building was right next door to the trial center, so she could easily sprint between the two.

She spent the entire day seeing patients.

By evening, she was exhausted, her vision blurring with fatigue.

Just as she was packing up, a nurse slipped another file onto her desk. "Dr. Ortiz, we have a last-minute walk-in. Sorry for the trouble!"