Boss, Your Wife Signed the Divorce Agreement Before the Wedding novel Chapter 180

The moment she saw the words 'child custody,' Raelynn's heart violently stopped in her chest.

Her mind went completely blank for several agonizing seconds.

Sebastian slowly lowered his eyes, his dark gaze locking onto the child custody agreement as he absentmindedly traced the rim of his teacup. "That won't be necessary."

He looked up at Raelynn. "We don't have any children. There are no custody disputes."

Only when Sebastian finished speaking did Mr. Davies realize his mistake. "Oh, I understand now. I simply assumed that after a seven-year marriage, you two would have had children, so I prepared the standard forms just in case. Well, this makes things much simpler."

It was a lawyer's habit to prepare for every possible contingency.

Usually, divorcing couples tore each other apart over asset division and child custody.

But the two people sitting in front of him...

One wasn't crying, screaming, or having a breakdown. The other didn't care that his wife hadn't produced an heir in seven years, and was casually handing over millions in cash, real estate, and massive corporate equity.

It was incredibly bizarre.

Though Raelynn kept her face perfectly composed, her heart hammered wildly against her ribs.

Sebastian's words—'we don't have any children'—finally anchored her back to reality.

Once again, she thanked God she had kept Lily's existence entirely hidden from the Croix family.

If they had found out, they would have ripped her apart to take her daughter.

"I want a clean break. I refuse to accept any supplementary conditions," Raelynn stated firmly.

She absolutely refused to sign a gag order protecting Seraphina's reputation, nor would she ever agree to be paraded around to save the Croix family's face.

Sebastian looked at her.

Raelynn held his gaze without flinching.

He wasn't blind. He could see the absolute resolution burning in her eyes.

The resolution to end the marriage, and the sheer desperation to sever all ties with him and the Croix family forever—

Sebastian's eyes flickered slightly.

Grandma marched right up to Sebastian, leaning heavily on her cane, and smacked him hard across the shoulder a few times. "You've been brilliant since you were a child. You've never caused this family a single ounce of grief! How could you be so utterly heartless when it comes to your marriage?! A woman only has so many years to give! And you're becoming a cheating bastard... for a woman who almost became your sister-in-law?!"

Sebastian didn't dodge the blows. He just took them.

He slightly tilted his chin, a faint, cold smile touching his lips. "News travels fast, Grandma."

That single sentence made Grandma's expression freeze.

Since they were negotiating the divorce in the marital home, it was impossible to hide it from her informants.

The moment she got the call, she had rushed over.

"If I didn't come, you would have made the biggest mistake of your life!" Grandma snatched the divorce agreement off the table to read it.

When she saw what he was giving Raelynn, she frowned. "Well, at least you're paying her what she's worth."

But then she scoffed, "Then again, this is entirely the Croix family's fault. You are the cheating party! If it wasn't bad enough that you're an adulterer, you're doing it with your brother's ex-fiancée..."

If Seraphina hadn't been Cameron Croix's fiancée, making this entire scandal a massive disgrace, there was no way Raelynn would have walked away with such a staggering amount of compensation.