Boss, Your Wife Signed the Divorce Agreement Before the Wedding novel Chapter 25

"Yeah. Is that what you were hoping for?" Sebastian maintained that totally nonchalant attitude.

Matilda caught on immediately. She didn't bring up the fact that Raelynn was dead-set on the divorce.

She just scoffed. "Of course not. I'm warning you right now—if you dare try to divorce Lynnie, I will absolutely never allow you to marry Seraphina. Whatever issues you two have, fix them behind closed doors!"

"Alright," Sebastian said, handing his grandmother a slice of orange, a lazy smirk playing on his lips.

Matilda could easily tell Sebastian was just blowing her off.

But she didn't have the energy to argue.

She was almost eighty years old, after all.

Raelynn's determination to get a divorce was very real.

And Raelynn had explicitly stated that Sebastian knew and had agreed to it.

Yet Sebastian was sitting here acting like he had no idea what she was talking about?

Her sharp instincts told her there had to be some massive misunderstanding driving a wedge between them.

But she wasn't about to blow the lid off it.

It was fine if Sebastian didn't think Raelynn was serious about leaving him.

If the two of them could magically fix their marriage and stay together, that was the best-case scenario.

And if it was truly beyond repair...

Her promise to find Raelynn a good second husband was no joke. Once she had everything lined up for Raelynn, she'd drop the bomb on Sebastian. The timing would be perfect.

It made no difference if Sebastian found out now or later; he'd have to sign the papers eventually.

And this way, nobody's life would get ruined in the meantime—

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Raelynn didn't leave the estate right away.

She still had an agenda.

She went to help the family doctor sort out an herbal prescription for Matilda and handed it off to the kitchen to be brewed.

While that was happening, she shot a text to Chloe Hudson.

"Draft me a 'Voluntary Relinquishment of Custody Agreement'. I need it ASAP."

She didn't have her laptop with her, so she couldn't format the legal jargon properly herself.

She had made this decision the moment she got the call dragging her back to the estate.

A standard divorce agreement wasn't enough protection.

The papers she had signed seven years ago didn't include any clauses about children.

To permanently neutralize the threat, she had to take the initiative.

Chloe worked fast. Barely twenty minutes later, the file hit her inbox: "What's the play here? You're going to hand this to Sebastian? Won't he instantly realize you're hiding a kid if he reads this?"

Raelynn slipped into the estate's communal study and printed the document.

"I'll figure out a way to get him to sign it."

She wasn't taking any chances.

And she absolutely refused to spend the rest of her life fighting a custody war with Sebastian over Lily.

If he didn't get top-tier medical care, he'd be crippled for life.

And prison wasn't exactly the Croix estate. He wasn't going to get VIP treatment in there.

Brenda loved that son more than life itself. This was basically a death sentence for her.

Just as Raelynn turned to leave.

She heard Brenda's ragged, screaming sobs: "It was Sebastian! It had to be him!"

Raelynn froze in her tracks.

"All because I called Seraphina a bad name yesterday, he instantly took revenge for her! Sebastian is a monster! Why didn't he just die out there when he was kidnapped..."

The rest of Brenda's screaming was quickly muffled by the panicked staff.

But Raelynn heard it loud and clear.

A chilling realization seeped into her bones. She pulled her collar tight, but the cold was internal.

So that was it...

She wanted to laugh, but honestly, it made perfect sense.

Brenda had slapped Raelynn across the face right in front of him, and Sebastian hadn't batted an eye.

No concern, no heartache, no standing up for her.

But the second Brenda used one dirty word to describe Seraphina, Sebastian was so enraged, so fiercely protective.

He spent the entire night getting payback for Seraphina, not only destroying Brenda's peace but permanently crippling his former 'rival'.