Boss, Your Wife Signed the Divorce Agreement Before the Wedding novel Chapter 287

The moment Raelynn saw Julian, her first instinct was to turn and walk away.

Julian chased after her, sounding frustrated. "Raelynn, didn't you see me?"

She was treating him like the plague, and it rubbed him the wrong way.

"I saw you." Raelynn was forced to stop.

"Then why did you keep walking?"

"Who doesn't run when they see bad luck coming?"

Julian was speechless. He always thought his own tongue was razor-sharp, but Raelynn was definitely a match for him.

He honestly didn't know how to handle her anymore.

"A lot of people here today are in AI healthcare. If NexusMind is dead set on a project with such low odds of success, you should use this chance to network and ask for advice," he offered, genuinely trying to be helpful.

But Raelynn just laughed. "What makes you think the odds are low? Are you actually trying to be nice, or just insulting me?"

Julian was at a loss for words.

Had he said the wrong thing again?

Raelynn couldn't be bothered to argue with him.

She turned and walked away.

Julian rubbed his brow, feeling inexplicably suffocated.

When Seraphina walked over, she saw him still staring at Raelynn's retreating back.

He had completely ignored her just moments ago.

It filled her with an unsettling anxiety. "Julian? What were you talking about with Raelynn?"

He snapped out of it and looked at her. "Nothing."

He clearly had no intention of elaborating.

Seraphina's eyes darkened slightly. "Remember back at Longstride, when I said I needed to tell you something?"

Julian remembered. "Didn't you say it was nothing?"

She had backed out at the last second, so he hadn't pushed it.

Seraphina cast a sidelong glance in Raelynn's direction.

"I was hesitating, honestly. I didn't want to upset you. But... I can't stand seeing Raelynn pull the wool over your eyes."

"What do you mean?" Julian frowned slowly.

She let out a soft, helpless sigh. "Actually..."

"The woman trying to seduce Mr. Hudson—the one trying to steal your sister's fiancé... it might be Raelynn."

Julian's casual demeanor instantly vanished, replaced by a razor-sharp glare. "What?"

Seraphina looked hesitant but pressed on. "A few days ago, when Sebastian and I were in Houston meeting with some companies, I ran into Raelynn and Mr. Hudson. It looked like she was planning to move on to him the second things ended with Sebastian. In fact, Mr. Hudson even seemed like he wanted to marry her."

It was a massive bombshell.

Julian needed a long moment to process it.

His expression grew increasingly dark and shocked.

His heart twisted violently in his chest.

The inexplicable fondness he had been developing for Raelynn completely shattered in the face of his own sister's interests.

"You're the one involved, how can it be pending?" Julian asked, incredulous.

Sebastian replied nonchalantly, "It didn't follow the standard procedure."

Julian didn't care about the details anymore. He looked him dead in the eye. "Can you hold off on the divorce?"

Sebastian paused his idle phone-spinning, his eyes darkening.

Knowing it was a tough ask, Julian offered a compromise. "Or at least stall her? Keep her legally bound for a while?"

He had thought it over. Ian Hudson wasn't someone he could easily reason with.

But Sebastian was his friend and would understand his predicament.

He was, after all, Raelynn's actual husband.

If Sebastian refused to let Raelynn go, her supposed new romance would become nothing but a farce.

Julian had his own rationalizations. "Look at Seraphina. She clearly wants to join your family right now, but we both know your grandmother isn't going to roll over easily. Since you can't give her a title immediately anyway, you might as well string Raelynn along. You lose nothing."

Everyone knew how desperately Raelynn had loved Sebastian.

If he threw her a few crumbs of affection, she'd come running right back like nothing ever happened.

Sometimes, handling a woman's tantrums required barely any effort from a man.

Otherwise, why would anyone willingly jump into an institution as one-sided as marriage?

It didn't take Sebastian long to piece together the motive.

He asked smoothly, "What did you find out?"

Julian dodged the question. "Is there any way you can manipulate the divorce proceedings?"