After all, she had used buying a house as a lie to trick Sebastian into signing the agreement.
His sudden 'concern' inevitably made her feel a twinge of unspeakable guilt.
"Not yet," Raelynn replied casually, catching sight of Seraphina walking toward them in the distance. "Are you offering to help me pick one out?"
Sebastian gave her a thoughtful, calculating look.
He didn't say yes, and he didn't say no.
From behind them, Seraphina's voice rang out: "Sebastian, let's go."
Raelynn looked over.
Seraphina's eyes flashed with annoyance, clearly unhappy that the original wife was taking up her boyfriend's time.
Sebastian made his choice without a microsecond of hesitation: "Yeah, get in."
He turned and walked straight toward Seraphina.
He didn't say a word to Raelynn, but she knew exactly what that meant: rejection.
After all, Sebastian would never waste his time helping her look at houses if it meant neglecting Seraphina.
Seraphina's expression softened slightly. She shot Raelynn a sideways glance. "We have somewhere to be, so we won't be giving you a ride. Do whatever you need to do."
Raelynn let out a soft laugh.
Listen to that. Such a natural display of territory.
Acting as if Raelynn was the complete outsider, while the two of them were the married couple, merely offering her a polite dismissal out of basic courtesy.
Her ride arrived right on cue.
Raelynn didn't bother giving them a second glance. She got into the car and disappeared down the street.
When Julian walked out of the building, he caught the end of the scene.
He looked around, confirming that Raelynn's supposed date was nowhere to be found.
He shook his head as he walked. "I knew it. Raelynn just made the whole thing up to save face and try to make you jealous."
Seraphina raised an eyebrow, highly amused by the pathetic attempt.
Sebastian's eyes remained completely flat as he opened the car door.
His voice didn't waver. "It doesn't matter."
-
Raelynn planned to finalize the house situation as quickly as possible.
NexusMind had its own cutting-edge R&D center, and since Preston was the heir to the largest hospital chain in the country, their partnerships were rock solid.
She didn't plan on spending her days running standard clinical consultations anymore.
After all, a single doctor could only see so many patients in a day.
It made much more sense to orchestrate from behind the scenes, creating innovations that would benefit the broader public.
NexusMind's roadmap for the coming year was already locked in.
Aside from developing new pharmaceuticals, their massive push was integrating with modern tech—specifically, launching intelligent medical systems to crack open new markets.
After a quick meet-and-greet with the researchers who spent their days buried in the labs, lunchtime rolled around.
Raelynn met up with Chloe Hudson for lunch.
They went to Siam Orchid Thai Cuisine, right near the NexusMind campus.
The moment they arrived.
Through the pristine floor-to-ceiling glass windows, Raelynn spotted a table of people inside.
Her face instantly completely changed, contorting with absolute, visceral shock.

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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!...