Boss, Your Wife Signed the Divorce Agreement Before the Wedding novel Chapter 353

Chloe ate a piece of steak before slamming her fork down on the table. "He's just doing this to mess with you! Making you announce to the world that Seraphina is your sister—that's just doing PR for her!"

Raelynn stirred the dipping sauce in her bowl, her mind elsewhere. "Sebastian would never bear to see Seraphina get dragged by the public."

"In his dreams! No way!"

Chloe was fuming. "Why is everyone in the Croix family a literal leech? These ultra-rich, powerful families are just dens of vipers. You step inside, and they swallow you whole, leaving nothing but bones."

Raelynn rubbed her temples. "They have me completely cornered right now."

From the divorce certificate to her family's assets, everything was in their hands.

"So you're just going to let Seraphina win? Not only does this clear her name of being the other woman, but when it finally comes time for her to marry Sebastian, people will have forgotten everything. Then she can just pop back up, say you were never actually sisters, and waltz right into the family. She gets all the benefits!"

Raelynn fell silent, thinking it over.

"Obviously, I'm not going to make it easy for her."

Chloe asked, "You have a plan?"

Raelynn took a massive bite of meat. "Tomorrow's problems can be dealt with tomorrow."

The next day.

Raelynn made a public post on her Social Feed, complete with text and a screenshot.

[No need to guess anymore. Seraphina Vance is my sister. My sister works for my husband's company, and her visits are strictly business. But rather than just calling us sisters, you could also call us sisters-in-law. Seraphina was previously engaged to another member of the Croix family. From now on, Sebastian and I will have to start calling her our sister-in-law.]

The accompanying screenshot was from her public email as "Faye," an address well-known in the industry.

She had drafted an official statement from that account.

It clarified that Digi-Medica's database partnership had historically been with Seraphina personally, not Longstride Technologies. It also explicitly stated that moving forward, Faye would be focusing her collaborative efforts exclusively on Longstride.

First, this deftly sidestepped a direct response to Seraphina's malicious trademark snatching. Second, it instantly restored Longstride's credibility, acting as a much-needed anchor in the storm.

Raelynn didn't care about Seraphina's reaction. All she knew was that since Sebastian had forced the public acknowledgment of their marriage, her previous promise to Matilda to hide their marital status—and Seraphina's role as a future sister-in-law—was officially void.

The Croix family had many branches and extended relatives. Since Raelynn hadn't specified exactly who Seraphina was engaged to, she technically hadn't spilled any highly classified secrets.

If it gave her a weapon to use, why wouldn't she swing it?

She also didn't have time to monitor the fallout, because Longstride's official account had already reshared her Social Feed post alongside the statement from Faye's email, effectively repairing the company's image.

In an instant.

With "Faye" backing Longstride, and Seraphina framed as both sister and sister-in-law, all the previous conflicts seemed magically resolved. The credibility crisis vanished like smoke.

In just one short morning.

The consulting inquiries came pouring in.

Several partners who had been withholding payments cheerfully reached out to finalize their transfers, acting as if nothing had ever happened.