Or maybe he wouldn't even wait for a better time to strike.
After all, she had delivered herself right to his doorstep. Raelynn thought bitterly: just how far would her husband of seven years go?
In Sebastian and Seraphina's eyes, she had been malicious and deliberately tried to ruin their lives.
But Raelynn couldn't care less about how they saw her.
With his long strides, Sebastian closed the distance in seconds. He stared straight ahead, his thoughts unreadable. "Sunny, you've got quite the temper on you these days."
His voice sliced through the cool night air, thick with a detached coldness.
She couldn't tell if he was mocking her.
Raelynn didn't look at him, but she knew exactly what he was referring to: her scorched-earth tactic of outing Seraphina as a future sister-in-law.
"I didn't outright say the two of you were morally bankrupt degenerates having an affair. I was doing a good deed, giving you both cover. You should be thanking me."
Raelynn's tongue was as sharp as a knife.
Sebastian finally lowered his gaze to look at her.
They had reached the entrance.
The staff respectfully hurried over to take their coats.
It was a major family dinner.
The turnout was substantial.
Aside from Chairman Croix Sr. and Tristan Croix, who were overseas, and Cameron, who was still locked up, almost everyone else was present.
The Croix family's dining hall was massive, yet only required a few tables.
They were seated at the main table. Raelynn no longer bothered acting like the subservient wife who needed to win over the elders just to survive. Stripped of all pretense, she offered a bare-minimum greeting to Matilda and the others before taking her seat.
Brenda Polk looked displeased, shooting Raelynn a sharp glare. "Tossing your messes onto our laps just to get what you want. You've got quite the scheming mind, Raelynn."
In Brenda's view, Raelynn had purposely exposed the sister-in-law connection to ruin Seraphina's romance with Sebastian. But a woman like Seraphina was damaged goods, and her precious son Cameron wouldn't want her leftovers anyway!
Raelynn held her water glass, not even bothering to lift her eyes. "That's right. Spending time with people like you all these years has given me so many stress knots that my doctor told me to just let my anger out. I don't coddle trash or trashy behavior."
Brenda scoffed softly.
It seemed Sebastian didn't care whether Raelynn lived or died. He likely assumed she lacked the skills to run the company and was just waiting for her to fail so he could swoop in and reclaim Longstride legitimately.
Dinner continued, the table simmering with unspoken agendas.
Brenda, seeming in higher spirits now, made a point to announce, "Cameron is getting out soon. Next month."
When that happened, the Croix family would be forced to deal with the messy, absurd situation.
Raelynn stared down at her plate.
Cameron was getting out?
What would that mean for Seraphina?
And how would Sebastian handle it?
It felt like everything was about to become infinitely more complicated.

Comments
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!...