"Mr. Croix, shall we schedule a time to finalize the buyout contract?" Mr. Tanner asked politely, strictly adhering to his philosophy that even with a new boss, one must never offend Sebastian Croix.
He could never pull off Raelynn's brazen disrespect.
Not unless he wanted his career in the industry to end immediately.
Sebastian tore his gaze away from the empty doorway. "Yes. I'll contact her when it's time."
Leo strolled over with a scoff. "Raelynn is incredibly short-sighted. She thinks she robbed you with that price tag, but she has no idea how much this project will pull in once it launches. The future profits will eclipse that ninety million easily. She's really not cut out for this."
The only reason he had tagged along today,
was because he was personally investing in Seraphina's venture.
He desperately wanted to see her succeed, to finally be free from Raelynn's suffocating control and forge a smooth path forward.
"Her lack of vision is exactly why I'm walking away cleanly with my team and my project. It's perfectly fine," Seraphina said, forcing herself to calm down after the initial surge of anger.
Even if Raelynn had mocked her, she had still secured exactly what she came for.
The one truly taking the loss here was Raelynn.
And the woman was completely oblivious to it.
"I need to take a call," Sebastian announced, standing up and entirely ignoring their conversation.
As he walked out, he spotted two employees Mr. Tanner had sent in to remove Raelynn's chair.
The chair Seraphina had touched.
It was being hauled out to the dumpster like a piece of infected garbage.
Just because someone else had sat in it, it had been issued an absolute death sentence.
His gaze lingered on the chair for a few heavy seconds before he finally looked away.
Raelynn had a packed schedule. Now that the mess here was sorted, she needed to head straight back to NexusMind Technologies.
As she reached the elevator bank,
she ran into Seraphina, who was also preparing to leave.
Seraphina seemed to have bounced back into high spirits. She shot Raelynn a superior look and said, "I hope you get that contract drawn up quickly, Raelynn. Don't delay my upcoming promotional launches. We won't be associating ourselves with the Longstride brand moving forward."
She had originally planned to build a stable foundation at Longstride.
But the formula had never been registered! Unless... did Faye register it under a different name?
Seraphina looked violently ill.
Her entire plan had banked on Faye being unable to produce concrete evidence. She had assumed the patent dispute would drag on endlessly, ultimately defaulting to her ownership and allowing the initial negative press to simply fade away.
But now...
Faye had played a trump card.
Desperate, she pressed the caller. "Excuse me, did Faye register it under a different name? Could you tell me what it is?"
She needed to know exactly who this Faye was.
Her nationality, her background, anything.
Hearing her own name, Raelynn arched her eyebrow slightly.
For a split second, she worried The Patent Office might actually slip up and reveal her identity.
But her concern was unwarranted. Seraphina quickly frowned and snapped, "The applicant refuses to disclose it? Fine. I understand."

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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!...