Boss, Your Wife Signed the Divorce Agreement Before the Wedding novel Chapter 39
Raelynn had no idea how Lily had managed to pick up on it.
She prided herself on being good at hiding her feelings, yet Lily saw right through the mask.
She wasn't unhappy, and she certainly wasn't heartbroken.
It was just that... when so many things piled up on top of each other, the weight pressed down on her chest until she couldn't breathe, and there was absolutely no release.
"No, of course not." Raelynn squeezed her hand tight, forcing her smile to look softer and more genuine. "Did you finish your bath, baby?"
Lily nodded. She pressed her soft little cheek against the phone screen, rubbing it gently as if giving her mother a silent hug. "Mommy, don't be sad. I know you're trying to change the subject, and that's okay. When I come back to you, Mommy will be happy again."
Raelynn quickly flipped the phone so the camera faced her chest.
She tilted her head back, desperately trying to force the tears back down.
But it was completely useless.
After everything that had happened recently, she acted like she was decisive and unbreakable.
But the truth was, she was just enduring it.
Enduring it was her only option.
When your pain has nowhere to go, pretending everything is perfectly fine is the only way to protect yourself.
Raelynn roughly wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve and put her smile back on. "Okay. Just wait a little longer, baby. Mommy is going to bring you into the light very soon."
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After being dumped on the side of the road in the freezing cold for over half an hour last night.
Inevitably, Raelynn caught a terrible cold.
But she absolutely hated taking medicine. When she was a kid, her mentors forced her to identify and taste raw herbs, leaving her with a visceral, physical aversion to it.
She figured she would just tough it out for a few days.
Before the new year, her main goal at NexusMind was finalizing the project proposals.
After the holidays, she planned to dive headfirst into promoting natural, integrative medicine. Over the years, holistic practices had lost their reputation due to various issues.
Poor ingredient quality, sketchy practitioners, misdiagnoses, and outright con artists.
Because of this, public opinion on traditional healing had become incredibly polarized.
That was the exact problem she wanted to solve.
Seraphina was walking right beside him, looking over a medical bill.
They looked like the perfect, happy 'family of three.'
Love me, love my dog—Sebastian was taking that to the absolute extreme.
Because he loved Seraphina, he was fully committed to taking care of her little brother, personally escorting him to the doctor when he was sick.
Maybe she had stared a little too directly.
Right before walking into the pediatrician's office, Sebastian glanced over.
Their eyes locked for two full seconds.
Then, he smoothly looked away, acting exactly as if she didn't exist.
Seraphina noticed it too.
She wasn't worried that Raelynn would lose her mind and run over screaming that he was her husband. Raelynn wasn't stupid enough to humiliate herself like that.
Feeling incredibly smug, Seraphina naturally slid her hand through Sebastian's empty arm, clinging to him.
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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!...