Raelynn's words were sharp and unforgiving.
Jeanette's face lost all its color, her usually elegant features twisting with fury as her chest heaved with heavy, outraged breaths.
Raelynn had lost her mind!
She had gone completely insane tonight!
How dare she spout such outrageous treason!
Even Cyrus, standing a few feet away, darkened with anger. He immediately shot a glaring look at Sebastian, who hadn't lifted a finger to stop Raelynn's rampage.
His expression was etched with deep disapproval.
Matilda Croix hadn't anticipated that forcing Raelynn to attend tonight's gala would result in such a catastrophic surprise for the Croix family.
She clutched her pearls tightly. "Enough! Haven't you humiliated us enough for one night?"
Raelynn had completely shredded their facade. Tonight, the Croix family had officially become the laughingstock of Kingsford's elite!
If the retired chairman in Canada found out about this, there would be hell to pay for everyone.
Raelynn's gaze was ice-cold as she stared down the hypocritical matriarch. "The Croix family dug this grave, I'm just reading the headstone. If you're embarrassed, it's because your family is rotten to the core, not because I dared to speak the truth. And another thing—do not ever disrupt my life again. Otherwise, I can't guarantee what I'll do next time."
She was genuinely furious over the fabricated divorce certificate.
The Croix family had pushed her to the absolute breaking point.
If they thought they could still use her to maintain their precious reputation, they were dead wrong.
Matilda's wrinkled lips trembled as she glared at her. "Are you truly not going to regret what you've done today?"
Raelynn offered a slow, bitter smile, her reddened eyes flashing with unbreakable resolve. "I've always been completely serious. When I say I'm done, I am done."
From the moment she first brought up the divorce, the family had treated it like a joke. They assumed it was a bluff, convinced she was still desperately clinging to Sebastian and the Croix fortune.
They had never once taken her boundaries seriously.
Well, tonight she was making it undeniably clear: she had zero interest in Sebastian's heart, and there was no going back!
Matilda was stunned into silence.
Even Sebastian, who had seemed entirely indifferent to the evening's chaos, finally let his gaze trace every inch of Raelynn's face.
His dark eyes were an endless, unfathomable abyss.
But Raelynn couldn't care less what was going on in his head.
His eyes were eerily calm, yet they swirled with a dark, predatory intensity. Just the weight of his stare was enough to send a bone-chilling shiver down anyone's spine.
"If we're talking about disrespect," he said smoothly, "Raelynn still has a long way to go to catch up to me."
"After all, didn't I almost burn my own father alive years ago?"
He delivered the line with terrifying casualness, yet the words sliced through the air like a lethal blade, instantly suffocating everyone in the circle.
The surrounding faces morphed into portraits of horror.
Jeanette and Cyrus looked especially stricken.
Jeanette's spine went rigid with fear.
For years, Sebastian had buried his true, ruthless nature beneath a veneer of flawless charm and restraint. They had almost forgotten the monster that lurked beneath that immaculate custom suit.
Even Cyrus furrowed his brow.
His son was, fundamentally, a cold-blooded sociopath who cared absolutely nothing for family ties.
Sebastian made no effort to clarify or soften his threat.
He simply let the storm of his words wreak havoc.

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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!...