Boss, Your Wife Signed the Divorce Agreement Before the Wedding novel Chapter 526

Getting a concrete confirmation from Sebastian sent a thrill of absolute euphoria through Seraphina. Her smile turned sickeningly sweet, a stark and jarring contrast to the suffocatingly serious atmosphere of the conference hall. It inevitably drew eyes from across the room.

After all, today was a brutal, high-stakes competition.

Everyone in the room was wired with tension, completely unable to relax.

Yet Seraphina's corner was filled with light laughter and romantic bliss.

Raelynn wasn't sitting too far away.

She could practically feel the suffocating wave of sugary perfection radiating from their table.

She had no idea what they were whispering about.

But for Seraphina to look that deeply, intoxicatingly in love, Sebastian must have promised her something massive.

The next second.

Raelynn felt Seraphina's gaze lock onto her.

The woman glanced over, her smirk widening into something clear, confident, and impossibly arrogant. She looked like a general who had already won the war. Her eyes were dripping with absolute, unfiltered contempt.

Raelynn furrowed her brow.

What a psycho.

Seeing that Raelynn offered zero reaction—acting as though she was backing down from the challenge—Seraphina let out a silent, mocking scoff.

She was absolutely going to claim the number one spot today.

And then, stepping onto that reality show stage with Sebastian would be the ultimate, televised declaration that they were a united front. The entire world would eagerly rally behind their flawless romance.

People worshipped power and success. Once she flaunted her academic victory on national television, she and Sebastian would be hailed as a match made in heaven.

The Croix family would have no choice but to bow down and accept her.

And by agreeing to go on the show, Sebastian was silently confirming their commitment.

As for Raelynn?

She was getting kicked to the curb. Discarded.

Not just tossed out of Sebastian's heart, but today...

Seraphina hid a dark, twisted smile.

When Preston Moreno walked into the hall, he immediately spotted Raelynn sitting by herself. Meanwhile, a short distance away, Sebastian's section was practically buzzing with VIP energy.

He strode purposefully over to Raelynn.

"Nervous?"

When he found out, wouldn't he lose his mind?

"He won't," Raelynn said flatly.

She looked at Preston and repeated it, her voice hollow. "He doesn't care that I'm marrying Ian. He hasn't had a single reaction. Honestly, I think I completely overestimated how much he would care about a daughter who shares his blood."

She had been thinking about this a lot lately.

Maybe she had been projecting her own deep love onto him this entire time.

Even if Sebastian found out Lily was his flesh and blood, he probably wouldn't even bother fighting for her.

After all, if a man didn't love the mother, how much could he possibly love the child?

Without a foundation of deep, romantic love for his wife, a man's natural paternal instinct was practically non-existent. He could have a child with anyone. To a man like him, the only child that mattered was one born from the woman he actually loved. If he knew Lily was his, he'd probably just view her as an annoying burden interfering with his perfect romance.

Preston didn't know how to respond.

Because a terrifying thought was creeping into his own mind.

Sebastian was a notoriously cold-blooded sociopath. Why would he ever lose his mind over something as trivial as emotional attachments?

The symposium was about to begin.