Boss, Your Wife Signed the Divorce Agreement Before the Wedding novel Chapter 578

Her brows instantly knitted together.

Reacting on pure instinct, she shoved her elbow and free hand hard against his chest.

She forced him back a step.

Breaking his hold on her waist in the process.

"Don't touch me," she snapped. "You make my skin crawl."

It was a raw, unfiltered reaction.

She didn't even care about keeping up appearances.

Sebastian took a slight step back. At the word "crawl," a dark, unreadable emotion flickered in his pitch-black eyes. It was gone in an instant, replaced by cold indifference as he slowly adjusted his suit jacket.

"My mistake for interfering."

His tone was perfectly flat.

But his utter lack of reaction felt like a suffocating weight, leaving her with no sense of victory.

Lily stared up at the two of them, her big eyes darting back and forth in confusion.

Even she could tell the energy between her mother and this man was downright toxic.

"Sebastian, over here."

Seraphina had noticed the commotion and practically sprinted back over. Pushing past Raelynn, she latched onto Sebastian's arm, pressing herself against him.

Only then did she turn to acknowledge Raelynn, her voice dripping with icy condescension. "I'd appreciate it if you kept your boundaries from now on. Try to maintain an appropriate distance, and show a little respect for his relationship status."

Raelynn actually let out a dry laugh.

She saw exactly what Seraphina was doing.

This desperate attempt to claim territory was pathetic.

Her possessiveness was so suffocating she might as well have rented a billboard to announce they had slept together.

A mocking smirk touched Raelynn's lips. "Then you better keep him on a tight leash. If he could cheat with you, he'll eventually cheat on you. If you don't start building up some tolerance now, the future is going to eat you alive."

With that final blow.

Raelynn grabbed Lily's hand and walked away without looking back.

Seraphina's face drained of color.

Raelynn felt perfectly comfortable letting Lily roam. The Yves family security was airtight. Given Dr. Hayes's status, the grounds were crawling with elite security detail, making it safer than a bank vault.

Once Lily was happily distracted.

Raelynn finally answered Sierra's question. "You think he's being lenient with me?" She shook her head with a cynical laugh. "No. That's just who he is. He refuses to waste a single ounce of energy on someone he doesn't care about. Getting angry with me serves no purpose. De-escalating the situation gives him a better return on investment. He's just relentlessly calculating and cold-blooded."

Sierra stared at her, wide-eyed.

Then, she asked softly, "Professor, how can you be so sure?"

Raelynn's voice was hollow, stating a simple, indisputable fact. "Because he never loved me."

Sierra cringed awkwardly.

Across the lawn.

A parade of distinguished guests lined up to shake Sebastian's hand.

When there was finally a lull.

Seraphina glanced up at him, a flush of manufactured shyness coloring her cheeks. "Last night... we definitely had a little too much to drink, didn't we?"