Raelynn thought it was Lily getting impatient and climbing up again.
But then it hit her—there was no way Lily had the strength to scale an SUV by herself.
She instantly glanced back.
Just as she caught sight of a dark silhouette, the figure lunged at her with terrifying speed.
A heavy hand clamped down hard over her mouth and nose.
Reacting on pure instinct, she tried to shove the car door open and run, but someone outside held it shut. A handkerchief smothered her breath, and a strange, faintly sweet scent rushed into her brain.
Her vision began to blur.
All the strength drained from her limbs, but she forced her unfocused eyes to look outside.
Lily...
Raelynn slipped into darkness.
-
Meanwhile.
At the Yves family estate.
Inside the main hall.
Many guests had already taken their seats.
Sebastian Croix had also made an appearance.
Seraphina Vance had brought it up earlier that morning, hoping Sebastian would accompany her to the Yves estate for the DNA sampling.
Sebastian didn't join the crowd at the front.
He simply sat alone in a chair, unhurriedly savoring his tea.
Quite a few members of the Yves family were present. Dr. Evelyn Hayes had two daughters and one son, while Quentin Yves had an older and a younger sister, both of whom were in attendance today.
There were also some of the younger generation from the Yves family.
Sierra Yves curiously watched the professionals from the medical agency walking through the doors one by one.
Julian sat right next to Sebastian, keeping his distance from the front just like him.
He couldn't quite describe his mood; a part of him hoped for a match, while another part dreaded it.
Sebastian took a sip of tea and glanced sideways. "If it's confirmed, have you thought about what you'll do?"
Such a person...
Someone lacking morals, with a rotten core.
It made his mind feel as if it were being repeatedly dunked into a vat of acid.
He was suffering inside and out.
He hadn't exactly had an easy time lately.
"Saying this now feels more like passing judgment on me." Julian shook his head with a self-deprecating chuckle, then shot Sebastian a complicated look. "If she really is my sister, I don't think I can stomach her being a homewrecker. Anyone else, sure, but not my own sister. Sebastian, you know my family's history. I can't accept it."
His mother had passed away when he was four.
That was right around the age he started forming memories.
He had always had a sharp memory. His mother was a woman who loved to smile. She would hold his baby sister up for him to see and ask if he wanted to live with just the two of them.
He was too young to understand back then.
He only knew there were problems between his mother and father.
He didn't know what those problems were, and wanting his parents to make up, he told her he wanted his dad too. The look his mother gave him then was incredibly complex.

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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!...