Disbelief washed over her.
Giving way to absolute shock.
Desperately searching her memories, she tried to recall if Sebastian had ever rejected her this ruthlessly before. Everything felt blurry, plunging her into a spiral of self-doubt.
She wondered if she was just overthinking things.
Her grip on the phone tightened involuntarily.
Silas Vance had explicitly called her, ordering her to bring Sebastian home to help smooth over the company's recent implosion.
These weren't minor hiccups.
The accounting scandals, the disastrous operational shifts, the severed partnerships.
They desperately needed Sebastian's influence to survive.
Perhaps.
He really was just too swamped with work.
And it wasn't a rejection at all.
Taking a deep, stabilizing breath, Seraphina turned to head back to the restaurant.
But the moment she spun around, she collided hard into a man's chest.
Recognizing Cameron, her expression instantly turned icy. Frustrated and on edge because of Sebastian, she spat out venomously, "Get out of my way."
Cameron smirked at her hostility. "Look at you, already playing the high-and-mighty Mrs. Croix."
Talking to him like that.
She didn't want to waste her breath on him.
She tried to step around.
But Cameron roughly grabbed her arm and dragged her forcefully toward the adjacent restrooms. Kicking the door shut, he shoved her hard against the tiled wall, crowding into her space and pinching her jaw.
It was a thoroughly degrading hold.
"Why are you playing hard to get? You practically threw yourself at me just to get close to my brother, didn't you?"
Seraphina's face drained of color as Cameron's free hand drifted down to her waist, inching lower.
"I suggest you stop right there," she warned sharply. "If Sebastian finds out, he'll tear you apart!"
That night... it hadn't been Sebastian...
No wonder.
No wonder no matter how wild she got, "Sebastian" hadn't reciprocated her enthusiasm.
Cameron had known she'd mistaken him in the dark and played along just to humiliate her.
Cameron laughed, lightly slapping her bloodless cheek. "It must have taken some serious scheming to hook a man like my brother. But you got sloppy. You let his affection go to your head. You flaunted it, parading around to make sure everyone knew you were his most prized possession. And in doing so, you became his softest, most vulnerable target. Honestly, I should thank you for seducing him."
Who in The Croix Family was truly content living under Sebastian's iron-fisted rule?
Their grandfather had unilaterally appointed Sebastian as the sole heir, effectively cutting everyone else out. But now, Cameron had struck gold.
That cold, ruthless, untouchable man—a man who didn't care for anyone, who was cruel even to his own wife—finally had a fatal flaw.
Seraphina.
The mere thought of leveraging her to crush Sebastian filled Cameron with an intoxicating thrill.
In an excellent mood, his thumb suggestively brushed over her trembling lips before he finally released her, shoving his hands in his pockets as he casually strolled out.

Comments
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!...