She shot Sylvia a dark, venomous look. "...there will be hell to pay!"
It wasn't an empty threat.
Raelynn had every intention of doing exactly that.
Once the inspection confirmed the car had been tampered with, she planned to go straight to the authorities. Attempted murder wasn't something to be swept under the rug. She was going to see this through to the bitter end.
She just hadn't expected Blanche to weaponize her intentions so perfectly in this moment.
Still, Blanche's words hung heavily in the room, draining the color from everyone's faces.
Even Quentin's frown deepened.
If this went public, the Yves family's darkest secrets would be broadcast to the world. It would turn them into a laughingstock. Worse, a scandal labeled as attempted murder would irreparably damage their legacy. Given his mother's esteemed position, the ensuing gossip would be relentless.
Even if Sylvia was completely innocent.
Dragging the family through a brutal, public legal battle in the name of justice would guarantee an ugly, uncontrollable fallout.
Most complicated of all, this was no longer just an internal family squabble.
It involved Raelynn, an outsider who had been carelessly dragged into their mess.
They could try to negotiate a quiet settlement with Seraphina and Blanche, avoiding police involvement entirely. But they had absolutely no right to demand that Raelynn sit down, shut up, and swallow the fact that she had been framed. She was entitled to clear her name.
As the tension thickened, Raelynn finally realized the exact role she was meant to play tonight.
Blanche and Seraphina must have convinced Dr. Hayes that she was involved, demanding she be brought in for a confrontation. But the moment she arrived, they weaponized her presence, using her as the ultimate leverage to definitively nail Sylvia as the culprit.
Knowing the Yves family would never allow a full-blown police investigation, Sylvia's actual guilt no longer mattered.
Innocent or not, the trap had been sprung, and she was going down for it.
Raelynn cast a cool, detached glance at the mother-daughter duo.
Seraphina hadn't even officially rejoined the family yet, and she was already orchestrating an all-out war against Sylvia. It was glaringly obvious that neither side would stop until the other was destroyed.
"Enough."
Dr. Hayes, who had remained silent throughout the explosive shouting match, spoke from her seat at the center of the room.
Her expression was anchored in absolute authority.
Everyone in this room deserved the truth.
Dr. Hayes's uncompromising stance caught Blanche and Seraphina off guard.
Was she really going to allow a full investigation?
If the truth came out, and it pointed away from Sylvia...
A surge of irritation spiked in Seraphina's chest. She hadn't expected the old woman to be so stubbornly righteous.
Seraphina's entire goal was to use this manufactured chaos to utterly crush Sylvia and strip her of her status in the Yves family.
But now...
Suddenly, the housekeeper stepped into the room to announce a late-night visitor.
The heavy oak doors swung open.
A tall, imposing figure strode in.

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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!...