She was trying to salvage her image and position.
Blanche was so furious her face turned chalk-white, her brain buzzing with static.
Where did it all go wrong?
Why didn't Raelynn's blood work?
And how on earth was the amulet a fake?
"Show them out!" Quentin ordered coldly, stripping away any remaining pretense of civility.
Seraphina violently snapped back to reality. She frantically looked at Sebastian, desperate to explain that it wasn't what it looked like. She wanted to salvage her now completely degraded image and beg for his intervention.
But he just kept his eyes lowered, lost in his own thoughts.
Was he furious?
Did he think she had been playing him this whole time too?
The thought made Seraphina's chest seize with agonizing, suffocating panic. "Sebastian, I can explain! I swear I don't know how this happened!"
It was blatantly obvious they had made an enemy of the Yves family.
She could only imagine the hellfire they would rain down in retaliation.
If the fake amulet hadn't been discovered, tonight would have just been a painful failure. But now, it was the final nail in the coffin!
Sebastian finally lifted his gaze.
His dark eyes were utterly impenetrable.
He didn't say a word.
He offered absolutely zero comfort.
Sensing his displeasure, Seraphina's breathing hitched. Consumed by terror, her eyes welled with tears. "Sebastian..."
"Go back first."
His tone was bone-chillingly indifferent.
Those three words plunged Seraphina straight into an icy abyss.
She couldn't decipher what he was thinking.
Dr. Hayes's estate employed private security, and guards promptly marched in to "escort" the two women out. They showed no mercy, bordering on outright hostility.
Sylvia offered him a faint "I'm fine" smile.
Raelynn entirely sympathized with Dr. Hayes.
"It's alright. Just promise me you'll take your blood pressure medication and try not to dwell on this, okay?" Raelynn knew the older woman was suffering the worst emotional whiplash of all. Surviving such extreme highs and devastating lows would crush anyone.
Dr. Hayes managed a weak smile.
"I will."
She turned and walked slowly back to her rooms.
Her usually commanding posture seemed to have withered, her shoulders sagging under an invisible weight.
Watching her retreat, Raelynn felt a lump in her throat.
"Mr. Croix, if you don't mind, please see Raelynn out," Quentin requested, his brow furrowed. Tonight had been a disaster. His mother was still demanding Sylvia's exile, and his biological daughter was still missing. He was carrying a heavy burden.
But he still remembered his manners.
At the request, Sebastian turned to look at Raelynn.
Raelynn rejected it instantly. "I don't need it."

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!...