Boss, Your Wife Signed the Divorce Agreement Before the Wedding novel Chapter 654

If those families hadn't pulled strings behind the scenes...

Things would never have escalated so disastrously.

Silas had spent decades clawing his way up the corporate ladder. He knew a coordinated takedown when he saw one. It took massive influence to trigger a federal investigation this quickly.

The Croix family—and perhaps even the Yves family—wanted his head on a platter.

But he couldn't figure it out.

Since when did Seraphina manage to offend them so deeply that they were out for blood?

Where had it all gone wrong?

"If you can't fix this," Silas spat, his voice pure venom, "then I will sever all ties with you. I'll file for divorce. I am not going down with your sinking ship!"

If he legally separated from them, maybe his enemies would back off.

He had been with Blanche for two decades, but a wife meant nothing compared to his beloved company.

He wasn't bluffing.

Pointing a furious finger toward the stairs, he snarled, "And take that bastard child of yours with you!"

He didn't have time to coddle them.

With that final threat, he stormed out as quickly as he had arrived.

He needed to get to the office and shred whatever evidence he could find before the authorities raided the place.

Blanche was stunned. After years of marriage, she couldn't believe Silas would cut them loose so ruthlessly just to save his own skin.

Seraphina had never been subjected to this level of cruelty. She bit her lip so hard she tasted blood. "Seb wouldn't abandon me. He just couldn't side with me publicly. I'll go see him... I'll go find him right now."

She forced herself to pull it together.

Before leaving, she turned to her mother with a hardened gaze. "If Silas wants to play dirty, fine. We'll take our money and run. I still have shares in Keystone Manufacturing. We'll cash out and leave him to drown in his own debt."

Silas was the one who drew first blood.

So she sure as hell wasn't sharing her nest egg with him!

As the official Mrs. Croix in the eyes of the public, she was undoubtedly the subject of countless whispers.

She couldn't openly defy the patriarch in front of all these people.

Sometimes, survival meant playing the social game.

Pressing her lips together, she stepped away from Tristan and made her way over.

When she reached his side, Sebastian finally looked up, his gaze lazy as he pulled the chair out for her.

His eyes were calm and waiting.

He held it steady so she could sit.

Raelynn knew she was walking on thin ice. Forrest would never tolerate her announcing her divorce from Sebastian tonight.

If she did...

It would ruin the entire narrative the Croix family had spent the evening spinning. They had decisively distanced themselves from Seraphina, convincing everyone it was all a delusion. If Raelynn dropped the divorce bomb now, the family would immediately fall under intense suspicion and scrutiny.