Sebastian Croix didn't drink tonight.
He drove to the marital home.
He had been sleeping here almost every day recently, so when he pulled up to the gate, he spotted Seraphina Vance standing there immediately.
It was autumn.
The cold night wind howled.
The sight of a woman's delicate figure standing in the dark easily roused a man's protective instincts.
He gave her a dismissive glance and stopped the car when Seraphina noticed him and excitedly stepped forward to block his path.
Sebastian didn't get out; he simply rolled down the window.
Even looking up from inside the car, he exuded a predatory, overbearing aura.
Meeting his intense gaze, Seraphina felt a chill run through her, but she bit the bullet anyway. "Sebastian, let's talk."
She didn't want to appear too desperate, as if she had truly done something wrong.
Sebastian checked his watch. "Speak."
Assuming he was still angry, Seraphina softened her tone. "I know you spoke in anger at the banquet. With so many people watching, you couldn't let the Croix family lose face."
He cared about her. She couldn't let herself waver so easily.
Sebastian rested one hand on the steering wheel, tapping his fingers in an unhurried rhythm, and gave no response.
Taking a deep breath, her face still pale from the shock she hadn't quite recovered from, Seraphina forced a smile and leaned in. "We are all adults. I've never denied that we dated in the past. The baby thing is total nonsense. The past is the past. We have a solid foundation together. Give me a chance. Don't break my heart, okay?"
"I can't lose you." As she said this, Seraphina clutched the edge of the car window.
Her eyes welled with tears.
Sebastian tapped the steering wheel about ten times before looking at her. "Who you dated is your business. I have no right to interfere."
Act like a clown.
The truth felt like a brutal slap to the face.
She felt like she was burning alive.
Her breathing grew heavy, and she almost lost her voice. "...Why?"
"Because it's none of my business." He smiled, the expression strikingly handsome on his face. "What happens to you has nothing to do with me. Isn't that how we've always operated? I never interfere with what you do."
Seraphina felt her blood run cold.
No interference, no responsibility, no care, no warnings.
And now, his honesty had become a lethal weapon.
Her eyes trembled. "Why?! Why would you treat me like this?"

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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!...