Julian and Quentin Yves also saw the text message.
Quentin's face paled drastically.
Because Seraphina had sent the Yves family a completely different set of demands.
[Seraphina]: I know you suspect Raelynn is your daughter. If you want to confirm it, you have to keep her alive. I also have Sylvia Dalton. Two lives for ten million dollars. If you want to see the show, come to the fifth floor.
Julian let out a furious curse.
He spun around and sprinted toward the stairs.
Quentin's expression was just as grim. Sylvia was actually dragged into this. He rushed upward almost in sync with Julian.
The Grand Hills Resort wasn't a towering skyscraper; it had a comfortable, leisurely height.
The highest point was the Sky Garden on the fifth floor.
Sebastian and Ian arrived first.
Sensing something was wrong, Leo Flynn hurriedly followed them.
The five men converged in the garden.
And took in the scene.
What they saw made everyone inhale sharply.
The fifth-floor garden only had a viewing area at the front. The back was a service passage for landscapers, with no guardrails whatsoever.
And right now, Raelynn was slumped in a chair, her limbs limp, completely unconscious. She wasn't even tied down. The chair was placed right on the edge of the roof.
One slight misstep, and Raelynn would plummet to her death.
On the other side, Sylvia was still conscious, but her hands and feet were bound.
She was also sitting in a chair, backing up against a fifty-foot drop.
Both men looked terrified, their hearts in their throats.
Only Sebastian remained outwardly composed, his gaze unreadable. He took a step forward. "Name your terms."
His brevity was absolute ruthlessness.
Seraphina stared in disbelief. Facing his sheer indifference contorted her features. "Why won't you say something soft to me?! Why won't you just coax me, make me happy for once?!"
Seeing Seraphina about to lose her mind, Julian glared at Sebastian through gritted teeth. He lunged forward, grabbing Sebastian by the collar. "It's just one sentence, Sebastian! Don't you know what she wants to hear?!"
He understood women too well. She just wanted an answer.
Seraphina wanted Sebastian to personally admit he cared about her, that he had liked her.
What was so hard about faking it for a second?
But Sebastian just shot Julian a cold glance. Raising his hand, he twisted Julian's grip off his shirt, his predatory gaze practically bleeding ice. "You want money to leave the country because you're looking for a way out. Right now, the people begging to survive aren't just your hostages; it's you. Besides offering a fair trade, what gives you the right to bargain with me?"

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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!...