Seraphina couldn't believe how smoothly everything was going.
Even at the height of her glory, when she had tried to visit Sebastian, she had never been able to bypass the heavy security of the Croix estate.
Today, it seemed the universe had decided it wasn't her time to die.
She was completely out of options. Every bridge was burned, every exit blocked. Her only chance at survival was throwing herself at the mercy of her unborn child's father.
She refused to rot in a prison cell.
When she reached Cameron's private wing, the staff had already clocked out for the evening.
Seraphina slipped inside without encountering a single soul.
At that exact moment.
Cameron had just finished a phone call in his bedroom upstairs.
He was in a phenomenal mood.
Ever since chaos erupted at Croix Holdings headquarters, the board had been holding emergency meetings day and night to handle the fallout from Sebastian's leaked strategic deployment plan.
They were scrambling to do damage control—and debating how severely to punish Sebastian internally.
This was a historic moment, and Cameron was savoring every second of it.
If everything went according to plan, Sebastian was about to lose his majority support. The new energy strategy involved massive restructuring that threatened the bottom line of many influential board members. Leaking it had caused absolute outrage.
Even though their grandfather had strong-armed the board into appointing Sebastian as the heir years ago...
This scandal was going to drag him down.
His untouchable throne was finally cracking.
And Cameron was perfectly positioned to swoop in and reap the rewards. That original strategy had been the company's highest-level commercial secret, accessible only to Sebastian's inner circle. Seraphina had stolen it, handed it to Cameron, and he had spent weeks carefully restructuring the data to his advantage.
The moment Sebastian was ousted...
Cameron would waltz into headquarters with his 'improved' version of the strategy.
He would seize absolute control.
Cameron scoffed, though he didn't shove her away immediately. "Oh? Explain what? How you cheated on me so publicly that the entire city knew about it? And now that my brother kicked you to the curb, you think you can just come crawling back? Do you think I'm running a charity for his leftovers?"
Seraphina shook her head desperately. "Nothing ever happened between me and your brother!"
That made Cameron pause.
"What kind of garbage are you spouting now?"
"It's the truth." Seraphina looked up, tears streaming down her face. "Aside from playing the part at social events, we never touched. There was absolutely zero intimacy. You know what he's like. He's cold, calculated, and his self-control is terrifying. He never once showed an ounce of desire for me. And I have too much pride to just throw myself into a man's bed uninvited."
She wasn't lying.
Back then, she had been arrogant and overly confident. She had tried dropping subtle hints, practically inviting Sebastian to make a move, but he had always expertly dodged her advances, pretending not to understand.
She used to think he was just being a gentleman. A man of high principles who wasn't driven by base desires.
Even when she was burning with longing for him, she had refused to drop her elegant facade and beg for his attention.
But looking back on it now...

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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!...