Boss, Your Wife Signed the Divorce Agreement Before the Wedding novel Chapter 817
Sebastian made no move to stop Raelynn. He knew that when it came to this mess, she and Ian were long overdue for an honest confrontation. This time, she would finally see certain people and realities for exactly what they were.
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By the time Raelynn arrived at Zenith Holdings, Ian had just wrapped up a meeting.
Seeing her push open his office door, he already had a fairly solid guess as to how the evening's events had unfolded.
"Take a seat." Ian set down his signature pen and walked toward her.
But to Raelynn, the man standing in front of her felt miles away from the version of him she thought she knew. She had spent the entire drive desperately forcing her emotions back under control.
She refused to sit. She simply locked eyes with him. "The Hudson family trading Lily to the Croix family like a corporate asset—did you ever plan on telling me?"
At this point.
She wasn't naive enough to believe Ian was kept in the dark about his family's master plans.
He was the incoming patriarch of the Hudson empire, after all.
Nothing of this scale happened without his explicit knowledge!
Ian met her furious gaze. "You don't trust me?"
"Mr. Hudson, I have the self-awareness to know I'm not important enough for you to forfeit millions of dollars in corporate leverage. We don't have that kind of bond."
Raelynn delivered the unvarnished truth.
From the very beginning, when she and Ian colluded to register Lily under his name, they had both been operating on mutual exploitation. He needed her and the child to dodge an arranged marriage; she needed his power to hide her daughter safely out of reach.
However, the script had flipped mid-way.
Neither of them could have predicted she would turn out to be the long-lost Yves heiress.
Hearing her cold assessment, Ian's eyes darkened. "So, in your mind, I'm already guilty as charged?"
Raelynn had zero patience for this psychological chess match. Her face was a mask of ice. "The Hudson family has no right to use my child as a bargaining chip for profit. When you helped me secure Lily's paperwork, it was a business transaction where we both got what we wanted. You achieved your goal, and I don't owe you anything anymore. Since the Hudsons have decided to betray that arrangement, I refuse to be your pawn. The wedding is off."
She was going to take Lily and run.
Something flickered in Ian's eyes.
True.
A dark suspicion suddenly flared in his mind.
Why was it so incredibly convenient that Seraphina had thrown that massive public tantrum right when she did, creating a PR nightmare so severe that both families had no choice but to sever the engagement to save face?
Was Sebastian really innocent in all of that?
Or...
Had Sebastian orchestrated the entire scandal from the shadows?
Had he weaponized every available piece on the board just to sever their legitimate connection?
Ian's demeanor cooled noticeably. He looked down at the fierce guard Raelynn had thrown up against him. His thin lips pressed together. "The wedding will continue. Since you know what both families are scheming, you should realize that without the legal protection of my marriage, your chances of keeping your daughter are zero. Only if you marry me will I step in and help you. Whatever the Hudsons are planning won't matter then."
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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!...