Preston understood completely and nodded. "Alright, I'll go talk to the hotel management."
"Sunny, why are your eyes red? Did someone bully you? Tell me, and I will set them straight." Arthur's cloudy eyes caught Raelynn's forced smile, and he anxiously tried to wheel himself forward to touch her face.
Raelynn hurried over. "I'm fine, Grandpa, I'm fine. It's just too crowded here at the hotel. Let's go home to eat, okay?"
Arthur's mind wasn't as sharp as it used to be, so he was easily pacified. Raelynn did her best to soothe him.
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Next door.
Blanche was still seething over Raelynn's disrespect. "Look at that little curse," she scoffed coldly. "Even after being dumped in the countryside all those years, she hasn't lost those nasty thorns. Still as obnoxious and unlikable as ever."
Silas sighed helplessly. "That girl is just like her mother. She never knows when to let things go."
"And yet she's the lucky one. Somehow, she played her cards right and schemed her way into the Croix family. Imagine the dirty tricks she had to use to pull that off," Blanche sneered.
Raelynn was currently hogging the title of Mrs. Croix and refusing to let it go, entirely devoid of shame. It was a constant thorn in Blanche's side.
Suddenly, Blanche's eyes darted sideways. She looked at Silas. "Sera and Sebastian's interview today... it's going to be broadcast publicly, right?"
Silas instantly understood what she was getting at. He fell silent, making no move to stop her. If Raelynn was just going to take up space without offering them any benefits, why let those resources go to waste?
Blanche smiled. "Call the hotel manager over. I need him to do something for us."
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Preston quickly arranged for a car.
Raelynn was pushing Arthur out of the banquet hall when the massive screen at the front of the room suddenly flared to life.
By the time Arthur fully turned around, the intimate footage of Sebastian and Seraphina was gone. The old man looked confused, completely unaware of what had just happened.
Raelynn's hands trembled uncontrollably on the handles of the wheelchair. She couldn't even fathom the shock it would have caused her grandfather if he had seen that. Given his age and fragile health, the stress could have literally killed him.
And this video...
"Nyah nyah nyah! You're a thief! Give my sister her spot back! You're a shameless, evil woman trying to ruin my sister and brother-in-law's relationship!"
A chubby little figure darted through the door. Shane, dressed in a tiny suit and bowtie, stood with his hands on his hips like a little terror, laughing arrogantly at Raelynn. His young face was contorted with pure malice.
He even shot a nasty look at Arthur, puffing his chest out further. "My dad says old geezers like you just drain the life out of everyone else! Since we share a birthday, you better not steal any of my years. Why don't you just..." die.
Slap!
The sharp crack of a hand against a cheek echoed through the room, cutting off his vicious words instantly.

Comments
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!...