Divorce and Freedom No More Homemaker for Him novel Chapter 706

Chapter 706 The Mask Slips

Ayla nodded. “Yeah. Let’s go.”

She understood why Draven had done what he did. But understanding didn’t mean she could come to terms with it all at once.

Like being furious at someone. The anger doesn’t vanish instantly. It needs time to fade.

If Draven cooperated now, the resentment might dissolve faster.

“Mr. Storm, I’d like to temporarily borrow the nannies you hired for the babies. I’ll drive them back to Trensea overnight. Once we’re settled, I’ll arrange for the nannies to return.”

Flying would mean cabin pressure, and the babies would definitely cry.

Ayla couldn’t bear that. Driving was better.

Max said. “That works. I’ll call the driver.”

He was about to make the call when Draven, who’d been watching them the entire time, tapped his phone first. Moments later, a bodyguard walked in. Six foot five. And he wasn’t alone.

The atmosphere in the room turned suffocating.

“I didn’t want it to come to this.” Draven looked at Ayla. His expression was calm. His tone was casual, like he was commenting on the weather.

But it was the ease in his voice that made it terrifying.

Ayla could still hear everything he’d said moments ago. And yet his actions were the exact opposite. Her eyes widened. “Draven, you said you’d apologize! This is your apology?”

His gaze landed on Max, and the warmth vanished. When it shifted back to Ayla, it softened–just barely. “I’ll have James pick Max up. I won’t lock him away this time. But he’s not coming near you again.”

Draven’s words fell like orders. Final. Absolute.

For a moment, Ayla felt like she’d been thrown back in time.

Draven was the boss she’d never dared to cross.

Ayla was just the little secretary who followed his commands.

In a heartbeat, Draven had seized total control, imposing his will with a force that couldn’t be challenged

Ayla’s face went white.

A flicker of danger crossed Max’s eyes. Then, he let out a helpless laugh. “Good thing I came in a rush today. Otherwise, Mr. Storm, holding me here wouldn’t have been this easy.”

The words barely left his mouth before the bodyguards had him.

2:01 pm

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Chapter 706 The Mask Slips

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Ayla lunged for Max.

Draven caught her wrist. The grip was crushing. Ayla’s face was pure disappointment. “Let go of me!”

Draven ignored the look that cut straight through him. His jaw clenched. “You’re not leaving with him.”

“You’re keeping the babies. Now you want to keep me, too? Draven, why are you doing this to me!”

She’d never imagined Draven would actually hold her here. That’s why she’d had the nerve to come for the children in the first place.

Max tried to calm her. “Ayla, don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine. It’s you I’m worried about. I’ll find a way to come get you…”

Draven couldn’t stand another syllable. His voice came out cold enough to freeze bone, thin anger cracking through. “Get him out of here. Now.”

Max clearly worked out. Probably trained in some form of combat. But against bodyguards built like small mountains, he was powerless. Unless he had a weapon, being dragged away was inevitable.

Max was gone. No servant dared come near. Because the master of this house was angry.

A man who never got angry, showing even the faintest trace of it-

It still hit like thunder.

Back in Trensea, Ayla had known the gap between herself and Troy. Troy never hid his ugly side. His cruelty was loud, written across his face and his actions.

Draven was nothing like that.

Steady. Unreadable. At work, he had no extreme management style. He never crushed his employees with pressure, yet every single one of them stayed in line.

in social settings, he could talk about anything. Business, leisure, whatever.

This was a man who left no loose ends. Who navigated people with effortless precision. That was why everyone walked away thinking he was composed, and powerful, and mature.

Nearly everyone who met him had nothing but praise.

But no one is perfect. His steadiness also meant he ran deep. No one had ever truly seen through him.

Draven’s walls went down further than anyone knew.

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