Divorced CEO's Forgotten Wife Strikes Back (Riley and Bryce) novel Chapter 280

Chapter 280 A Tiny Camera

“What obsession!” Lara snapped through gritted teeth. “My boyfriend should understand I was drunk. He won’t mind. He’s very understanding.”

“Then bring your boyfriend here. But only if he’s actually your boyfriend,” Shawn said.

“You—” Lara glared at him.

Shawn continued, “You know what I do for a living. Once you bring him here, I’ll have ways to verify if he’s really your boyfriend or not.”

Lara was furious. “Shawn, what’s the point of this? Don’t tell me you suddenly realized you love me after all these years and now you have to be with me!”

“I haven’t dated anyone since we broke up. My therapist thinks our breakup might have traumatized me and given me relationship issues. He suggested I should get back together with you for a while to help with treatment,” Shawn explained.

Lara couldn’t process this for a moment.

Relationship trauma? She should be the one with trauma! Though she had to admit she never saw any news about Shawn dating anyone else.

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“How long would we need to get back together for your treatment?” Lara asked.

“At least a year,” Shawn said.

“A year?” She frowned. “That’s way too long. Let’s make it shorter. Two months!”

“One year,” Shawn insisted. “If you refuse, I’ll press charges. You won’t just face jail time. Your company’s current projects could be affected too.” He reminded her.

Lara felt her breath catch in her throat. Negotiating with Washington’s top lawyers always ended badly for her.

“Fine, one year it is,” she said.

After all, the company’s projects couldn’t fail, and she definitely couldn’t get arrested for sexual harassment.

It would be… too humiliating.

Bella had been staying home these past few days, resting during her pregnancy while trying to raise money for a good lawyer.

But many famous lawyers wouldn’t take her case. The ones 2/5 who could handle it charged way too much.

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As for Bryce, he wasn’t helping her find a lawyer at all. Instead, he was making things worse by threatening to sue her for stealing 50 million dollars from his account.

If those charges stuck, she’d spend the rest of her life in prison.

In Murphy Tech’s executive office, Bella faced Bryce, who looked at her with complete disgust.

Once upon a time, this man had looked at her with love, admiration, and desire. Now there was nothing but hatred in his eyes.

“What are you doing here?” Bryce asked coldly.

“I heard you’re going to sue me. I came to get the truth.”

“Yes, I’m suing you,” Bryce said without hesitation. “You lied to me about verifying funds. You used my phone to transfer fifty million dollars.

“You knew the company was tight on cash and that money was supposed to solve our emergency. But you betrayed my trust and gave it to that Garrett guy. That money won’t come back for three months. Do you know how much damage you’ve caused me?”

“I did that because I didn’t want to ruin what we have between

us,” Bella said.

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“What we have? Do we really have anything?” Bryce shot back.

“You used to look down on me. I confessed my feelings and you rejected me. But now that I’m successful, suddenly you’re all over me. You don’t care about me at all. You just want to be Mrs. CEO of Murphy Tech.”

Bella’s face changed color. “Whatever happened before, I’m carrying your child now. You can’t treat me like this.”

“Right, the baby.” Bryce stared coldly at her stomach. “You haven’t gotten rid of it yet?”

“It’s our child. How could I get rid of it?” Bella said.

“You better get rid of that baby, or I won’t be nice about it.” Bryce stepped closer, threatening her.

“Never. I won’t get rid of this child.” Bella stood her ground.

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