Divorced CEO's Forgotten Wife Strikes Back (Riley and Bryce) novel Chapter 282

Chapter 282 Time Healed Everything

“Look, either ask Bryce to help you or we’ll find you some regular lawyer. Your dad and I don’t want to waste any more money on this,” Miranda said.

“You don’t want to waste money? So you’re saving it all for my brother? You bought him a house and car overseas, but you won’t even spend money on a decent lawyer for me?” Bella shot back.

The slap came hard and fast. Miranda’s hand cracked across Bella’s face.

“What are you talking about? Your brother will take care of us when we’re old. We’ve already spent enough on you!”

Bella’s cheek stung, but the pain in her chest hurt so much

worse.

She had worked so hard to make everyone respect her. Once upon a time, she had it all. Princeton graduate, first female pilot at Cloud Airlines, even a tech billionaire who loved her. She thought her life would stay golden forever.

Bella believed her parents would finally see that she was better than their precious son. She was going to prove that even though she came from the lesser branch, she was the one who 4

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truly mattered in the Sinclair family.

But now everything had fallen apart. All because she threw away a cigarette butt without thinking.

“Hah, this is so ridiculous,” Bella laughed through her tears, the sound bitter and broken.

She glared at Miranda with pure hatred. “The way you’re treating me today will come back to bite you. What goes around comes around, and I’ll be waiting to watch it happen!”

Bella felt the same way about Bryce. She couldn’t wait to see how badly things would go for him in the future.

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Riley and Lara attended the city’s investment conference together.

“What’s wrong? You seem distracted. Are you worried we won’t land the project?” Riley asked.

“That’s not it. It’s just…” Lara trailed off. She kept thinking about her one–year deal with Shawn, and it was driving her

crazy.

After all these years, she never thought she’d have to deal with Shawn again.

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“What is it?” Riley pressed.

“It’s complicated. I’ll tell you later,” Lara said.

Just then, commotion broke out nearby.

Riley looked up and saw Sebastian walking into the venue surrounded by reporters. He wore a charcoal gray suit that made his handsome face look cold and distant.

The sight reminded Riley of the old days when she used to watch him from afar. It felt like they’d come full circle back to where they started.

“Riley, Sebastian’s looking this way!” Lara whispered.

Riley’s body went rigid as their eyes met across the room. Sebastian was staring right at her.

Would he come over? What would he say? With all these reporters around, one wrong move and they’d be trending on social media again.

Riley didn’t want to draw too much attention to herself right

now.

Riley was about to pull Lara away when Sebastian suddenly turned his head and kept walking forward. He acted like that glance he’d given her was completely accidental.

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“Sebastian just pretended he doesn’t know you. Are you two really done?” Lara whispered.

“I guess he finally came to his senses,” Riley said quietly, looking down.

Her heart ached as she said it. Even though her brain kept telling her to let go of this relationship, she couldn’t just turn off her feelings in a few days.

Time healed everything though. Maybe after a while, she and Sebastian would drift apart like two parallel lines that never meet again.

“Let’s go check out that project we need to discuss,” Riley told Lara.

They’d barely taken a few steps when someone called out, “Riley!”

Riley turned around and immediately frowned. It was Bryce calling her name.

“Bryce, I told you before. You don’t get to call me that anymore,” Riley said with disgust.

“Okay, you don’t like it when I call you that. I won’t do it again next time,” Bryce said. “How have you been lately?”

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