He Never Loved Me Until the Day I Finally Left Him novel Chapter 869

She threw the papers back onto the desk, shaking her head frantically.

"I won't sign it. Seb, I am absolutely not getting a divorce," she declared vehemently.

He continued to stare at her with an impossibly dark gaze.

It was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Being pinned under that stare made her skin crawl with anxiety.

But she forced herself to maintain a brave front.

"I will not sign," she repeated like a broken record.

Taking a step back, a sudden thought seemed to strike her.

She quickly closed the distance between them again.

Her slender arms reached up, instinctively wrapping around his neck.

She was undeniably beautiful, her features naturally alluring.

The perfect blend of innocent and seductive.

Compared to her, Helena was an entirely different kind of beauty.

In the past, he had never truly valued Helena.

Because he never had to.

Helena had always been a given; something he possessed effortlessly.

No matter the time or place, she was always waiting exactly where he left her.

And because she was so easily kept, he had never bothered to cherish her.

Now, Janetta was throwing herself at him, practically begging.

Yet he felt absolutely nothing.

"Janetta," he finally spoke, his voice completely hollow.

She didn't dare respond.

He didn't care, simply pressing on. "This divorce is non-negotiable. Whether you sign it willingly or not, the outcome will be the same. I'd assume you prefer not to be forced."

His tone was ice-cold, stripped of any lingering affection.

She instinctively stumbled back a step.

He advanced, his presence utterly overbearing.

The remaining color fled from her face.

Because she knew he never made idle threats.

But he didn't give her an inch of breathing room.

Her heel caught on the rug, and she collapsed onto the floor.

He stood over her, looking down like a judge observing a condemned prisoner.

"You already knew exactly who she was, didn't you?"

"Are you going to look me in the eye and say you had nothing to do with this recent kidnapping?"

He fired the questions like bullets.

He deliberately omitted Cyrus's name.

"No, I swear I didn't know! I don't know anything!" She was completely coming apart at the seams.

He crouched down, locking eyes with her.

He enunciated every single syllable. "Sign the paper. Don't make me get physical. As for the rest, whether you admit to it or not means absolutely nothing to me."

She kept violently shaking her head.

Refusing to put pen to paper.

Seeing there was no way out, she dropped the innocent act.

"Seb, if you know who she really is, then you have to see it! She's gunning straight for you," she spat out desperately. "Doing this just plays right into her hands!"