I Chose Me Over My Marriage novel Chapter 67

The moment Lyra stepped back into the villa, she summoned the butler and demanded a total overhaul of the security protocols before heading up to her room.

She walked over to her wardrobe and pulled out an immaculately wrapped box.

Opening it, she stared at the Lennox Heirloom inside.

This time, she was holding every single card.

After carefully placing the heirloom back, her phone started buzzing.

Lyra walked back to the bed, sat down, and picked up the phone from the nightstand.

The screen flashed with Mrs. Sterling Sr.'s name.

This was the first time she had reached out since everything blew up.

Though their relationship had always been a calculated transaction, there had been moments of genuine warmth.

Lyra answered the call, put it on speaker, and set the phone back on the nightstand.

"Lyra, where are you? Why aren't you at home? Are those rumors online true?"

The panic in Mrs. Sterling Sr.'s voice was palpable.

Lyra gave a faint, detached smile and replied calmly, "Things have been incredibly chaotic lately, so I didn't get a chance to tell you. Maxwell and I are getting a divorce. Thank you for all your care and affection over the years."

The line went completely dead for a few agonizing seconds before Mrs. Sterling Sr. finally let out a heavy sigh.

"You can't be serious."

She sounded completely in denial.

She had deliberately played dumb and pretended to know nothing.

Simply because Lyra had a powerful family backing her and was blindly devoted to Maxwell, making her the far superior choice over Aria.

"Mrs. Sterling, this is the very last time I'll call you that. Maxwell and I agreed to keep this quiet because we didn't want a massive public scandal. I was planning to tell you after the ink was dry, but thanks to Aria's little stunt, you found out online. Honestly, it's for the best. Ripping off the band-aid now saves us the drama later."

Despite everything, Lyra couldn't bring herself to be unnecessarily cruel. After so many years, there was still some lingering history.

"Lyra, I really think you're making a colossal mistake. Rushing into a divorce is just as serious as rushing into a marriage. You sacrificed so much to be with Maxwell, and throwing it all away now is a tragedy. Besides, I know he truly loves you after all these years. He's just too stubborn to admit his own feelings right now."

Mrs. Sterling Sr.'s desperate plea instantly caused Lyra's expression to ice over.

She was deliberately weaponizing the memory of Lyra alienating her own family just to marry Maxwell.

That agonizing chapter of her life, a chapter she aggressively tried to block out, was now being paraded around as a bargaining chip by Mrs. Sterling Sr.. It was completely repulsive.