No More Mrs. Nice Wife (Eleanor) novel Chapter 1322

Vanessa's expression soured. She opened her mouth to argue but realized Laverne was right. If she and Eleanor had appeared at the same galas and receptions, she would have definitely tried to assert her position, to belittle and exclude Eleanor, to make her life miserable.

Laverne continued, "Ian knew you too well. That's why he kept Eleanor out of his social circles. He didn't want her to run into you, to get hurt or feel wronged. He kept her safe at home, away from you, precisely because he cared about her and didn't want to lose her."

Laverne’s words landed hard, stripping away the story Vanessa had clung to for years.

So, what she had always believed was 'Eleanor isn't presentable' was actually Ian's careful protection? She refused to accept it. "If he loved her so much, why did he divorce her?" she retorted.

Laverne's reply was calm and direct. "Even if they got a divorce, it had nothing to do with you. It was clearly an issue between them. Besides, when Ian divorced her, he gave half his fortune to Eleanor. Do you realize what that means?"

Vanessa bit her lip hard. She knew, but she had never truly thought about its implications.

"It means Ian never intended to cut ties with her completely. Giving her eight companies was a long-term strategy to stay entangled with her. It was his way of keeping her tethered to him. That wasn't abandonment; it was a deeper, more desperate strategy he was forced into at the time."

Laverne's analysis was like a series of invisible needles piercing Vanessa's heart.

It turned out that in Ian and Eleanor's world, she was just an outsider, a tool to be used and then casually discarded.

"Hah!" Vanessa laughed at herself. "So, you're saying Ian has been going to great lengths for Eleanor this whole time?"

Vanessa raised an eyebrow, a triumphant look on her face. This was what she wanted to hear.

Laverne went on, "Ian might have thought he was protecting Eleanor, but to her, that kind of protection was a sign of mistrust. Ian was too arrogant. He ignored her feelings and her dignity as his wife. And for someone as proud and intelligent as Eleanor, it's completely understandable why she would divorce him without a second thought."

Laverne continued, "But their divorce doesn't necessarily mean he stopped loving her. His desperation and deep feelings might be real, but the outcome was the result of his overbearing and arrogant behavior. If they were to get back together—"

Vanessa clenched her jaw and scoffed.