Shattered Vows: Call Me Auntie Now novel Chapter 232

"Women these days are totally into the protective, devoted types," Parker continued.

Dante snapped furiously, "Bullshit. He's thirty-two years old, using his looks to seduce Quinn. He's completely shameless!"

Parker shook his head. "See, you just don't get it. This is the mature, protector-type boyfriend trope. It's wildly popular in women's romance novels right now."

Julian scoffed. "Hey, Parker, why are you always studying women's romance novels? Is that going to help your family's company sign more contracts or boost your stock prices?"

Parker offered a faint smirk and reached out to pat the heartbroken, drunken man beside him. "See? Knowing the market trends means I can at least offer some useful advice."

Both men turned their attention back to Dante. Their playful bickering had been a deliberate attempt to pull him out of his downward spiral for just a moment.

The usually elegant, composed, and untouchable heir of the Hayes family was currently a mess. Reeking of alcohol, his shirt wrinkled, the corners of his eyes flushed red—he looked entirely pathetic.

They couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy.

How did Quinn find it in her to abandon him so ruthlessly?

Dante had lived a charmed life. He was undefeated in the business world, had just taken a new company public, and was currently at the absolute peak of his success.

No one ever expected that the person to shove him brutally into the dirt at the height of his glory wouldn't be a vicious corporate rival, but his own wife.

"No, there is no way she likes him," Dante stated stubbornly.

In his mind, Quinn definitely still cared about him. Marrying Raymond was just a drastic move to spite him.

He roughly rubbed a hand over his face. The drunken haze in his eyes was laced with dark, relentless obsession as he gritted out every word.

"She can only be mine."

"So what if she got a marriage certificate?"

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