The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 478

I couldn't even be bothered to argue back; I just walked straight out of the ward.

Behind me, Lucille's frantic words continued to spill out. "Selena, just hear me out! Ferris said it himself—he only drafted that agreement out of anger because you two were fighting. He just can't bear to divorce you, and he certainly can't stand seeing other men around you."

"Whether it's the house or the money, he's giving it all to you with absolute sincerity. Ferris said that since you've been married and share such a deep bond, he's worried about how you'll survive after the divorce."

"Ferris also said that if you feel it isn't enough, he can give you more. If you can let go of your anger, the best-case scenario would be not divorcing at all... Hey, Selena, why are you running?"

She was actually asking me why I was running?

With garbage like that spewing from her mouth, if I didn't run, was I supposed to stand there and listen to her weave more fairy tales?

What did she mean Ferris couldn't stand seeing other men around me? What did she mean he was sincerely giving me property and cash? What deep bond from our marriage?

Initially, I thought Lucille was just being naive, buying into Ferris's lies and letting herself get roped into scamming me.

But hearing all this, I was certain. Lucille was trying to scam me herself, but she was woefully ignorant of the reality between Ferris and me. The fact that she claimed Ferris couldn't bear to divorce me completely exposed the truth.

Ferris was desperate to bring Zoey into the Sterling family as his legitimate wife. Why would he ever hesitate to divorce me?

A deep bond from our marriage? If we truly had a deep bond, would Zoey even exist?

And his final, absolute ultimatum: "That's my final word. Come find me when you've accepted the terms."

Ferris was an absolute tyrant. In our three years of marriage, I had asked for nothing but my freedom, yet he wouldn't even grant me that, insisting on forcing me into his demands.

It was bad enough he was pressuring me, but he had even roped Lucille in to help him.

He understood my family dynamic perfectly. He knew exactly how awkward my position in the Hayes family was, knew that leveraging my family was the ultimate way to control me, and knew that I was terrified of Lucille feeling she owed Maxwell. So, he used Lucille to hit me exactly where it hurt.

For our marriage to reach this point... he clearly felt no love for me, not even a shred of basic decency. Even in divorce, he was determined to back me into a corner and crush me completely.