The Divorce That Brought Us Back novel Chapter 145

Bouncing from one chat to the next.

It was no wonder Maloney complained she was permanently glued to her screen.

Her social calendar was exhausting.

She had only chatted with Leona for a couple of extra minutes.

But when she backed out to the main menu, Cassidy had practically blown up her notifications.

[Your husband's alleged college romance with Seraphina is turning into a goddamn thriller.]

[Let's assume your man is telling the absolute truth. No amnesia, no lying. He never said it, he never did it. So how the hell did a baseless rumor gain enough traction to ruin lives back then?]

[Was it entirely orchestrated by your mother-in-law?]

[I'll play devil's advocate for your husband here: by the time the gossip hit its peak, he had already graduated. If the freshmen started talking shit about me after I left campus, I wouldn't waste my breath addressing it either.]

[Plus, he started building his empire the second he hit college. Startup founders literally don't sleep. He genuinely probably had zero time to give a damn about high school drama.]

[Which means the entire narrative was a fabrication spun by his mother and Seraphina.]

[But does that even make sense? Maloney wasn't the billionaire titan he is today. Ms. Sinclair had an army of elite suitors drooling over her. Why would a wealthy heiress sink to such desperate, manipulative depths—planting rumors and scheming—just to lock down a guy whose future wasn't even guaranteed yet?]

[If we were talking about the Maloney of today, absolutely. But back then? Highly unlikely.]

[Or was this all your mother-in-law's doing? Did she actively create the illusion that Seraphina was destined to marry Maloney just to keep the Sinclair family chained to them?]

[Nora, I'm not trying to be a conspiracy theorist, but this situation reeks. Keep a very close eye on that woman.]

Nora read through the barrage of texts twice, absorbing every word.

Her friend made a compelling argument.

But she honestly didn't believe her mother-in-law was a solo mastermind orchestrating some grand, evil plot.

The woman was difficult, not a comic-book villain.

It was true that before the wedding, Maloney's mother had said some incredibly vicious things to Nora, tearing her self-esteem to shreds and making her feel utterly inadequate for the first year of their marriage.

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