The Divorce That Brought Us Back novel Chapter 250

After signing the paperwork, the three of them bumped into Jasper Zale at the precinct entrance.

"Good to see you, ladies." After greeting them, Jasper turned his attention to Cassidy.

Lowering his voice, he said, "Ms. Sinclair asked me the exact same question today that you asked me a while back."

Cassidy caught on immediately. "The one about Maloney preferring excellent women?"

"Exactly." Jasper looked slightly surprised. "You knew?"

Cassidy nodded. "I saw Seraphina this afternoon."

That meant they had already compared notes.

Jasper nodded in understanding. "We had a big group out for drinks this afternoon. When Ms. Sinclair dropped the question, everyone tried to remember. With enough brains working on it, someone finally recalled that the rumor started when Mr. Jameson lost a game of Truth or Dare at a party and supposedly said it himself."

Parker chimed in from the side. "Maloney playing Truth or Dare? I call bullshit!"

"Right, we all thought it was impossible too," Jasper agreed. "After dissecting it, we figured out the quote actually originated from Sebastian Sinclair."

Hearing this, Cassidy sighed inwardly: *Just as I suspected.*

"But why?" Nora looked utterly confused. "Wasn't the whole point of that rumor to trick Seraphina into going abroad to pad her resume? How does that benefit Sebastian?"

Shouldn't Sebastian have wanted Seraphina to marry Maloney as soon as possible?

That way, he wouldn't have to worry about her fighting for the inheritance, and it would cement his business alliance with Maloney.

There was absolutely no logical reason to trick her into leaving the country.

"Based on what the Sinclair parents said earlier, they knew Mr. Jameson had no feelings for Ms. Sinclair. They were just worried that if she couldn't marry him, she'd completely give up on herself and ruin her life. So, they intentionally let her believe the rumor to get her to study abroad, hoping it would help her grow up."

Jasper clearly didn't buy the explanation himself, his expression twisted in disbelief. "They also claimed it was what Alistair Sinclair expected of her before he passed away."

Nora frowned slightly.

The story just didn't add up.

The four of them stood in the lobby discussing the situation for a while, but ultimately couldn't make sense of it.

"Man, the Sinclairs are ridiculous. Seraphina is so great, would it kill them to help her out a bit?"

Perhaps feeling that Cassidy was in an unusually accommodating mood, Parker started running his mouth again. "She and Maloney are a perfect match. If her family had just backed her up back then, she would have married Maloney ages ago, and it never would have been..."

Before he could finish the sentence, Cassidy delivered a swift kick to the back of Parker's knee.

She had originally aimed for his lower back.

But the second she lifted her leg, she remembered her personal trainer's warning to always think of the baby and avoid violent, jerky movements.

She pulled her punch—or rather, her kick—at the very last second.

Her foot landed squarely behind Parker's knee.

Caught entirely off guard by the sharp impact, Parker's center of gravity pitched forward. His legs buckled involuntarily, and with a heavy thud, both his knees slammed onto the marble floor of the lobby.