Unloved Unwanted Unstoppable (Seraphina and Dominic) novel Chapter 80

"He just can't get any photos that definitively prove an affair."

Seraphina took a deep breath, her face completely unreadable. She casually raised her glass and took another sip of wine.

"Tell him to keep tailing them."

Her voice was dead calm.

"As long as Dominic refuses to sign the divorce papers, I will not back down. If he wants to play it safe, I'll just be more patient. They'll slip up eventually. We'll get the proof."

"I'm not in a rush. He's the one who should be sweating."

Chelsea let out a sharp laugh.

"Look at you, Seraphina. You are so much stronger now than you used to be."

Seraphina offered a small smile, clinking her glass against Chelsea's.

"I just finally saw things clearly. I want this divorce, yes, but he definitely wants it more. I don't need to beg for it."

A cold, sharp light glinted in her eyes.

"Everything that belongs to me, I'm taking it back this time."

By the time Dominic returned home, the night had completely swallowed the city.

The motion-sensor lights in the foyer flickered on as he changed his shoes.

The nanny hurried out of the living room to greet him, holding a small towel.

Dominic pointed at Lily standing beside him. "Give her a bath. Make sure she goes to bed early," he ordered the nanny.

The nanny quickly nodded, taking Lily's hand to lead her toward the bathroom.

Lily had been falling asleep on the car ride home. Now, she was practically dead on her feet. Half-asleep, she mumbled, "Daddy."

Dominic didn't even look back.

He strode right past the living room and headed straight upstairs to his study.

Sitting down at his desk, he flipped open his laptop.

The moment the screen flared to life, a notification for unread emails popped up.

One of them was from Seraphina.

His eyes locked onto the sender's name.

He clicked it open.

After reading the contents, a harsh scoff escaped his lips.

Three hundred million dollars. That woman actually thought that was too little?

His jaw clenched tightly, his fingers curling into a fist.

A few seconds later, he forced his hand to relax.

After the email sent, she went straight into her settings and muted all notifications from him.

With that done, she let out a long, satisfying exhale.

She was done wasting her mental energy on Dominic for the time being.

She knew he was a control freak. The more she defied him, the more he would drag this out just to spite her.

That was fine. She had time.

Right now, her top priority was the Zenith Energy project.

Opening a file Professor Vane had sent her earlier, Seraphina immediately buried herself in the research data...

The next morning, Seraphina arrived at Victor's new lab.

It was a secondary facility. Victor's main headquarters were located in The Capital, but he had opened this branch in Northport a few years ago.

The natural environment in Northport was perfect for their specific field of research.

The commute from her apartment wasn't too far, either.

After exchanging quick, polite greetings with the rest of the staff, she immediately dove into her work.

Her assistant had already stacked the necessary files on her desk.

She was told this was the highest-priority project on the docket—one the team had been battling for nearly a year without a single breakthrough.