Countdown to My Divorce

Her Exit 399

Rachel instinctively took a step back as Tyler leaned in.

“It’s not your card anyway, Mr. Hunt. So I don’t see how it’s any of your business.”

She was genuinely confused. Tyler wasn’t the type to stick his nose where it didn’t belong.

But his next words cleared that up.

His eyes bore into her. “Do you really think I’d keep someone with a suspicious background around me?”

Rachel’s eyes lit up. “Does that mean you’re planning to replace me?”

Their eyes met again. His gaze was now blank. Gone were the emotions from before.

“Rachel, why are you in such a hurry to distance yourself from me? Or is this just how people from the Lloyd family operate, burning bridges once they’ve crossed them?”

Rachel pouted slightly. The intense stare sent a chill down her spine. She turned her face away. instinctively, only for Tyler to grab her chin and force her to meet his eyes.

“What’s the matter? Feeling guilty?”

She was caught off guard by the direct eye contact. Staring into the dark, unreadable depths of his gaze, her heart began to race uncontrollably.

She had thought that after everything she had been through in the past five years, she was past being shaken by any man. Plenty of men had pursued her over those years, but she had felt nothing for any of them.

of guilt, because back then, she was

her, why did

gaze and steadied

you can replace me. I meant what I said. I’ll pay the penalty outlined in the contract. If it helps, I’ll stay on until you

don’t have any plans to replace you, and I’d advise you

sentence, he shattered her last ounce of

man. Now, five years later, she

she

Why insist on

singing is the worst I’ve ever heard. I doubt I’ll ever

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forehead while

than to expect a serious answer from this man. Why did she even bother

looked out

Rachel’s hair gently through the open crack. A soft, fragrant scent

about

her stray strands around his finger, and brought it

are

when she suddenly felt his breath against her