Mission: From Divorcee to Millionaire

Selena gritted her teeth. "Are you threatening me?"

"Threatening you? No way, I'm just having a friendly chat with you."

Selena was at a loss for words. She knew all too well that the jerk always followed through on his threats. He was fearless and relied on his power. Joy had kindly offered her a place to stay, risking the wrath of that bastard. Selena couldn't let him show up and cause

trouble.

She had her pride, after all.

Clenching her fists, Selena said, "Just you wait!" After hanging up, she headed to her room to change her clothes.

Joy was curled up in a blanket on the bed, her eyes filled with worry as she watched Selena. "Should I... come down with you?" Even as she said it, her trembling betrayed her fear.

Joy was usually fearless, but even she cowered when faced with Everett's tyranny, showing just how insufferable he usually was.

"It's okay.. You go back to sleep."

Still worried, Joy added, "My phone will be on. Call me if you need anything."

Selena waved her off and strode out.

Derick stood by the car, visibly relieved to see her. "Ma'am, thanks for coming down." Selena glanced at him.

into her feud with Everett. Derick

him with such pity but didn't dare to ask. He simply opened the car door for her, as was his job.

looked over to see Everett lounging on the other side of the car, eyes closed. His handsome face was

mouth shut and pretended to be a pendant, he was

told Derick directly, "Derick, you can clock out and head home.

Is that a problem?"

again. He thought tonight would

into the

and almost no cars were around. Selena glanced at Everett in the rearview mirror. Thanks to her usually steady driving, his frown

the car shooting forward

the seatback,

eyes open, but before he could say anything, the car took a sharp left, then a right, his body swaying with

the nauseating dizziness churned inside him, and his

It's like he wanted to tear her apart. Selena dangled the car keys and smirked. "Sorry about that, my driving

brows furrowed as he stared at her like he didn't know her

and steady. To say she wasn't doing this on purpose was a

recent rebellious streak and odd behavior was palpable. It was like she was a different person. A