Mission: From Divorcee to Millionaire

Chapter 178

"Selena, that's enough!" Everett enunciated each syllable of her name as if issuing a final warning.

He believed he'd been more than fair lately, but she kept pushing, seemingly dead set on slipping out of his control. Did she really think she could just flutter away like a bird in a cage, oblivious to the world outside?

Selena could sense Everett's displeasure. His arrogance and macho attitude were typical of someone in his position. He wouldn't tolerate any defiance from someone he saw as insignificant, especially not from a woman like his wife, who once came running at his beck

and call.

What really got under his skin was the mention of Margot. It was just a name, but enough to stir his emotions.

Selena was done with being petty and jealous like before it was just a waste of time. She spoke again, this time more firmly, "If there's nothing else, I need my rest. Please leave." Everett's anger morphed into a dry laugh.

There was that saying about how not seeing someone for a while made you see them in a new light. His wife seemed to reinvent herself every single day.

his tie and said as if it were the most natural thing in the world, "I didn't book another room, so I'll just crash

phone. "Since

things and, within minutes, grabbed her small suitcase, leaving without a backward

new room, Selena took a shower and went straight to bed. The past days of chasing clues and evidence had left her with little rest. Today's drama had drained her, and

Everett stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows, smoking a few cigarettes to calm his nerves. He let her go without chasing after her because he feared he might lose control and

for his grandfather's wishes or his own reasons. Regardless, he needed

a flick of cigarette ash, Everett took out his phone

voice came

what happened to Selena at the hospital today. I want

conclusions when he saw the photos, not realizing Selena had been attacked rather than caught up in some affair. He felt both relieved and

it, sir." Derick worked quickly, unraveling the details in under half an hour before

he heard the whole story, Everett's handsome face clouded over with

to mess with his

Selena had just brushed off such a dangerous ordeal when he asked her about it. The old Selena would have made a big deal