Mission: From Divorcee to Millionaire

Chapter 179

Chapter 179

Everett wasn't in the mood for any nonsense and was just about to hang up when a hunch told him it might be about Selena. Driven by curiosity, he said, "Go on."

Derick swallowed hard before speaking softly, "Mr. Bennett, have you ever heard of the once most promising star in journalism, Reporter S?"

Everett's brow furrowed, a bad feeling creeping in, "Keep talking."

"Your wife is that famous Reporter S, who vanished for three years and just returned to the journalism scene a month ago, causing quite a buzz..."

Derick's voice dropped to nearly a whisper, "The reason Margot couldn't appear on Ink & Insight was because your wife turned her down. When you had me negotiate with the magazine to get Margot on the magazine, it was indirectly... a slap in your wife's face..." He finished his sentence, practically shaking.

Everett hung up the phone. His gaze was dark and distant, only snapping back when the cigarette burned his fingers. The woman he'd been married to for three years wasn't just some empty-headed socialite but a skilled journalist.

adamant about focusing on her

one who rejected Margot's magazine feature. Insulting Selena hadn't been what he intended. But even if he had known, he doubted he would've changed his course of action. Perhaps he would have approached it differently. He still believed that

and with her talents, she probably wouldn't be easily swayed back with just

thrill of a challenge, feeling neither angry nor troubled but rather

daunted by any challenge. He always got

many surprises Selena had for him, he was determined to have her

...

Feeling numb, she expressionlessly moved his arm from

motion, Selena found herself back on the bed, with Everett, who had been asleep,

kissing her, swallowing any

skillfully, gradually stealing her breath away. Her limbs went soft, and a haze formed over

when Selena

she realized that Everett's kisses were intense but only lingered on her lips and