Mission: From Divorcee to Millionaire

Chapter 280

After asking the question, Selena's hands clenched up without her even realizing it, and her heart was doing somersaults in her chest. She was desperate to know the answer but terrified it wouldn't be what she wanted to hear. Everett seemed a bit taken aback, a mix of emotions flickering in his eyes. He took in her anxious expression, and after a moment, he finally said, "You still have the baby."

Still here...

In that brief pause, before he spoke, Selena was on the brink of despair, never imagining her baby was still alive. Her lips trembled as she asked again, disbelief lacing her voice, "Really?"

"Yes, really."

With that confirmation, words failed Selena as tears streamed down her face, a release of all the tension that had been coiled up inside her. Her hand instinctively moved to her belly, caressing it softly as if afraid to disturb the little one. Everett gently wiped away her tears with his thumb. "Don't cry. It's not good for you."

Selena closed her eyes, took a few deep breaths, and once she felt a bit calmer, she pushed his hand away.

Everett frowned at her action.

"Even if I still have the child, you won't want it, so there's no need to pretend," she said, her voice shaky but her words firm. She looked up at him with a sarcastic glint in her eyes. "Isn't that right, Mr. Everett?" He was momentarily speechless.

His brows knitted tighter, and his dark eyes were full of emotions she couldn't quite read. Maybe she never really understood him.

for his sweet words, getting lost in his

repeated danger? Why was

for his cigarettes but, seeing Selena, tossed the pack onto the nightstand instead. He pulled a chair and

silence, he spoke, though it seemed to take a

laughed at the

hadn't been pregnant,

Eveline

was already part of her, connected to her by blood. How could she not

Everett's, unwavering. "Yes, I want to keep

what obstacles came her

tenacity to survive showed it wanted to be part of this world, too. Maybe it was her parents up there, watching over

knew Selena well enough; her stubbornness was

she wouldn't budge about

he pushed too

memory of her lying there, lifeless and still, flashed in his mind, sending a sharp pain

go