Mission: From Divorcee to Millionaire

Chapter 360

Her blunt honesty caught Derick off guard, making him leap to his feet, flustered and panicked, his words stumbling over each other.

"Ma'am... you, you want this..." he stammered.

Selena lowered her gaze, letting her thick lashes hide the emotions in her eyes, as her voice lightly brushed over old wounds.

"What happened to my first child, Derick, you witnessed it all. I just can't bear to go through that again."

Derick found himself silenced once more, guilt gnawing at him. If only he had insisted on telling Mr. Everett about her condition that day, maybe the accident could have been avoided, and the child could have made it safely into the world. But his loyalty was to Mr. Everett, and helping Selena would have been crossing a line. After a pause, Derick bowed slightly and said, "Ma'am, I should be going."

Without waiting for her reply, he turned and left, his retreating figure carrying a hint of hasty escape.

turned her gaze towards the balcony, where a flock of birds soared across the sky. She watched them, lost in

Later that evening.

up the last of his paperwork, leaning back into his leather chair. He slipped off his gold-rimmed glasses and

now, but the bed was empty, and she was nowhere in sight. Everett raised an eyebrow, figuring she might have gone downstairs for a glass of water or some warm milk, her usual remedy for sleepless

was still nowhere to be found.

a soft chuckle, Everett tossed aside his towel, tightened the

basement home cinema, and there she was, curled up on the couch

lights were dim, and the screen's glow played across her delicate features in flickering patterns, making it hard to read her expression. Everett walked over, plopping down beside her, and lazily asked,

even blink,

down and unable to sleep, she had randomly chosen a foreign

was even less concerned about the movie itself. Her silence didn't bother