Mission: From Divorcee to Millionaire

As soon as Selena spoke, she noticed Everett tense up, a sarcastic smirk tugging at her lips.

After a brief silence, Everett's low voice broke through, trying to dodge the real issue. "She won't be bothering us anymore."

With that offhand remark, he thought he could brush aside the past wounds.

Selena's emotions flared up anyway. She turned to face him, tilting her head back to meet his eyes. "Everett, if you can't fix this, stop pretending to care with crocodile tears!"

"Mateo having you as a dad would be a disaster. Honestly, I'm relieved he never came into this world!"

She felt a deep sorrow and anger for her unborn child. Margot lost her child and he lost his temper, going as far as choking her in public. But what about her child?

Unloved and deemed insignificant, was that how it was?

Did her child deserve such neglect?

spat out each word, "And you, thinking

got any conscience left, you'd let us part

He looked at

if they'd really reached the end, if he should just... let

loved dearly. He was still as dashing and aloof as ever, while she had been worn down by the marriage... The once vibrant flower had long withered, shrouded in darkness. Loving someone is like tending to a flower; she hadn't felt an ounce

urge to escape was just

Selena turned and walked away. The rain poured down harder, soaking her face, and clothes,

determinedly moving further

stood frozen, his eyes darker than the stormy sky, watching her retreating figure.

him had been carved out, the cold wind whistling through, chilling

and

couldn't stand to watch

were to wither, she'd

to own up to their choices. When she chose to marry him, to become Mrs. Bennett, she