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?

and spat out each word, "And you, thinking about having another kid,

love anyone, let alone a child. If you've got any conscience left, you'd let us part ways and find our

pressed into a tight line. He looked at Selena, her eyes full of loathing and bitterness,

really reached the end, if

with silence. She looked at the man she once 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;

just a desperate attempt to

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

she didn't stop, determinedly moving further

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

the cold wind whistling through, chilling him to

doubt and tenderness vanished

let go, couldn't stand to watch Selena walk away

she'd have to do it in

chose to marry him, to become Mrs. Bennett, she was bound to see