Mission: From Divorcee to Millionaire

Chapter 479

Bending down to pick up the small cardboard box again, Everett caught something out of the corner of his eye, his lips twitching slightly, "Hold on a sec."

Alex hit the brakes just in time. Typical, she thought, men always say one thing and mean another.

Everett suddenly stood up, strode over to the box in a few quick steps, and pulled out a phone with a cracked screen.

"This is... the phone the missus used to have."

Alex, sharp-eyed as ever, recognized it right away. "How'd it end up like this?"

From what she remembered, the missus was usually pretty level-headed. Even if she and Mr. Everett had their spats, she rarely lost her temper by throwing things. Unlike Margot, who was a bit of a wild card and would smash stuff at the slightest provocation, forcing her to redecorate her apartment every now and then.

Everett's dark eyes lingered on the phone. After a moment, he said, "Get it fixed as soon as you can."

into the box, turned around, and headed upstairs

that night, Everett tossed and turned in the big bed. Even though there wasn't a trace of her left in the master bedroom, her presence seemed to haunt every corner.

more.

end, he clung to the pillow Selena once slept on and slowly drifted off to

the dawn, his features chiseled and handsome, wearing a bespoke three-piece suit that fit like a glove,

then dutifully opened the

the car and on

fixed and can be turned on now.

phone, idly

didn't get it, but she knew better than topry. With

grim news. Josh had fought for two

was in the middle of a meeting when he got the call. He paused the meeting and rushed to the

stayed with Josh in the hospital room for what seemed like forever. Finally, he gently pulled the white sheet over

this outcome, the weight of the sorrow and