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

there wasn't a trace of her left in the master bedroom, her presence seemed to haunt every corner. But every time he reached out, it

more. How could she

the end, he clung to the pillow Selena once slept on

up bright and early to pick Everett up. He emerged from the dawn, his features chiseled and handsome, wearing a bespoke three-piece suit that fit like

his facade, then dutifully opened the car door for

car and

and handed over the repaired phone. "Mr. Everett, the phone's fixed and can be turned on now. But

phone,

she knew better than

grim news. Josh had fought for two months

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

what seemed like forever. Finally, he gently pulled the white sheet

the weight of the sorrow and loss hit him like a