Mission: From Divorcee to Millionaire

Chapter 487

She didn't feel the need to explain herself to him. It just wasn't worth the emotional energy.

"Mr. Everett, you're one to talk," she shot back, her lips curling into a sly smile. Over the past three years, he hadn't been twiddling his thumbs either. Without her, without Margot, a new flame had come into the picture and was clearly his favorite, making both her and Margot look like yesterday's news.

So, if she had started something, he had taken it to a whole new level. What gave him the right to be so confrontational now? Three years had passed, and she'd hoped he might have matured a bit, maybe picked up a bit of gentlemanly grace. But no, a jerk remains a jerk, no matter how much time passes!

Everett looked taken aback for a moment. It took him a second to catch on to who she was talking about. After all, she'd seen him with Yasmine in the hall.

Something flickered in his eyes as he stared at her, his gaze sharp and searching. He scrutinized her, as if trying to see right through her, before finally speaking. "Selena, Yasmine and I..."

But his words were cut off by the sudden ringtone of a phone.

was holding, its screen lit up with a glaring nickname: My

given him a few, which

hadn't heard those names again.

Selena's wrist tightly, his

anything that sappy when we

she use it for Callum? Did it mean she'd been with

under his grip, and she frowned. Her "My Dearest Love" was obviously her son Mateo, not Dr. Campbell! But Mateo was a secret she had to protect at all costs. If Everett found out, he'd never let it go,

son!

not giving anything away, and replied coolly, "Mr. Everett, what I

that, she tried to pry his hand off, desperate to free herself from his grasp. Her resistance only

Everett snatched the phone from her hand, his dark eyes fixed on

eyes widened, her