Mission: From Divorcee to Millionaire

Chapter 499

Everett crushed them with the ease of squashing a bug beneath his shoe. The mess between her and that awful man was not something her family needed to be caught up in. "Alright, go back and keep an eye on your uncle. I'm off," she said.

Ricky watched Selena walk away, a deep furrow settling in his brows. Should he intervene somehow...?

...

Selena hopped into the taxi and the driver asked, "Where to, miss?"

Though she intended to give the address to Brook's house, the words that left her mouth were "Moon Bay" instead.

Roughly an hour and a half later, the car pulled up. She stepped out, standing at the doorway, gazing up at the lavish villa before her, a place brimming with memories. Sweet and bitter moments, pain and resentment, despair and anger. All those emotions she believed had faded now resurfaced with stark clarity as she stood there. Suddenly, even breathing felt a bit labored.

The heavy wooden door creaked open, and a servant appeared, greeting her with respect, "Madam, you're back."

Selena recognized her. She used to work at the old place, probably brought over to take care of Everett after Ava left.

"Just call me Ms. Selena. I'm not Mrs. Bennett anymore," she corrected softly.

the servant's reaction, walked straight in. Inside, the villa looked just as it did three years ago, untouched by time. For a moment, it felt

his head out from the kitchen, and with a casual tone said, "Just one more dish and it'll

cook. Yet here he was, wearing a suit with an

the standoff she had envisioned, and she couldn't quite figure out what his game

his apron, a hint of warmth softened his typically cold demeanor, making him seem almost

en novelxo

chair for her, "Please, have a

gave him a cursory glance before

OUMS

Though the setting was a candlelit dinner, the

two glasses of

some of your favorite dishes. They turned out pretty good. Why don't you give them a try and let me know what

some chopsticks and placed a piece of braised pork in

with him

get what you're up to. Let's just

exes to catch