Mission: From Divorcee to Millionaire

Chapter 804

Selena was really fed up with the never-ending arguments and tried her best to keep things calm.

"What do you want me to say?" she asked.

"I want to hear what you truly feel," Everett replied.

Her gentle compliance did nothing to cool the fire in Everett's heart; instead, it just seemed to make it burn hotter.

The Selena he remembered was sharp and quick-witted. When she wanted to, she could charm anyone, having them wrapped around her finger, all cheerful and

content.

But now, she wasn't doing any of that.

She only offered him indifference and resignation.

Even though he was back in her life, her heart was still closed off to him.

Everett was both frustrated and hurt, unable to grasp why he wasn't as appealing as he used to be.

With the alcohol clouding his senses, he didn't want to hear her empty words anymore, "Fine, if you've got nothing to say, then don't bother. Just come here!"

With that, he buried his emotions and took out his frustration on her, rough and unkind. He wanted her to feel his pain.

to endure his harshness. Her eyes were vacant as she

pulling her into its depths, no matter

own desires and anger, was too

until he had spent his anger twice over that he let her go,

up beside him, her back turned. Tears slipped silently from her eyes, soaking into

woke up in a haze and instinctively glanced back; Everett was

tense heart relaxed a

how

up, Selena went downstairs to join Mateo and Haley for

was grumbling again about how Everett had just glanced at the

like

a hotel. lacel

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milk, Selena responded nonchalantly, "Let him do as he

emotionless demeanor,

Ma'am, just taking meds isn't enough for your condition. You

it

thinking about changing the

know,

had been her therapist abroad and was currently in the country for

the rock of the family now; she couldn't afford to