Mission: From Divorcee to Millionaire

Chapter 871

Selena stayed quiet for what felt like ages.

"Have you stopped loving him?" she finally asked.

Alexa kept her gaze down, matching Selena's silence. The villa was hauntingly quiet in the middle of the night.

"When a lover stops being a lover, and love gets tangled up with resentment and doubt, it just becomes torture," Alexa said, her tears falling silently. "Now when I think of him, all I feel is fear. How can we continue like this?"

Selena watched her, feeling as if she was looking into a mirror, seeing her own reflection in Alexa's eyes. Her relationship with Everett, while different, seemed to be heading down the same rocky path.

Alexa no longer believed she and Blaine could start fresh. Just like Selena...

"What do you need from me?" Selena asked softly.

"Please," Alexa's voice was almost a whisper, "help me change my identity. I'll leave and make a life for myself and my child. I just want Blaine and I to become strangers, to forget each other."

"If I'm 'dead,' he won't have any reason to hold grudges. And if he finds someone he truly loves, he can find happiness."

to gaze out the large window into the

months. I can only buy you that

if Alexa faked her death, Blaine wouldn't be easy to

to rely on her own strength

the last time I can help you. Whatever happens between you and Blaine

the consequences of their

closing her eyes

crawled into bed, the first light of dawn crept into the sky. Exhaustion clung to her, and she fell asleep the

sleep, as if she was catching up on all the fatigue of recent times. Her dreams were a jumble of memories-some joyfulmoments with Joy, others with Everett. They

painting the sky in hues of orange and

and her pillow

sat on the bed for a while, gathering her thoughts before heading to the bathroom to freshen

downstairs, the aroma of food filled the air.

the dining room, surprised to

All her favorite dishes.

smile touched Everett's

was empty except for the two of them. Everett must have arranged for