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."

turned to gaze out the large window into the night. After

will be back in about two months. I

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

to rely on her own strength to escape and

you. Whatever happens between you and Blaine after this, I'm stepping

has to face the consequences of

closing her

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

up on all the fatigue of recent times. Her dreams were a jumble of memories-some joyfulmoments with Joy, others with Everett. They had once been happy, but

the sun was setting, painting the sky in hues of orange

the entire day, and her pillow was damp

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

aroma of food filled the air. Assuming Ava

delicious, she walked into the dining room, surprised to find Everett, apron-clad, standing

All her favorite dishes.

Selena, a gentle smile touched Everett's lips. "Hungry? Come,

glanced around and realized the villa was empty except for the two of them.