The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 20

  • Chapter 10

  • Lysander stepped onto the balcony and dialed Navier’s number, intending to convince her to play along with his divorce scheme.

  • But after countless attempts, all he got was the same robotic voice message:

  • “Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is power off…”

  • A flicker of unease settled in his chest.

  • Brow furrowed, Lysander pulled up WhatsApp to message her instead.

  • But a glaring red exclamation mark popped up.

  • “Goddammit, Navier! What the hell are you playing at?!” he muttered, furiously typing. “It’s the middle of the night–is this really the time for one of your little tantrums?”

  • Fighting back his growing agitation and panic, he called his secretary.

  • “Nick, contact Navier immediately. Tell her I need to see her ASAP.”

  • Following the directive, Nick mobilized multiple people to call and message Navier, but no one got through.

  • “Sir,” he reported back nervously, “Mrs. Vanderbilt–she’s completely unreachable. Should we launch a more thorough investigation?”

  • “NO! Let her sulk all she wants!” Lysander snapped before ending the call.

  • If she didn’t want to face him now, then maybe she should never show her face again!

  • living room, intending

  • the paper on the coffee table caught his

  • “Divorce papers…”

  • froze, his breath coming in uneven gasps.

  • The Pinned Pri

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  • the hell? When did Navier and I get

  • it open to see his own photograph

  • court

  • somehow, the reality of it left a bitter

  • much… how could she divorce me this easily?”

  • be some kind

  • to entertain the possibility that

  • that he didn’t even hear Celeste calling his

  • balcony and dialed his

  • these divorce papers

  • –

  • disbelief. “Sir, you and Mrs. Ms. Armstrong are divorced?”

  • look into

  • fifteen minutes felt like an eternity to Lysander.

  • enough, Nick sent a screenshot from the court

  • divorce is legitimate. Ms. Armstrong filed the paperwork a month ago–with

  • word on the screen seemed to bore into Lysander’s

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